Bright Sheng

11/12/2015 58 min Episodio 175

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Chinese composer Bright Sheng grew up hearing traditional Chinese  music but became fascinated by Western classical music. As a composer,  he’s forged a highly successful career blending both sound worlds into a  fascinatingly distinctive sonic identity.
Bright Sheng: H’un Lacerations (excerpt)
New York Chamber Symphony/Gerard Schwartz
Sheng: Dance Capriccio
Shanghai Quartet; Peter Serkin, p.
Sheng: Three Chinese Love Songs
  “Blue Flower”
  “At the Hillside Where Horses are Running”
  “The Stream Flows”
Lisa Saffer, soprano; Paul Neubauer, viola; Bright Sheng, piano
Sheng: The Blazing Mirage
Hong Kong Philharmonic/Sheng; Trey Lee, cello
Sheng: String Quartet No. 4, Silent Temple, III
Shanghai Quartet