03.28.08
Shanghai Quartet and Chanticleer
A striking new co-commissioned piece by Chinese American composer Chen Yi, “From the Path of Beauty,” unveiled March 13 in San Francisco and reprised Tuesday night at the Irvine Barclay Theatre. The composer calls her 37 1/2 -minute, seven-movement evocation of ancient Chinese arts “a song cycle for mixed voices and string quartet”.
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