A portfolio of four original music compositions

The portfolio consists of four original compositions: (1) Triptych (for orchestra); (2) Rain Sketch (for oboe & orchestra); (3) Rain Sketch II (for percussion quartet); (4) Calligraphy Fantasia (for Chinese instrumental ensemble).;Triptych is written for a large orchestra, is divided into three movements: (I) Under the Blue Sky and Dome of Samarkand; (II) The Brownish Khanate - Bukhara; (III) Palmyra in the Golden Sunray.;As the title suggested, the piece is actually portraits of three places in the heart of Asia: Samarkand and Bukhara of Central Asia (now these cities belong to Uzbekistan), and the ancient Roman ruins---Palmyra, which is now lying at the border of Syria and Iraq.;Rain Sketch is written for oboe and orchestra, having a traditional classical concerto format: in three movements, and each movement describe the place which the composer has different impression of rain: (I) Rain of London. A quotation from "Prince of the Pagoda" by English composer Benjamin Britten was used in the opening of the movement, and the piece is to describe the glory of the Westminster Chapel in the rain. (II) Rain of St. Petersburg. The movement was the reminiscence of the Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninov. In the rain, the beautiful Peterhof and the Hermitage (the Winter Palace) were shimmering in the mist. (III) Rain of Tokyo Figuration of the Japanese composer, Toru Takemitsu, was employed in the movement. The movement has a modern feeling, to describe the modern life of Tokyo. Rain Sketch II is written for a percussion quartet, and is the second piece of a series of works written in the theme of rain.;This time the composer will take the audience to the tropical rainforest. The ensemble tries to create a primitive atmosphere with a combination of pattern-based musical development and minimalism. The idea of the first section comes from the Javanese gamelan music.;Calligraphy Fantasia is written for a Chinese instrumental ensemble which made up of five instrumental players.;The piece is divided into three sections: (I) Inscriptions on Bones & Tortoise Shell; (II) Inscriptions on Bronze Objects; (III) Seal Scripts.;The piece is written for a modern Chinese dance performance bearing the same title and theme as part of music for the whole performance.