SKU: PR.11441684S

UPC: 680160625253. 9 x 12 inches.

On the occasion of its 30th anniversary, the ensemble Music From China commissioned Chen Yi for a new work, which became Three Dances from China South, scored for Chinese instruments. Its three descriptive movements (Lions Playing Ball, Bamboo Dance, Lusheng Dance) are each inspired by folk dances from the southeastern provinces of China.
My chamber ensemble work Three Dances From China South is commissioned by Music From China tocelebrate its 30th anniversary, and scored for Chinese traditional instruments dizi, erhu, pipa, and zheng.  The commission has been made possible by the Chamber Music America Classical CommissioningProgram, with generous funding provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Chamber Music America Endowment Fund.  The world premiere is given at Weill Recital Hall in Carnegie Hall in New York City, on November 21, 2014.  My Three Dances From China South is dedicated to Susan Cheng, the founder and Executive Director of Music From China, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of MFC. There are three movements in my Three Dances From China South for dizi, erhu, pipa, and zheng.  Thematerial in the first movement Lions Playing Ball is drawn from a folk tune played in the accompanyingensemble for the folk dance under the same title in Chaozhou region in Guangdong province.  The image of the folk dance is vivid and entertaining.  The movement includes several variations on the theme.  The variation methods are inspired by the various rhythmic patterns used in the traditional ensemble playing.  The melodic material features a special mode with a tritone interval taken from the folk tune.  There are also lyrical sections with polyphonic layers in the variations.The music in the second movement is inspired by the folk Bamboo Dance, which is popular in Li minoritypeople from Hainan Island in the south.  The aged old folk dance is for ritual ceremony and harvest celebration in the history, in which there are pairs of people holding the ends of the long bamboo rods and clapping them loudly in stable pulse, for groups of dancers to dance between the bamboo shapes on the floor, in musical rhythms and ensemble patterns.  A musical motive with a jumping interval and articulation is used throughout the movement.The third movement is called Lusheng Dance.  I have witnessed the folk dance performance of the Dong minority people in Guangxi province in the 1980’s.  The exciting scene inspired me to imitate the large lusheng ensemble playing style in my ensemble of four Chinese instrumental musicians without using the sheng (a wind instrument with metal pipes that is popular in concert music, and similar to the folk lusheng).  On top of the rhythmic patterns, I imitated a two--voice folk song of Zhuang minority people in the same province.  The melody is played by the leading erhu and dizi.—Chen Yi.

SKU: BT.DHP-1115083-010

9x12 inches. English-German-French-Dutch.

Chapters of Life is a moving concerto that musically carries the positive message that even life’s hardest knocks don’t mean the end. In three movements: Wild Days, To Dana and Chapters of Life, the solo trombone and solo tuba enter into a dialogue and the alto flute is also given an opportunity to shine.News: Selected as a FINALIST in the 2012 ITEA Composition Contest (USA)

Chapters of Life is een roerend concert met een positieve boodschap. Al zijn de tegenslagen nog zo groot, ze hoeven niet het einde te betekenen... Chapters of Life brengt deze boodschap bijzonder goed over. In de driedelen Wild Days, To Dana en Chapters of Life horen we een dialoog tussen een trombone en een tuba. En ook een altfluit mag zich van zijn beste kant laten zien.Geselecteerd als FINALIST bij de 2012 ITEA CompositionContest (USA)

Chapters of Life ist ein bewegendes Konzert, das die positive Botschaft, dass auch die schwersten Schicksalsschläge nicht das Ende des Lebens bedeuten, musikalisch gut herüberbringt“. In den drei Sätzen - Wild Days, To Dana und Chapters of Life betitelt - tritt eine Solo-Posaune mit der Solo-Tuba in den Dialog und auch eine Altflöte darf sich solistisch präsentieren.Aktuelles: Das Werk steht in der Endauswahl des ITEA Wettbewerbs der Kompositionen 2012 (USA)

Ce concerto pour tuba s’articule en trois mouvements : Wild Days (Jours sauvages), To Dana ( Dana) qui consiste en un dialogue entre tuba solo et trombone, et A Celebration of Life (Célébration de la vie) qui nous rappelle que les moments difficiles que nous traversons au cours de notre vie ne sont que temporaires. C‘est cette même joie de vivre et cet optimisme sans faille qu’exhale le troisième et dernier mouvement de Chapters of Life (Les chapitres de la vie). Une oeuvre étincelante qui mettra votre tubiste sous les feux de la rampe.Finaliste du Concours de composition 2012, organisé par l’ITEA (Association international de Tuba et Euphonium) - USA

Chapters of Life ci ricorda che i momenti difficili che incontriamo nel corso della vita sono solamente temporanei. Dovremmo, al contrario, apprezzare maggiormente ogni giorno, con i suoi alti e bassi, concentrandoci soprattutto sugli aspetti positivi. E’ l’ottimismo con il quale tutti noi dovremmo affrontare la vita, che è evocato in questo brano in tre movimenti, To Dana, A Celebration of Life e Chapters of Life.News: Selected as a FINALIST in the 2012 ITEA Composition Contest (USA).