Chen Yi
Woodwind Quintet
Year: 1987
Duration (in minutes): 9'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: larger chamber ensembles - more than 4 players, woodwind ensemble, woodwind quintet
Instruments: any brass, any woodwind, bassoon, clarinet, flute, horn, oboe
Publisher: Theodore Presser
Description: Inspiration came from the booming tide of the Chaoyin Cave in the Putuo Mountain in southeastern China, the dull chanting from the Buddhist nunnery, the reciting tunes played by bamboo flute, and the rude, primitive roaring by Tibetan changjian.