Composer: Yen, Ming-Hsiu, 1980 -
Country of origin: Taiwan
Title: Sorrowful Beauty
Other titles: 《淒之美》為單簧管與絃樂四重奏
Movements:
Year(s) composed: 2003-2007 (revised 2007)
Publisher: Unpublished; available from composer
Duration (in minutes): 8
Clarinet type: B-flat
Note: See comment below
First performance: Student Composers’ Forum, April 12, 2004, Britton Recital Hall
University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)
Justin O’Dell, clarinet; Bethany Mennemeyer, Daphne Su, violins; Lee-Wen Chang, viola
Christopher Wild, cello; Ming-Hsiu Yen, conductor