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Orchestral Music "Arirang" Rich in National Emotions
Pyongyang, March 5 (KCNA) -- Included in the program of a performance given by the State Symphony Orchestra of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is a mixed orchestral piece "Arirang".

The unique piece properly meets the Korean people's aesthetic taste and the requirements governing the development of orchestra, based on national musical instruments combined with foreign ones.

It, created in a new method on the theme of the famous Korean folk song "Arirang", largely consists of three parts depicting the miserable life of the Korean people in the past before the liberation of the country, their desire for a new life and their happy life in the present.

It is enthusiastically acclaimed by the audience for its peculiar, multiple tones and rich volume.

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