YEAR: 2022/2024

DURATION: 11’00’’

INSTRUMENTATION: cello and piano

ARRANGEMENTS: violoncello & string orchestra (Min. 10 8 6 4 2). Reduced strings count available by request.

PARTS: Two movements.

PREMIERE: Matthew Lei, cello, Suan Choi, piano at Cohen Family Studio Theatre, Cincinnati, OH, on April 9th, 2024

*Cover graphic created by the composer's sister, Julie Li

Everything I Never Told You is a two-movement work for cello and piano, inspired by the novel of the same name by Celeste Ng. The first movement is a slow and reflective modified sonata form, influenced by minimalistic style and modal harmony. The second movement is an animated scherzo in rondo form, written in a neo-classical style—a modern take on an introduction and scherzo.