Christian Mason - Racing Horses (赛马)

Composer

Christian Mason

Date of composition

2012

Duration

5 Minutes

By Huang Hai-Huai, arr. Christian Mason

Events for this work

Saturday

June 2026

10:00 am

Shanghai Oriental Art Center

China 2026: Concert

Christian Mason

Racing Horses (赛马) (2012)

Fodé Lassana Diabaté

Nana Triban, from Sunjata's Time (2016)

Ayanna Witter-Johnson

Mento Mood (2018)

György Ligeti

String Quartet No. 1, Métamorphoses nocturnes (1952-54)

Christian Mason

S'iscravamentu, from Sardinian Songbook (2016)

Christian Mason

Muttos, from Sardinian Songbook (2016)

Lou Harrison

Estampie, from String Quartet Set (1978-79)

Christian Mason

Kuda Yry, from Tuvan Songbook (2016)

Christian Mason

Ezir Kara, from Tuvan Songbook (2016)

Peter Maxwell Davies

Farewell to Stromness (1980)

Wu Man

Gobi Desert at Sunset, from Four Chinese Paintings (2016)

More info & tickets

Monday

June 2026

7:30 pm

Xinghai Conservatory of Music, Guangzhou

China 2026: Concert

Lou Harrison

Estampie, from String Quartet Set (1978-79)

György Ligeti

String Quartet No. 1, Métamorphoses nocturnes (1952-54)

Xiaoyong Chen

The Blocked and In Between (2023)

Christian Mason

Kuda Yry, from Tuvan Songbook (2016)

Christian Mason

Ezir Kara, from Tuvan Songbook (2016)

Christian Mason

Racing Horses (赛马) (2012)

Wednesday

May 2018

6:00 - 7:30 pm

Jubilee Primary School

London Music Masters 10th Anniversary

Stef Conner

Singing Strings (2017)

John Zorn

Cat O'Nine Tails (1988)

Christian Mason

Racing Horses (赛马) (2012)

Christian Mason

Eki Attar, from Tuvan Songbook (2016)

More info

Sunday

February 2016

7:30 pm

Servant Jazz Quarters, London

Servant Jazz Quarters

Christian Mason

Racing Horses (赛马) (2012)

György Kurtág

Six moments musicaux, Op. 44 (1999-2005)

Fodé Lassana Diabaté

Sunjata's Time (2016)

Elliot Galvin

Valentine (2016)

Béla Bartók

String Quartet No. 4: IV. 'Allegretto pizzicato' (1928)

Tuesday

February 2016

5:45 pm

Performance on BBC Radio 3 'In Tune'

Alfred Schnittke

String Quartet No. 3: 1st movement (1983)

Béla Bartók

String Quartet No. 4: IV. 'Allegretto pizzicato' (1928)

Christian Mason

Racing Horses (赛马) (2012)

Sunday

March 2015

4:00 pm

Holywell Music Room, Oxford

Radcliffe Chamber Music Competition

Christian Mason

Racing Horses (赛马) (2012)

Eugene Birman

String Quartet (2016)

Anton Webern

Six Bagatelles (1913)

Ludwig van Beethoven

Grosse Fuge, Op. 133 (1825)

Tuesday

October 2014

7:00 pm

English Speaking Union

Concert: English Speaking Union

John Adams

Fellow Traveler (2007)

Arvo Pärt

Fratres (1977)

Igor Stravinsky

Three Pieces for String Quartet (1914)

Béla Bartók

String Quartet No. 4 (1928)

Christian Mason

Racing Horses (赛马) (2012)

Sunday

November 2013

2:00 pm

White Cloth Gallery, Leeds

Concert in Leeds

Conlon Nancarrow

String Quartet No. 3 (1987)

Henryk Górecki

Arioso from Quartet No. 2 'Quasi una Fantasia', Op. 64 (1991)

John Adams

Fellow Traveler (2007)

Anna Meredith

Songs for the M8 (2005)

György Ligeti

String Quartet No. 2 (1968)

Christian Mason

Racing Horses (赛马) (2012)

Saturday

July 2013

7:30 pm

Unitarian Chapel, York

York Late Music

Laura Bowler

Hay Fever (2012)

Steve Crowther

String Quartet No. 2 (2013)

Sofia Gubaidulina

Ten Preludes for solo cello (1974)

Jonathan Harvey

String Quartet No. 2 (1989)

Anna Meredith

Songs for the M8 (2005)

Arvo Pärt

Fratres (1977)

James Else

On The Wind (2013)

Christian Mason

Racing Horses (赛马) (2012)

Friday

May 2013

7:30 pm

St Nicholas Church, Brighton

Concert at Brighton Fringe Festival

John Adams

Fellow Traveler (2007)

Harry Partch

Two Studies on Ancient Greek Scales (arr. Ben Johnston) (1946/1997)

Anton Webern

Six Bagatelles (1913)

Christian Mason

Racing Horses (赛马) (2012)

Laura Bowler

Hay Fever (2012)

György Ligeti

String Quartet No. 2 (1968)

György Ligeti

Poème Symphonique, for 100 metronomes (1962)

Wednesday

December 2012

1:10 pm

St James's Church, Piccadilly

Concert at St James's, Piccadilly

Jonathan Harvey

String Quartet No. 2 (1989)

Christian Mason

Racing Horses (赛马) (2012)

György Ligeti

String Quartet No. 2 (1968)