Hour 1
- Calor by Jerry Liu.
- Chen Yi’s Ge Xu “Antiphony.”
- The River in My Mind by Jen Shyu.
- Tiange Zhou’s Room (from One Day).
- The Dryad by Shuying Li.
- Huang Ruo’s Still/Motion.
Modern Notebook for January 22 - 28, 2023
Photo: composer Bright Sheng (photo courtesy of the artist)
On the next Modern Notebook with Tyler Kline: Chen Yi’s work “Ge Xu” perfectly fuses the sounds of traditional Chinese music with a Western orchestra by utilizing traditional and non-traditional sounds. It’s also music that is meant to evoke the celebrations by Southern China’s Zhuang minority during the Chinese Lunar New Year or mid-autumn festival.
We’ll hear that work just in time for the Lunar New Year, plus a work by Bright Sheng titled “Spring Dreams.” Composed for solo violin with an orchestra made up of traditional Chinese instruments, it also draws inspiration from a well-known Beijing Opera from the Early-20th Century.
Also featuring works by Jen Shyu, Huang Ruo, Du Yun, Chichun Chi-Sun Lee, Shuying Li, and others; and performances by violinist Jennifer Koh, pianist Chen-Hui Jen, Four Corners Ensemble, Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra, and more.
Hour 2
- When a Tiger Meets a Rosa Rugosa by Du Yun.
- Bright Sheng’s Spring Dreams.
- The Second Movement from Chihchun Chi-Sun Lee’s Dots, Lines, Convergence: Concerto for Zheng and chamber ensemble.
- Anthony Cheung’s All thorn, but cousin to your rose.
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