East Meets West: Chinese Modes and Western Forms in An-Lun Huang’s Bassoon Concerto Op. 81c

East Meets West: Chinese Modes and Western Forms in An-Lun Huang’s Bassoon Concerto Op. 81c

Chinese Canadian Composer An-lun Huang’s compositional style synthesizes Western harmony and form with Chinese music modes and melodic concepts. He has been hailed by critics and audiences the world over. After being appointed as composer-in-residence of the Central Opera House in Beijing, he went to Canada to study composition, where he remains today. His music has been performed all over the world and can be heard on the Naxos Library. This paper will present an analysis of An-lun Huang’s Concerto for Bassoon in C Major, Op. 81 and demonstrate how it blends Chinese melodic theory and modes with Western harmony and form.

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