Dun-Elegy: Snow in June (SP)-VC + V/C/X/M/5T/P

Elegy: Snow in June by Tan Dun is a concerto for cello and four percussionists. The image of "Snow in June" comes from the 13th-century Chinese drama by Kuan Han-Ching. In it a young woman, Dou Eh, is executed for crimes she did not commit. Even nature cries out at this injustice: her blood does not fall to earth but flies upward, a heavy snow falls in June, a drought descends for three years. Tan Dun's Elegy: Snow in June likewise sings of pity and purity, beauty and darkness, and is a lament for victims everywhere.

Instrumentation:

Solo Cello

Player 1 - vibraphone, 5 roto-toms, 4 nipple gongs, suspended cymbal, Chinese gong, Chinese bells, pair of stones, 5 woodblocks, guiro, thick paper, whistle, bow

Player 2 - xylophone, bongos, 4 nipple gongs, timpani, sleigh bells, 5 cencerros, pair of stones, Chinese bells, pair of Chinese cymbals, Chinese gong, suspended cymbal, thick paper, whistle, 2 cymbals, bow

Player 3 - marimba, 2 congas, timpani, tam tam, 5 cowbells, Chinese cymbals, bottle, pair of stones, thick paper, whistle, 2 cymbals

Player 4 - chimes, string drum, 5 Chinese toms, 5 cans, 5 woodblocks, suspended cymbal, maracas, small Chinese bells, pair of stones, thick paper, whistle, bamboo chimes, ratchet, bow