for baritone and piano
- Premiered in Parsons Music Limited by Yiu Yun-kwan and Pierre Tang on 7 August 2011.
for flute and piano
- Premiered by Linda Chatterton in DiMenna Center for Classical Music, New York on 8 April, 2017.
Programme Notes
In the long stream of Chinese history, Li Qing-zhao (South Song Dynasty) has always been regarded as one of the most famous poetesses. Born in a family of scholars, she has been well educated since childhood. In marrying literate Zhao Ming-cheng, throughout her life she has devoted herself thoroughly into literature. “The Poetess” is a short cycle that is inspired by poems written in the South Song Dynasty, when most men were sent to military. Like many other works of Li, the poems chosen for this piece show her feeling of missing towards her husband. Li’s loneliness and sorrow is present throughout the whole work.
- 滿庭芳 A Loft Blossoms with Flowers
- 如夢令 Remembrance – To the Tune of Rumengling
- 行香子 Chinese Valentine’s – To the Tune of Xingxiangzi
- 點絳唇－閨思 Lovesickness – To the Tune of Dianjiangchun
- 聲聲慢 Slow Tune – To the Tune of Shengshengman
- 如夢令－春晚 A Night in the Springtime – To the Tune of Rumengling
- 青玉案 Lament of War – To the Tune of Qingyuan
Austin Yip 