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- Bright Sheng
Tibetan Swing (2002)
- G Schirmer Inc (World)
- 3(2pic).2+ca.3(Ebcl,bcl).3(cbn)/4.3(2Ctpt).2+btbn.1/timp.3perc/hp/str
- 9 min
Programme Note
Premiere:
April 26, 2002
Brooklyn Philharmonic
Robert Spano, conductor
Brooklyn, NY
Composer Note:
Based on a typical Tibetan dance rhythm, this work tries to evoke both the beauty and the savagery of a particular mountain dance, an expressive dance well-known for swinging the long sleeves of its traditional costumes and for its rhythmic foot stomps.
—Bright Sheng
April 26, 2002
Brooklyn Philharmonic
Robert Spano, conductor
Brooklyn, NY
Composer Note:
Based on a typical Tibetan dance rhythm, this work tries to evoke both the beauty and the savagery of a particular mountain dance, an expressive dance well-known for swinging the long sleeves of its traditional costumes and for its rhythmic foot stomps.
—Bright Sheng
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Reviews
Tibetan Swing, the evening’s opener, summoned a vision of a dynamic mountain dance…The vigor of the music, the urgent rhythmic thrust and the bursts of instrumental color combined to present a bold image of the rugged Tibetans...
Discography
The Pheonix
- LabelNaxos: American Classics
- Catalogue Number8.559610
- ConductorGerard Schwarz
- EnsembleSeattle Symphony
- SoloistBright Sheng (piano) Shana Blake Hill (soprano)