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
6
June 2026
Shanghai Oriental Art Center

China 2026: Concert - Metamorphosis (folk: transformed)

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)

Music is always changing - every time a melody is hummed, every time a rhythm is tapped out - and music travels with the people who share it. Ligeti Quartet presents a programme inspired by folk music from around the world. Through original compositions by established composers, the instruments of the string quartet find new words, new languages, and paint new pictures to create a new music. 

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