Enlisting
for three bass-baritones and orchestra (3.3.3.3-4.3.2+bass.1-timp.3perc-hp-str)
Commissioned by iSING! International Young Artists Festival
Premiere: Suzhou Symphony
November 24, 2020 - Suzhou Grand Theatre - Suzhou, CN
Duration: 3.5'
Commissioned by iSING! International Young Artists Festival
Premiere: Suzhou Symphony
November 24, 2020 - Suzhou Grand Theatre - Suzhou, CN
Duration: 3.5'
Enlisting sets a poem of the same title by Yang Jiong (650-c.695), a poet of the Tang Dynasty. The poem is a visceral call-to-arms full of flashing imagery of wartime and tumult. I sought to create sonic parallels of these stark images in sound, fixating at times on the intensity of conflict and the tense stillness of its shadow.
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从军行 - 楊炯
烽火照西京， 心中自不平。 牙璋辞凤阙， 铁骑绕龙城。 雪暗凋旗画， 风多杂鼓声。 宁为百夫长， 胜作一书生。 京，心中自不平。 牙璋辞凤阙，铁骑绕龙城。 雪暗凋旗画，风多杂鼓声。 宁为百夫长，胜作一书生书生。 |
Enlisting - Yang Jiong
Flames of war have set the capital ablaze, My heart can no longer stay still and steady. The royal order has hardly left the palace, Mounted warriors are already routing the enemies. Snow has dulled the bright pennants, Howling wind has joined the roaring drums. Better lead a hundred soldiers into war, Than live as a sheltered scholar. |
PERFORMANCE HISTORY
- January 7, 2023 - Philadelphia Orchestra - Lio Kuokman, conductor - Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center - New York City, NY
- January 6, 2023 - Philadelphia Orchestra - Lio Kuokman, conductor - Verizon Hall, Kimmel Center - Philadelphia, PA
- November 24, 2020 - Suzhou Symphony - Lin Daye, conductor - Suzhou Grand Theatre - Suzhou, CN