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Tribute to Chou Wen-Chung

John Sackett (clarinet), Ellen Ruth Rose (computer)

Ensemble Parallele, San Francisco New Music Ensemble, Empyrean Ensemble, Nicole Paiement

In future histories of music...Chou Wen-Chung...will have an important place as a 'bridge' between cultures in an increasingly globalized world. ...Chou actually helped something important,...

Tribute to Chou Wen-Chung

John Sackett (clarinet), Ellen Ruth Rose (computer)

Ensemble Parallele, San Francisco New Music Ensemble, Empyrean Ensemble, Nicole Paiement

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In future histories of music...Chou Wen-Chung...will have an important place as a 'bridge' between cultures in an increasingly globalized world. ...Chou actually helped something important,...

About

The two programs on this double CD were presented at the Pacific Rim Music Festival in 2003. They were offered as part of the Festival’s tribute to Chou Wen-chung in honor of his 80th birthday. What brought these works together is their relationship to Chou Wen-chung. Some were students; some associates and in the case of Varèse, Chou’s teacher.

Contents and tracklist

Quarter Note = 54
Track length3:08
Quarter Note = 72
Track length2:31
Quarter Note = 112
Track length2:48
Quarter Note = 66 (Nostalgia)
Track length3:07

Awards and reviews

In future histories of music...Chou Wen-Chung...will have an important place as a 'bridge' between cultures in an increasingly globalized world. ...Chou actually helped something important, even miraculous happen. By taking on the 'cleansing' practice of Modernism, he gave young composers (especially Asian) a tool to approach their heritage with an objectivity that made for fresh and bracing music, weighed down neither with needless nostalgia nor a 'colonial' legacy. This release clearly demonstrates that admirable accomplishment
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