composer
Born in Hong Kong, Austin Yip’s works have been performed worldwide. Places like the United States, Argentina, Scotland, Italy, Spain, Slovenia, Korea, Japan, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, China and Australia ...
related works
Marimba Concerto Nº 1: Road Business : for solo marimba and percussion quintet / Austin Yip
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Percussion
Instruments:
mar 5perc
Musique pour orchestre de chambre : 1979 / Stephan Baekers
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Instruments:
0011 1100 pf str
Ballet-suite / Herman Strategier
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Instruments:
2221 1100 timp perc cel str
Acht korte karakterschetsen : orkest, 1975 / Hans Osieck
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Instruments:
2222 2200 timp perc hp str
composition
Violin Concerto Nº 1: Generation : for violin and symphonic band / Austin Yip
Description:
Violin Concerto No. 1: Generation is written for violin and symphonic band. The three movements work, bounded by a short Prologue and an Epilogue, depicts people of the Generation Z, Y and X in Hong Kong respectively. The first movement (Generation Z) is gloomy in nature, it depicts the difficult situations young people have at the moment. It is followed by a very busy second movement (Generation Y), who are now at their thirties, working day and night for survival. The third movement (Generation X) has a mixture of moods, it begins and ends with quotations from the famous Cantonese opera Dainuifa, reminding the composer’s childhood memory of his parent’s musical interest. All the movements are played without pause. Sometimes, an optional cadenza is played before the Epilogue.