Chinese Lantern Music

Twelve Balletic Scenes

for Orchestra

Peter Thompson

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Chinese Lantern Music was written for Anne Claxton and the Petersfield Area Youth Orchestra. It was first performed by that orchestra (under the baton of David Thomas) in the Petersfield Musical Festival, March 1992.

This work is perfectly suitable for performance by school, youth or amateur orchestra.

Sample pages

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	Composer	Title	Forces	Total duration
	Peter Thompson	(Play complete work)Chinese Lantern Music Twelve Balletic Scenes for Orchestra	Orchestra	12½ mins
#	Composer	Movement	Forces	Duration
1	Peter Thompson	`I`: Winter Scene	Orchestra	1½ mins
2		`II`: The Warrior		1¼ mins
3		`III`: The Waterfall		1¼ mins
4		`IV`: Wind Among the Reeds		½ minute
5		`V`: Distant Hills		¾ minute
6		`VI`: The Army is Prepared		1¼ mins
7		`VII`: Flight of Birds		1¼ mins
8		`VIII`: Blossom Tree		¾ minute
9		`IX`: Song of the Golden Rose		1 minute
10		`X`: The Wanderer		1½ mins
11		`XI`: The Suitor under a Moonlit Tree		¾ minute
12		`XII`: Heroic Riders		1¼ mins

Recorded performance

In the absence of a live recording of this piece, Jon Mec-Wu and the Mechanic Symphony Orchestra have obliged to give you an idea of how it sounds

Video

This video is based on exactly the same audio recording as is presented earlier on this page; it merely adds imagery to the existing sound.

Catalogue code: FM298 • Published: 1st September 2025
Entry last updated: 1st September 2025

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	—Rob Barnett, MusicWeb International (December 2016)