Paul Sanho Kim

Conductor, Composer, Violinist

Two Birds

for violin and viola (2016)

Premiere: North Carolina NewMusic Initiative, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, 2016. Paul Sanho Kim, violin. Rebecca Sinclair Kim, viola.

Duration: 9′

Two Birds is a duet for violin and viola that composer Paul Sanho Kim wrote and dedicated to his wife, Rebecca. Compositionally it is a kind of homage to Ralph Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending, but with the added dimension of two partners who interact with each other, sometimes in tandem, sometimes not, but finding harmony with each other throughout the journey.