1st work for violin solo; 2nd work for flute, percussion and cello; 3rd work for baritone and instrumental ensemble; 4th work for 2 violins, viola and cello; 5th work for narrator and instrumental ensemble. Title from disc label. Program notes in English and song texts in Chinese with English translations (19 pages) inserted in container. Recorded 2006 April, 2012 May and October, and 2013 January and March, Stude Concert Hall, Shepherd School of Music, Rice University.
Contents:
880-03 Returning souls : four short pieces on three Formosan Amis legends = Rang ling hun hui jia : Amei zu de san ze chuan qi si shou ge (2011) (Cho-Liang Lin, violin) (9:16) -- Returnings = Yan gui lai (2009) (Leone Buyse, flute ; Robert Schulz, percussion ; Bion Tsang, cello) (10:02) -- Sweet rice pie : six songs on four Taiwanese nursery rhymes = Bao mi xiang : Tai wan de size tongyao liu shou ge (2005) (Timothy Jones, baritone ; Leone Buyse, flute ; Michael Webster, clarinet ; Nuiko Wadden, harp ; Matthew McClung, percussion ; Timothy Peters, violin ; Norman Fischer, cello ; Kevin Noe, conductor) (13:16) -- Fantasia on the theme of plum blossom for string quartet = Mei hua cao de jiong xiang (2007) (Formosa Quartet) (16:08) -- Our names = Qing hui fu wo men de xing ming (2011) (Norman Fischer, narrator ; Leone Buyse, flute ; Michael Webster, clarinet ; Jeanne Kierman Fischer, piano ; Brandon Bell, percussion ; Ben Odhner, violin ; Coleman Itzkoff, cello ; David Cho, conductor) (13:38)
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