Tan Dun (1957)

Nu Shu: The Secret Songs of Women (2013)

symphony for harp, thirteen microfilms and orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 2013
    • Duration: 40 mn
    • Publisher: Schirmer
    • Commission: NHK Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo ; The Philadelphia Orchestra ; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam.
Detailed formation
  • soloist: harp
  • 2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, 3 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, 4 percussionists, strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 22 May 2013
    Location:

    Japon, Tokyo


    Performers:

    Risako Hayakawa, harpe ; NHK Symphony Orchestra ; Tan Dun, direction.