related works

Breakthrough : for flute and accordion / Man-Ching Yu Donald

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Flute and keyboard instrument
Scoring: fl acc

A fourth circle : for violoncello (or violin/viola) and piano, 1994 / Hanna Kulenty

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Cello and keyboard instrument; Violin and keyboard instrument; Viola and keyboard instrument
Scoring: vc/vl/vla pf

Sonata : for viola and piano / Dick Kattenburg

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

Night music : for viola and piano, 1993 / John Borstlap

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

composition

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

Author(s):
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.