Bringing the Tiger Down from the Mountain II
- Instrumentation
- Cello, Piano
- Composed
- 1991
- Duration
- 5'30''
- Publisher
- Canadian Music Centre (unpublished; printed by CMC)
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About this piece
A five-minute piece for cello and piano commissioned by the Canadian Music Competitions in 1991, with Canada Council support, as a competition test piece. In her programme note Louie explains that the title comes from a Tai Chi position, and that the piece sets an impassioned, unmeasured ('senza misura') solo section built on glissandi against a meditative passage in which cello and piano trade slow lines, reflecting the yin/yang principle. It has been played at youth competitions, and the Cheng² Duo programmed it on their 2011 Carnegie Hall debut recital. A version for cello and accordion also exists.
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