Selected
Journal Publication/Book Chapter (2012-2017)
- Yu,
M.C. (2013). "Transformations of Diatonic Materials and Tonal
Procedure in Ligeti's Etude No. 15 "White on White." New
Sound: International Journal of Music 41: 117-138.
- Yu,
M.C. (2013). Motivic Organizations in Joseph Schwantner's Distant Runes
and Incantations. Milos Zatkalik, Denis Collins, Milena Medic, Histories
and Narratives of Music Analysis (420-450). United Kingdom: Cambridge
Scholars Publishing.
- Yu,
M. C. (2017). Interpreting Some Transformational Aspects of Pentatonicism
and Post-tonal Chinese Music on Dual Interval Space. The Orient in
Music-Music of the Orient, 201-221. United Kingdom: Cambridge Scholars
Publishing.
Publications
by Donemus, Netherland (2022-)
- Circle of Life for viola and piano (2022)
- Breakthrough for accordion and flute
(2021)
- Psalm
136"Hymn of Thanksgiving" for SA a cappella choir
(2021)
- Narrow
Blue Circle for 2 violins (2021)
- Desolation
and Water Droplets for soprano/mezzo-soprano and piano (2021)
- We
are in Darkness for soprano and piano (2021)
- Orinoco
for
cello and saxophone (2020)
- Spiral for flute (2019)
- Ring for harp and piano
(2019)
- Diffuser for violin, trumpet
and piano (2019)
- Expansion
for
piano (2018)
- Sensitivity for saxophone quarte (2017)
- Rippling for clarinet choir (2016)
- Twilight
High-Rise for
trumpet and piano (2016)
- Listen
to Me, O Lord for organ and SATB (2016)
- Force for bassoon and zheng (2015)
- Tower for clarinet and piano
(2015)
- Polarity for cello solo (2015)
- Ballades
for Four Seasons for
soprano and chamber orchestra (2015)
- Divine
Image for
two violins and soprano (2014)
- Lost
in Civilization for
chamber ensemble (2014)
- I
call on You, O Lord for SA choir (2014)
- Double
Concerto "Urban Amber" for harmonica, zhong yuen, and Chinese
orchestra (2014)
- Etude:
Looping Towards the Point for piano (2014)
- Capriccio for bass trombone (2014)
- Divine
Image for
two violins and soprano (2014)
- Snow for pipa and cello
(2014)
- Winds
from the South for clarinet, trumpet and piano (2014)
- Muse for trombone and piano
(2014)
- Symphony
of Winds "Heavenly Justice" for wind ensemble, piano and organ
(2013)
- Calligraphic
motion for
trombone (2013)
- In-between
Play and Pluck for
pipa, yanqin, and sanxian (2013)
- One
Act Opera "The Harmfulness of Tobacco" for tenor and
orchestra(2012)
- Grass
for
erhu, mezzo-soprano and piano (2012)
- Three
Tang Poems for
a cappella choir (2012)
- Resurrectional
Vision for
organ and trombone (2012)
- First
Piano Concerto (2011)
- Symphony
No. 2 "World" for orchestra and chorus (2011)
- Sunset
in my homeland for clarinet, violin and piano (2011)
- Clouds
in My Dream for
piano and electronics (2011)
- Drinking
Alone Under the Moon for mezzo-soprano and piano (2011)
- Hymn
of Praise for
children choir (2011)
- On
Phoenix Terrace for
xiao and piano (2011)
- Three
Sketches for
piano (2011)
- Revelation
Fantasy for
organ/chamber organ (2010)
- From the Depth for soprano, chorus and orchestra (2010)
- Nine
Dragons for
piano (2010)
- Two
Sacred Songs for
soprano and piano (2010)
- Fancy for solo violin (2010)
- Wind
and Rain for
erhu and piano (2010)
- Vermilion
Bird for
violin and piano (2010)
- Chamber
Requiem for
SATB choir, soprano solo, mezzo-soprano solo, tenor solo, bass solo, and
piano (2009)
- A
Chamber Opera in one act "The Death of the Hired Man" for mezzo-soprano, tenor
and piano (2009)
- Three
Sensual Love Poems for mezzo-soprano and piano (2009)
- Piano Trio "Moody Rain" for flute, cello and piano (2009)
- Memories for brass quartet (2009)
- Primordial for piano quintet
(2009)
- Lamentation for cello and piano (2009)
- Duo for cello and piano (2009)
- Symphony
No. 1 for
orchestra (2008)
- Disintegration for piano and electronics (2008)
- Hallucination for piano (2008)
- Four
Dramatic Chinese Poems for tenor and piano (2008)
- Five
Poems by Yosano Akiko for soprano and piano (2008)
- Three
Bagatelles for
violin and organ (2008)
- Brilliant
Variations and Fantasy on a Chinese Folk Tune for violin and piano (2008)
- Organ
Concerto "Nebula" for organ and chamber orchestra (2007)
- Three
Characteristic Pieces for piano 4-hands (2007)
- Explosion
for
piano (2007)
- Five
Poems by Ya Hsien for baritone and piano (2007)
- Four
Lyrical Chinese Poems for soprano and piano (2007)
- Five
Love Poems from Ancient to Modern Times for soprano and piano (2007)
- Two
Poems by Ya Hsien for baritone and piano (2007)
- Sonata "Echo" for oboe (2006)
- Twelve
Preludes for
organ (2006)
- Frankenstein for organ and cello (2006)
- Imaginary
Conversation for
violin and piano (2006)
- Psalm
No. 63 for
SSA choir and piano (2005)
- Ten Variations on a Chinese Folk Song "Homesickness" for piano (2003)
- Sonata
No. 4 "Chaos" for piano (2002)
- Five Japanese Lyrics for soprano and piano (2001)
- String Quartet No. 1 " Four Seasonal Sketches" (2001)
- Five
Miniatures for
piano (2001)
Donemus Records (Forthcoming 2022-)
- Rippling for clarinet
choir
- Blossoms for brass
ensemble
- Second Symphony “World”
for chorus and orchestra
- Twilight High-Rise for
trumpet and piano
- Tower for clarinet and
piano
- Polarity for cello
- Lost in Civilization for
chamber ensemble
- Wind from the South for
trumpet, clarinet and piano
- The Great Wall for
clarinet, bassoon, and piano
- Fishing in Snow for
trumpet and piano
- Fancy for solo violin
- The Vermilion Bird for
violin and piano
- Lamentation for cello and
piano
- Duo for cello and piano
- Three Bagatelles for
violin and organ
- Imaginary Conversation
for violin and piano
- Tunnelling for piano and
electronics
- Clouds in My Dream for
piano and electronics
- Contemplation for piano
- Nine Dragons for piano
- Ten Variations on Chinese
Folk Song “Home-sickness” for piano
- Three Sensual Love Poems
for mezzo-soprano and piano
- Five Poems by Ya Hsien
for baritone and piano
- Five Love Poems from
Ancient to Modern Times for Mezzo-soprano and piano
- Apocalypse for orchestra
- Buiseonrando for trombone
and piano
- Chamber Opera “The Death
of Hired Man” for mezzo-soprano, tenor and piano
- Chamber Requiem for solo
voices, mixed choir and piano
- Divertimento “Chromatic
Fantasy” for organ
- Drinking Alone under the
Moon for mezzo-soprano and piano
- Flaming Passion for
cello, flute and piano
- Force for bassoon and
zheng
- Listen to me Lord for
mixed choir and organ
- Phoenix Terrace for dizi
and piano
- Twelve Preludes for organ
- Recalling from Dream for
trumpet and piano
- Sensitivity for Saxophone
quartet
- Spring Flower for
woodwind trio
- Wind and Rain for erhu
and piano
- Double Concerto “Urban
Amber” for Zhong Yuen, Harmonica and Chinese Orchestra
- Oneness for flute and
piano
- Hallucination for piano
- Disintegration for piano
and tape
- Divine Image for
mezzo-soprano and two violins
- Big Yellow Circle for
violin and bass
Other
Score Publications (2010-2022)
- Transformations
for
clarinet (Universal Edition UES 102350-000)(2022) Vienna
- Die Betrachtung for piano (Universal Edition UES 102469-410)(2022) Vienna
- Die emotionale Welle for piano 4-hands duo (Universal Edition UES 102558-411)(2022) Vienna
- Swing
Low for
saxophone and piano (Babelscores ISMN 979-0-2325-5703-8) (2021) France
- Split
for
two pianos (Babelscores ISMN 979-0-2325-5038-1) (2020) France
- Oneness
for
flute and piano (Babelscores ISMN 979-0-2325-3515-9) (2019) France
- Pointing
for bassoon and contrabasson (Babelscores ISMN 979-0-2325-4399-4)
(2020) France
- Big
Yellow Circle for
violin and bass (Babelscores ISMN 979-0-2325-3951-5) (2019) France
- Convergence for violin and cello
(Babelscores ISMN 979-0-2325-3824-2) (2019) France
- Emergence
for
piano trio (Babelscores ISMN 979-0-2325-3342-1)(2018) France
- Dilating for trombone choir
(Babelscores ISMN 979-0-2325-3341-4)(2018) France
- Higher
Dimensioning for
percussion ensemble (Babelscores ISMN 979-0-2325-3340-7)(2018) France
- Traversing for organ (Babelscores ISMN
970-0-2325-3331-5)(2018) France
- String
Quartet No. 2 "Head On Vortex" (Da Vinci Edition DV
10890)(2018) Italy/Japan
- Momentary
Suspension for
pipa and string quartet (Da Vinci Edition DV 10885)(2018) Italy/Japan
- Octet
for string (Da
Vinci Edition DV 10869)(2018) Italy/Japan
- Merging
and Diverging for
viola (Da Vinci Edition DV 10870)(2018) Italy/Japan
- Fishing
in Snow for
trumpet and piano (Scherzo Editions, SE-0061, ISMN 979-0-707706-64-0)
- Recede
and Surge for
clarinet and piano (Scherzo Editions, SE-0103)
- Purple
Sky for
cello and piano (Scherzo Editions, SE-0164)
- Apocalypse for orchestra (Scherzo
Editions, SE-0131)
- Quantum
Mysticism for
piano (Scherzo Editions, SE-0038, ISMN 979-0-707706-39-8)
- Buiseorando for trombone and piano
(Scherzo Editions, SE-0052, ISMN 979-0-707706-51-0 )
- Flaming
Passion for
flute, cello, and piano (Scherzo Editions, SE-0042, ISMN
979-0-707706-41-1)
- Fishing
in Snow for
trumpet and piano (Scherzo Editions, SE-0038, ISMN 979-0-707706-39-8)
- Sign
of Spring for
double bass and piano (Scherzo Editions, SE-0036, ISMN 979-0-707706-37-4)
- Spring
Flower for
flute, clarinet, and bassoon (Scherzo Editions, SE-0027, ISMN
979-0-707706-28-2 )
- Tunneling for piano and electronics
(Scherzo Editions, SE-0032, ISMN 979-0-707706-34-3 )
- The
Maximum Speed of Raphael's Madonna for flute and piano (Scherzo Editions,
SE-0026, ISMN 979-0-707706-02-2 )
- Divertimento
"Chromatic Fantasy" for organ (Scherzo Editions: SE-0035,
ISMN 979-0-707706-36-7 )
- The
Great Wall for
clarinet, bassoon and piano (Scherzo Editions, SE-0060, ISMN
979-0-707706-61-9)
- Blossoms for brass ensemble
(Portugal: Scherzo Editions, SE-0058, ISMN 979-0-707706-59-6)
- Emotional
Waves for
piano 4-hands (Bavaria, Germany: Helm & Baynov Verlag, HB 7514)
- Breeze for flute (Italy: Edizioni
Sconfinarte, New Music Without Borders series II, ES 541)
- Secret for violin (Italy: Edizioni
Sconfinarte, New Music Without Borders serie
- Our Father "The
Lord's Prayer" for mixed choir (Cambridge, MA: Zimbel
Press, No. 80101263)
- O Virtus Sapientiae for SATB mixed Choir (Cambridge, MA: Zimbel
Press, No.80101264)
- Oculus non vidit for SATB mixed Choir (Cambridge, MA: Zimbel
Press, No. 80101277)
- Psalm 23 for high voices and
piano (HK: Hong Kong Church Music Service Limited,SM-E263)
- Recalling from Dream
for trumpet and piano (Winterpark, Fl: Wehr's Music House, WM No. 345)
- Reflection for Trombone Choir (Winterpark, Fl: Wehr's
Music House, WM No. 391)
- The Refraction of
Shadow for trombone and piano (Winterpark, Fl: Wehr's
Music House, WM No. 397)
- Three Organ Pieces:
Meditation, Mystical Aria, Toccata Fantastique (Cambridge, MA: Zimbel
Press, No. 80101246,
distributed by Subito Music Corperation.)
Discographies
- Album
Label: Illusion: Music of Man-Ching Donald Yu (2006) ZR
113, Zimbel Records, Massachusetts, United States
- Sonata
No. 1 "Grand Concert Fantasy" for piano
- Sonata
No. 2 "Humoresque" for piano
- Sonata
No. 4 "Chaos" for piano
- Hell
and Heaven for
piano
- Dark
Rhapsody for
cello and piano
- Illusion for oboe and piano
- Five
Japanese Lyrics for soprano and piano
- Uncertainty for piano
- Fantasy
on "The Lady of Shalott" for piano
- Five
Miniatures for
piano
- William
Shakespeare's Sonnet No. 104 for mezzo-soprano and piano
- Album
Label: Surrealistic Soundscapes (2012 Nov.), TROY
1378, Albany Records, New York.
- First
Symphony for
orchestra (Lugansk Academic Philharmonic Orchestra)
- From
the Depth for
soprano, chorus and orchestra (Opera Hong Kong Chorus with Jimmy
Chan)
- Octet for strings (Ukraine
Octet Players)
- Sunset
in My Homeland for violin, clarinet, and piano (Equinox Trio)
- Disintegration for piano and electronics
- Explosion for piano
- Two
Poems by Ya Hsien for baritone and piano
- Breeze for flute
- The
Maximum Speed of Raphael's Madonna for flute and piano
- Album
Label: Millennium Master Vol. 6 (2015 December), ar0024,
Ablaze Records, United States.
- String
Quartet No.2 "Heard on Vortex
- Album
Label: Two Days and Two Nights of New Music-The International Festival
of Modern Art 2008-2018, the Association New Music, Odessa, Ukraine.
- Emergence (2017) for clarinet, violin
and piano (Senza Sforzando Ensemble)
- Album
Label: ZAYIN I (2019), Phasma Music 013, Europe.
- Oneness (2017) for flute and piano (flute,
Iwona Glinka; piano, Vicky Stylianou)
- Album
Label: New Music for Solo Piano (2021), Phasma Music 039, Europe.
- Expansion
(2018) for piano (piano, Tamara Licheli)
- Album
Label: MEM (2021), Phasma Music 045, Europe.
- Spiral
(2019) for flute (flute, Iwona Glinka)
- Album
Label: LVIV 1 (2023), Phasma Music 062, Europe.
- Music 062, Poland. Unravelling for orchestra.
(Lviv National Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, conducted
by Volodymyr Syvokhip)