Wind Whistle

Duration: 6 minutes
Written for and Premiered by H2 Quartet
Awards and festival appearances: First Prize, Chengdu Jiezi Saxophone Composition Contest, 2023 RED NOTE New Music Festival, Illinois State University, 2022
Program note: Wind Whistle focuses on the conflict and intertwinement between two characters: one is active, fast and restless, while the other is long, sustained and drowning. Both ideas are presented in the very beginning of the piece, and developed throughout in various formats, including multiphonics, slap tonguing, timbre trill, etc. The piece evokes the sensation of a winter wind weaving through cracks in a window, capturing both the sharpness of the breeze and the underlying calm.