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About Henry Ng Tsz Kiu

- Birthday July 25
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Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvJlL2flTJzwQYwK0QhE1SA
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Biography
A self entertaining and self proclaimed composer who is known for using random pauses.
Feel free to click into the About Me section for the catalogue of my compositions: https://www.youngcomposers.com/p21047/henry-ng-tsz-kiu/?tab=field_core_pfield_24 -
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Male
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Location
Hong Kong
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Interests
Reading, Listening to music, Composing, Watching Films, Thinking
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Favorite Composers
Beethoven, esp. Late Beethoven, Bach, Brahms, Mahler, Mozart, Haydn, Vaughn Williams, Palestrina Most Hated Composer: Boulez, Babbitt, Penderecki
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My Compositional Styles
Classical, Romantic,Tonal, Pentatonic
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Sibelius Ultimate
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Instruments Played
Piano
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Thx! Yeah I do put a lot of effort in this one I have to admit, im order to speak out things I wanna speak long ago. I do hope to write something more unique as I actually never know what my style is! Thx! The philosophical thinking lingers in my mind at least 10 years I believe when I was reading the Chinese Philosophy Classics, and also guided by my Philosophy Professor who is a student of the Grandmasters of New Confucian School, Tang Chun I and Mou Zhongsan. I may not really know their philosophical thoughts, but always feel myself inspired after reading their works, just like after reading listening to a great piece of music or reading great literature. I just try to write what I feel towards Tao here, plus my own experience. I think it will be very difficult to have it recorded or even performed, so now I don’t have the plan. I know the work can be difficult to play, and it’s too long to be performed, as groups now only prefer much shorter works to perform. Henry
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Hi @Chemathmusician0510, I agree with @danishali903, the piano shouldn’t just repeat what the strings are playing, but instead have its own part. I wouldn’t go as far as calling the music basic since I think it does display some good chamber music part writing and counterpoint, but I may add more interaction between the instruments and allow other instruments to play the melodic role as well. The piece sounds quite Baroque for me even with those dissonance, because of the drive of the outer sections and the Trio sonata slow movement like middle section. Thx for sharing! Henry
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The Echos of Flame - Work in progress
Henry Ng Tsz Kiu replied to NicholasG's topic in Orchestral and Large Ensemble
Hi @NicholasG, I like the vibe in it. Maybe one thing is that the clarinet section should be placed above the bassoons? Thx for sharing. Henry -
Henry Ng Tsz Kiu started following Preludio No.1 , The Echos of Flame - Work in progress , La Soireé dans Granade by Debussy (Orchestrated) and 7 others
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The End of Things - Suite (WIP)
Henry Ng Tsz Kiu replied to Layne's topic in Orchestral and Large Ensemble
Hi @Layne! I like the beginning augmented chords. Then starts from 0:50 it starts to sound like a film trailer with those chasing rhythm underneath. I feel like the abrupt start of the chorale melody in 1:47 a bit abrupt for me, maybe add a transition between the two passages? The ending does sounds sinister again with the augmented chords and that dissonant ending. Thx for sharing! Henry -
Music Theory Rabbit Hole
Henry Ng Tsz Kiu replied to Chemathmusician0510's topic in Composers' Headquarters
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What Is Your Current Musical Project?
Henry Ng Tsz Kiu replied to AngelCityOutlaw's topic in Composers' Headquarters
Am working on an Orchestral Variation on @PeterthePapercomPoser's themes. That's going to be my first orchestral piece and also first variation piece. One third of it has been finished but recently just sort oflosing the motivation a bit. I wanna write 2 serial piano pieces, and my life time goal would be to write a Choral Symphony using Chinese Poet's Du Fu's poems. Maybe I feel too tired working on many music these few months. Finishing a Piano Sonata, my dream the String Sextet which I feel so grateful to have finished, a Violin Sonata and a few piano pieces, maybe it's time for me to slow my pace down and absorb more music again. Henry -
Three Sententiae for String Orchestra, Op. 354
Henry Ng Tsz Kiu replied to luderart's topic in Orchestral and Large Ensemble
Hi @luderart, The texture in these 3 Sententiae reminds me very much of the parallel organum, and I like the serious mood in it. For me the time signature of the 1st one may be marked in a compound meter so that the triplets signs can be replaced? Thx for sharing! Henry- 2 replies
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Canon a 4 for String Quartet in F minor.
Henry Ng Tsz Kiu replied to Fugax Contrapunctus's topic in Chamber Music
Hey Pabio! Very nice canon! This one is more rhythmic and really moves the music forward. Thx for sharing! Henry -
Hi @EnriqueMZ! Nice March! Maybe for me I would vary the rhythm a bit at the latter half, or change the accompaniment for bars after b.17 to dotted rhythm as well for a more exciting mood. Thx for sharing! Henry
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Hi @Kiliminati! Nice little fantasy piece! Maybe you can change the 2nd violin to a viola or cello? Then you can have lower notes for the accompaniments. Thx for sharing! Henry
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Hey Peter my boy! Since you have listed out your really detailed review in point form, I should reply by point form too! 1. That is called RUBATO man!!😜 2. That's what I love in Beethoven's music too haha! I think the muddy texture is what caused the next passage to be "confused" when your mind goes muddy! 3. I love it too! That same falling fourth motive is from the beginning of the whole sonata! I think I learn this kind of German sixth progressions from Brahms. 4. I love that too, I think I am inspired by b.108 in the 1st movement when I did the same there! 5. Well not only here, but also in point 11 I only have a 1-bar transition to another passage. I would say I want these two abrupt transitions to show how confused I was at that time, but maybe they did sound too abrupt. Though I liked the effect, as if I didn't I won't retain them haha! 6. It IS difficult to play, the fingerings there are very weird to play with, but for my beloved C# minor I HAVE NO CHOICE haha. 7. Yeah that Locrian inflection here and also in the blues section comes exactly from the opening of the second movement! 8. I like that too, as I find it a bit difficult to transit reasonably with the change of style! 9. Haha yeah that melody is from the falling fourth motive of the 1st movement. This passage is hard to play with in order to emphasize that falling fourth motive in between the crazy dotted rhythms. 10. Yup the juxtaposition shows how conflicted I was then. That question like phrase is more questioning myself as I always do in my whole life lol. 11. That sweet melody comes from nowhere lol, though it's combined with the first theme of the 2nd movement at the very coda in counterpoint. That theme was born when I was having a walk. Initially I doubted whether I should introduce a new theme in the development of a final movement of a Sonata, but I just couldn't discard it given how beautiful that was, so I just retained it. 12. Yeah I don't like having the right hand playing the melody all the time haha, especially after my chamber music training. 13. Haha yeah I understand, because that passage sounds unrelated to any existing material of the whole Sonata. Though that is the passage which gave me confidence back in composing and by composing that I knew I could write good music again. It's devilish hard to play as well! 14. Yup I was more conflicted there too so I introduced the juxtaposition of material AND tempo too. Just like the ending of the 1st mov of Bee's op.130. 15. It's not from the Sextet, but rather from the second movement of this Sonata with the pentatonicism. I even quote that theme here too! 16. Yup I was conflicted whether to end the piece in a more peaceful way or tragic way, but this is my answer as I couldn't lie to myself and forced a fake Picardy 3rd ending as in many Romantic Sonatas. Thx for your review! Henry
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Hey @Mooravioli! I never mind you taking long for replying, given that you finally do reply haha! Truly appreciate it! Thx for your repeated listenings! Yup you said all I thought in the piece. Well you are right to observe that the random pauses interrupt the flow, because that's my intention. For me the blues are just escape lands of Utopia that needed to be interrupted by the real reality particularly in the recap section when I was already more awakened than in the exposition! I realized it was futile to escape imaginarily. Haha I actually love the bluesian Fx! Thx! Yeah all the anguish and pain worths after I finish my Sextet, it's a once-in-lifetime to have completed it in this perfect (I think) way. Thank you! Henry