related works

Swing Low : for soprano saxophone and piano / Donald Yu

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Saxophone and keyboard instrument
Scoring: s-sax pf

Circles : Version for trumpet and piano / Frédéric Devreese

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

arena : for organ and trumpet (ad libitum) / Piet-Jan van Rossum

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players); Trumpet and keyboard instrument
Scoring: (trp ad lib.) org

Aria : for trumpet and piano, opus 18, (1944) / Marius Flothuis

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

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.