Sheng: Northern Lights / Various

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
July 14, 2017
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      SHENG, BRIGHT
    • PERFORMER
      Zhu, Schwarz, Lee, Black, Son, Cheung, Friend, Bournaki, Sheng
    Product Details ⌄
    Works ⌄

    1. I. eighth note = 88

      Composer: Bright Sheng

      Performer: Julian Schwarz, Marika Bournaki

    2. II. quarter note = 69

      Composer: Bright Sheng

      Performer: Julian Schwarz, Marika Bournaki

    3. III. quarter note = 63-66

      Composer: Bright Sheng

      Performer: Julian Schwarz, Marika Bournaki

    4. IV. quarter note = 144-152

      Composer: Bright Sheng

      Performer: Julian Schwarz, Marika Bournaki

    5. I. Flute and Phoenix

      Composer: Bright Sheng

      Performer: Yoobin Son, Dan Zhu, Julian Schwarz, Pius Cheung

    6. II. Lotus Flowers

      Composer: Bright Sheng

      Performer: Yoobin Son, Dan Zhu, Julian Schwarz, Pius Cheung

    7. I. eighth note = 54

      Composer: Bright Sheng

      Performer: Dan Zhu, Trey Lee, Bright Sheng

    8. II. quarter note = 72

      Composer: Bright Sheng

      Performer: Dan Zhu, Trey Lee, Bright Sheng

    9. III. quarter note = 112

      Composer: Bright Sheng

      Performer: Dan Zhu, Trey Lee, Bright Sheng

    10. IV. Nostalgia, eighth note = 66

      Composer: Bright Sheng

      Performer: Dan Zhu, Trey Lee, Bright Sheng

    11. Sweet May Again

      Composer: Bright Sheng

      Performer: Robert Black, Pius Cheung

    12. I. eighth note = 50-52

      Composer: Bright Sheng

      Performer: Dan Zhu, Pius Cheung

    13. II. eighth note = 126-144

      Composer: Bright Sheng

      Performer: Dan Zhu, Pius Cheung


Acclaimed Chinese/American composer Bright Sheng has been fascinated by folk music for his entire career and Northern Lights is his first work to use Scandinavian folk music, exploring its kinship with American sources such as Appalachian and Bluegrass music. Inspired by ancient Chinese poetry, Melodies of a Flute captures deep and sensuous moods of love and longing, while Hot Pepper refers to the spicy cuisine of Si Chuan province. Bright Sheng combines Chinese and Western musical ideas to create luminous, deeply expressive and rhythmic scores, giving new meaning to the idea of music as a universal language.