CD: Shadows and silhouettes : new piano compositions celebrating a Chinese-Western confluence / Antonietta Loffredo, pianist. [2012] : Product : Australian Music Centre

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Shadows and silhouettes : new piano compositions celebrating a Chinese-Western confluence / Antonietta Loffredo, pianist.

Published by Wirripang — 2012 [Wirr 047] — 1 CD (64 min.)
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The travelling Chinese orchestra (2010) for solo piano Recorded/performed at: Perfomance Space, University of Western Sydney, Kingswood, NSW, on Aug 11.	Diana Blom	Antonietta Loffredo	2 mins, 44 sec.
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Qi colour from hidden resonances (2010) for piano Recorded/performed at: Perfomance Space, University of Western Sydney, Kingswood, NSW, on Aug 11.	Bruce Crossman	Antonietta Loffredo	5 mins, 58 sec.
Moon rhyme (2010) piano solo Recorded/performed at: Perfomance Space, University of Western Sydney, Kingswood, NSW, on Aug 11.	Caroline Szeto	Antonietta Loffredo	4 mins, 44 sec.
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Also includes: Ragaslendro / Valerie Ross -- A flower and not a flower (P'u: Hua fei hua): tre contrappunti / Massimo Priori -- Winter days ; A funeral / Phoon Yew Tien -- Lakes resting one on the other / Francesco Schweizer.

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New piano compositions celebrating a Chinese-Western confluence played by Antonietta Loffredo.
A University of Western Sydney project this interesting CD is the third by Antoinetta in a collaboration with the composers who have been encouraged to write new pieces for this project. It consists of piano pieces which draw on such influences as Chinese bird song; stylistic characteristics of Chinese instruments on an Australian folk tune; impressions of Shanghai; a phrase from Yijing (l-ching); teracotta figures of a travelling orchestra on horseback; a Chinese nursery rhyme; the concept of Qi; a Hong Kong market early in the morning; a poem by Chinese poet Po Chu (772-846); the musics of the three cultures of Malaysia; and from a Chinese perspective, winter days and a funeral in Australia.

Duration: 64 min.

Liner notes include programme notes and biographical notes on the composers and performer.