Sheng/ Zhu/ Sheng - Let Fly / Zodiac TalesInspired by the image of a violin melody 'flying off', Chinese American composer Bright Sheng's virtuosic three movement concerto Let Fly interweaves Chinese and Western classical elements. Vivid legends of astrological animals inform Zodiac Tales, a tour de force concerto for orchestra. Reflecting the city of Suzhou's ancient, continuous cultural heritage, traditional nostalgia fuses with contemporary rhythms in the exciting Suzhou Overture. These

which has resulted in commissions and a CD of his famously refined and technically challenging music

the Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra and the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

animated by a sumptuous counterpoint that transfigures the sound of the choir

Hall is a mixture of old and new

which are likewise small in dimension and certainly not composed as virtuosic showpieces

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and Cecilia Arditto

a pillar of the American avant-garde in the 20th century

La Cour de Marbre or the Little Queen's Theater (Trianon)

but seems to approach also a type of musical dramaturgy reserved to an exploration of the female soul

although criminally unheard