related works
Expansion : for piano / Man-Ching Yu Donald
	
			Genre: 
		
		Chamber music
	
			Subgenre: 
		
		Piano
	
			Scoring: 
		
		pf
	
Suite : voor alt-blokfluit en clavecimbel, 1963 / Antoon Maessen
	
			Genre: 
		
		Chamber music
	
			Subgenre: 
		
		Mixed ensemble (2-12 players); Flute and keyboard instrument
	
			Scoring: 
		
		rec-a cemb / fl pf
	
Danse des Araucans : for two pianos and percussion / Olivier Greif
	
			Genre: 
		
		Chamber music
	
			Subgenre: 
		
		Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
	
			Scoring: 
		
		2pf 4perc
	
Jewish Dances : for clarinet, violin and piano / Aleksandra Chmielewska
	
			Genre: 
		
		Chamber music
	
			Subgenre: 
		
		Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
	
			Scoring: 
		
		cl vn pf
	
composition
				The Great Wall 長城 : for clarinet, bassoon and piano / Man-Ching Yu Donald
			
					
										Other authors:
									
									
									Yu, Donald
									(Composer)
								
							
							Description:
						
						
						The music is inspired by the modern Chinese painting The Great Wall by Zhang Guanghai. It opens with broad, low-register, impressionistic gestures that embody the spirit of the Great Wall - profound in history and vast in its physical presence. Soon, the instrumental layers juxtapose contrapuntally, emphasizing the lower register and generating a deep yet colorful tonal palette that reflects the dark, strong lines of the painting. As the piece progresses, all instruments gradually build toward a climax in the central section, where the two woodwind instruments and the piano ascend to their higher registral areas, symbolizing the bright lines depicted in the artwork. Towards the end, the music fades away in a quiet and mysterious manner, echoing the gestures introduced at the beginning. Overall, the composition characteristically fuses Chinese colors with post-tonal modern languages, directly representing the vibrant lines and dynamic gestures found in the painting.