About this work:
Chen Yi
Thinking of My Home at Night (2022)
for mezzo-soprano and piano
Commissioned by Philadelphia Chamber Music Society and Spivey Hall
for the recital tour program of Fleur Barron and Julius Drake, Homeland,
Dreams, Childhood in March 2023, my Thinking of My Home at Night
for mezzo-soprano and piano sets a famous ancient Chinese poem Night
Thoughts by Li Bai in Tang Dynasty into music. The song is written in
Chinese traditional opera singing style. It's sung in Chinese and English.
Night Thoughts
A poem by Li Bai (701-762)
Moonlight in front of my bed,
Is it frost on ground I guess?
Lift up my eyes, gazing at the moon,
Low down my head, thinking of my home.
(English translation by Chen Yi)