MAN-CHING DONALD YU

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.

Score Publications (2012-2019)

• Oneness for flute and piano (Babelscores ISMN 979-0-2325-3515-9) France
  
• Convergence for violin and cello (Babelscores ISMN 979-0-2325-3824-2) France
  
• Ring for harp and piano (Babelscores ISMN 979-0-2325-3755-9) France
  
• Diffuser for violin, trumpet and piano (Babelscores ISMN 979-0-2325-3628-6) France
  
• Rippling for clarinet choir (Babelscores ISMN 979-0-2325-3344-5) France
  
• Transformations for clarinet (Babelscores ISMN 979-0-2325-3343-8) France
  
• Emergence for piano trio (Babelscores ISMN 979-0-2325-3342-1) France
  
• Dilating for trombone choir (Babelscores ISMN 979-0-2325-3341-4) France
• Higher Dimensioning for percussion ensemble (Babelscores ISMN 979-0-2325-3340-7) France
  
• Expansion for piano (Babelscores ISMN 979-0-2325-3332-2) France
  
• Traversing for organ (Babelscores ISMN 970-0-2325-3331-5) France
  
• String Quartet No. 2 "Head On Vortex" (Da Vinci Edition DV 10890) Italy/Japan
  
• Momentary Suspension for pipa and string quartet (Da Vinci Edition DV 10885) Italy/Japan
  
• Disintegration for piano and electronics (Da Vinci Edition DV 20867) Italy/Japan
  
• Octet for string (Da Vinci Edition DV 10869) Italy/Japan
• From the Depth for SATB mixed chorus and chamber orchestra (Da Vinci Edition DV 10868) Italy/Japan
• Merging and Diverging for viola (Da Vinci Edition DV 10870) Italy/Japan
  
• Sensitivity for saxophone quartet. (Golden Hearts Publications, GHYA-01) Japan
• Twilight High-Rise for trumpet and piano (Verlag vierdreiunddreissig ISMN 50098-325-5)
  
• Force for bassoon and zheng. (Verlag vierdreiunddreissig ISMN-50098-324-8)
  
• Ballades for Four Seasons for soprano and chamber orchestra. (Verlag vierdreiunddreissig ISMN M-50098-321-7)
• Concerto for piano and chamber orchestra. (Verlag vierdreiunddreissig ISMN M-50098-322-4)
• Symphony No. 2 "World" for orchestra and chorus. (Verlag vierdreiunddreissig ISMN M-50098-319-4)
• Tower for clarinet and piano. (Verlag vierdreiunddreissig ISMN M-50098-320-0)
• Clouds in my dream for piano and electronics. (Verlag vierdreiunddreissig ISMN M-50098-311-8)
• Divine Image for two violins and soprano. (Verlag vierdreiunddreissig ISMN M-50098-312-5)
• Lost in Civilization for chamber ensemble. (Verlag vierdreiunddreissig ISMN M-50098-313-2)
• Polarity for cello solo. (Verlag vierdreiunddreissig ISMN M-50098-314-9)
• Sunset in my homeland for clarinet, violin and piano. (Verlag vierdreiunddreissig ISMN M-50098-316-3)
• Symphony of Winds "Heavenly Justice" for wind ensemble. (Verlag vierdreiunddreissig ISMN M-50098-309-5)
• Calligraphic motion for trombone. (Verlag vierdreiunddreissig ISMN M-50098-308-8), Munich, Germany.
• Contemplation for piano. (Verlag vierdreiunddreissug ISMN M-50098-299-9), Munich, Germany.
  
• Snow for pipa and cello. (Verlag vierdreiunddreissig ISMN M-50098-310-1) Munich, Germany.
• Winds from the South for clarinet, trumpet and piano. (Verlag vierdreiunddreissig ISMN M-50098-298-2) Munich, Germany
• Fishing in Snow for trumpet and piano (Scherzo Editions, SE-0061, ISMN 979-0-707706-64-0)
• 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 (pianist: Donald Yu)
• Sonata No. 2 "Humoresque" for piano (pianist: Donald Yu)
• Sonata No. 4 "Chaos" for piano (pianist: Donald Yu)
• Hell and Heaven for piano (pianist: Donald Yu)
• Dark Rhapsody for cello and piano (pianist: Donald Yu; cellist: Jeremy Shih)
• Illusion for oboe and piano (pianist: Donald Yu; oboe: Euridice M. Alvarez Izcoa)
• Five Japanese Lyrics for soprano and piano(pianist: Donald Yu; soprano: Kristi Foster)
• Uncertainty for piano (pianist: Donald Yu)
• Fantasy on "The Lady of Shalott" for piano (pianist: Donald Yu)
• Five Miniatures for piano (pianist: Donald Yu)
• William Shakespeare's Sonnet No. 104 for mezzo-soprano and piano (pianist: Donald Yu; mezzo-soprano: Xia Heng)

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
• Octet for strings (Ukraine Octet Players)
• Sunset in My Homeland for violin, clarinet, and piano
  
• 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), ar-00024, Ablaze Records, United States.                      

• String Quartet  No.2 "Heard on Vortex"