Chamber Music violin,
viola
SKU:
PR.114419730
For
violin and Viola.
Composed by Chen Yi. Sws.
Set of Score and Parts.
8+2+2 pages. Duration
2:30. Theodore Presser
Company #114-41973.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.114419730).
ISBN
9781491132333. UPC:
680160681686. 9 x 12
inches.
Chen Yi
describes the cheery
interplay of HAPPY TUNE
as: “When one
instrument plays a
livelymelody, the other
plays a vivid rhythmic
pattern in the
accompaniment. The pair
of string
instrumentsimitates the
sound of primitive
Chinese folk song
singing, as well as the
Chinese traditional
windinstrument sheng, a
mouth pipe organ.â€
Published as a shared
score and extracted
parts, and writtenas a
celebration piece
honoring the 25th
anniversary of the Great
Lakes Chamber Music
Festival.
Composed to
celebrate the 25th
Anniversary of the Great
Lakes Chamber Music
Festival, my violin and
viola duet HAPPY TUNE was
written for Kim
Kashkashian and Tien-Hsin
Cindy Wu, and premiered
at the festival on June
16, 2018.I fondly
remember being invited by
the GLCMF (directed by
Prof. James Tocco) to be
the dual Stone
Composers-in-Residence
with my husband Zhou
Long, along with the
Stone Composer Fellow
Nicholas Omiccioli in
2011. We had a dozen of
our chamber works
performed excellently by
the outstanding chamber
ensembles and musicians
during the week, meeting
enthusiastic audiences
and supporters of new
music in various venues
at the festival. The
experience was truly
inspiring, and I created
HAPPY TUNE to honor the
GLCMF, with hopes to
carry on the high spirit
in our new music
society.In this duet,
when one instrument plays
a lively melody, the
other plays a vivid
rhythmic pattern in the
accompaniment. The pair
of string instruments
imitates the sound of
primitive Chinese folk
song singing, as well as
the Chinese traditional
wind instrument sheng, a
mouth pipe organ.
