Songs from the Shih Ching
Derek Healey
Ensemble: Wind Ensemble
Solo Instrument: Lyric Soprano
Duration: 32:00
Year of Composition: 2016
Publisher: self-published
Available: Yes
How to Acquire: Composer
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Lyric soprano and large wind ensemble
Twelve songs in two parts, which may be performed individually or in groups chosen by the performers:
Part I (total duration approx. 15:30)
1) The Raging Waters
2) The Clearing
3) Be careful, Chung Tsu!
4) Shu is away
5) The Willows at the Western Gate
6) The Hunt
Part II (total duration approx. 16:30)
7) The Sacred Tower
8) Down fall the plums
9) The North Wind
10) Gathering White Asters
11) The Great Carriage
12) What of the Night?
Program Notes:
A work of a dramatic nature, based on poems chosen from the Chou Dynasty collection called the Shih Ching, sometimes translated as Confucian Odes. (Derek Healey)
