related works

Four Expressive Poems - 四⾸抒情詩 : for soprano and piano / Man-Ching Yu Donald; poem by Wong Kin Kwok

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and piano
Scoring: sop pf

Sonatine : pour alto et piano, opus 25 / Géza Frid

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Viola and keyboard instrument
Scoring: vla pf

Tsaddiék : intermezzo voor altviool en piano, 1953 / Reine Colaço Osorio-Swaab

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Viola and keyboard instrument
Scoring: vla pf

Circles : Version for viola and piano / Frédéric Devreese

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Viola and keyboard instrument
Scoring: vla pf

composition

Circle of Life : for viola and piano / Man-Ching Yu Donald

Other authors:
Yu, Donald (Composer)
Description:
Inspired by the contemporary artwork “Circle of Life” (Shoshana Lock), the piece is characterized by the incessant flow of particular gestures in association with changes of subtleties in terms of various musical parameters with substantial tone colors, symbolizing the circling motion of coloration in the artwork – “natures color the circle of life” as the artist describes her work. The piece is cast into three prominent sections in which the first and the third tend to be more dramatic with propulsions whereas the central part contrasts by initiating with minimal motions, however, the music materials gradually become active and dynamic while merging organically with the last section.