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Suite from China West
Contents
General Info
Year: 2008
Duration: c. 12:50
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Theodore Presser
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - $170.00; (digital) - $125.00 | Score Only (print) - $35.00
Movements
1. Introduction – 3:10
2. Meng Songs - 2:35
3. Zang Songs - 3:55
4. Miao Songs – 2:20
Instrumentation
Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
English Horn
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Cornet I-II-III
Horn in F I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II-III
Bass Trombone
Euphonium I-II
Tuba
String Bass
Timpani
Percussion I-II-III, including:
- Bass Drum
- Bell (small)
- Glockenspiel
- Snare Drum
- Suspended Cymbal
- Tam-tam
- Tom-tom
- Triangle
- Vibraphone
Errata
None discovered thus far.
Program Notes
Commissioned in 2005 by the Metropolitan Wind Symphony, Lawrence Isaacson, music director, the four-movement Suite from China West premiered on May 18, 2008, at the National Heritage Museum in Lexington, Mass. The authentic folk music from China West has amazed and inspired the composer to write this piece, which has folk music elements drawn from the folk songs Gadameilin and Pastoral of the Meng people; Ashima of the Yi people; Du Mu and Amaliehuo of the Zang people; and Dou Duo and the Lusheng ensemble music of the Miao people.
- Program Note by composer
Commercial Discography
None discovered thus far.
State Ratings
None discovered thus far.
Performances
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project
- Belmont University (Nashville, Tenn.) Wind Ensemble (Barry Kraus, conductor) – 8 February 2019
- The Hartt Omni Wind Ensemble (West Hartford, Conn.) (Glen Adsit, conductor) – 8 December 2018
- Swarthmore (Penn.) College Wind Ensemble (Andrew Hauze, conductor) – 17 November 2018
- Austin (Tx.) Civic Wind Ensemble (Robert Laguna, conductor) - 13 May 2018
- University of Minnesota (Minneapolis) University Band (Betsy McCann, conductor) – 3 May 2018
- University of Nebraska (Lincoln) Symphonic Band (Anthony Falcone, conductor) – 6 March 2018
- State University of New York, Potsdam, Crane Wind Ensemble (Brian K. Doyle, conductor) – 24 February 2016
- Metropolitan Wind Symphony (Jamaica Plains, Mass.) (Lawrence Isaacson, conductor)- 18 May 2008 *Premiere Performance*
Works for Winds by this Composer
- Ba Yin (2015)
- Dragon Rhyme (2010)
- Dunhuang Fantasy (2000)
- KC Capriccio (2000)
- Spring Festival (2002)
- Suite for Cello and Chamber Winds
- Suite from China West (2008)
- Tu (2003)
- Wind (2011)
Resources
- Heritage Encyclopedia of Band Music. "Chen Yi." Accessed 24 February 2016
- The Horizon Leans Forward, compiled and edited by Erik Kar Jun Leung, GIA Publications, 2021, p. 289.
- Perusal score
- Yi, C. (2008). Suite from China West : for Wind Ensemble [score]. Theodore Presser: [Bryn Mawr, Penn.]
