Rising in the East: The Music of Asian-American Composers
From: WFIU
Series: Horizons in Music
Length: 59:01
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This week we'll be highlighting the many contributions that Bright Sheng and other Asian-American composers have made to the genre.
In the program we'll hear Kenji Bunch's "Slow Dance" in a performance from the Ahn Trio. The Corona Guitar Quartet performs music by Hsueh-Yung Shen, and Dennis Russel Davies will lead the American Composers Orchestra in "Inner Voices" by Cambodian-American, Chinary Ung.
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Piece Description
This week we'll be highlighting the many contributions that Bright Sheng and other Asian-American composers have made to the genre.
In the program we'll hear Kenji Bunch's "Slow Dance" in a performance from the Ahn Trio. The Corona Guitar Quartet performs music by Hsueh-Yung Shen, and Dennis Russel Davies will lead the American Composers Orchestra in "Inner Voices" by Cambodian-American, Chinary Ung.
Musical Works
| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sheng: Four Movements for Piano Trio | Triple Helix Piano Trio | A Sense of Place. | MSR Classics | 2004 | 10:27 |
| Shen: Polar Nights | Corona Guitar Quartet | Corona Guitar Kvartet. | Albany Records | 2008 | 09:19 |
| Ung: Inner Voices | Dennis Russel Davies/American Composers Orchestra | Colin McPhee: Tabuh-Tabuhan; Chinary Ung: Inner Voices ; Lou Harrison : Suite for Symphonic Strings. | Argo | 1995 | 20:20 |
| Bunch: Slow dance | Ahn Trio | Ahn-Plugged. | EMI Classics | 2000 | 09:11 |
| Phan: Rock Blood | University of Illinois Percussion Ensemble | P.Q. Phan: Banana Trumpet Games. | NWCRI | 2007 | 00:00 |
