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Mar 14, 2017 · SSO Presents: Tan Dun conducts Water Passion after St. Matthew. Shanghai Symphony Orchestra. 4.21K subscribers. 14K views 7 years ago SHANGHAI SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. Conductor: Tan Dun...
Tan Dun began thinking of how to stage Water Passion in The Temple of Dendur three years ago. After the 2012 performance of his opera The Peony Pavilion in the Met's Astor Chinese Garden Court, Mr. Tan was amazed by the brilliant Egyptian culture on display within the Temple's spacious gallery.
Tan Dun pulls no punches in the Water Passion; nor is this a tiresome exercise in Multiculturalism 101. Instead, this is an innovative, humanistic concept expertly realized, with no pandering and no self-indulgence.
At that time I had just gotten the commission for the Water Passion. I said, "I’ve got to start with water"— it’s the beginning, and the beginning is the ending, and the end is the beginning. That’s the meaning of resurrection. Resurrection isn’t just a new life, but a new idea. —Tan Dun
Sep 8, 2021 · And on today’s date in 2000, Helmuth Rilling conducted the world premiere of Tan Dun’s “Water Passion after St. Matthew.” Tan said he was struck by the references to water in St. Matthew’s gospel, so his setting includes seventeen large, illuminated bowls of water, positioned on stage in the form of a cross.
'Water Passion After St. Matthew"' by Tan dun Presented by Soundstreams as part of "Water Passion" on Friday, March 9, 2018 at Trinity-St. Paul 's Centre. Performed by Carla Huhtanen, soprano; Stephen Bryant, baritone; Erika Raum, violin; David Hetherington, cello; Aiyun Huang, percussion; Michelle Colton, percussion; Ryan Scott, percussion ...
Feb 8, 2003 · Water Passion after Saint Matthew is a 2003 release on Sony Classic Music. Popular audiences know Chinese-born composer Tan Dun for his score to the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden...
