Chamber Music Bass Clarinet, Cello, Clarinet, Cymbal, Flute, Percussion, Piano, ...(+)
Chamber Music Bass
Clarinet, Cello,
Clarinet, Cymbal, Flute,
Percussion, Piano, Side
Drum, Tam-tam, Temple
Blocks, Tom-tom,
Triangle, Vibraphone,
Violin, Wood Block, alto
Flute
SKU:
PR.11440744S
Lost
In Thought About Ancient
Culture and Modern
Civilization.
Composed by Chen Yi. Full
score. With Standard
notation. 20 pages.
Duration 9 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#114-40744S. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.11440744S).
UPC:
680160011490. 9.5 x 13
inches.
The sextet
was written for flute
(doubling alto flute),
clarinet doubling bass
clarinet), violin, cello,
piano and percussion
(triangle, 3 temple
blocks, 2 wood blocks,
side drum, cymbal, 4
tom-toms, vibraphone,
small tam-tam, median
tam-tam and big tam-tam).
It presents the composer
lost in thought about
ancient culture and
modern civilization and
her thinking about the
parallels and contrasts
between the East and the
West. Near Distance takes
us through a journey that
covers thousands of miles
and thousands of years.
Contrasting moments of
dense, busy activity with
sparse, haunting lines
the composer bridges the
gap between the timeless
history of her homeland
and the ever-changing,
energetic life in the
modern society. The work
was originally written
under the request of
Prof. Jacob Druckman, for
a composition workshop at
the Aspen Music Festival.
It is dedicated to his
memory with admiration
and respect. Near
Distance has been
featured in Sound and
Silence, a series of ten
documentary films on
contemporary music, which
has been broadcast on the
European TV network since
1989, produced by the
ISCM, Adamov Films and
the Polish TV. It has
also been recorded on
CRI, released in 1999,
under the title Sparkle:
Chamber Music of Chen Yi.
[now available through
New World Records] --Chen
Yi Her piece...
generates a vivid and
wholly radiant color
scheme. Harmonically,
too, it seems to float
enchantingly, its
occasional ventures into
microtones gracefully
bending away from
traditional tonality.
Gorgeous music, this; one
longs to hear more.
--Alan Rich, LA Weekly
'Near Distance' evinced
some delicate, dramatic
sonorities in its fusion
of East Asian and Western
musical impulses. --John
von Rhein, Chicago
Tribune.