composer
Man-Ching Donald Yu, Hong Kong born composer and pianist. The style of his recent music is characterized by amalgamation of post-minimalist and modernist traits which refine his latest personal voice, ...
related works
Unravelling : for orchestra / Man-Ching Donald Yu
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Instruments:
2fl 2ob 2cl 2fg 4h 2tpt 2trb trb-b tb timp 2perc cel str
Arethuza : symphonische mythe naar Louis Couperus, (1947) / Alexander Voormolen
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Instruments:
3333 4431 timp perc cel 1-2hp org str
10 Dimensions – AEB160 : for large orchestra / Spiros Mazis
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Instruments:
picc 2fl 2ob 3cl cl-b 2fg cfg 4h 3tpt 3trb-t/trb-b tb-b 3perc pf str
Dona montana : tre pezzi per orchestra, 1964 / Hans Henkemans
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Instruments:
4222 2220 timp perc cel xyl hp str
composition
Unravelling : for orchestra / Man-Ching Donald Yu
Description:
Recently I have been obsessed with consciousness which is one of the profoundest mysteries in modern science among human beings. Some scientists believe that consciousness is not only limited to our physical brain activities, but it is also a part of the spiritual force and nature that transcends space and time existing in cosmos, and that its existence is separated from our physical body. In some cases, higher form of consciousness has been experienced in another dimension of reality when travelling out of our physical body. The music reflects my personal feeling towards the mystical realms of consciousness. Throughout the piece, economic use of pitches, the gradual participation of different pitches in different layers by canonic procedure along with various suspended dramatic changes and transformations of musical elements, are the prominent feature describing the transcendence of consciousness in suspended time and space.
Donald Yu