In Malaysia
Bassoon Solo - Sheet Music

Bassoon & piano

SKU: IG.IMS175

Composed by Shao Fern Teo. Score and Parts. Imagine Music Publishing #IMS175. Published by Imagine Music Publishing (IG.IMS175).

9 x 12 in inches.

When I first started thinking about In Malaysia (sometime inApril 2015), I immediately heard a bassoon melody playing in

my mind that grew into a larger piece of music that painted my memories from my home country, Malaysia. This piece is

constructed of three movements that each tells a different story of its own. Opening expresses the mixed emotions of

flying home and seeing the surrounding clouds from the airplane window. Panorama is a stark contrast to the first

movement where the music is in a concise form, depicting the layout and landscape of the ground as seen from the plane

(e.g. palm tree plantation). Grandpa's House, the concluding movement of this work, was written in memory of my late

grandfather. Each motive represents various childhood memories at the traditional village house, such as playing the 5-

stone game known as Batu Seremban with my cousins, cycling in the backyard, and jumping rope made out of rubber bands.

Duration: 12 minutes