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Pre-Hear: Unsuk Chin's Su

Unsuk Chin's Su

12/05/2012

BBC Radio 3 - Pre-Hear, Unsuk Chin's Su

Wu Wei (sheng) and the BBC SO under Ilan Volkov in Unsuk Chin's Su.

A performance of Korean composer Unsuk Chin's Su, given at the BBC Symphony Orchestra's Total Immersion event. Unsuk Chin: Su. Wu Wei (sheng), BBC Symphony Orchestra/Ilan Volkov.

Su, composed in 2009 by Korean composer Unsuk Chin, fuses the sound of the traditional Chinese mouth-blown pipe-organ - the Sheng - with the modern symphony orchestra. It was recorded during the BBC Symphony Orchestra's 'Total Immersion' expose of Unsuk Chin's works and performed by Wu Wei (sheng) with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Ilan Volkov.

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