Postures
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra
by Zhou Long
Full Orchestra - Sheet Music

Solo piano & full orchestra (2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, 4 percussion, strings Percussion: glockenspiel, xylophone, naobo, bowl chime, suspended cymbal, temple blocks, vibraphone, 4 opera gongs on mat, tom, crotales, wo) - Difficult

SKU: OU.9780193412774

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra. Composed by Zhou Long. Study score. 112 pages. Duration 26'. Oxford University Press #9780193412774. Published by Oxford University Press (OU.9780193412774).

ISBN 9780193412774. 12 x 8 inches.

for solo piano and full orchestra
This work opens with a form of Shaman-dance from North-east China, during which the piano mimics some of the animal postures seen in the art of kung fu. Pianobells, the more lyrical and lightly orchestrated second movement, takes two contrasting bells (Mighty Bells and Frost Bells) as its narrative throughout. The third and final movement, which is intended to represent the Peking Opera Monkey's action, is a wild and intense finale with rapid rhythmic patterns from the percussion. This concerto is exciting, lively, and highlights the piano as a virtuoso percussion instrument.