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Performance by Lincoln Pang from the CD Works by Erik Griswold, Diana Blom, Mark Isaacs, Anthony Moles, Ros Bandt [and] Judy Bailey |
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CD
Shadows and silhouettes : new piano compositions celebrating a Chinese-Western confluence / Antonietta Loffredo, pianist.
Library shelf no. CD 2375 [Available for loan]
Score
The travelling Chinese orchestra : for solo piano / Diana Blom.
Library shelf no. 786.2/BLO 7 [Available for loan]
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Work Overview
This short descriptive piece came from a visit to a Chinese
restaurant in Canberra, the
menu of which was printed on pages from an Asian arts magazine.
My menu pictured
eight Chinese earthenware musicians on horseback from the Tang
dynasty 618-907. All
of the mounted musicians, maybe from Shaanxi or neighbouring
areas, have moustaches
and are strikingly dressed in beige hoods, red robes, with red
trousers tucked into black
boots. There are two drummers with their drumsticks, one musician
playing the fife (dizi),
one playing the flute (xiao), another the transverse flute (yuè),
one on pan-pipes (paixiao),
one on harp (konghou) and one on mouth organ (sheng).
When a travelling Chinese orchestra is passing through, the drums
then the cymbals are
heard in the distance, sounding out of the silence. Next, the
high woodwind ring out. As
the orchestra moves closer the melody is heard, the pitch rising
gradually until the players
are present, playing at full volume. The melody, using an old
Chinese scale, is
accompanied by the percussion. As the orchestra rides past, the
pitch of the melody drops
a little and as the distance increases, eventually only the high
woodwind and finally drums
can be heard.
Work Details
Year: 2009, this version: 2010
Instrumentation: Piano.
Duration: 3 min.
Difficulty: Medium
First performance: by Lincoln Pang at Momentary Pleasures (Eugene Goossens Hall) on 4 May 2010
Subjects
- Influenced by: Chinese culture
Performances of this work
18 Aug 2011: at Shadows & Silhouettes (Theme & Variations Showroom (Willoughby NSW)). Featuring Antonietta Loffredo.
4 May 2010: at Momentary Pleasures (Eugene Goossens Hall). Featuring Lincoln Pang.
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