Full Score
SKU:
HL.369854
For
Orchestra Full Score.
Composed by Peng Peng
Gong. LKM Music.
Softcover. 9 pages.
Lauren Keiser Music
Publishing #X077614.
Published by Lauren
Keiser Music Publishing
(HL.369854).
ISBN
9781705144770. UPC:
840126992694.
11.0x17.0x0.5
inches.
“In
celebration of the 40th
anniversary of China-U.S.
diplomatic relations and
in hope to support the
promotion of Chinese
culture abroad, Peng-Peng
Gong's (b. 1992) Tenth
Symphony, subtitled
'Peking Fantasy' (Op. 55)
was co-commissioned by
the Philadelphia
Orchestra and the
Shanghai Philharmonic
Orchestra in 2017. The
world premiere of the
2018 original version was
presented by the SPO in
April of the same year in
Shanghai, while the world
premiere of the 2019
revised version was
presented by the
Philadelphia Orchestra in
January at its home venue
with the combined forces
of both orchestras
side-by-side. Inspired by
the artistic power of
Peking Opera the
crowning heritage of
Chinese traditional
performing arts, the
symphony strives to
translate the emotional
and philosophical
experience of the art
form for international
audiences and to explore
the Western orchestra's
expressive abilities in
capturing the Eastern
spirit. The 2018 original
version ran as long as 76
minutes, before the
composer extensively
revised the score down to
40 and presented it in a
single movement without
pause. The work is scored
for a huge orchestra of
over 100 players. Main
materials that inspired
the music are from the
traditional Peking Opera
repertory: The Drunken
Beauty, Farewell My
Concubine, In Pursuit of
the General, and The
Chancellor and the
Advisor (lit. Cao Cao and
Yang Xiu). 'Peking
Fantasy' is in a sweet,
direct musical language
...It's a work of highly
original sounds presented
in a series of vivid
episodes.” -Peter
Dobrin, The Philadelphia
Inquirer.