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Announcer (0:53) Jin Fuzai, Spring in the Air for pipa and erhu (3:31) Li Yiding, Mountain Song for oboe and piano (World premiere) (8:06) Announcer (3:15) Makoto Shinohara, Obsession for oboe and piano (9:09) One of the three pieces below (3:07) Keiko Abe, Michi for marimba (6:07) Announcer (2:31) Patricia Morehead, Just before the rain for clarinet, pipa and erhu (11:47) Lou Pei, Birds and the Phoenix for clarinet, pipa and erhu (with announcer voiceover) (9:04)

The CUBE ensemble includes oboist and horn player Patricia Morehead, flautist and vocalist Janice Misurell-Mitchell, keyboardist Philip Morehead, flautist Caroline Pittman, clarinetist Christy Voss, and percussionist Dane Richeson. Joining the ensemble here as guest artists were Yang Wei and Betty Xiang. The two Chinese-born, Chicago-based musicians are masters of the traditional Chinese instruments, the pipa and erhu, and have worked in a variety of prestigious settings, including Yo-Yo Ma's acclaimed Silk Road Project.

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