Christopher Coleman
In A (2014)
variable duration
Instrumentation
for an unspecified number of instrumentalists/vocalists
Program note
This piece is an improvisational framework with open instrumentation. In A was premiered as the opening work on the concert Who Needs Notation? by the Hong Kong Baptist University Contemporary Music Workshop on April 25, 2014 at Hong Kong Baptist University. The concert continued with In Bb, a 12 bar blues improvisation; Not In B, a group improvisation on timbre and texture; and ended with Terry Riley's minimalist masterpiece In C.
Performers
HO Hoi Shan Venus, YEUNG Tsz Yan Coco, flutes
YAN Wai Lam Carole, flute and alto flute
KAN Wai Nam Kelly, clarinet
MA Man Ki, trumpet
HO Yu Cheung Charlie, oboe and English horn
LO Cheuk On Byron, WONG Chun Yin Travis, CHAN Rebecca Pek Ga, violins
HO Ka Lok Samuel, piano
YU King Yin Eric, electric guitar
CHOW Yin Ting Vonald, WU Tin Lap Jonathan, LAU Hiu Lam Helen, percussion