Tibetan Swing, Bright Sheng

Work Information

Bright Sheng : Tibetan Swing

Publisher	G Schirmer Inc
Category	Orchestra
Year Composed	2002
Duration	9 Minutes
Orchestration	3(2pic).2+ca.3(Ebcl,bcl).3(cbn)/4.3(2Ctpt).2+btbn.1/timp.3perc/hp/str
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Programme Note

Digital perusal score available from SchirmerOnDemand

Premiere:
April 26, 2002
Brooklyn Philharmonic
Robert Spano, conductor
Brooklyn, NY

Composer Note:
Based on a typical Tibetan dance rhythm, this work tries to evoke both the beauty and the savagery of a particular mountain dance, an expressive dance well-known for swinging the long sleeves of its traditional costumes and for its rhythmic foot stomps.

--Bright Sheng

Reviews

Tibetan Swing, the evening’s opener, summoned a vision of a dynamic mountain dance…The vigor of the music, the urgent rhythmic thrust and the bursts of instrumental color combined to present a bold image of the rugged Tibetans...

Rita Moran, Ventura County Star (CA)

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