To listen to most of the music of Man-Ching Donald Yu, please click on the following links or go directly to the most bottom of this website: 1)The audio recordings of Man-Ching Donald Yu's music I Name: manchingdonaldyu Password: mozart2009 2)The audio recordings of Man-Ching Donald Yu's music II on youtube. 3)Piano music, chamber music and art songs by Man-Ching Yu (CDBABY) |
Man-Ching Donald Yu (余文正) is one of the most active Hong Kong composers. By the age of mid-twenty, he has already composed over hundred works in many genres including piano works, organ works, chamber music, vocal music, choral music, opera, film music, orchestral works and concerti. Most of the pieces have been performed internationally in different countries. He was born in 1980 in Hong Kong and started learning piano at an early age. In 1998, he made his debut as a soloist with Pan Asia Symphony Orchestra when he was sixteen, performing Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3. During this time, he also studied theory, composition and conducting. In 2004, he earned his Bachelor of Music degree from Baylor University where he was awarded scholarships to study piano performance with Krassimira Jordan. At the same time he also studied advanced composition and frequently premiered his own music while at Baylor. In 2007 July, Yu was awarded scholarships to attend the Cortona Contemporary Music Festival "soundSCAPE" in Italy where he has a special presentation of his music. In 2007 August, he was also awarded scholarships to attend the International Summer Academy of the "University Mozarteum Salzburg" in Austria where he earned a diploma in composition. In 2008 summer, he joined the "International Summer Course for New Music" in Darmstadt, Germany under subsidies. He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in composition on a thesis entitled "The Application of Post-tonal Methodologies and the Tai Chi Compositional system towards a Portfolio of Original Compositions and an Analysis of Joseph Schwantner's Distant Runes and Incantations" at the Hong Kong Baptist University under full scholarships. Since 2007, he won three ASCAPlus Awards for his active compositional achievements and performances. In 2008 spring, he was awarded the 2007-2008 Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fellowship for his outstanding postgraduate composition achievement. Yu started premiering his own music as a pianist when he was at the age of 18. Since 2004, his music has been premiered in New York, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, Texas, Iowa, Mexico City, England, Italy, Ukraine, Austria, Australia and Hong Kong. Various venues that his compositions have been performed include Harvard University, University "Mozarteum" Salzburg, the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Baylor University, Pennsylvania State University, University of Northern Iowa, Elmira College, the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center of the University of Maryland, National Lviv Music Academy, Ithaca College, Iglesia San Francisco El Grande in Ciudad de Mexico, Temple San Antonio in Queretaro Mexico, Teatro de Bellas Artes in San Miguel de Allende Mexico, the Hong Kong City Hall's Concert Hall and among others. In 2009 spring, nine of his piano and chamber music are radio broadcast and featured two times during the contemporary music program "Rizoma" in Columbia. In 2009 summer, his Disintegration for piano and tape was performed at the "Australasian Computer Music Conference"(ACMC) in Brisbane, Australia. His recent work "Requiem Mass for SATB Mixed Choir, soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, bass and piano (2009)" was composed to commemorate the victims of the 2008 Sichuan China earthquake. His chamber music has been published by Gold Branch Music, Inc from 2005-2009 whereas his chamber works and choral music are published by Wehr's Music House in Florida, his art songs are published by the New World Book Center in Hong Kong, the organ music and choral music are published by Zimbel Press in Massachusetts, and the hymns for church are published by the Hong Kong Church Music Service Limited in Hong Kong. His piano works, chamber music and art song are released by Zimbel Records in Massachusetts, U.S.A. on the CD, Illusions: Music of Man-Ching Donald Yu, features the performances of his own music. Yu is the first Hong Kong composer whose music has been released and published by those companies in the United States. Yu's music has been commissioned by or/and played by various performers, ensembles, choir, organizations and orchestra including the Choral Fellows of the Harvard University Choir, Lugansk Academic Symphony Orchestra, Hong Kong Baptist University Girls Choir, Resonance Chanters in Hong Kong, Duo46 in Arizona, Ukraine Octet Players, Octeto de cuerdas de Madrid in Spain, Onondaga Civic Symphony Orchestra in New York, JSU Chamber Orchestra, Ithaca College Trombone Troupe and among others. Yu has also been collaborating with poets and authors for composing art songs including renowned Taiwanese poet Ya Hsien. Regarding Yu's musical style, his works show the economical motivic utilization of post-tonal referential collections and those collections are blended with Chinese color as well as impressionistic elements to generate his own personal voice. For further information on Yu, visit: http://www.societyofcomposers.org/user/man-chingdonaldyu.html To listen to most of his music, visit: http://www.youtube.com/user/mozartdonaldyu Contact information: manchingyu@msn.com |
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LIST OF COMPOSITIONS ORCHESTRAL MUSIC Apocalypses for Orchestra (Composed in March 2009) (Duration: 6'00) First Symphony for Orchestra (Composed in October 2008) (Duration: 20'00) Nebula for Organ and Chamber Orchestra (For the Jackson State University Chamber Orchestra in Mississippi and organist Carson Cooman.) (Composed in October 2007.) (Duration: 15'00) Reflectionsfor Trombone Choir (Composed in December 2006.) (Commissioned by and for the "Ithaca College Trombone Troupe" with a commission grant from Ithaca College.) (Duration: 10'00) The Persistence of Memory for Orchestra (Composed in November 2006.) (Duration: 5'30) Concert Overture "Hong Kong Night Scene's Sketch" for Orchestra (Composed in August 2006.) (Commissioned by and for the Onondaga Civic Symphony Orchestra on a commission grant.) (Duration: 3'00) Mysterium for Orchestra (Transcription of the second and third movement of the Vier Kleine Klavier Stuecke) (Composed in July 2005.) (Duration: 2'58) Three Movements for String Orchestra (Composed in March 2005.) (Duration: 5'04) Symphonic Sketch "Nocturne" for Orchestra (Transcription of the Nocturnal Reflection for flute and piano) (Composed in August 2005.) (Commissioned by and for the Onondaga Civic Symphony Orchestra on a commission grant.) (Duration: 3'00) Black Hole for Orchestra (Composed in September 2002. Revised in October 2006.) (Duration: 10'00) Essay for Orchestra (Composed in January 2002.) (Duration: 10'20) Concerto for Viola, Piano, String Orchestra and Timpani (Rearrangement of the Concerto for Grand Viola and Orchestra) (Composed in September 2003.) (Duration: 10'23) Concerto for Horn and Orchestra (Commissioned by and for Hornist Stephen Aaron) (Duration: 15'45) Concerto for Grand Viola and Orchestra (Commissioned by Dr. Yip Wai Hong.) (Composed in January 2003.) (Duration: 11'22) Concerto for Horn, String Orchestra, Harp and Timpani (Composed in April 2003.) (Commissioned by and for Hornist Stephen Aaron.) (Duration: 8'10) Beowulf for Orchestra (Composed in May 2003) (Duration: 5'43 ) Symphonic Fantasy "Comet" for Orchestra (Composed in May 2004) (Duration: 4'53) Symphonic Poem: Dreamscapes for Orchestra (Composed in March 2002.) (Duration: 7'20) The Lonely Heart of the Cosmos for String Orchestra (Composed in September 2002.) (Duration: 7'21) Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra (Composed in April 2002.) (Duration: 10'16) Mesto Fugue for Chamber String Orchestra (Composed in May 2004.) (Duration: 2'54) Fanfare for Orchestra (Composed in September 2005.) (Duration: 1'09) COMPUTER-AIDED MUSIC Disintegration for piano and tape (Composed in May 2008.) (Duration: 7'00) CHAMBER MUSIC Autumn Elegy for Violin and Piano Autumn Elegy for guitar, violin and piano Autumn Elegy for guitar and piano (Composed in March 2001.) (For Nathalie Vanballenberghe.) (For Duo 46) (Duration: 4'47) Nocturne for Clarinet and Piano (Composed in November 2000.) (Duration: 10'19) Rhapsodic Sonata for Flute and Piano (Composed in November 2003.) (Duration: 4'47) Concert Rhapsody for Violin and Piano (Composed in November 2001.) (Duration: 8'38) Dark Rhapsody for Cello and Piano (Composed in December 2003.) (To Mr. Jeremy Shih) (Duration: 4'22) Dialoque for Oboe and Clarinet (Composed in March 2005.) (Duration: 2'30) Dialogue for Two Violins (Composed in March 2000. Revised in 2001 May.) (Duration: 10'07) Choral: Recalling for Brass Quintet (Composed in May 2002.) (Duration: 4'47) Four Souvenirs for Wind Quintet (Composed in October 2001.) (Duration: 9'56) Fuga for String Quartet (Composed in August 2001.) (Duration: 4'04) Illusion for Oboe and Piano (Composed in November 2003.) (To Miss Euridce M. Alvarez Izcoa.) (Duration: 5'25) In the Dark Mist for Clarinet and Piano (Composed in December 2002.) (Duration: 5'45) Prelude for Violin and Piano (Composed in September 2002.) (To Nathalie Vanballenberghe.) (Duration: 5'35) Serenade for Flute and Piano (Composed in September 2002) (To Marco Jerez.) (Duration: 6'12) String Quartet in Eb (Composed in November 1999.) (Duration: 3'32) String Quartet No.1 "Four Seasonal Sketches" (Composed in October 2001.) (Duration: 9'05) String Quartet No.2 "Apparition" (Composed in November 2002.) (Duration: 8'19) Two Pieces for Clarinet Solo (Composed in September 2004.) (Duration: 6'24) Duet "Argument" for Violin and Cello (Composed in October 2004.) (Duration: 4') Cantabile for Solo Violin (Composed in November 1999.) (Duration: 8'47) Fanfare for Brass Quintet (Composed in September 2005.) (Duration: 2'10) Solemn Elegy for 2 French Horns and 2 Bass Trombones Solemn Elegy for Horn Quartet Solemn Elegy for Trombone Quartet (Composed in June 2005.) (For trombonist Jamie Wehr) (Duration: 2'10) Nocturnal Reflection for Flute and Piano or Orchestra (Composed in June 2005.) (Commissioned by and for Wilson Ng.) (Duration: 3'30) Ode for Flute Solo (Composed in October 2005.) (Commissioned by and for Wilson Ng.) (Duration: 3'06) Shivering for Double Bass Solo or for Cello solo (Composed in October 2005.) (Duration: 3'04) Recalling from Dreams for Trumpet and Piano (Composed in October 2005.) (Commissioned by and for Carson Cooman and Colby Cooman) (Duration: 4'00) Imaginary Conversation for Violin and Piano or Cello and Piano (Composed in October 2005.) (For violinist Ami Takahashi and for cellist Max Cheng.) (Duration: 6'20) Lyrical Sketch No. 1: The Art of Fugue for four instruments Lyrical Sketch No. 2: The Art of Fugue for string quartet Lyrical Sketch No.3 : The Art of Fugue for flute quartet (Composed in November 2005.) (Duration 4:00) Romantic light piece for violin and piano (Composed in December 2005.) (To Crossover.) (Duration: 3'00) Romantic Light Piece No. 2 for cello and piano (Composed in January 2006.) (Commissioned by and for Max Cheng.) (Duration: 3'00) Sonata "Echo"for oboe solo or flute solo (Composed in October 2006.) (Commissioned by Carson Cooman) (Duration: 8'00) Hamlet's Aria "To Be or Not To Be" for violin and piano or viola and piano or cello and piano (Transcription of the Aria "To Be or Not To Be") (Composed in September 2006.) (Dedicated to violinst Emi Takahashi and cellist Michael Chan.) (Duration: 4:30) Frankenstein for organ and cello Frankenstein for piano and cello (Composed in November 2006.) (Commissioned by and for Carson Cooman.) (Duration: 5:00) The Refraction of Shadow for trombone and piano (Composed in January 2008.) (Commissioned by and for Harold Reynolds in Ithaca College.) (Duration: 7:00) Brilliant Variations and Fantasy on a Chinese Folk Tone for violin and piano (Composed in February 2008.) (For Emi Takahashi.) (Duration: 10'30) Memories for Brass Quartet (Composed in May 2008.) (Commissioned by and for Eric Henson.) (Duration: 5'30) Four Bagatelles for violin and organ (Composed in August 2008.) (Commissioned by and for "Arte Variabilie") (Duration: 10') Octet for string (Composed in January 2009.) (Commissioned by and for Octeto de cuerdas de Madrid in Spain.) (Duration: 7') Duo for cello and piano (Composed in December 2008) (Commissioned by and for cellist Emmanuel Kwok) (Duration: 10') "The Maximum speed of Raphael's Madonna" after Dalifor flute and piano (Composed in March 2009) (Commissioned by and for flutist Wilson Ng) (Duration: 5') Lamentation for cello and piano (Composed in April 2009) (Commissioned by and for Emmanuel Kwok and for Michael Chan) (Duration: 4') Piano Trio No. 1 "Moody Rain" for cello, flute and piano (Composed in October 2009) (Duration: 8') Primordial for piano quintet (Composed in November-December 2009) (Duration: 23') PIANO WORKS and ORGAN WORKS Brilliant Humorous Waltz for Piano (Composed in March 2000.) (Duration: 2'24) Fantasy on "The Lady of Shalott" for Piano (Composed in April 2003.) (To Miss Krassimira Jordan.) (Duration: 6'41) Five Miniatures for Piano (Composed in September 2001) (Duration: 5'04) Hell and Heaven for Piano (Composed in June 2003.) (Duration: 6'26) Sonata No.1 "Grand Concert Fantasy" for Piano (Composed in January 2000.) (Duration: 8'56) Sonata No.2 "Humoresque" for Piano (Composed in May 2000.) (Duration: 7'42) Sonata No.3 "Aggressive" for Piano (Composed in September 2001.) (Duration: 7'04) Sonata No.4 "Chaos" for Piano (Composed in August 2002.) (Duration: 4'35) Sonata No.5 "Ionization" for Piano (Composed in June 2003.) (Duration: 4'02) Song without Words for Piano (Composed in Spring 2000.) (Duration: 2'58) Ten Variations on a Chinese Folk Song "Home-sickness" for Piano (Composed in June 2003.) (Duration: 9'01) Uncertainty for Piano (Composed in March 2004.) (Duration: 4'26) Vier Kleine Klavier Stuecke (Composed in December 2004.) (Duration: 5'57) Toccata for Piano (Composed in April 2003.) (To Saori Sakakibara.) (Duration: 3'11) Toccata Fantastique for Organ (Composed in May 2006.) (Commissioned by and for Carson Cooman.) (Duration: 2'17) Meditation for Organ (Composed in June 2006.) (Commissioned by and for Carson Cooman.) (Duration: 3'00) Mystical Aria for Organ (Composed in July 2006.) (Commissioned by and for Carson Cooman.) (Duration: 3'00) 12 Preludes for organ (Composed in November 2006.) (Commissioned by and for Carson Cooman.) (Duration: 18'00) Etude "Birds" for Piano (Composed in 2005 fall.) (Commissioned by and for pianist Peter Blauvelt.) (To my friend Nicodim Negrutiu.) (Duration: 3'00) In Memoriam J.S. Bach for harpsichord (Composed in January 2007.) (Commissioned by Carson Cooman.) (Duration: 4'15) Explosion for piano (Composed in February 2007.) (Duration: 4') Organic Synthesis for piano (Composed in April 2007.) (Duration: 6') Three Characteristic Pieces for 4-hands piano duet (Composed in June 2007.) (Commissioned by and for Carson Cooman) (Duration: 6') Hallucination for piano (Composed in January-February 2008.) (Duration: 15') Three Pieces for Children for piano (Composed in May 2009.) (Duration: 6') Nine Dragons for piano (Composed in January 2010.) (Duration: 7') FILM SCORES Dong (Winter) for piano, harp, flute and clarinet or chamber orchestra (Composed in December 2006.) (Commissioned by and for film director Zhang Zi.) (Duration: 15') ART SONGS, CHORAL MUSIC and OPERA "Ode On Nature" for Soprano and Piano (Composed in October 2001. Poem by Man-Ching Yu) (Duration: 1'40) Five Japanese Lyrics for soprano and piano (Poem by Kumagai Naoyoshi, and translated by Miyamori Asatarao. Composed in November 2001.) (Duration: 13'33) Sonnet No.104 for Mezzo-Soprano and Piano (Poem by William Shakespeare. Composed in November 2002.) (To Xia Heng.) (Duration: 3'18) Two Dramatic Art Songs for soprano and piano I. Death from William Shakespeare's "Measure from Measure" II. I saw thee weep by Lord Byron (Composed in July 2002.) (Duration: 8'02) “Zwei Rosen” for Baritone and Piano (Composed in October 2000. To Jamie Moore.) (Duration: 3'39) Psalm No.63 for chorus SSA and piano (Composed in November 2005.) (Commissioned for the HKBU's Girls Choir.) (Duration: 4'30) Zwei Lyrisches Intermezzi for soprano and piano (Poem by Heinrich Heine. Composed in March 2006.) (Duration: 4'00) Our Father: An Anthem for SATB A Cappella (Composed in July 2006.) (Commissioned by Carson Cooman and for the Choral Fellows of the Harvard University Choir.) (Duration: 2'00) Opera "Hamlet" Act 1 Scene 1 (Composed in August 2006.) (Duration: 11'00) An Concert Aria "To be or not to be" for baritone and piano (Composed in August 2006.) (Duration: 5'00) Two Chinese Poems by Ya Hsien for Baritone and piano (Composed in March 2007.) (Commissioned by the HKBU's International Writers Workship.) (Duration: 6') O virtus Sapientiae for SATB A Cappella (Poem by Hildegard von Bingen. Composed in March 2007.) (Commissioned for the Choral Fellows of the Harvard University Choir.) (Duration: 3') The Morning for Mezzo-soprano and piano (Poem by W.S. Merwin. Composed in May 2007.) (Duration: 3') Collect Beads of Night for Mezzo-soprano and piano (Poem by Jewel Kilcher. Composed in May 2007.) (Duration: 2') With a Flower for Mezzo-soprano and piano (Poem by Emily Dickinson. Composed in May 2007.) (Duration: 2') A Polish Poem "Everything" for soprano and piano (Poem by Wislawa Szymborska; translated into English by Stanislaw Baranczak and Clare Cavanagh. Composed in Italy in July 2007.) (Duration: 3') "I used up this body" for soprano and piano (Poem by Izumi Shikibu. Composed in November 2007.) (Duration: 3') Starlight for soprano and piano (Poem by Plato. Composed in November 2007.) (Duration: 3') Xin Yu "The Deepest voice of My Heart" for baritone and piano (Commissioned by Poet Wong Kin Kwok.) (Poem by Mr. Wong Kin Kwok. Composed in November 2007.) (Duration: 3') qiu zhi shi luo "The Suffering in Autumn" for soprano and piano (Commissioned by Poet Wong Kin Kwok.) (Poem by Mr. Wong Kin Kwok. Composed in November 2007.) (Duration: 3') Wen Tian "Inquiring the Sky" for soprano and piano (Commissioned by Poet Wong Kin Kwok.) (Poem by Mr. Wong Kin Kwok. Composed in November 2007.) (Duration: 3') yang ming shan ye you "Wandering at the Yang Ming Mountain" for soprano and piano (Commissioned by Poet Wong Kin Kwok.) (Poem by Mr. Wong Kin Kwok. Composed in November 2007.) (Duration: 3') 1)Yuan Yang Gan Jue "The Feeling of the Far Ocean" for baritone and piano (Commissioned by poet Ya Hsien) (Poem by Ya Hsien. Composed in November 2007.) (Duration: 4') 2)Si Wang Hang Xing "The Voyage of Death" for baritone and piano (Commissioned by poet Ya Hsien) (Poem by Ya Hsien. Composed in November 2007.) (Duration: 4') 3)De Ceng Yin "The Recitation of the Stratum" for baritone and piano (Commissioned by poet Ya Hsien) (Poem by Ya Hsien. Composed in November 2007.) (Duration: 4') 4)Ge "Song" for baritone and piano (Commissioned by poet Ya Hsien) (Poem by Ya Hsien. Composed in November 2007.) (Duration: 4') 5)Zao Chen "The Morning" for baritone and piano (Commissioned by poet Ya Hsien) (Poem by Ya Hsien. Composed in November 2007.) (Duration: 4') Qi Qiu "Praying" for tenor and piano (Commissioned by poet Wong Kin Kwok) (Poem by Wong kin Kwok. Composed in March 2008.) (Duration: 3') Meng Ying "The Shadow of My Dream" for tenor and piano (Commissioned by poet Wong Kin Kwok) (Poem by Wong kin Kwok. Composed in March 2008.) (Duration: 4') "Tomorrow" for Mezzo-soprano and piano (Commissioned by poet Wong Kin Kwok) (Poem by Wong kin Kwok. Composed in May 2008.) (Duration: 4') "The Creation" for Mezzo-soprano and piano (Commissioned by poet Wong Kin Kwok) (Poem by Wong kin Kwok. Composed in May 2008.) (Duration: 4') Tiny Golden Birds for soprano and piano (Poem by Yosano Akiko. Composed in July 2008.) (Duration: 2') Left On the Beach for soprano and piano (Poem by Yosano Akiko. Composed in July 2008.) (Duration: 2') In the Soft Darkness for soprano and piano (Poem by Yosano Akiko. Composed in July 2008.) (Duration: 2') Not Speaking of the Way for soprano and piano (Poem by Yosano Akiko. Composed in August 2008.) (Duration: 2') Cross My Mind for soprano and piano (Poem by Yosano Akiko. Composed in August 2008.) (Duration: 2') Requiem Aeternam for SATB mixed choir and piano (Composed in September 2008.) (Commissioned by and for Resonance Chanters in HK) (Commissioned for Heritage Masterworks Chorale in UK.) (Duration: 5') Psalm 23 for soprano with tenor choir and piano (Composed in December 2008.) (For Hin Wah Baptist Church's small chanter.) (Duration: 3') Oculus non vidit for A cappella SATB Mixed Choir (Composed in February 2009) (Commissioned for the Harvard University Choir) (Duration: 4') Love's Draft for Mezzo-soprano and piano (Commissioned for Cynthia Luff. Composed in June 2009.) (Duration: 2') Summer Doorway for Mezzo-soprano and piano (Commissioned for Cynthia Luff. Composed in June 2009.) (Duration: 2') Ancient Egyptian Lyric for Mezzo-soprano and piano (Commissioned for Cynthia Luff. Composed in June 2009.) (Duration: 2') A Chamber Opera in one act "The Death of the Hired Man" for Mezzo-soprano, tenor and piano (Commissioned for Cynthia Luff. Composed in June 2009.) (Libretto by Walter Wykes, the original story was written by Robert Frost) (Duration: 18') Requiem Mass for SATB Mixed Choir and piano (Commissioned for Caleb Woo and Resonance Chanters. Composed in July-August 2009.) (Duration: 35') Performances of compositions (2009) ．First Symphony, premiere: Lugansk Academic Symphony orchestra, Lviv Philharmonic Hall. (February 18th, 2010. Scheduled) ．Toccata Fantastique for organ, premiere: Carson Cooman, a recital of the Harvard Organ Society, Harvard University.(31st, October, 2009) ．Nebula for organ and chamber orchestra, premiere: Carson Cooman, Jackson State University Chamber Orchestra, St. Luke's United Methodist Church, Mississippi. (12th November, 2009.) ．Octet for strings, premiere: Ukraine Octet Players, Concert with Works of Contemporary Music, Lviv National Music Academy, Ukraine. (14th October, 2009) ．Disintegration for piano and tape, "Australasian Computer Music Conference," Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia.(3rd July, 2009) ．Three Bagetelles for organ and violin ．Four Chinese Poems by Wong Kin Kwok for tenor and piano ．Five Japanese Poems by Yosano Akiko for soprano and piano ．Five Collection Love Poems from Ancient to Contemporary times for Mezzo-soprano and piano ．Duo for cello and piano ．Lamentation for cello and piano ．Twelve preludes for organ ．The Maximum Speed of Raphael's Madonna for flute and piano ．Requiem Aeternam for SATB mixed choir and piano “A Night with the Music of Man-Ching Donald Yu,” Hong Kong Baptist University. (6th June, 2009) ．Duo for cello and piano, Contemporary Music Workshop, Hong Kong Baptist University. (24th April, 2009) ．Psalm 23 for SSA and piano, premiere: John Winzenburg with HKBU's Girls Choir, Academic Community Hall of HKBU. (5th April, 2009) ．Memory for Brass Quartet, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center's Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Recital Hall, University of Maryland. (23rd March, 2009) ．Hallucination for piano, premiere: Man-Ching Donald Yu, Hong Kong Baptist University's Y.C. Cheng Lecture Theater 3. (26th January, 2009) (2008) ．Virtus Sapientiae for SATB Mixed Choir, Mystical Aria for organ, premiere: Choral Fellows, Harvard University Choir, conducted by Carson Cooman, Harvard University. (3rd November, 2008) ．The Refraction of Shadow for trombone and piano, premiere: trombone professor Harold Reynolds, Faculty Recital, Hockett Family Recital Hall of Ithaca College. (23rd October, 2008) ．Disintegration for piano and tape, premiere: Donald Yu, A Concert of Electro-acoustic Music, Hong Kong Baptist University. (10th October, 2008) ．Hallucination for piano ．Four Poems by Wong King Kwok for soprano and piano ．Imaginary Conversation for violin and piano ．Brilliant Variations and Fantasy on a Chinese Folk Tone for violin and piano ．Mystical Aria for organ ．Five Poems by Ya Hsien for baritone and piano ．Frankenstein for cello and piano "Postgraduate Composition Concert," HKBU. (30th July, 2008) ．Hamlet's Aria "To be or not to be” for violin and piano, premiere: violinist Emi Takahashi, pianist Man-Ching Donald Yu, Hong Kong Medical Association Charitable Foundation Charity Concert for SMA, Hong Kong City Hall's Concert Hall. (6th July, 2008) ．Hamlet's Aria "To be or not to be" for violin and piano, Imaginary Conversation for violin and piano, Hong Kong City Hall's Concert Hall. (17th June, 2008) ．Concert Overture "Hong Kong Night Scene Sketch", Symphonic Sketch "Nocturne,” premiere: Onondaga Civic Symphony Orchestra, Atonement Lutheran Church, Syracuse, United States. (27th April, 2008) ．Film Music: "Dong" (Winter), broadcast: The Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) during the "first movie" series. (28th February, 2008) ．Three Characteristic Pieces for Piano Duet 4-hands, premiere: Richard and Colin Daniels, "2008 Duo Piano Symposium and Festival, Keynote Recital,” Massachusetts, United States. (26th January 2008) (2007) ．Dark Rhapsody for cello and piano ．Explosion for piano Hong Kong City Hall's Theatre, Airoso Cello Ensemble Concert 07. (30th December, 2007) ．Explosion for piano, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts' Drama Theatre, The Beautiful Sound of Strings in the Gospel's Night. (29th December, 2007) ．Recalling from Dreams for trumpet and piano, premiere: trumpet professor Randy Grabowski, pianist Sean Botkin, Faculty Recital,University of Northern Iowa’s Gallagher-Bluedorn Performing Arts Center's Davis Hall, United States. (11th September, 2007) ．Explosion for piano, International Summer Academy of the Mozarteum University of Salzburg, Kleine Studio, Austria. (7th August, 2007) ．Etude for Piano "Birds" for piano ．Uncertainty for piano ．Fantasy on "The Lady of Shalott" for piano ．Sonata No.4 "Chaos" for Piano, Hell and Heaven for piano ．Autumn Elegy II for violin, piano and guitar ．Explosion for piano Premiere: contemporary ensemble Duo46, 2007 “soundSCAPE” Contemporary Music Festival, Special Presentation, Cortona, Italy. (20th July, 2007) ．Explosion for piano ．Two Chinese Poems for Baritone and piano HKBU Honors Project Composition Concert, Academic Community Hall. (27th May, 2007) ．Frankenstein for organ and cello, premiere: organist Carson Cooman, cellist Tomas Dunn, "Recital of Music for Organ and Cello,” Harvard University. (30th May, 2007) ．Romantic Light Piece No. 2 for cello and piano, premiere: St. Gregory’s Centre for Music, Canterbury, England. (2nd May, 2007) ．Reflections for trombone choir, premiere: Ithaca Trombone Troupe, the 18th Annual Fruehling Posaunen Concert "Spring Trombones Festival," Pennsylvania State University's Esber Recital Hall, Elmira College's Gibson Theatre. (1st and 2nd April, 2007) ．Two Chinese Poems for baritone and piano, Lion Rock Poetry Reading Event, International Writers Workshops, HKBU. (31st March, 2007) ．Twelve Preludes for organ, premiere: organist Carson Cooman, "Viaje de Mexico”(Mexico Visiting), San Francisco El Grande, Teatro de Bellas Artes Mexico, Temple San Antonio Mexico. (25th March, 2007) ．Mystical Aria for organ, An Anthem: Our Father for mixed choir, premiere: organist Carson Cooman, Choral Fellows, Harvard University Choir, Harvard University. (14th February, 2007) (2005-2006) ．Romantic Light Piece No. 2 for cello and piano, Hong Kong City Hall’s Theatre, Airoso Cello Ensemble Concert 05. (23rd August, 2006) ．Toccata Fantastique for organ, premiere: Carson Cooman, Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (15th July, 2006) ．Nocturne for flute and piano ．Song Without Words for piano ．Romantic Light Piece for violin and piano Summer Classical Music Sharing, Hong Kong Integrated Arts Association Annual Concert, Hong Kong Science Museum Lecture Hall. (4th August, 2006) ．Nocturne for flute and piano, premiere: flute: Wilson Ng, pianist: Donald Yu, Yip’s Instrumental Workshop Concert Series XVIII, Sai Wan Ho Civil Centre Theatre. (25th September, 2005) ．Dark Rhapsody for cello and piano, Airoso Cello Ensemble Concert 05, Hong Kong City Hall's Theatre. (18th July, 2005) (2000-2004) ．Sonata No.1 "Grand Concert Fantasy" for Piano Sai Wan Ho Civic Centre Theatre, Hong Kong. (26th December, 2004) ．Ten Variations on a Chinese Folk Song "Home-sickness" for piano ．Sonata No.5 "Ionization" for piano ．Illusion for oboe and piano ．Dark Rhapsody for cello and piano Baylor University, Roxy Grove Hall, Waco Texas. (28th March, 2004) ．Sonnet No.104 for Mezzo-Soprano and Piano ．Fantasy on "The Lady of Shalott" for Piano ．Prelude for Violin and Piano ．Serenade for Flute and Piano ．Sonata No.4 "Chaos" for Piano Roxy Grove Hall, Baylor University, Waco Texas. (30th March, 2003) ．Song without Words for Piano Premiere: Donald Yu, Columbus Avenue Baptist Church, Waco Texas. (23rd March, 2003) ．Sonata No.1 "Grand Concert Fantasy" for Piano Premiere: Donald Yu, Bill Daniel Centre's Barfield Drawing Room, Baylor University. (21st November, 2002) ．Five Miniatures for piano Piano Music Hour, Roxy Grove Hall, Baylor University. (3rd May, 2002) ．Five Japanese Lyrics for soprano and piano ．Five Miniatures for Piano Composition recital, Meadows Hall, Baylor University. (15th April, 2002) ．Sonata No.2 "Humoresque" for piano ．Autumn Elegy for violin and piano ．Five Miniatures for Piano Roxy Grove Hall, Baylor University, Waco Texas. (17th March, 2002) ．Autumn Elegy for violin and piano Premiere: Chou Po Tin and Wong Win Chi, Yip's Talents' Strings Concert XVII, Hong Kong City Hall Theatre. (13th October, 2001) ．Nocturne for clarinet and orchestra ．Sonata No.1 "Grand Concert Fantasy" for piano ．Sonata No.2 "Humoresque" for piano ．Autumn Elegy for violin and piano ．Song without Words for piano ．Concerto for horn and orchestra Composition recital, Yip's Salon de Musique, Hong Kong. (11th August, 2001) ．Sonata No. 1 " Grand Concert Fantasy " for Piano Piano Music Hour, Roxy Grove Hall, Baylor University. (17rd April, 2001) ．Sonata No. 2" Humoresque " for Piano Piano Music Hour, Roxy Grove Hall, Baylor University. (23rd March, 2001) ．Sonata No. 1 " Grand Concert Fantasy " for Piano Roxy Grove Hall, Baylor University. (16st March, 2001) ．Autumn Elegy for Violin and Piano ．Song without Words for Piano ．Sonata No.2 "Humoresque" for Piano ．“Zwei Rosen” for Baritone and Piano ．Concerto for Horn and Orchestra ．Nocturne for Clarinet and Orchestra Composition recital, Roxy Grove Hall, Baylor University. (25th February, 2001) ．Sonata No.2 "Humoresque" for Piano Composition recital, Meadows Hall, Baylor University. (30th December, 2000) ．Brilliant Humorous Waltz for Piano ．Sonata No.1 "Grand Concert Fantasy" for Piano ．Cantabile for violin solo ．Dialogue for two violins (earlier version) ．String Quartet in E-flat Composition recital, Roxy Grove Hall, Baylor University. (10 th April, 2000) PUBLICATIONS (Scores are available in the music libraries of the Hong Kong Baptist University, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and the Hong Kong University.) Three Bagatelles for violin and organ Requiem Aeternam for SATB choir and piano Duo for cello and piano Recalling from Dream for trumpet and piano Trombone Quartet "Solemn Elegy" Horn Quartet "Solemn Elegy" Reflection for Trombone Choir The Refraction of Shadow Xin Yu for baritone and piano by Wong Kin Kwok Qiu Zhi Shi Luo for soprano and piano by Wong Kin Kwok Wen Tian for soprano and piano by Wong Kin Kwok Yang Ming Shan Ye You for soprano and piano by Wong Kin Kwok Yuan Yuang Gan Jue for baritone and piano by Ya Hsien Si Wang Hang Xing for baritone and piano by Ya Hsien De Ceng Yin for baritone and piano by Ya Hsien Ge for baritone and piano by Ya Hsien Zao Chen for baritone and piano by Ya Hsien Three Organ Pieces: Meditation, Mystical Aria, Toccata Fantastique Our Father "The Lord's Prayer" for SATB O Virtus Sapientiae for SATB Oculus non vidit for SATB Psalm 23 for high voice and low voice Dark Rhapsody for cello and piano String Quartet No. 1 "Four Seasonal Sketches" William Shakespeare's Sonnet 104 for mezzo-soprano and piano Sonata No. 1 "Grand Concert Fantasy" for piano Brilliant Humorous Waltz for piano Two Dramatic Art Songs for soprano and piano Dialogue for two violins Duet "Argument" for violin and cello Sonata No. 5 "Ionization" for piano Vier Kleine Klavier Stuecke Ten Variations on a Chinese Folk Song Theme "Home-sickness" for piano Uncertainty for piano Zwei Rosen for baritone and piano Sonata No. 3 "Aggressive" for piano Toccata for piano Two Pieces for clarinet Hell and Heaven for piano Fantasy on "The Lady of Shalott" for piano Song without Words for piano Sonata No. 2 "Humoresque" for piano Five Miniatures for piano Sonata No. 4 "Chaos" for piano Chorale: Recalling for brass quintet Autumn Elegy for violin and piano Illusion for oboe and piano Four Souvenirs for wind quintet Fuga for String Quartet String Quartet No. 2 "Apparition" Five Japanese Lyrics for soprano and piano Ode on Nature for soprano and piano Illusion: Music of Man-Ching Donald Yu Sonata No. 1 "Grand Concert Fantasy" Sonata No. 2 "Humoresque" Sonata No. 4 "Chaos" Hell and Heaven Dark Rhapsody for Cello and Piano Illusion for Oboe and Piano Five Japanese Lyrics for Soprano and Piano Uncertainty Fantasy on "The Lady of Shalott" Five Miniatures William Shakespeare's Sonnet No. 104 |
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Disintegration for piano and tape |
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Disintegration for piano and tape is inspired by one of a Dali’s surrealistic painting “Disintegration of the Persistence of Memory.” The sound of the tape part is generated from the Granular Cloud Generator. First, the piano part begins with the tone C while blending with several quasi-hitting sound of the on-going tape part. Soon, some quasi-bell sounds emerge and this contrasts the other musical texture in the piece. After that, a sound mass gradually fades in and this builds the music up to the first climax, the piano part is full of chromatic angular musical gestures. After the sound mass fades out, a repeated static centric pitch emerges and this gives more a sense of musical stability of the piece and the following musical texture tends to become sparser and be in a rather lower density and higher register when the quasi-bell sounds merge with the several gong sounds. Upon passing through this contrasting section, the second climax fades in and after reaching the loudest part, the music gradually fades out. Some of the sounds at the beginning of the piece recur while the music ends quietly and mysteriously just like the sound fades away in a long distance. In the piece, set-class the chromatic half-step dominates and this simple dyad develops profusely throughout the piece in various ways. | |||
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The Refractions of Shadow for trombone and piano |
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The Refraction of Shadow is written for and dedicated to Ithaca College’s Trombone professor Harold Reynolds. The title is inspired by charming shadow of a mountain under the sea upon its shadow was refracted by evening sunlight. The music begins with an uprising tender and impressionistic-like thematic gesture and it recurs several times in the whole piece before each new section begins. The trombone states the song-like main motivic figure after the short piano introduction and this figure develops in various ways throughout the whole piece. The middle section tends to be more energetic and the piano quasi-cadenza part drives numerous harmonic colors in this section and the harmonic language is more chromatic. Nevertheless, the harmonic structure of the piece is well delineated by the pedal tone of each section and this gives more coherence of the music as a whole. The music ends with a loud tone on C. The style of the music is neo-tonality in which the tonal point of the music is established by the non-traditional means. | |||
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Imaginery Conversation for violin and piano |
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The music is inspired by the best-known prose work of the English poet and author Walter Savage Landor which comprises 6 volumes of imaginary conversations between personalities of classical Greece and Rome, poets and authors, statesmen and women, and fortunate and unfortunate individuals. The music begins with the dissonant tremolo of the violin being accompanied with the uprising of the piano chromatic areas. The chromatic thematic material is stated by the violin where the piano generates some pedal points at a lower register. After passing through several passages of chromatic materials, the music arrives at a second thematic point where the violin reaches its highest register in this section. After that, the central section emerges the violin part becomes more melodious and fanciful in character while being accompanied by the ostinato cell of the piano part. After passing through several ostinato cells in several tonal focused point, the music reaches its climax by means of two loud and heavy tone clusters. The recitative section begins where the violin restates the transformed motivic materials in the first section. Soon, the piano joins in by several ostinato cells which recalls the materials in the central section. The piece ends with a sudden loud tone which gives some surprises to audiences. | |||
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Halluncination for piano |
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Hallucination is a single movement 15 minutes concert piano piece. First, hallucination is the experience of seeing something that has not really occurred. Abundances of contrasting musical elements and contexts in the piece definitely well describe and suit this programmatic title in an illusive way. The piece is delineated into several prominent sections and each section shows contrasting varieties in terms of pitch register, density, mood and gesture. The first section begins with a dyad in minor second and this intervallic nucleus becomes an important motive for developments throughout the rest of the whole piece. Following the vivid, angular and colorful first section, the contrasting second section emerges which is more slow, mysterious and dreamy in context. Soon, some of the textural fragments of the first section juxtapose and recur and these elements gradually build the music up to the first intense and climatic state of the piece. After the first intense state, the modified second section follows and has different pitch choices comparing with the previous second section. Also, some pointillistic, toccata-like and light gestures are merged and juxtaposed into this section. This sort of toccata-like gesture serves as introductory elements for the developments of the next contrasting third section’s musical elements which are highly rhythmic oriented and energetic. Along with the third section, there is a rather lyrical and melodious chromatic section which follows the toccata-like section. These two attached sections become the central point of the whole piece from the piece’s structural point of view. As soon as this section ends, the next energetic and fantastic section occurs and it is deemed as an amalgamation of the first and second sections’ musical elements---vivid, dreamy, angular, energetic and crystal-like. Upon reaching several intense states of the piece, the first section and the third section eventually return with some modifications. The piece ends with passages of highly registered bombastic octatonic elements in different transposition levels. | |||
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