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Gao Ping  

Sonatine for flute and piano - Dialogue between wind and snow

Duration: 07' 00" Year: 2002
for flute and piano

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    Sonatine – Dialogue between Wind and Snow was written in December of 2002. This piece was meant to be a sister piece of a much earlier miniature called Dawn (1994). But as it was finished and performed, I thought it stood on its own quite well. A tonal and more conventional style was used in order to fit the two pieces together.

    This piece has a carefree, fresh, and uncomplicated character. The musical ideas are often presented in polyphonic textures to give a sense of dialogue. I had a good time writing it and it was finished quite quickly. The winter of 2002 was exceptionally snowy and windy in Cincinnati where I was residing at the time, and some of the ideas came to me while I was watching the snow through the window.

    This work exists in 2 versions, one for flute and piano, and another for violin and piano. I have performed both versions with two exceptional performers: the Russian flutist Alexander Viazovtsev and violinist Yang Liu.

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Rosie Langabeer  

Tusalava

Duration: 06' 36" Year: 2002, r. 2007
a mixed chamber ensemble "like James Bond in the jungle"

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