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October release date of New Çedille Records Recording of Vivian’s Billy Collins Suite
Title: October release date of New Çedille Records Recording of Vivian’s Billy Collins Suite
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Date: 2009-11-16
“The most individual work was Vivian Fung’s Chanted Rituals, heard in its Midwestern premiere. East really does meet West in the Canadian composer’s chant-based work for trumpeter and two percussionists, and Burns displayed impressive chops as soloist in the jazz-inflected opening Dance, switching to flugelhorn for the atmospheric central Prayer.”
“The most memorable part of the ensemble’s concert on Friday evening was an encore from that disc: Vivian Fung’s ‘Pizzicato for String Quartet.’ Ms. Fung’s evocative work, inspired by Chinese and Asian instruments like the pipa and gamelan, features percussive gestures and a medley of plucked sounds, including strumming. At one point the musicians rapped their knuckles against the wood of their instruments.”
“Vivian Fung’s ‘Miniatures,’ rooted in Uighur music from Chinese Xinjiang and superbly played, are as vital as encountering Steve Reich or the Kronos for the first time.”
“I was particularly struck…by the rhythmically buoyant creations of composer - Vivian Fung.”
“The Yings also offered a taste of "Dim Sum" as an encore: the spiky, syncopated Pizzicato for String Quartet by Vivian Fung.”
“Next on the program was ‘Pizzicato for Strings,’ the third movement of a string quartet by Vivian Fung (b.1975), a recent graduate of Juilliard. The movement, played entirely without the bow, requires a whole new glossary of pizzicato sub-techniques: the strings as well as the instrument body are struck, plucked, banged and slapped. The movement is delightfully witty, making us curious to hear the complete quartet.”
“Pizzicato for String Quartet (2001) by Vivian Fung featured fetching passages of pizzicato, brilliantly played by the Yings. At moments when the plucked strings were gentle and unified, Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings came to mind.”
“Vivian Fung's Miniatures for Clarinet and String Quartet take advantage of her Chinese heritage to produce some non-traditional (in the Western sense) harmony and melody that's quite compelling.”
“Although I found the Jalbert and Fung works the most musically rewarding — the ones I want most to hear repeatedly — the entire CD, a generous 78-and-a-half minutes, is a fitting tribute to an important organization for new chamber music.”
NEWS AND UPCOMING EVENTS
Title: Guest Composer at the Juilliard School
Location: Juilliard, 60 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY
Description: Vivian will be the guest composer in Miriam Conti’s Evening Division class on the American Piano. Vivian will present excerpts from her new piano concerto
Date: 2010-04-26
Title: Euclid Quartet Performs “Pizzicato”
Location: Campus Auditorium, Indiana University at South Bend
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Date: 2010-03-31
Title: October release date of New Çedille Records Recording of Vivian’s Billy Collins Suite
Location: N/A
Link to Website: Click here
Date: 2009-11-16
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