Scott Ordway: Quiet Music for the City of Hong Kong
Patrick Yim, violin
Yinbin Qian, violin
Commissioned by Hong Kong Baptist University for violinist Patrick Yim and Yinbin Qian, Quiet Music was composed during the 2019 protests as a prayer for peace and an expression of solidarity with the people of Hong Kong.
Composer SCOTT ORDWAY (b. 1984, California) has become recognized for his boundary-defying mixed-media projects, creating widely-acclaimed work that has been called “exquisite” (The New York Times) and “a marvel” (The Philadelphia Inquirer).
Quiet Music for the City of Hong Kong (2019)
Total time: 5:51
PRAISE FOR SCOTT ORDWAY’S 2021 RELEASE,
NINETEEN MOVEMENTS FOR UNACCOMPANIED CELLO :
“the music… has a rather hypnotic effect. Let it lull you.”
Michael Beek, Reviews Editor, BBC Music Magazine ***
“an absorbing originality”
Laurence Vittes, Gramophone
“this music is not to be ignored”
David W. Moore, American Record Guide
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