Join us as Land's End celebrates Asian Heritage Month and gears up for the Beijing 2008 Olympics with China Gates. Music by John Adams, Rod Thomas Squance, and Alexina Louie, as well as two of China's important current composers, Bright Sheng and Tan Dun, the latter widely known for the soundtrack of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Also featuring Matthew Todd, one of the winners of the Land's End Composers Competition.

Land's End Chamber Ensemble
Elizabeth Bergmann, piano
Marcel Bergmann, piano
John Lowry, violin
Andrea Neumann, violin/viola
Beth Root Sandvoss, cello

With Special Guests Xiao Ming Wu, violin, and Rod Thomas Squance, percussion

Program
John Adams  China Gates
Rod Thomas Squance  Autumn Dreams
Bright Sheng  Seven Tunes Heard in China (selection)
Alexina Louie  Music from Night's Edge

Matthew Todd  Nauseous Oxygen
Chang Cheng Zhang  The Homecoming of My Red Army Brothers
Yong Cheng Qin  Ode to Beijing
Tan Dun  Eight Memories in Water Colors (selection)
Bright Sheng  Four Movements for Piano Trio