Everything I Never Told You
2022/24 | 10 minutes
SCORING cello, piano
ALSO AVAILABLE cello & string orchestra
PREMIERE Matthew Lei, cello, and Suan Choi, piano, Cohen Family Studio Theatre, Cincinnati, OH, April 9, 2024
2025 American Prize in Chamber Music (Charles Ives Award), 3rd Place
2025 ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composer Awards, Semi-Finalist
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Program Notes
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.
*Cover graphic created by the composer's sister, Julie Li
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