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Here's our cover of 'Blues run the game', originally by the American Singer-Songwriter Jackson C. Frank

This song has been covered by some of our favourite musicians, including Laura Marling and Simon & Garfunkel, and is really special to us so we hope you enjoy !

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blues run the game

I recommend listening at an extremely high volume.

Written in a hurry, with my friend Alan on guitar and me on piano, edited in post.

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Wild Mountain Thyme

WHISPERING FRAGRANCE
Stephen Yip

On WHISPERING FRAGRANCE, his first solo album with Navona Records, composer Stephen Yip merges serenity with agitation, earthiness with sophistication and the mundane with the sublime. The result is an original creation that is unapologetically post-modern, yet deeply rooted in Chinese traditionalism.

The instrumentation itself already offers ample proof for this unique blend. "Ding", scored for double bass and the Chinese zither guzheng (an instrument with a 2,500-year history), reflects the nine ancient rulers of the Zhou kingdom in just as many short musical sections.

"Whispering Fragrance," an intuitive, ethereal composition for solo violin, aims to capture the transcendent sensual experiences of interacting with nature – sight, smell, hearing – with the instrument's natural harmonics.

Stephen Yip, who nowadays lives in the United States, does not shy away from jazz instrumentation, either. "In 7th Heaven," a saxophone, double bass and piano seek to create a state of debonair tranquility.

Nevertheless, the influence of Yip's Chinese heritage remains profoundly interwoven with his musical creations. Some of the different meanings of the Chinese word "Ran" are set to sound in the eponymous piece written for solo guzheng, running the gamut from collected composure to fiery agitation. "Tranquility in Consonance", set for flute, saxophone, bassoon and piano, never loses its distinctly Eastern feel, which is partially due to applying playing techniques of Chinese instruments to the Western set-up, partially due to its uninhibited celebration of environmental and natural sounds.

Finally, "Peace of Mind" is an atmospheric development of heterogeneous textures, the conclusion of which mirrors the title.

WHISPERING FRAGRANCE is an exceptional solo debut, bridging the chasm between two vastly different cultures with a musical language that is quite unique.
 
Release Date: August 10, 2018
Catalog #: NV6175
Format: Digital and CD

Whispering Fragrance

Stephen Yip - Whispering Fragrance

Spotify link: https://open.spotify.com/track/6gdTyrqYY4JXtpK5wt0o0z

artwork by Brendan Tomissi - https://lavasudal.artstation.com/

(at 19:30, on 08/01/19, this piece was played on Resonance FM, hosted by William Hall)

At 1:56, the sounds you hear are cut up from a recording of a terrible performance of one of my pieces. Part of the reason this track exists at all is to try and breathe new life into a bad memory and make it happy again!

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vacillate

Shanghai International Contemporary Music Week Composition Master Class, Performance by Canada Soundstream ensemble

"穿越大半个中国去睡你“ " I cross half of China to sleep with you" Mezzo soprano, two Piano and two Percussion

In this piece, I allow Dickinson’s poem (entitled 'parting') to fill my imagination as I give vent to the equivocal sense of anguish and yearning she expresses. Read more at https://www.notion.so/henghenghengheng/parting-e872cbeb4bfb4e07a0836eca42c62851?pvs=4

Live recording from premiere by RCM New Perspectives Ensemble
Conducted by Timothy Lines
Royal College of Music, London
Dec 2018

[Image photo by Andrei Lazarev on Unsplash - https://unsplash.com/photos/fypKMv4eqpA]

parting (2018)

Bliss

Baby
Can you believe we’re one
I finally get to call you my love, my home

We will grow
People and plants
In our garden, where blossoms bloom and seeds they grow

Bliss
Pure bliss
We were half a world apart, but God was always in between
Free
So free
Our life has just begun, that’s how I feel when you’re with me

Baby 
I love it when you dance
I know we ain’t really dancers but you danced into my arms 

I can’t wait
Like a ray of light to shine 
Together we will take this world, side by side 

Bliss
Pure bliss
We were half a world apart, but God was always in between 
Free
So free
Our life has just begun, and I’m so happy you’re with me 

More than oceans that we’ll swim 
or the mountains that we’ll climb 	
More than lives we’ll meet or homes we’ll build, 
or words that we will rhyme
There’s a love that’s strong and holds us,
He will lead us side by side 
It’s bliss
Pure bliss

Baby
Finally we are one
You will always be my bride, my love, my home

Bliss
Pure bliss
We were half a world apart, but God was always in between 
Free
So free
Our life has just begun, that’s how I feel when you’re with me
Our life has just begun, and I’m so happy you’re with me 
Our life has just begun, and baby it is bliss

parting (2018)

Ji Heng Lee • 李智恒

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