John Oliver describes his piece:

I wrote GRADUAL as a solo guitar piece at first. Right away, I knew it would blossom as a composition for 88 Strings. The music unfolds gradual changes of harmony and melodies. As the piece evolves, I shift a few notes of the harmony, and I displace the melodic fragments, creating an ever-changing harmonious piece of music that celebrates our common humanity.

Gradual by John Oliver

Asterisms - for orchestra (2014)
composed by Lucas M. Oickle
[ lucasoickle.com ] 

As read by the 2014 National Youth Orchestra of Canada on July 10th in Waterloo, Ontario, at Wilfred Laurier University.

Thank you to everyone at the NYOC who helped bring this 
experimental reading session to fruition, and thank you for inviting me to be a part of it!

Asterisms - for orchestra (2014)

In this second movement, I blend two popular melodies of the Chinese folk song" Jasmine Flower" with Taiwanese folk tune" Dark Sky"(天黑黑）. What sets it apart is the incorporation of modern string techniques, plenty of harmonics , pizz and slide pizz. slap etc. and the cello often goes to very high register.
Cello: Chun-Chieh Yen 顏群桀
Piano: Boya Yang  楊博雅

《追光与乐》第二乐章 天黑落雨茉莉香 Jasmine at Dusk

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というツイッターで話題になっていたので、ネタにして曲を作ってみました。

あの日、星が降るような静かな夜、君が言った「何も言わないで、ただそばにいて」という言葉が、今でも僕の心に深く刺さっている。何気ない一言だったのに、その時は気づかなかったけど、今となってはその言葉がすべてを物語っていたのかもしれない。

僕たちの距離が少しずつ遠くなっていくのを感じていたけど、それでもまさか、53人にブロックされていたなんて、想像もしていなかった。たくさんの名前が流れていく中で、君の名前だけが僕の心に深く刻まれて、今でも離れない。

君との日々は輝いていて、思い出すたびに胸が痛くなるけど、もう戻れないことは分かっている。ラインの通知が途切れた瞬間から、君が本当にいなくなったことを実感したんだ。思い出だけがここに残って、君のことを忘れようとしても、いつも心の中で君が生き続けている。

君が選んだ道を尊重しようと思うけど、それでも心の中では何度も問いかけ続ける。この気持ちは消えることがないから、前を向いて進んでいくしかないんだ。

星が降る夜、また君のことを思い出す。静かなLINEが心に響いて、その音が君との最後の繋がりのように感じるけど、それでも僕は自分の道を進んでいくと決めたんだ。

That night, under the starry sky, you told me, "Don't say anything, just stay by my side." Those simple words have stuck with me ever since, piercing my heart more deeply than I realized at the time. It was just a casual remark, but looking back now, it feels like those words carried the weight of everything that was to come.

I could feel the distance between us growing, but I never imagined that I’d end up blocked by fifty-three people. As their names scrolled by, it was your name that etched itself into my heart, refusing to fade away even now.

The days we spent together shine brightly in my memory, but I know there's no going back. The moment the notifications on LINE stopped, it hit me that you were really gone. All that remains now are memories, and even though I try to forget, you continue to live on in my heart.

I want to respect the path you chose, but still, I keep asking myself over and over again. These feelings won't disappear, so all I can do is keep moving forward.

On starry nights like this, I find myself thinking of you again. The silence on LINE echoes in my heart, like it's the last thread connecting us. But even so, I’ve decided to move forward on my own path.

#StarryNight #YourWords #Memories #SilentLINE #Heartache #MovingForward #LingeringFeelings #BittersweetNight #PathAhead #Unforgettable

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They Cut Down The Mountains (2015)
by Lucas Oickle [ lucasoickle.com ]

Commissioned by Shauna DeGruchy [ shaunadegruchy.com ]
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PROGRAMME NOTE:
Currently underway in China, this piece concerns a number of massive projects involved in moving an unprecedented amount of land - essentially bulldozing entire mountains to make way for new cities. Chinese scientists themselves have already spoken out in warning about a wide array of dangers: increased air pollution, water pollution, soil erosion, land instability, and flooding. While specifically focused on this current event, it is my hope that this project in China can prompt us to consider other projects around the world - and the continually increasing extent to which we are able to modify the very ground beneath us. Intense smog in huge centres like Beijing, stars at night obscured around the world by light pollution, and recent earthquakes in North America apparently induced by hydraulic fracturing, are but some of the massive changes which we are now living with in the 21st century.

PERFORMERS:
Tommy Désliets, Flute
Elyze Venne-Deshaies, Bass Clarinet
Vincent Turcotte, Contrabassoon
Shauna DeGruchy, trombone
Romain Pollet, Piano
Nelly Chen, Violin
ChuCi Qian, 'Cello
Maximilien Brisson, Director


They Cut Down The Mountains (2015)

Performed and Recorded: March 14, 2014, Eva Clare Hall, University of Manitoba (Katy Abraham, conductor; Lynn Hornby, flute; Renz Adame, oboe; Meg Sprecht, clarinet; Zachary Dark, french horn; Joshua Bater, percussion; Brenden Janzen, piano; Amelie Roberts, violin; Katherine Bonness, viola; Lisa Nazarenko, cello).

Still - for large chamber ensemble

“Scenes from an Intercultural Marriage”, movement 2, performed by the Little Giant Chinese Orchestra (with guest Vancouver musicians) conducted by Chih-Sheng Chen, Sun Yat Sen Garden, Vancouver, June 27, 2015.

I named the piece after I finished writing the music. So although it may seem that there is a story being told in the music, there is not! The music mixes together the musical flavours of China and North American: pentatonic with blues and jazz. The open strings of the cello contain 4 of the 5 notes of the pentatonic scale used in Chinese music. At the beginning of the music, you will hear the cello and the orchestra play these four notes as ascending perfect fifths. Then the cello will pluck the strings and fill in those notes with a blues scale. This is the basis for much of the music you will hear.
The names of the four movements are:
1] Good Morning Vancouver!
2] Shooting Stars
3] Learn How to Dance
4] Look in the Mirror.

Scenes from an Intercultural Marriage 2of4

I created an original sketch for this composition in 2004 as a commission from the Vancouver Chinese Music Ensemble.
The composer wishes to thank Jin Zhang and Mei Han for erhu and zheng lessons and Ji-rong Huang for the original opportunity. My heartfelt thanks to Chih-Sheng Chen for conducting the premiere of this version with his Little Giant Chinese Orchestra (Taiwan).

05 Monkey Running  陳志昇指揮演奏

COOL CUT is an "alto saxophone concerto in 5 tunes." From the Saturday April 30th live performance at the Telus Theatre of the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts, Vancouver, BC. Julia Nolan, alto saxophone and the Turning Point Ensemble conducted by Owen Underhill.

Cool Cut  -John Oliver

Cathy Kuo is a composer originally from Taiwan and currently live in Vancouver, Canada. 
This site presents my compositions for concert music;
I have the other site for my " non-serious" works. 
https://soundcloud.com/flowwhiz
email: musicspirit2011@gmail.com

《追光与乐》第二乐章天黑落雨茉莉香 Jasmine at Dusk

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