Half Moon Rising for SATB Choir and Piano

Half Moon Rising offers a broad range of choirs an informed introduction to performing Chinese choral music. The collection includes:

• a representative and contrasting selection of works from the past century – folksong arrangements; pieces mixing traditional Chinese and Western Romantic styles; and contemporary settings of ancient poetry
• a broad range of styles and dialects, illustrating the region’s rich diversity, all presented with the transliterated original text
• poetic English translations below the staves and introductions containing information on the composers/arrangers; performance notes; and literal English translations

• Ban Ge Yue Liang Pa Shang Lai (Half Moon Rising) - Xinjiang folksong, arr. Cai Yuwen
• Ba Jun Zan (Magnificent Horses) -Fantasy on a Mongolian folk tune, arr. Yang Hongnian, adapted and arr. Jing Ling-Tam
• Cha Shan Qing Ge (Tea Mountain Love Song) -Guizhou folksong, arr. Chen Tscheng Hsiung
• Diu Diu Dang Ah (Old Train Song) - Taiwan Yilan folksong, arr. Chien Shan-hua
• DuiHua (Antiphonal Flower Song) - Anhui folksong, arr. Shi Jin Bo
• Gai Tau Hong Mei (Street Calls) - Leong Yoon Pin
• Ge Lao HuanGe (Happy Song of the Gelao) - Gelao folksong, arr. Zhou Zhengsong
• Hong Dou Ci (Red Bean Poem) - Liu Xue’an, arr. HwangYau-tai
• Ken Chun Ni (Cultivating Spring Soil) - He Lüting (music) Tian Han (words)
• Kuai Le De Ju Hui (Happy Reunion) -Ancient tune of Sun Moon Lake, arr. Chuan-Sheng Lu
• Lok Sui Tien (Rainy Days) - Hakka folksong, arr. Toh Ban Sheng
• Mo Li Hua(Jasmine Flower) - Jiangsu folksong, arr. Ch en Yi
• Mu Ge (Shepherd’s Song) - Eastern Mongolian folksong, arr. Qu Xixian
• PaoMa Liu Liu Di Shan Shang (Horses Run on the Mountain) - Xikang folksong, arr. Zhao Yushu
• Qing Chun Wu Qu (Dance of Youth) - Uyghurfolksong, arr. Wang Luobin, choral arr. Wang Shiguang
• Ru Meng Ling (Like a Dream) - Richard Tsang
• Seui Diu Go Tau (Under theMid-Autumn Moon) - Chan Kai-Young
• Shui Guang Lian Yan (Ripples Glisten Away…) - Chen Yihan
• Shui Xian Hua (Narcissus Flower)- Chinese folksong, arr. Lin Sheng-shih
• Tin O O (Dark Clouds) - Northern Taiwan children’s song, arr. Tsai Yu-Shan
• Xiao HeTang Shui (Flowing Creek) - Yunnan folksong, arr. Ma Shuilong
• Xiao Huang Li Niao (Little Oriole) - Mongolian folksong, arr. ChanHing-yan
• Yang Guan San Die (Parting at Yangguan Pass) - Ancient Chinese tune, transcribed by Xia Yifeng, arr. Wang Zhenya
• YiWang (To Forget) - Hwang Yau-tai (music), Zhong Meiyin (text)