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For SATB choir and piano.
Commissioned by Vietnamese-American conductor Alexander Nguyễn. Believed to be the first choral work written (at least outside of Vietnam) by a Vietnamese composer using a poem by a Vietnamese poet, and conducted by a Vietnamese conductor, this work is a display of authentic Vietnamese sensibility applied to the medium of choral music.
Featuring the poetry of celebrated Vietnamese poet Hàn Mặc Tử, the poem describes the loss of a love as a devastating event, including comparing the scarlet color of a flower to blood, and the rain as tears. The words have been meticulously set so as to honor the Vietnamese language, following the contours of the tones so that a native speaker will have no trouble understanding what is sung.
Purchase includes the rights to print unlimited copies of the conductor score with text, translation, and IPA guide. Conductor score delivered upon purchase.
Performances:
Singing City Choir of Philadelphia, directed by Alexander Nguyễn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lMgkQQSMIk
Temple University Graduate Conductor’s Chorus, directed by Alexander Nguyễn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t10RW9qJXbg
For SATB choir and piano.
Commissioned by Vietnamese-American conductor Alexander Nguyễn. Believed to be the first choral work written (at least outside of Vietnam) by a Vietnamese composer using a poem by a Vietnamese poet, and conducted by a Vietnamese conductor, this work is a display of authentic Vietnamese sensibility applied to the medium of choral music.
Featuring the poetry of celebrated Vietnamese poet Hàn Mặc Tử, the poem describes the loss of a love as a devastating event, including comparing the scarlet color of a flower to blood, and the rain as tears. The words have been meticulously set so as to honor the Vietnamese language, following the contours of the tones so that a native speaker will have no trouble understanding what is sung.
Purchase includes the rights to print unlimited copies of the conductor score with text, translation, and IPA guide. Conductor score delivered upon purchase.
Performances:
Singing City Choir of Philadelphia, directed by Alexander Nguyễn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lMgkQQSMIk
Temple University Graduate Conductor’s Chorus, directed by Alexander Nguyễn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t10RW9qJXbg