GAO PING: 白日梦 Daydreams – a suite for piano

GAO PING: 白日梦 Daydreams – a suite for piano Pianist Tony Chen Lin performs Gao Ping’s ‘白日梦 Daydreams – a suite for piano’ in this Resound film shot at Wellington’s St Andrew’s On The Terrace last September. In six movements - Twilight, Song Without Words, Dance 1, Blues Over a Lost Phone, Dance 2 and Wind Prayers - the music evokes subjects typical of daydreams in the manner of the ‘literary sketches’ that are traditional in Chinese literature. As with a number of piano works by Gao Ping, the pianist also sings. Watch out for this in the movement titled ‘Blues Over a Lost Phone’, after the composer’s experience of losing his phone in a taxi. Audio was recorded by RNZ Concert (engineering and production by Darryl Stack) - our thanks as always. Film funded by NZ On Air. Further information about the composer biographies associated with these films can be discovered at https://www.sounz.org.nz/ Explore our extensive catalogue of scores, CDs, books and resource library at https://www.sounz.org.nz/info-for/sounz-collection-library Connect with #SOUNZ on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SOUNZnz/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SOUNZnz Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sounz_nz/ #nzmusic #classicalmusic