Suite from China West

Chen Yi

General Info

Year: 2008
Duration: c. 13:40
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 – 3:15
2. Meng Songs - 2:40
3. Zang Songs - 4:10
4. Miao Songs – 2:40

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

Media

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State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

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University of Colorado Boulder Symphonic Band (Matthew Dockendorf, conductor) - 10 November 2021
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

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.]