Wah! Wahh~! Waaaaahhhhhhhh~~~!!! (呯嘭哇）
for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Saxophone, Bassoon/Trombone/Euphonium, Piano
呯嘭哇相信大家細個玩唔少，但用樂器玩到底係咩感覺？
You may play the ‘Bing-Bang-Wah’ many times when you were a child, but how about playing it by musical instruments? （玩到我哋都迷失在這場聲音遊戲)
Performance Detail: Lost in…the sonic games 我迷失在這場…聲音遊戲
Black Box Theatre, Kwai Tsing Theatre, Hong Kong
2025-06-29, 3:00 p.m.
Performed by The Maniacs, 香港狂人樂團
Performers: Chan Wing Sum, Kwok Yu Yan Rain, SHIU Wai Yau, Lo Tsz To, Lo Yan Tung, SHIU Wai Yau and Yeung Po Hin
屈原的遺言 The last moments of Qu Yuan (2025) (5’00”)
for Flute (+piccolo), Alto Saxophone, piano, percussion, violin and cello
屈原的遺言係咩??? blublublu~~~
Qu Yuan is a poet remembered in connection to the supposed origin of the Dragon Boat Festival. Villagers carried their dumplings and boats to the middle of the river and desperately tried to save Qu Yuan after he immersed himself in the Miluo, because of the failure from his lifelong political dream, but were too late to do so. However, in order to keep fish and evil spirits away from his body, they beat drums and splashed the water with their paddles, and they also threw rice into the water both as a food offering to Qu Yuan’s spirit and also to distract the fish away from his body. It is a joke about the Dragon Boat Festival: What is the last word spoken by Qu Yuan? Blublublublu….~~~
Premiere of this piece (Encore piece):
Sheung Wan Civic Centre Lecture Hall (5/F),
Hong Kong 2025-05-31 (Dragon Boat Festival), 8:00 p.m.
Performed by The Maniacs, 香港狂人樂團
Performers: SHIU Wai Yau, Kwok Yu Yan Rain, Chan Wing Sum, Lo Tsz To, Yeung Po Hin and Dorcas Yiu
Composed by SHIU Wai Yau
Auntie, I don’t want to work hard anymore (2024) (5’40”)
for Flute (+piccolo), Alto Saxophone, piano, percussion, violin and cello
‘Can I marry a wealthy woman in Belgium? Should I? May I? And for what? Money, residence permit or do I really love her? I am confused to my future after graduating from the master’s degree. I want to lie down but earn enough money for my hobbies. Maybe marrying a sugermama is the only solution…’
Flute (+piccolo)(Dajung Leem)
Alto Saxophone (Dorus Uijt de Willigen)
Accordion (Jeroen Werbrouck)
Percussion (Louis Meyvis)
Violin (Helena Ruiz Sanchez)
Cello (Bram Van Loey)
Conducted by Tom De Cock
Premiere: (Pasklaar 2024 by Peter Benoit Fonds)
28 Nov 2024, 20:00 Witte zaal, Desguinlei 25, 2018 Antwerpen, Belgium
Churrr~ (2024) (~ 6’20”)
for 5 cellos
“Chur”, a unique word in Cantonese that does not have a corresponding Chinese character, carries multiple meanings. It can serve as an adjective describing a challenging or tiring task, refer to a person who exhausts others (demanding or bombarding someone), or denote the act of breathing deeply.
This word resonates with my life in Hong Kong after graduating with a master’s degree in Belgium. I often feel exhausted while seeking opportunities to compose music, earning money, pursuing my dream of forming a contemporary ensemble in Hong Kong, and learning some important aspects of being a composer that are not directly related to composing…
Cellists: Cseperke Donáczi, Enrica Mondo, Lluïsa Paredes, Maria Soeiro, Aliaksandra Harbachonak
Conductor: Alfian Emir Adytia
Premiere: 7th December 2024, 20:00 Dat Bolwerck, Zutphen, Netherlands
SHIU Wai Yau William 