[audio:2009/01/q173.mp3]

"Little Star Variation", Q. 173, with sub-title "A Greeting to the Forthcoming 'International Year of Astronomy', 2009", was composed by myself for solo violin in late 2008. 18 variations were developed, base on Mozart's origin tune, with different violin playing technique. Little Star Variation was first played on the Private New Year's Concert 2009 at The Hall of Johann Sebastian Bach (nickname of my violin playing room), and this recording was made on January 4, 2009 at the Blue Hall (nickname of the guest room when it's used as a concert hall). It's numbered as Opus 173th, or say Q. 173, as Q number had replaced the old Opus number since too many compositions are remained in need of clean-up works. The Chinese name of this composition is "小星星变奏曲", this is my first publicized music work, and more are planned to follow. Feedbacks are warmly welcomed. Happy IYA to all!