In a Chinese Temple Garden

In a Chinese Temple Garden
Light music by Albert Ketèlbey
KeyE minor
Published1923 (1923)
Scoringorchestra

In a Chinese Temple Garden is a piece of light classical music for orchestra by Albert Ketèlbey who composed it in 1923. Subtitled an Oriental Phantasy, it illustrates a priestly incantation, two lovers, a wedding procession, a street brawl and the restoration of calm by the beating of the temple gong. .