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

Circles : Version for contrabass and piano / Frédéric Devreese

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

Semantic song : for double bass and piano, 1985 / Guibert Vrijens

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

Tremor : for double bass and piano / Douglas Knehans

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Double bass and keyboard instrument

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.