Stephen Yip
Clustering Plum Blossoms for violin and viola
Duration: 8'
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violin
viola
Clustering Plum Blossoms for violin and viola
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Stephen Yip
Viola (Clustering Plum Blossoms for violin and viola)
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Type: Stimme
Stephen Yip
Violine (Clustering Plum Blossoms for violin and viola)
Available digitally
Type: Stimme
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This duet piece was dedicated to Yu-Fang Chen and Mei-Chun Chen.
The plum blossom has been depicted as a symbol of oriental art and poetry of winter. There are six winter solstice terms during the entire 24 periods of years in the Chinese lunar calendar. Composer tried to describe six various characters, fragrances, and gestures of clustering plum blossoms in the winter season.
The changing the tone color and sonority is slowly approached as if the changing of the weather and the meanings of these solar terms. The entire piece is generally atmospheric, descriptive and sensational in an abstract and imaginative way.