related works

City : for saxophone and piano / Yip Ho Kwen Austin

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Saxophone and keyboard instrument
Scoring: sax pf

Slamdance : for timpani and percussion, 1995 / Jan Bus

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Percussion
Scoring: 3perc timp-solo

Sloterplas - suite : for six drummers, 1985 / Martin van Duynhoven

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Percussion
Scoring: 6drumset

Band Drum : for percussion ensemble / Nora Crane

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Percussion
Scoring: 4perc

composition

Urban Construction : for two vibraphones and two marimbas / Yip Ho Kwen Austin

Other authors:
Yip, Austin (Composer)
Description:
Inspired by Kafka’s short story “On the Tram”, “Urban Construction” depicts the sense of helplessness of people who live in a busy urban culture. As Kafka mentions in the story, he cannot “indicate any claims” for many things in life, and in fact, no one really cares. The only thing that could light himself up is probably gazing at a random girl on the tram. Written for two vibraphones, two marimbas and a dancer, “Urban Construction” portrays the hopelessness of the story through the strong pulse in music and the body movement of the dancer.