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Shanghai Stories - evokes the experience of Wong’s parents falling in love in post WWII Shanghai on the eve of the culminating moments of the Chinese civil war.

 

Within These Walls - conjures up the incarceration of Chinese immigrants on Angel Island during the Exclusion Era. Dancer/choreographer Lenora Lee, a descendant of Angel Island detainees, danced in the studio to guide the improvisational ensemble performance of this work.

 

Miyoshi Sketches - dedicated to family friend Tomio John Miyoshi, a San Francisco Japantown native, former incarcerated in WWII concentration camp, and veteran of the Military Intelligence Service (MIS) during the occupation of Japan.

 

Horse Racing - classic piece for the Chinese erhu, re-arranged for yangqin, tuba, taiko, drum set and shamisen incorporating improvisation. A cultural reference to Wong’s grandfather and father, who were avid equestrians in Republican China.

©2024 Asian Improv Records, Inc.

Legends and Legacies III – Francis Wong

SKU: AIR121-D
$10.00Price
  • 2024

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