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The quickening : for soprano & qin / Liza Lim ; poetry by Yang Lian
Library shelf no. Q 783.6654/LIM 3 [Available for loan]
Work Details
Year: 2005
Instrumentation: Soprano voice, qin.
Duration: 22 min.
Difficulty: Advanced — Professional
Contents note: I. The quickening -- II. One lip, one tongue -- III. Ceremony for childbirth -- IV. Xin (heart) -- V. Cicadas in the body endlessly cry.
Dedication note: The Quickening' is dedicated to Joséphine Makovits. 'Xin (heart)' is dedicated to my son, Raphael
Commission note: Commissioned by the Festival d'Automne á Paris.
First performance: by Deborah Kayser, Yang Chun Wei — 29 Nov 05. Festival d'Automne, Amphitheâtre, Cité de la Musique, Paris
Together with 'The Quickening' (for soprano and qin), this piece forms a pair of pieces called 'A Ceremony of the Seasons'.
Texts are fragments of Chinese poems, from the collection 'Where the sea stands still', by Yang Lian.
Comprises five sections - four movements for soprano and qin and a qin solo entitled 'Xin (heart)', placed between the third and fourth duo movements. The qin solo was composed in 2002
Performances of this work
29 Nov 05: Festival d'Automne, Amphitheâtre, Cité de la Musique, Paris. Featuring Deborah Kayser, Yang Chun Wei.
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