related works

Expansion : for piano / Man-Ching Yu Donald

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Piano
Scoring: pf

Basso doble : voor contrabas en piano, (1973) / Rob du Bois

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

Kiss of Death : version for piano and double bass / Chiel meijering

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

Circles : Version for contrabass and piano / Frédéric Devreese

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