related works

The Great Wall 長城 : for clarinet, bassoon and piano / Man-Ching Yu Donald

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: cl bsn pf

Sonate no. 3 : altviool, piano, 1952 / Reine Colaço Osorio-Swaab

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

Exposition and developments : for viola and piano, opus 2, 1988-1989 / Henri Broeren

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

Winds of Change : for viola and piano / Chiel Meijering

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

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.