related works

Four Expressive Poems - 四⾸抒情詩 : for soprano and piano / Man-Ching Yu Donald; poem by Wong Kin Kwok

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and piano
Scoring: sop pf

Walc z 'Lost & Found - Twenty Five' : for trumpet and piano / Hanna Kulenty

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

Sept petites fanfares : for natural trumpet and organ / F. Xavier Gelabert i Muntaner

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

Twilight High-Rise : for trumpet and piano / Man-Ching Yu Donald

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

composition

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

Other authors:
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.