The Taking of T’ung Kuan

Composers:
  • Avshalomov, Jacob
Detailed Instrumentation: 3(1d Piccolo).2.2(1d Bass Clarinet)+E-flat Clarinet.2+ContraBassoon: 4.3.3.1: Timpani.Percussion(2): Strings
Duration: 8
Description:

It was these lines from a poem by Li-Po which inspired Avshalomov: “came the barbarian horde with the autumn/ out went the army of the House of Han…” The Taking of T’ung Kuan was performed for the first time in November 1953 with Leopold Stokowski conducting the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.

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