Yi Chen

For S.A.T.B. Chorus and optional Piano

Chen Yi describes the cheery interplay of HAPPY TUNE as one instrument playing a lively melody; while the other plays a vivid rhythmic pattern as accompaniment. The pair of instruments imitates Chines...

Inspired by Chinese tradition, this concerto-like dance suite includes: 1. Lion Dance, 2. YangKo, and 3. Muqam. Each movement draws from melodies and rhythms characteristic of various regions of China...

The first of three volumes of folk songs collected from the provinces of China. It can be performed a cappella or with piano accompaniment.

Chen Yis ursprüngliches "A Set of Chinese Folk Songs" umfasste zehn Lieder, die erstmals für ein Vokalensemble arrangiert wurden. Die ausdrucksstarken Lieder stammen aus den verschiedensten Regionen C...

Chen Yis wunderschönes und sehr strukturiertes Tongedicht wurde von der alten chinesischen Poesie inspiriert; seine melodischen Ideen wurden aus den für die chinesische Oper charakteristischen musikal...

YangKo, an important form of mass folk-dance that originated in northern China, has recently become popular throughout the entire country. In YangKo, the performers not only dance, but they play rhyth...

THREE BAGATELLES FROM CHINA WEST von Chen Yi ist eine Suite chinesischer Volkslieder. Ursprünglich für Flöte und Klavier geschrieben, haben viele Solisten und Ensembles Transkriptionen dieser Stücke f...

Phrasings and hints of Chinese folksongs, and the dramatic beauty of nature, are often the deep inspiration for Chen Yi’s musical worlds, along with the subtle relationship between folk arts and progr...

Beautifully atmospheric and within reach of advanced students, Fisherman's Song is a poignant addition to every flutist's repertoire. Chen Yi describes the main theme as evocative of the ornamented pe...

With endlessly imaginative timbral and textural invention, Chen Yi weaves an ethereal and alluring nocturnal tapestry of sounds in Night Thoughts. The melodic construction is often gestural and freely...

Chen Yi's THREE BAGATELLES FROM CHINA WEST are a trio of Chinese folk songs. Originally written for flute and piano, many soloists and ensembles have requested transcriptions of these pieces for their...

Chen Yi's Fire for 12 players, commissioned by the Chicago Center for Contemporary Composition, was premiered in 2019 by the Grossman Ensemble under the baton of James Baker at the University of Chica...

Chen Yi’s ELEGY was composed in 2020 both as her own response to the covid pandemic, and in conjunction with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra’s series of solo commissions for their performers offered...

TACHUN (SPRING OUTING) was composed in 2021 for The Joy Project, to commission uplifting works for performance at free outdoor concerts in the San Francisco Bay region. The work's title comes from the...

“Spring Vitality,” the first movement of Chen Yi's SONG OF SPRING for string quartet, embeds rhythmic speech in quietly churning fragments of polyphony to suggest the sounds of falling rain, sure to c...

Chen Yi beschreibt ihr Violinkonzert SPRING IN DRESDEN als ein amerikanisches Gedenken an den Wiederaufbau der Dresdner Frauenkirche, die im Zweiten Weltkrieg von amerikanischen und britischen Truppen...

Inspired by Chinese tradition, this concerto-like dance suite includes: 1. Lion Dance, 2. YangKo, and 3. Muqam. Each movement draws from melodies and rhythms characteristic of various regions of China...

IMPRESSIONS FROM THE CHINESE ZODIAC wurde vom Music Advancement Program der Juilliard School in Auftrag gegeben und besteht aus drei charakteristischen Stücken, die auch für fortgeschrittene Saxophoni...

A recipient of the New Music USA 2013 Live Music For Dance Award commissioning grant; Not Alone is inspired by the ancient Chinese poet Li Bai's poem 'Drinking Alone under the Moon with the Shadow.' T...