Orchestra; Piano (Study
Score)
SKU:
HL.48025214
For
Piano and Orchestra Study
Score. Composed by
Qigang Chen. Boosey &
Hawkes Scores/Books.
Classical. Softcover. 48
pages. Boosey & Hawkes
#M060135163. Published by
Boosey & Hawkes
(HL.48025214).
ISBN
9781784544485. UPC:
196288133421.
8.25x12.0x0.157
inches.
Er Huang
was commissioned by
Carnegie Hall, New York
where, in 2009, it
received its world
premiere with solo
pianist Lang Lang and the
Juilliard Orchestra under
the baton of Michael
Tilson Thomas. Chen wrote
about the work, 'Music
has its own life –
for me the germination of
any musical work is like
a tree growing out of the
ground, and the eventual
outcome of this life is
entirely unknowable in
advance.' Commenting on
the connection between Er
Huang and its source of
inspiration, the Er Huang
tunes from the classical
Peking Opera repertoire,
he says that, 'the way I
applied musical elements
from Peking Opera to my
own writing was not
really based on
musicological studies.
Rather, these tunes were
an essential part of my
childhood in Beijing, and
always intertwined with
memories of my family and
the society I lived in at
the time. Many people
from my generation would
be able to hum these
tunes by heart. These
days, however, these
familiar tunes have been
almost entirely
forgotten, as the younger
generation is much more
occupied by western pop
culture. This is why,
when I quote these tunes,
Ioften do so with a great
sense of nostalgia.
Traditional Chinese music
has a very strong
character, and the
organic assimilation of
something that I feel
most akin to, over time,
into my own musical
language, has become an
essential part of my
artistic
expression.'.