Yuhwa (the Goddess of the Willow Trees)

Yuhwa (the Goddess of the Willow Trees)

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.

Duration: 6 minutes

Hailstork, Adolphus (b. 1941)

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

Theodore Presser Company

[2020]

0-10 minutes

2000-

flute / flûte

solo