Zhou Long: Nature and Spirit

Wu Man, pipa The Composers Conference Ensemble: Rachel Rudich, flute; Marcia Butler, oboe; Marianne Gythfeldt, clarinet; Lester Cantor, bassoon; Ronald Anderson, trumpet; Paul Basler, horn; Robert Wigness, trombone; Rolf Schulte, violin; Betty Hauck, viola; Michael Finckel, cello; Donald Palma, contra bass; Stephen Paysen, percussion; Dominic Donato, percussion; Randall Hodgkinson, piano; Efrain Guigui, Conductor Barbara Siesel, flute; Victoria Drake, harp Music From China: Gwendolyn Mok, piano; Wu Man, zheng; Erik Charlston, percussion Speculum Musicae: Elizabeth Brown, flute; Allen Blustine, clarinet; Cyrus Stevens, violin; Eric Bartlett, cello; Victor Kioulaphides, double bass; Frank Cassara, percussion; Christopher Oldfather, piano; Donald Palma, ConductorZhou Long was born in 1953 in Beijing, China. As a youth, he received the artistic influence of his parents who painted and taught vocal music. Though he began piano lessons at a young age, he was unable to escape the fate of