The Golden Flute
Concerto for Flute and Orchestra
by Chen Yi
Chamber Music - Sheet Music

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Instruments
Piano
Flute Solo
Ensembles
Chamber Music
Composers
Chen Yi
Publishers
Theodore Presser Company
Series
Women Composers and Arrangers
Composers and Arrangers of Color
Music of Asian Composers and Artists
Formats
Set of Parts
Score and Parts
Item Types
Physical
Musical Forms
Concerto
Usages
School and Community
Chamber Music flute, piano

SKU: PR.114409490

Concerto for Flute and Orchestra. Composed by Chen Yi. Sws. See the program note on the second page of the flute part. Set of Score and Parts. With Standard notation. Composed 1997. 20+8 pages. Duration 16 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #114-40949. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.114409490).

ISBN 9781491108581. UPC: 680160014248. 9 x 12 inches.

After hearing Chen Yi’s viola concerto, Sir James Galway invited the composer to write him a Chinese flute concerto. Chen Yi responded with The Gold en Flute, using a Western flute to speak in the language of Chinese wind instruments. Chen’s concerto starts with the Chinese folk tune Old Eight Beats, and the first movement is inspired by Chinese traditions of melodic development, such as a wide array of grace notes and performing techniques around the melodic notes. Following a substantial cadenza, the intermezzo-like second movement imitates the sound of the ancient clay wind instrument xun, which has a slow but tense, mysterious, and dreamy voice. The third movement returns to virtuosic playing with all former pitch materials recapitulated.

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