Solo Instrumental
Chen Yi: My Childhood Memories
My Childhood Memories consists of three movements: 1) Flying a Kite, 2) Throwing Sand Firecrackers, 3) Playing Sticking Plasters. The three popular children games played in my childhood left such deep impression on me with love and memory that I wanted to reflect the scenes and my happiness in the violin solo suite.
Paul Novak: varations with sand in the gears
"I love music which is in conversation with itself, and in variations with sand in the gears the cellist gets to be all the voices in a racous argument." - Paul Novak
Elizabeth Younan "And Like Seeds Dreaming Beneath the Snow" for solo violin
This is the sister piece to my previous violin solo, "...your heart dreams of spring" (2020). Both works sing joy an effervescence despite struggle. The full sentence "And like seeds dreaming beneath the snow, your heart dreams of spring" is taken from Kahlil Gibran's poem "On Death" from his seminal 1923 book, The Prophet.
Shawn Okpebholo: smooth | pluck | whirl
smooth | pluck | whirl is a study in contrast and continuity for unaccompanied violin, unfolding across three distinct yet interdependent sections.
Chen Yi: My Childhood Memories
My Childhood Memories consists of three movements: 1) Flying a Kite, 2) Throwing Sand Firecrackers, 3) Playing Sticking Plasters. The three popular children games played in my childhood left such deep impression on me with love and memory that I wanted to reflect the scenes and my happiness in the violin solo suite.
Paul Novak: varations with sand in the gears
"I love music which is in conversation with itself, and in variations with sand in the gears the cellist gets to be all the voices in a racous argument." - Paul Novak
Shawn Okpebholo: smooth | pluck | whirl
smooth | pluck | whirl is a study in contrast and continuity for unaccompanied violin, unfolding across three distinct yet interdependent sections.
Elizabeth Younan "And Like Seeds Dreaming Beneath the Snow" for solo violin
This is the sister piece to my previous violin solo, "...your heart dreams of spring" (2020). Both works sing joy an effervescence despite struggle. The full sentence "And like seeds dreaming beneath the snow, your heart dreams of spring" is taken from Kahlil Gibran's poem "On Death" from his seminal 1923 book, The Prophet.