related works

Four Dramatic Chinese Poems : for tenor and piano / Man-Ching Yu Donald; poems by Wong Kin Kwok

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

Canti : Version for contrabass and piano / Frédéric Devreese

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Double bass and keyboard instrument
Scoring: db pf

Introduktion und Variationen : über ein Thema aus der Oper "Die Kluge" von Carl Orff, für Kontrabass und Klavier, Op. 82 Nr. 4, 1978 / Jan Koetsier

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Double bass and keyboard instrument
Scoring: cb pf

Ars aequi : for piano and two double-basses, 1984 / Rob du Bois

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Double bass and keyboard instrument
Scoring: 2cb pf

composition

Sign of Spring 春跡 : for double bass and piano / Man-Ching Yu Donald

Other authors:
Yu, Donald (Composer)
Description:
The piece is inspired by the modern Chinese painting “Sign of Spring” by artist Zhang Guanghai. It begins with a variety of subtle and rich pianistic gestures, soon joined by the bass, which juxtaposes with the piano through the use of Chinese elements and pentatonic materials, complemented by delicate chromatic fragments. The music reaches its climax in the middle section, where the bass and piano exhibit extreme registral tone color effects. Towards the end, the piece swiftly fades away, utilizing a series of glissando harmonics produced by the bass.