Endless Strain is an eleven-minutes chamber piece that explores the concept of mechanical repetition and its effect on the human psyche. The music features a constantly repeating pattern of notes that gradually builds in intensity, creating a sense of tension and pressure that builds throughout the piece.

The instrumentation of the piece, which includes flute, oboe, viola, cello, and harp, adds to the sense of mechanical precision, with each instrument contributing to the overall structure of the music. At times, the individual voices of the instruments break free from the pattern, creating moments of chaotic energy before returning to the relentless repetition.

Throughout the piece, the sense of strain and pressure created by the music builds to an intense climax before abruptly ending, leaving the listener with a sense of unresolved tension. Endless Strain is a meditation on the relationship between humans and machines, and the toll that repetitive processes can take on our psyches.

Endless Strain (2023)

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Po Hang Yuen is currently pursuing a Doctorate of Music in Composition at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where he studies with Julian Anderson, Malcolm Singer, and Raymond Yiu. His research-led practice, An Exploration of Chinese Cultural Symbols in a Composer’s Practice, examines the dynamics of cultural identity, symbolism, and cross-cultural encounter in contemporary music-making.

Yuen’s works have been performed internationally by ensembles and soloists such as the BBC Philharmonic, Britten Sinfonia, PHACE, Psappha, Avanti Chamber Orchestra, Moscow Contemporary Music Ensemble, Hong Kong New Music Ensemble, Sofia Philharmonic, and many distinguished soloists. His music often negotiates the tension between inherited Chinese cultural traditions and the shifting contexts of globalisation, memories, and migration, producing works that are at once personal, and socially reflective.

He has presented talks and lecture-recitals at institutions including the University of Manchester, University of Aberdeen, and University of Hong Kong, addressing topics such as tradition as a form of constrain or creativity, instruments in Chinese music, as well as Tan Dun’s Ghost Opera and the Chinese New Wave.

Yuen is the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships, including the Mendelssohn Scholarship for Composers (2025), the MAP-IMC 2023 Composition Competition (3rd Prize), and the New Melodies II International Composers Competition (I degree diploma). He has also been a finalist for the Royal Northern College of Music Gold Medal and the Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Prize. His doctoral studies at Guildhall are supported by a Postgraduate Research Fee Bursary.

Beyond composition, Yuen has contributed to the wider community as a board member of the Asian Young Musicians Alliance (AYMA), as a juror for new music competitions, and as a teacher in both professional and educational settings.

Through his work, Yuen aims to question how cultural symbols are mobilised, reimagined, or erased in contemporary society, and to offer fresh perspectives on cross-cultural music-making in both scholarly and artistic domains.

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