Mountains of Dong Ding composed by Eric Turnnessen

Mountains of Dong Ding Suite

Duration: 9' 34"

Composed: September 2019

Nicolò Braghiroli, orchestrator

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Mountains of Dong Ding

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From Fields to Factory

Way of Life


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Instrumentation

Flute

Oboe

Bb Clarinet

Bassoon

2 Horns in F

Trombone

Bass Trombone

Tuba

Timpani

Percussion (2 players)

Taiko Drums

Harp

Piano

Violin I (10)

Violin II (8)

Viola (6)

Cello (6)

Contrabass (3)

Composition Notes

I composed this music as a rescore for a documentary called Bound Together which is a portrait of tea farmers living on Dong Ding mountain running their family business of oolong tea making. The tea documentary is called "Bound Together" and was created by Jake Knapp and produced by Shiuwen Tai of Floating Leaves Tea. You can watch the original documentary here.

Performance Videos

Melvin Tay, conductor

First performed on July 25, 2022 by the Northern Film Orchestra

Music to Picture

Below are excerpts from the tea documentary combined with the music I composed.

Original Mockups

Here are the original mockups I created in 2019 for the Mountains of Dong Ding Suite.