Title: Sparkling fireworks
Composer:Chen Ning-chi
Year: 41061
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Call No.: SC1480
Description: Commissioned by the Music Office, "Sparkling Fireworks" was composed by Chen Ning-chi as the titular piece in the 2012 Hong Kong Youth Chinese Orchestra annual concert, celebrating the fifteenth anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Set in a passionate allegro, the music uses frequent meter changes as well as various rhythmic patterns of tresillo and syncopation to depict the colorful fireworks in the night sky and the joyful crowd during festive celebration.
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Instrumentation: bang di (1), qu di (1), xin di (1), gaoyin sheng (1), zhongyin sheng (1), diyin sheng (1), gaoyin suona (1), zhongyin suona (1), diyin suona (1), diyin guan (1), yangqin (1), liuqin (1), pipa (1), zhong ruan (1), da ruan (1), zheng (1), timpani (1), bass drum/xiao gu (1), da gu (1), shuo luo/suspended cymbal/woodblock (1), large cymbals/small cymbals/wu luo/mangluo (1), xylophone (1), gaohu (1), erhu (1), zhonghu (1), cello (1), double bass (1)