PROGRAM NOTE

Wushu Duel is homage to the composers love of Kung Fu cinema and the many films of Bruce Lee. The work is like a competition, a grand battle with two masters, one of the Eastern instrument and the other of the Western. The two imitate each instruments greatests strengths and a cheoropgrahpy is developed that lead from a duel into a more harmonious duo.

PERFORMANCE HISTORY

4/01/2023: Xiaodong Wei (Erhu) and Patrick Yim (Viola), University of Notre Dame

7/30/2013: Xiaodong Wei (Erhu) and Hang Su (Viola), Detroit, MI,USA