Title: Spring in Hong Kong

Composer:Tong Leung-tak

Year: October 4, 1978

Genre:

• Large ensemble
• Original composition
• Chinese orchestral music

Call No.: SC353

Description: Composed by Tong Leung-tak in 1978, "Spring in Hong Kong" features a full modern Chinese orchestra with an expanded winds section that includes, among other instruments, suona, haidi, and guan. Although the score does not provide any contextual information, the piece's brisk triple-meter rhythm, homophonic texture, and largely major-diatonic melody throughout seem thematically consistent with what the title suggests-a lively picture of Hong Kong in springtime. It begins with a brief introduction that sets a joyous mood. It then unfolds in a modified rounded binary form, where the A section is repeated once and its melodic materials return in a different key in the middle of the B section. Among the percussion instruments, the triangle and tambourine can be heard providing a steady dance-like rhythmic pattern.

Note:

Instrumentation: bang di (1), qu di (1), sheng (1), suona (1), haidi (1), guan (1), yangqin (1), liuqin (1), pipa (1), zhong ruan (1), da ruan (1), sanxian (1), zheng (2), timpani (1), tambourine(1), large cymbals (1), triangle (1), gaohu (1), erhu (2), zhonghu (1), cello (1), double bass (1)