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Violin Concerto Nº 1: Generation : for violin and symphonic band / Yip Ho Kwen Austin

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Orchestra
Scoring: vn-solo picc 2fl ob 4cl cl-b 2sax-a sax-ten sax-bar 4h 3tpt 2trb trb-b 2euph 2tb timp 4perc db

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Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Violin and keyboard instrument
Scoring: vl pf

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Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Violin and keyboard instrument
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Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Violin and keyboard instrument
Scoring: vl pf

composition

Violin Concerto Nº 1: Generation : Version for violin and piano / Yip Ho Kwen Austin

Other authors:
Yip, Austin (Composer)
Description:
Violin Concerto No.1: Generation is written for violin and symphonic band (or piano). 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 (Omega) is played before the “Epilogue”.