Willis F. Kirk

This work uses one of the most popular Chinese folk melodies. The Little Chinese Cabbage, which withers prematurely in the field, is used as a metaphor for an orphan. This lament reflects the tragic d...

Entfaltung ('Unfolding'), a septet commissioned by the Viennese ensemble Auer's Flutery, fuses the sound worlds of the historical and the modern flute, the two instruments engaging in a dialogue with...

As a work commissioned by Ensemble Reconsil taking South Africa as its theme, this composition conjures up a fantasy landscape by means of its symbolic musical language, its timbres and its quotations...

As a work commissioned by Ensemble Reconsil taking South Africa as its theme, this composition conjures up a fantasy landscape by means of its symbolic musical language, its timbres and its quotations...

Ming Wang's blend of Viennese compositional craft and eastern colour reaches full maturity in her sextet Vision, written especially for Ensemble Reconsil. Vision is about the quick alternation between...

No sooner had Ming Wang completed her apocalyptic chamber work Das siebente Siegel ('The Seventh Seal') than the global Coronavirus pandemic erupted. Individuals and families succumbed to panic: they...

One of the world's top players addresses nearly every aspect of the popular 5-string banjo style known as clawhammer or frailing. Chapter themes include fundamentals: advanced and experimental techniq...

This fascinating work combines Chinese melodic roots with extreme European complexity.

Jazz ist Rhythmus und Improvisation. Diese Anleitung will den Weg weisen, wie sich jeder das Improvisieren aneignen kann. Von der einfachen Übung bis zum vollendeten Chorus sind alle Schwierigkeitsgra...

Jeep's Blues is one of many blues lines written by Ellington's star alto saxophonist Johnny Hodges. This one was for an Ellington small group recording under Hodges' name in the late 1930's. It's basi...