Music From China
7:30 – 9:30PM
Music From China “Premiere Works XXII: Music of Young Composers”
Established in 1984, Music From China embraces both traditional and new music in a repertoire of Chinese classical and folk-inspired arrangements and works by living composers. Premiere Works XXII, latest in a series dedicated to contemporary Chinese music, features world premieres of new work by young Chinese and American composers. Fresh and colorful, all the compositions are written with East-West instrumentation creating new sound worlds for contemporary Chinese music. Three of the composers perform in their own works.
Program:
LI XINYAN: Legend of the White Snake (commissioned work)
MICHAEL MILLER: Arapaima
SCOTT STEELE: The Avoidance of a Word
WANG AMAO: The Feeble Breeze, The Sullen Spring
ZHOU JING: Melancolique
KERWIN YOUNG: Erhu and Pipa Suite for a Lonely Man
Musicians
Wang Guowei, erhu/zhonghu; Sun Li, pipa; Alvin Wong, cello; Anna Urrey, flute; Zhou Jing, zheng; Michael Miller, bass clarinet; Scott Steele, percussion