A Tribute to Chou Wen-chung

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Album Summary

Performers

• John Sackett (Clarinet)
• Ellen Rose (Viola)

Ensembles

• Empyrean Ensemble
• Parallele Ensemble
• San Francisco Conservatory New Music Ensemble

Composers

• Isang Yun (1917 - 1995)
• Edgard Varèse (Conductor/Director) (1883 - 1965)
• Zhou Long (1953 - )
• James Tenney (1934 - 2006)
• Joji Yuasa (1929 - )
• Hi Kyung Kim (1954 - )
• Pablo Ortiz
• Chen Yi (Composer) (1953 - )
• Chou Wen-Chung (1923 - )
• Chinary Ung (1942 - )
• Bright Sheng (1955 - )
• Edmund Campion (1957 - )

Notes & Reviews:

The two programs on this double CD were presented at the Pacific Rim Music Festival in 2003. They were offered as part of the Festival's tribute to Chou Wen-chung in honor of his 80th birthday. What brought these works together is their relationship to Chou Wen-chung. Some were students; some associates and in the case of Varese, Chou's teacher.

"In future histories of music from the second half of the 20th century, Chou Wen-Chung (b. 1923) will have an important place as a "bridge" between cultures in an increasingly globalized world... This disc is the record of a pair of concerts from the 2003 Pacific Rim Festival at the University of California, Santa Cruz, directed by Hi Kyung Kim. They honor Chou on his 80th birthday with programs linking him to Varese, noted friend-colleagues, and former students. All but the works by Chou, Yun, and Kim are live performances; the performance quality is excellent, and the concert noise minimal... Chou actually helped something important, even miraculous happen. By taking on the "cleansing" practice of Modernism, he gave young composers (especially Asian) a tool to approach their heritage with an objectivity that made for fresh and bracing music, weighted down neither with needless nostalgia nor a "colonial" legacy. This release clearly demonstrates that admirable accomplishment." - Robert Carl, Fanfare

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Works Details

Wen-Chung, Chou : Windswept Peaks, for violin, cello, clarinet & piano

• Ensemble: Parallele Ensemble
• Running Time: 18 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1990

Yun, Isang : Piri for solo oboe (or clarinet)

• Performer: John Sackett (Clarinet)
• Running Time: 13 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1971

Yuasa, Joji : Projection, for violin, viola & cello

• Ensemble: Parallele Ensemble
• Running Time: 9 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 2001

Ung, Chinary : Grand Alap (A Window in the Sky), for voices, cello & percussion

• Ensemble: Parallele Ensemble
• Running Time: 19 min. 10 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1996

Varèse, Edgard : Intégrales, for 11 winds & 4 percussionists

• Ensemble: San Francisco Conservatory New Music Ensemble
• Running Time: 11 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1924-1925

Kim, Hi Kyung : Trio, Sori, for daegeum, clarinet & cello

• Ensemble: Parallele Ensemble
• Running Time: 11 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 2002

Sheng, Bright : Movements (4), for piano trio

• Ensemble: Empyrean Ensemble
• Running Time: 11 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1990

Long, Zhou : Dhyana, for flute, clarinet, violin, cello & piano

• Ensemble: Empyrean Ensemble
• Running Time: 9 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1989-1990

Ortiz, Pablo : Hipermilonga

• Ensemble: Empyrean Ensemble
• Running Time: 11 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Campion, Edmund : Melt me so with thy delicious numbers..., for viola & electronics

• Performer: Ellen Rose (Viola)
• Running Time: 11 min. 2 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 2002

Tenney, James : Harmonium no 5, for violin, viola & cello

• Ensemble: Empyrean Ensemble
• Running Time: 7 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1978

Yi, Chen : Qi, for flute, cello, piano & percussion

• Ensemble: Empyrean Ensemble
• Running Time: 10 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1996-1997