| Chinese Folk Dance Suite Violon et Piano Theodore Presser Co.
Chamber Music violin, piano SKU: PR.114419280 Composed by Chen Yi. Arrang...(+)
Chamber Music violin,
piano SKU:
PR.114419280 Composed
by Chen Yi. Arranged by
Wong Tak Chiu.
Performance Score. 32+12
pages. Duration 20
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #114-41928.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.114419280). ISBN
9781491132357. UPC:
680160676125. Inspi
red by Chinese tradition,
this concerto-like dance
suite includes: 1. Lion
Dance, 2. YangKo, and 3.
Muqam. Each movement
draws from melodies and
rhythms characteristic of
various regions of China
many centuries ago.
CHINESE FOLK DANCE SUITE
is available for violin
with full orchestra, or
as a recital work with
piano. Supported by a
major commissioning award
from the Serge
Koussevitzky Music
Foundation in the Library
of Congress, Chinese Folk
Dance Suite is written
for solo violin and
orchestra; it was
premiered by The
Women’s
Philharmonic with violin
soloist Terrie Baune,
conducted by Apo Hsu, on
March 10, 2001, at Yerba
Buena Center For the Arts
Theater in San
Francisco.Inspired by
various Chinese
traditional folk dances,
the suite has three
movements:I. Lion Dance.
Traditionally, people
dance with richly
decorated hand-made
lions, accompanied by
percussion ensemble, to
celebrate happy occasions
and major festivals
throughout the country.
In this composition, I
use Chinese drum and
other percussion
instruments in the
background, to form a
dynamic and rhythmic
texture responding to the
solo part, which imitates
the tunes played on the
suona (traditional
Chinese trumpet). The
pitch materials came from
the traditional Guangdong
tune “Dragon Boat
Racing,†and the
Chaozhou tune “Lion
Playing Ball.â€II.
YangKo. Originating in
northern China, this is a
major folk dance form in
mass performance
popularized in the
country. In YangKo
performance, people play
rhythmic patterns on the
drums hung around their
waists while singing and
dancing. In the second
movement, I imagined a
warm scene of YangKo
dancing in distance. The
solo violin plays a sweet
and gracious melodic line
while all members of the
orchestra sing
non-pitched syllables in
different layers as the
soft background, to
imitate the percussion
sound which produces the
ever-going pulse.III.
Muqam. This large-scale
music and dance form,
from the Uygur
nationality in Xinjiang
province, originated in
the 15th century. My
third movement use a 7/8
meter and the melodic
style of Muqam music. The
fiery dancing gesture
culminates in the
sustained climax section
at the end of the work,
after a colorful violin
cadenza in both
improvisational singing
style and polyphonic
writing with woven
lines. $26.99 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 1 to 2 weeks | | |
| Wynwood Walls [Conducteur et Parties séparées] - Avancé Doberman
Guitar and string quartet - Advanced SKU: DY.DO-1526 Composed by Stephen ...(+)
Guitar and string quartet
- Advanced SKU:
DY.DO-1526 Composed
by Stephen Goss. Score
and parts. Les Editions
Doberman-Yppan #DO 1526.
Published by Les Editions
Doberman-Yppan
(DY.DO-1526). ISBN
9782897963064. Wynw
ood Walls draws on 9
artworks which lend their
titles to the 9 connected
sections of the quintet.
The music reflects and
amplifies my own
subjective responses to
the artworks.
The
movements are organised
in pairs, circling out
from a still centre –
No Woman, No Cry. The
title for this
centrepiece comes from
Chris Ofili’s moving
portrait of Doreen
Lawrence, the mother of a
teenager murdered in an
unprovoked racist attack.
As well as this specific
reference, the artist
intended the painting to
be read as a universal
portrayal of melancholy,
solace, and grief. The
two segments flanking No
Woman, No Cry complete
the central triptych.
Edward Hopper’s
Nighthawks explores
loneliness and isolation,
while Grayson Perry’s
#Lamentation is a
meditation on remembrance
and the transience of
life. In contrast to the
rest of Wynwood Walls,
the music here is dark
and
introspective.
I
want my time with you is
a giant neon sign
designed by Tracey Emin
for St. Pancras Station,
London. Selfie with
Sunflowers is an essay
written by Julian Barnes
about our
over-familiarisation with
Van Gogh’s iconic
sunflower paintings. The
music is sentimental,
bordering on schmaltz and
kitsch. Sunflower Seeds
and Infinity Room are a
pair of moto perpetuo
scherzos inspired by the
minimalist installations
of Ai Weiwei and Yayoi
Kusama respectively. The
opening section, Bathers
at Asnières, suggests
Seurat’s iconic
painting, while the
finale, Seurat’s
Bathers, evokes Howard
Hodgkin’s reworking of
the Seurat using a blaze
of vivid
colours.
The title
of the quintet is
borrowed from the Wynwood
art district of Miami –
an area characterised by
the hundreds of colourful
street murals which
decorate the walls of old
warehouses in the
neighbourhood. In
performance, the artworks
can be projected onto a
screen behind the
ensemble.
Wynwood
Walls s'appuient sur 9
œuvres d'art dont les
titres prêtent leurs
noms aux 9 sections
connectées du quintette.
La musique reflète et
amplifie mes propres
réponses subjectives aux
œuvres d'art.
Les
mouvements sont
organisés par paires,
émergeant d'un centre
immobile - No Woman, No
Cry. Le titre de cette
pièce maîtresse
provient du portrait
émouvant de Chris Ofili
de Doreen Lawrence, la
mère d'un adolescent
assassiné lors d'une
attaque raciste gratuite.
En plus de cette
référence spécifique,
l'artiste a voulu que le
tableau soit perçu comme
une représentation
universelle de la
mélancolie, du
réconfort et du chagrin.
Les deux segments
flanquant No Woman, No
Cry complètent le
triptyque central.
Nighthawks d'Edward
Hopper explore la
solitude et l'isolement,
tandis que #Lamentation
de Grayson Perry est une
méditation sur le
souvenir et la fugacité
de la vie. Contrairement
au reste des Wynwood
Walls, la musique ici est
sombre et
introspective.
I
want my time with you est
un immense panneau néon
conçu par Tracey Emin
pour la gare de St.
Pancras, à Londres.
Selfie with Sunflowers
est un essai écrit par
Julian Barnes sur notre
sur-familiarisation avec
les peintures
emblématiques de
tournesols de Van Gogh.
La musique est
sentimentale, frôlant le
kitsch et le
sentimentalisme.
Sunflower Seeds et
Infinity Room sont une
paire de scherzos moto
perpetuo inspirés des
installations
minimalistes d'Ai Weiwei
et de Yayoi Kusama
respectivement. La
section d'ouverture,
Bathers at Asnières,
suggère le tableau
emblématique de Seurat,
tandis que le finale,
Seurat’s Bathers,
évoque la
réinterprétation de
Seurat par Howard Hodgkin
en utilisant une
explosion de couleurs
vives.
Le titre du
quintette est emprunté
au quartier artistique de
Wynwood à Miami - une
zone caractérisée par
les centaines de fresques
murales colorées qui
ornent les murs des vieux
entrepôts du quartier.
En performance, les
œuvres d'art peuvent
être projetées sur un
écran derrière
l'ensemble. $38.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
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