related works

Disintegration : for piano and electronics / Man-Ching Yu Donald

Genre: Multimedia
Subgenre: Piano with multimedia
Scoring: pf tape

Cantilene : voor trompet en orgel / Jacques Goudappel

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Trumpet and keyboard instrument
Scoring: tpt org

Sonate voor trompet en piano : for trumpet and piano, 1994 / Jurriaan Andriessen

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Trumpet and keyboard instrument
Scoring: trp pf

Stray Birds : for trumpet / organ duet / Hans Kox

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Trumpet and keyboard instrument
Scoring: trp org

composition

Fishing in Snow 江雪 : for trumpet and piano / Man-Ching Yu Donald

Author(s):
Yu, Donald (Composer)
Description:
This composition is inspired by the ancient Chinese poem "Fishing in Snow," written by Liu Zongyuan during the Tang Dynasty. The music opens with quiet and subtle pianistic gestures, soon joined by the trumpet, which softly introduces a prominent thematic material. This theme is juxtaposed with the piano, incorporating various oriental colors and pentatonic elements, along with delicate chromatic fragments that evoke the serene winter landscape depicted in the poem. As the piece progresses, it builds to a climactic moment where the trumpet and piano explore extreme register effects, conjuring the image of heavy snowflakes descending from the sky, while a straw-cloaked fisherman stands by a snow-covered river. In the final moments, the prominent thematic material returns, gradually fading into silence.