shapes songs
2023 - 2024 | A young person’s guide to totally abstract too-serious music
Curated by artist Samson Young for NME15, 20 new duets were commissioned this year for young students and their teachers. Celebrating diverse musical approaches, these surprising and fun scores were published internationally in early 2024, together with original illustrations by local printmakers from Hong Kong.Info
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1 APR 2023: shapes songs I
6 AUG 2023: shapes songs II
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Curator: Samson Young
Invited composers: Samson Young, James Moore, Seth Cluett, Stephen Yip, Law Yuk-mui, Vanissa Law, Hong Kai-Wang & Bill Dietz
Commissioned composers (Open Call):
Austin Leung, Charlotte Tong, Eagle Wu, Felix Cheung, Kenrick Ho, Larry Shuen, Livia Malossi Bottignole, Matthew Lam, Partiparn Jaikampan, Santa Bušs & Uri Kochavi.
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Venue partners: Hong Kong Fringe Club, West Kowloon Cultural District
Curatorial partner: Hong Kong Open Printshop
This project is financially supported by the Arts Capacity Development Funding Scheme of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
The content of this programme does not reflect the views of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
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Purchase the shapes songs scorebook here!
List of Composition
The Harlequin’s Apprentice
(For 2 trumpets)
From Affectionate to Zealous
(For 2 or more cellos)
Cops and Robbers
(Free Instrumentation)
Livia Malossi Bottingale
Santa Bušs
Felix Cheung
A Sign of Rapture at the Heart of Being
(For 1 vibraphone and 2 players)
《無間》
(For harp four-hands)
Kenrick Ho
Seth Cluett
Parcours
(For 2 violins)
Mei Karb
(For 2 harps)
Patiparn Jaikampan
Uri Kochavi
(de/re)construction
(For piano 4 hands)
Matthew Lam
Every Bubbly Step and Skip
(For 2 clarinets)
Vanissa Law
Sprout
(For 2 violas)
I stay quiet as a stone
(For 2 players)
Law Yuk-mui
Austin Leung
Strawberry
(For 2 violins)
James Moore
Gesture Studies II: Bowing Canon
(For 2 cellos)
Larry Shuen
What was your Dream?
(For 2 French horns)
Charlotte Tong
Everything floated.
My teeth are coming in.
The stars intersect.
(Free instrumentation)
Hong-Kai Wang
/Bill Dietz
Red Light, Green Light
(For 2 shengs)
Cicadas Chirping《蟬羽》
(For 2 shengs)
Stephen Yip
A farewell waltz in quirky lucky colours
(For 2 violas)
Samson Young
Eagle Wu
Highlights
Mei Karb by Patiparn Jaikampan
Every Bubbly Step and Skip by Vanissa Law
I stay quiet as a stone by Law Yuk-mui
Strawberry by James Moore
Gesture Studies II: Bowing Canon by Larry Shuen