Shui Diao Ge Tou & Song for mixed chorus, percussion and piano

Composer: Kui Dong; Librettist: Denise Newman

The text of this choral work weaves together poems by the great Song Dynasty poet Su Shi (aka Su Dongpo) and Denise Newman, spanning one thousand years, and two very different cultures and languages.

Commissioned by the Dale Warland Singers, with financial support from The Jerome Foundation, Performed by the: San Francisco Chamber Singers on June 11 and 12, 2003, Berkeley and San Francisco.