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The Music of Chou Wen-Chung |
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| Item Type: Sound Recording |
Duration: 88 min |
| Event Type: Interview and Music |
Program Origin: WBAI |
In this program, recorded in 1966, host Ann McMillan talks with the Chinese-born composer and long-time teacher at Columbia University, Chou Wen-Chung. Chou Wen-Chung describes his music as an attempt to capture the same emotionality of Chinese poetry, calligraphy, and landscape painting. While presenting many of his compositions, McMillan also reads translations of several of the poems that served as the inspiration for the works. In addition Chou Wen-Chung offers a clear analysis of the history and structure of his pieces. |
| Part 1 of 3: |
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| Musical Selections: |
Landscapes (1949) (8:00) -- All in a Spring Wind (1953) (7:00) -- And the Fallen Petals (1954) (8:30) |
| Performers: |
Peninsula Festival Orchestra of Wisconsin (Landscapes)
Thor Johnson, conductor (Landscapes)
Louisville Orchestra (Spring ; Petals)
Robert Whitney, conductor (Spring ; Petals) |
| Genre: |
20th Century Classical |
| Subject: |
Chou, Wen-Chung, 1923-; 20th century classical; Music -- China; Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics; Orchestral music; Symphonic poems |
| People: |
Chou, Wen-Chung, 1923-; McMillan, Ann; Johnson, Thor ; Whitney, Robert, 1904-1986 |
| Recording Date: |
01/25/1966 |
| First Broadcast Date: |
3/24/1966 |
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| Part 2 of 3: |
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| Musical Selections: |
Soliloquy of a Bhiksuni, for trumpet with brass and percussion ensemble (1958) (4:45) -- Metaphors (1960-61) (18:00) |
| Performers: |
Louisville Orchestra (Soliloquy)
Robert Whitney, conductor (Soliloquy)
University of Illinois Wind Ensemble (Metaphors)
Robert Gray (Metaphors) |
| Genre: |
20th Century Classical |
| Subject: |
Chou, Wen-Chung, 1923-; 20th century classical; Music -- China; Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics; Trumpet with instrumental ensemble; Wind ensembles |
| People: |
Chou, Wen-Chung, 1923-; McMillan, Ann; Whitney, Robert, 1904-1986; Gray, Robert |
| Recording Date: |
01/25/1966 |
| First Broadcast Date: |
3/24/1966 |
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| Part 3 of 3: |
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| Musical Selections: |
Yü Ko (”Song of the Fisherman”) (1965) (5:15) -- Cursive, for flute and piano (1963) (13:00) |
| Performers: |
Group for Contemporary Music at Columbia University (Yü Ko)
Harvey Sollberger, flute (Cursive)
Charles Wuorinen, piano (Cursive) |
| Genre: |
20th Century Classical |
| Subject: |
Chou, Wen-Chung, 1923-; 20th century classical; Music -- China; Music -- Philosophy and aesthetics; Nonets (Piano, clarinet, English horn, flute, trombones (2), percussion, violin); Flute and piano music |
| People: |
Chou, Wen-Chung, 1923-; McMillan, Ann; Sollberger, Harvey; Wuorinen, Charles |
| Recording Date: |
01/25/1966 |
| First Broadcast Date: |
3/24/1966 |
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