Description
Video
Shih-Hui Chen: Shui, for cello and piano
Duration
c.13'
Instrumentation
cello, piano
Program Notes
Although the title of this piece Shui (Water) suggests water-like imagery (as can be heard in the opening piano figure in movement I), it serves as a point of departure for a more abstract study in continuity. There are three movements with a total duration of 13 minutes. While all movements have distinct, contrasting characters, the materials are interconnected. Shui is from a series of pieces that focus on the integration of Western compositional techniques with Chinese sound qualities.
Shui is dedicated to Jeanne and Norman Fischer and premiered by the Fischer Duo.
–Shih-Hui Chen