Description
Instrumentation: erhu, guzheng (21 strings) and marimba
Edition: score and parts
Year: 2004
Difficulty: medium
Commissioned by the Orchid Ensemble with the assistance of a Canada Council grant
Parting at Yang Kuan (Chinese: Sun Pass) reflects on the Ming Dynasty, the last dynasty in
China ruled by Chinese, a time of rapid changes of rulers, internal rebellion, wars at the frontier,
naval expeditions, Manchus invasion and conquest. Musicially, this work serves as a gate,
many musicial ideas and material of the seven previous works are re-examined and renewed
in a new sound world.
