Gongan for oboe and piano by Yii Kah-hoe

This piece is commissioned and world premiered by Keri McCarthy.

This is a live recording from "Yii Kah Hoe Portrait Concert" in Malaysia, the Kuala Lumpur and Selangor Chinese Assemble Hall on June 4th, 2014

My Spirit is Singing for solo Oboe by Yii Kah Hoe

The Secret Book of Sun Bu'er for soprano & piano (excerpt Step 6 Embryonic Breathing & Step 7 Symbolic Firing) | A live recording from Yii Kah Hoe Portrait Concert, June 4th, 2014.
(The recording is available on the iTunes store)

14 poems by Zen Daoist Master & Immoral Sister Sun Bu'er (c. 1119 - 1182)
Composer: Yii Kah Hoe
Soprano: Anne Harley
Piano: Jodi Goble
Percussion: Ken Lim
Calligraphy: Pang Heng Khan 彭庆勤 

Step 6 胎息:
要得丹成速 先將幻境除
心心守靈藥 息息返乾初
氣復通三島 神忘合太虛
若來與若去 無處不真如

Step 7 - 符火
胎息綿綿處 須分動靜機
陽光當益進 陰魄要防飛
潭裡珠含景 山頭月吐輝
六時休少縱 灌溉藥苗肥

12th-century Chinese Daoist practitioner and teacher; the only woman among the Eight Daoist Immortals, this, the longest song cycle is scored for soprano, piano, Ebows and percussion. 
It sets fourteen poems from The Secret Book on the Inner Elixir as Transmitted by the Immortal Sun Bu'er (Sun Bu'er yuanjun chuanshu dandao mishu), by the twelfth-century female Daoist practitioner Sun Bu'er. Sun Bu'er was the only female member of the 『Seven Immortals.』 These poems instruct the reader, in metaphorical language, in the practices of 『nüdan,』 which specifies the method of Daoist inner cultivation especially modified for the female body.

孫不二繼承王重陽的內丹思想，並注意到坤丹與男丹的區別，孫不二女功內丹次第詩分坤丹修習為十四步：收心，養氣，行功，斬龍，養丹，胎息，符火，接藥，煉神，服食，辟谷，面壁，出神，沖舉。 這首聲音套曲收到加拿大女高音，安妮·哈雷委託創作的，是我接到最特殊主題的委約曲。
丹道的修煉，是人們在自我意識的覺悟下，對自我生命把持的一種修持方式,我想用藝術立場來理解她。


The Secret Book of Sun Bu'er for soprano & piano by Yii Kah Hoe - Step 6 & 7 Live Recording

How Crocodile got his Teeth for Narrator, Piano and Wind Quintet (Excerpt) | live recording from Yii Kah Hoe Portrait Concert, June 4, 2014

A Temuan folktale retold by Antares; Chinese translation by Chong Keat Aun
Composer: Yii Kah Hoe
Narrator: Chong Keat Aun
Ensemble: High Winds Ensemble
Piano: Jodi Goble
Conductor: Joost Flach
Photo: Dev Lee

Composed in 2008 for the High Winds and narrator, it has been in the ensemble's repertoire since, and appears regularly in its programmes. It can be considered so-called 『incidental』 music: the music accompamies the narrative of a crocodile and a pangolin as rendered to us by a fable from the Temuan, an indigenous tribe in Malaysia. 

[鱷魚的牙齒]
 木管五重奏、鋼琴與人声

《鱷魚的牙齒》是取材於馬來西亞原住民，Orang Asli的民間故事，故事描述在原住民古老的傳說裡，鱷魚是一隻沒牙齒，只能捕食昆蟲和水蛭為生的野獸。可是，有一隻穿山甲確實與眾不同，它的名字叫Keniling，他的嘴裡長滿了尖銳的牙齒，最喜歡攀爬樹木，老愛躺在樹幹上等待著它最愛的捕獵品，那就是人類。而對Keniling來說，捕殺人類只是每一天的本能遊戲而已。




How The Crocodile Got His Teeth For Narrator, Piano And Wind Quintet (excerpt)

My Spirit is Playing for solo piano | live recording from Yii Kah Hoe Portrait Concert, June 4, 2014

Composer: Yii Kah Hoe
Piano: Nicholas Ong
Photo: Dev Lee

My Spirit is Playing for solo piano by Yii Kah Hoe (excerpt)

The Rhapsody Of River Wisdom (Excerpt)，music by Yii Kah Hoe
清明上河圖狂想曲音樂片段，余家和作曲

Nyoba Kan BUTOH Festival Kuala Lumpur
29 -31 Aug 2014@Dpac 

十五名来自不同领域艺术家的共同配合，由李瑞强策划、设计与编导这游园式的多元视觉表演艺术。这很可能是前所未有的跨领域项目。这是一次你未曾预料过的电影、舞蹈、音乐与展览，被共同数化后的一次互动经验。

15 artists of different practices will come together for a collaboration under the artistic direction of Lee Swee Keong. He has designed and directed a multisite performance event. Interdisciplinary in nature, the events will see film, dance, music and digital installations culminating into an interesting interactive experience for audiences.

Dizi: Yii Kah Hoe 
Guqin: Ng Teck Hing
Yangqin: Tew Tiong Ley
Zhongruan: Ong May Yi
Cello: Chan Yit Fei

The Rhapsody Of River Wisdom (Excerpt) for Dizi, Guqin, Yangqin, Zhongruan and Cello

Improvisation on Xiao (Yii) and Sax (Yandsen)

Imagery II for solo viola | 意象

Composer: Yii Kah Hoe 
Violist: Yoonji Kang, TIMF 
Venue: Olympus Hall, Seoul 
Date: 22th November 2011 
Image: Chinese ink painting - Imagery V by Pang Heng Khan, 彭庆勤 - 意象山水之五

Program notes: 
Imagery is a collection of images. It is the usage of details and descriptions in order to create a sensory experience for the reader. Imagery are the elements in a literary work used to evoke mental images, not only of the visual sense, but of sensation and emotion as well. - from Wikipedia

I would like to share my collection of the images through my music. All the images are seeing in my mind's eye and hearing in my head. And all these mental images represent my inner voices.

Imagery II for viola solo by Yii Kah Hoe

Daiske Kino-Shita's flute recital

Date: 8th March 2012 
Venue: SEGi College Subang Jaya 
Composer: Yii Kah Hoe 
Flutist: Daiske Kino-Shita 
Metal wind chimes: Chong Keat Aun 

Imagery I for solo flute and wind chimes by Yii Kah Hoe

My spirit is soaring is composed for my dear friend, Dirk Amrein. 

It is a piece with voice, wide range, stagger breathing, talking, singing, breathing, shouting, whispering and some acting talents.

My Spirit is Soaring for solo trombone by Yii Kah Hoe

YII Kah Hoe is a Malaysian composer and improviser. Yii has been recognized as one of the major voices among Southeast Asian composers of his generation. 

As an improviser, Yii has played at the Asian Meeting Festival, Hanoi New Music Festival, Sapporo International Art Festival, Melaka Performance Art Festival, KLEX , playfreely 2019 and worked with many great improvisers and artists.

He was the president of Society of Malaysian Contemporary Composers (2014 – 2016) and a senior lecturer at SEGi College Subang Jaya, since 2000.

Yii Kah Hoe

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