Yuhwa (the Goddess of the Willow Trees)
Title
Yuhwa (the Goddess of the Willow Trees)
Description
Black composer Adolphus Cunningham Hailstork III's compositional style blends musical ideas from both the African American and European traditions.
"Yuhwa (Goddess of the Willow Tree)" was composed for Hyorim Kim.
As written about "Yuhwa (Goddess of the Willow Tree)" on the fluteworld.com website: "In Korean mythology, Yuhwa was the daughter of a River God, tricked into marrying the Sun God. She escaped back to her homeland and gave birth to a son who became the founder and monarch of Korea’s northern kingdom. The symbolic willow tree is considered a source of healing in Korean folklore and elsewhere around the world. Hailstork’s 6-minute depiction is a luscious mix of innocent (and catchy) melody, blended with fascinating drama and texture to create a concert work that both stands on its own as pure music and depicts the legend of the goddess Yuhwa."
Premiered August 4, 2020 on Facebook Livestream.
"Yuhwa (Goddess of the Willow Tree)" was composed for Hyorim Kim.
As written about "Yuhwa (Goddess of the Willow Tree)" on the fluteworld.com website: "In Korean mythology, Yuhwa was the daughter of a River God, tricked into marrying the Sun God. She escaped back to her homeland and gave birth to a son who became the founder and monarch of Korea’s northern kingdom. The symbolic willow tree is considered a source of healing in Korean folklore and elsewhere around the world. Hailstork’s 6-minute depiction is a luscious mix of innocent (and catchy) melody, blended with fascinating drama and texture to create a concert work that both stands on its own as pure music and depicts the legend of the goddess Yuhwa."
Premiered August 4, 2020 on Facebook Livestream.
Duration: 6 minutes
Creator
Hailstork, Adolphus (b. 1941)
Source
Adolphus Hailstork (personal website), https://www.adolphushailstork.com/
Adolphus Hailstork (Wikipedia), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphus_Hailstork
Adolphus Hailstork, Yuhwa (score), https://www.presser.com/114-42218-yuhwa.html
Mimi Stillman, "Adolphus Hailstork - "Yuhwa for Solo Flute" - Mimi Stillman, flute" (YouTube), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6U_jtHPraI&ab_channel=MimiStillman
Publisher
Theodore Presser Company
Date
[2020]
Format
0-10 minutes
Coverage
2000-
Instrumentation
flute / flûte
Ensemble Type
solo
Citation
Hailstork, Adolphus (b. 1941), “Yuhwa (the Goddess of the Willow Trees),” Music EnLivened, accessed October 16, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/music-enlivened/items/show/142.
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