Shenblu
Victoria Bond
About this work:
Premiere: May 16, 1987; Shanghai, China; Carol
Kniebusch
Commentary: Elements of Chinese Music & American Jazz; Recording: GEGA
Review"Contains an element common to both Chinese music and American jazz: the pentatonic or five-note scale. A fun piece to perform, its success depends upon the flutist's ability to present the changing moods from languid and expressive to intensely driving, primitive and guttural, in a multi-metered dance-like section."
--Flute Talk
"A tour-de-force for flute...the work is a fascinating compositional tease and a technical challenge."
--The Ithaca Journal
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Year composed: 1987
Duration: 00:05:00
Ensemble type: Solo instrument, non-keyboard:Flute
Instrumentation: 1 Flute
Instrumentation notes: fl