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Chou Wen-Chung’s “All In The Spring Wind” was recorded by the Louisville Orchestra as part of their First Edition Records (LOU-614) label in 1961. The title of the “is taken from a poem, written in exile, by Li Yu (937-978), the last emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty:
Last night, amid broken dreams,
I was again in the Imperial City,
As in the days of old.
The flowers, the moon,
All in the spring wind.“1
“All In The Spring Wind” was recorded on Wednesday, February 1, 19612 and released that year. Robert Whitney conducts the Louisville orchestra on the recording. The LP also includes Alan Hovhaness’ “Magnificat” For Four Solo Voices, Chorus And Orchestra, Opus 157.3 “All in The Spring Wind” is the last piece on the B-side of the LP and is the second work by Chou Wen-chung recorded by the Louisville Orchestra’s First Edition Records. It followed the commissioning and recording of Chou Wen-Chung’s “And the Fallen Petals”4 (LOU-561) in 1955, and precedes “Soliloquy of a Bhiksuni” (LOU-641) which was recorded in 1963.5
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NOTES
- See Chou (n.d.) ↩︎
- See Fralin (2000b: 45). ↩︎
- See Discogs (2025). ↩︎
- See Fralin (2000a: 337-339). For an analysis of the composition Belfy (1986: 123-130). ↩︎
- “And the Fallen Petals” and “Soliloquy of a Bhiksuni” would be released in January the following years of recording, 1956 and 1964 respectively. See Fralin (2000b: 45). ↩︎
REFERENCES
Belfy, Jeanne Marie. (1986). The Commissioning Project Of The Louisville Orchestra, 1948-1958: A Study Of The History And Music (kentucky) [Dissertation: University of Kentucky]. ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global Closed Collection; ProQuest One Academic. (303463394). https://www.proquest.com/docview/303463394/E44856AF40C74BA8PQ/4.
Chou Wen-Chung. (n.d.). All in The Spring [Online]. https://chouwenchung.org/composition/all-in-the-spring-wind/.
Discogs. (2025, January 15). The Louisville Orchestra, Alan Hovhaness, Chou Wen-Chung*, Robert Whitney – Magnificat For Four Solo Voices, Chorus And Orchestra, Opus 157 / All In The Spring Wind [Online]. https://www.discogs.com/master/3211548-The-Louisville-Orchestra-Alan-Hovhaness-Chou-Wen-Chung-Robert-Whitney-Magnificat-For-Four-Solo-Voice.
Fralin, Sandra Lee. (2000a). The Role of the Louisville Orchestra in the Fostering of New Music, 1947–1997: Volume I [Dissertation: Southern Baptist Theological Seminary]. https://www.proquest.com/docview/304619001/4F1BBC6CFB8846B9PQ/6.
Fralin, Sandra Lee. (2000b). The Role of the Louisville Orchestra in the Fostering of New Music, 1947–1997: Volume II [Dissertation: Southern Baptist Theological Seminary]. https://www.proquest.com/docview/304619001/4F1BBC6CFB8846B9PQ/6.
