Review

Man-Ching (Donald) Yu
Solemn Elegy:

Orlando, FL, United States
Publisher: Wehr's Music House
Date of Publication: 2007
URL: http://www.wehrs-music-house.com

Score and parts

Primary Genre: Trombone Ensembles - 4 trombones

Donald Yu was born in 1980 in Hong Kong. He earned a Bachelor of Music degree from Baylor University, where he studied piano, composition and conducting and pursued further studies in Austria, Italy and Germany. He has composed over 100 works in a variety of media. A number of these have been published and recorded. In addition to Solemn Elegy he has composed two other works for trombone, Reflections for Trombone Choir (2006) The Refraction of Shadow for trombone and piano (2007). He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Composition at Hong Kong Baptist University. Solemn Elegy is traditional harmonically and melodically. It contains no musical or technical difficulties that could not be surmounted by an average college quartet. The title describes its musical qualities quite well. If you need a slow, short, somber work to fill out a program, this fits the bill.

-Karl Hinterbichler
University of New Mexico