Chen Yi
Spring Dreams
Year: 1997
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: choral
Publisher: Theodore Presser
Description: Written for Ithaca College Choir. Text by Meng Hao-ran (Tang Dynasty), sung in Chinese. Several groups of ostinato are brought in gradually in various tempos, accompanying a fresh melody in Chinese opera speech-singing style. The climax brings in tuitti in Choral singing.