'Particularly suitable for youth choir'. This distinction was given by the jury of the International Competition for Choral Composition 2013 to Pan Xingzimin's 'Poem I'. The text of this secular choral work for six-part mixed a-cappella choir (SSAATTB) was written by the composer himself in his native language, this being one of the special charms of this choral piece. Below the Chinese characters are transliterations which take the insecurity about the pronunciation from the European singers, a...