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Transplant, Transpose
for flute, oboe, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano and two improvising soloists: Chinese mouth organ (Sheng) and alto saxophone
(2019)
- Duration 25'
- Premiere April 27, 2019; Portrait concert with ensemble mosaik, Berlin, sponsored by the American Academy in Berlin. With soloists Wu Wei (sheng) and Ryan Muncy (saxophone), conducted by Anthony Cheung.
Program Notes
A combination of exoticism, Western cultural prestige, and deeply-rooted inferiority has led to the re-creation of European-style villages built as exact copies outside major cities in China. The hope of using reproductions of European architecture and urban styles to revive and attract new settlements doesn’t always turn out well in reality. But it contributes to a direct clash of unrelated civilizations and cultures – a “new world” in denial of its own past seeking out different “old worlds” – with insensitivity and obliviousness. Inspired by this cultural simulacra, Transplant, Transpose was written for Ensemble Mosaik and solo improvisor Wu Wei on Sheng and Ryan Muncy on alto sax.
– Wang Lu
