Memory, for solo violin

Title

Memory, for solo violin

Description

Chinese American composer Yi Chen's compositional language blends Western performance ideals with the folk music of China.

As stated on sheetmusicplus.com, "Chen Yi wrote this plaintive memorial work in tribute to the passing of her teacher, Professor Lin Yaoji. In the program notes, the composer speaks to her mentor: I wish you could hear the tune in my Memory, which sounds like my painful cry out of your name in our Cantonese dialect. I expressed my deep sorrow in the music, to remember your fatherly mentorship. Your meaningful smile will always be with us encouragingly. ... For this plaintive memorial work for solo Violin, the instrument in which composer Chen Yi was trained as a performer, the composer provides this program note: Dear Professor Lin: I wish you could hear the tune in my Memory, which sounds like my painful cry out of your name in our Cantonese dialect. I expressed my deep sorrow in the music, to remember your fatherly mentorship. Your meaningful smile will always be with us encouragingly."
Duration: 3.5 minutes

Creator

Yi, Chen (b. 1953)

Date

2010

Format

0-10 minutes

Coverage

2000-

Instrumentation

violin / violon

Ensemble Type

solo

Citation

Yi, Chen (b. 1953), “Memory, for solo violin,” Music EnLivened, accessed November 21, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/music-enlivened/items/show/220.

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