Programme Note by the composer:
In Nocturne, the violin line mostly dances within and around a nearly uniform texture of
stacking, pulsating pitches in the Sheng that is at once harmonic and melodic, spinning
out a form that somehow hearkens back to the Baroque. The work is dedicated, with gratitude, to Patrick Yim and Loo Sze-wang, the latter of whom generously and inspiring-
ly helped me get to know his instrument.
Biography:
Chicago-born composer, musician, and performance artist Timothy Page creates works that revolve around play with style and context, body, physical materials, and space. Page holds degrees from the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki, Finland, where he established himself as a composer and studied with Veli-Matti Puumala, and the University of Chicago, where he completed his PhD with mentors Augusta Read Thomas and Anthony Cheung. In 2019 he was appointed Lecturer in Music and Digital Arts at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Page is a founder and co-director of Dayjob Collective – a Helsinki-based interdisciplinary ensemble investigating meeting points between contemporary music and performance art. His works have been performed around the globe by ensembles such as Ensemble Dal Niente (US), Third Coast Percussion (US), Eighth Blackbird (US), Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra (FI), Avanti! (FI), Uusinta (FI), Defunensemble (FI), Dayjob Collective (FI), S.E.M. Ensemble (US/CZ), Caput (IS), and Cikada (NO).
Patrick Yim, violinist 