Soundstreams Commissions
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Distance is scored for mixed ensemble including four Chinese traditional instruments and Western instruments.
The text of this work comes from poetry anthology Nine Songs written by a great Chinese poet Qu Yuan. Nine Songs consists of 11 poems and presents various parts that reflect rituals of ancient China.
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