The West Lake
for SATB Chorus, a cappella
by Chen Yi
4-Part - Sheet Music

Choral SATB choir, piano

SKU: PR.312418310

For SATB Chorus, a cappella. Composed by Chen Yi. First performance: Chicago a cappella, Jonathan Miller, director, to celebrate the choir's 10th anniversary. Choral. Performance Score. With Standard notation. Composed 2003. 12 pages. Duration 5:30. Theodore Presser Company #312-41831. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.312418310).

ISBN 9781491111192. UPC: 680160490257. 8.5 x 11 inches. Chinese. Text: Su Dong-Po. Su Dong-Po.

My choral work The West Lake is commissioned by and dedicated to Chicago a cappella (Artistic Director Jonathan Miller, Executive Director Matthew Greenberg) in celebration of the ensemble's tenth anniversary, premiered on Sept. 9, 2003 in Chicago. The text of The West Lake is an ancient Chinese poem written by Su Dong-po (1036-1101) in 1073 (Song Dynasty), sung in Chinese. --Chen Yi The brimming waves delight the eye on sunny days; The dimming hills give a rare view in rainy haze. The West Lake looks like the fair lady at her best Whether she is richly adorned or plainly dressed. Chen is deft at molding Chinese and European elements into a vivid, compelling soundscape... the overall feel was awe at nature's beauty: it's a wondrous miniature... --Ted Shen, Chicago Tribune, September 11, 2003 She treats voices like orchestral instruments and this yields wonderful results. At times the voices sound like strings, later like brass, and most strikingly, something like bells, putting you in mind of ripples created by small stones dropped in clear water. --M.L. Rantala, Hyde Park Herald, September 17, 2003.