PROGRAM NOTE

Wushu Duel is homage to the composers love of Kung Fu cinema and the many films of Bruce Lee. The work is like a competition, a grand battle with two masters, one of wind and the other of string. The two imitate each instruments greatests strengths and a cheoropgrahpy is developed that lead from a duel into a more harmonious duo.

 

PERFORMANCE HISTORY

November 23, 2019: Erika Boysen (Flute), Horacio Contrearas (Cello), New York, NY, USA

April 13, 2014: Erika Boysen (Flute), Horacio Contrearas (Cello), Ann Arbor, MI, USA

 

YEAR

2013

 

INSTRUMENTATION

Flute & Cello

 

DURATION

6 minutes

 

FIRST PERFORMANCE

April 13, 2014

Erika Boysen (Flute)

Horacio Contrearas (Cello)

University of Michigan

 

 

 

WUSHU DUEL