The Ancient Chinese Beauty
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Score title
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The Ancient Chinese Beauty
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Composer
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Chen Yi
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Program note
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The Ancient Chinese Beauty has three movements: I. The Clay Figurines; II. The Ancient Totems; and III. The Dancing Ink. The work is a musical realization of my impression on the ancient Chinese art: the clay figurines of the Han dynasty (206 B.C. — 220 A.D.), the ancient totems dated thousands of years, and the cursive of the Tang dynasty (618 — 907). The piece is written for and premiered by the prominent recorder soloist Ms. Michala Petri in Beijing on April 4, 2008, to celebrate the anniversary of the longest non-interrupted relation between the two countries, Denmark and China. The European premiere is given at the Sigulda Festival with Kremarata Baltica in Latvia on June 28, 2008, again at Michala Petri's 50th birthday concert at Tivoli Concert Hall in Copenhagen, Denmark on July 7, 2008, with Danish Radio broadcast in 2008-2009.
The total duration is about 15 minutes.
Chen Yi