According to Richard Scheinin of the San Jose Mercury News, composer Yu-Hui Chang did something, well, miraculous. In her new concerto, which is
... a work of striking pathos...
she is able to do something so ground-breaking, so mind-boggling that my little head can’t begin to comprehend the level of compositional sophistication that Richard describes. I mean, I’ve heard of composers being able to...
... [evoke] ballrooms and fast sleigh-rides through snowy expanses.
But, Yu-Hui is apparently so far beyond our limited number of dimensions, compositionally, that she is able to turn figurative expressions into actual matter. NASA should hire her.
What is it that she did, you ask?
Hold on. I need to catch my breath. (deep inhale)
Okay. Here it goes. The most coolest thing ever.
In the opening Allegro Vivace, the strings surrounded [the soloist] with the percolations of multiple coffee pots, then became the aerialist’s trampoline.
That’s like nuclear-fission, Voltron cool.
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2/13/08
The Coolest Composer Ever, Ever!
Posted by Empiricus at 5:25 PM 4 comments
Labels: concerto, n, NASA, Richard Scheinin, San Jose Mercury News, Voltron cool, Yu-Hui Chang
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