Thirty-Mile Village
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Score title
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Thirty-Mile Village
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Composer
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Bright Sheng
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Program note
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Thirty-Mile Village is commissioned by the Young People’s Chorus of New York, who premiered the work on February 18th, 2012 at Zankel Hall of Carnegie Hall in New York City, conducted by Francisco Nunez.
In 2003, I wrote Boatmen’s Song, a work for two-part chorus and harp for the Young People’s Chorus of New York. It has been my intention to write a few more of these short chorus works based on Chinese folk songs. So I was happy to oblige to Francisco’s recent request as the second installment.
Like The Boatmen song, Thirty-Mile Village is also from northern Shaanxi Province which is known for its beautiful and soaring folk melodies.
Bright Sheng