related works

Zerstreutes Hinausschaun : for soprano saxophone, alto saxophone and orchestra / Yip Ho Kwen Austin

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Saxophone and orchestra
Scoring: sax-s-solo sax-a-solo 2fl 2ob 2cl 2fg 2h timp 2perc hp str

De uitkrant : for electronic percussion, bass marimba and drumset, 1990 / Martin van Duynhoven

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Percussion
Scoring: mar-b drumset el.perc

GAKA : for 9 players / Maxim Shalygin

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Percussion
Scoring: 9taiko

Follow and Listen : for 4 percussionists on escalators / Georgia Nicolaou

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.