En Voyage for Clarinet and Piano

Lora Chow's En Voyage for clarinet and piano is composed in 2023 to portray the persistent journey in pursuing one's aspirations and the overcoming of obstacles. The Chinese title is ????, which means riding on waves in the pursuit of dreams. The piano opens the music by playing arpeggios that portray the waves, in a dreamy key of A flat major. The use of lyrical melody and rich, impressionistic harmony is influenced by the composers of Romanticism, including Schubert, Brahms, Schumann and Liszt.

In ternary form, the music transposes to F minor in the middle section to convey a sense of confusion and uncertainty. It then transposes to D minor to portray burning desires amidst struggles. Through a magical transition, the return of the A section offers new variations as the life journey continues.