Jia Da qun is widely recognizes as "one of the most gifted younger composers among those who immersed themselves in structuralism."
All the musical materials of this piece were derived from Sichuan Opera. I also incorporated the expressions from other Chinese theatrical music, costume, masks, movement, even calligraphy and painting. The first movement: High Pitches Tune. It only has solo voice and percussion, and occasionally, other vocal accompaniment occurs behind the curtain. Thus, in this movement, two violins are singing as the actors in drama. The second movement: Veins in Rock.
Sichuan is a province (state) with many hills and rocky mountains. I adopted the Scherzo in this movement. The third movement: Facial Makeup. Types of facial makeup in Chinese Opera are highly appreciated in the world of art. Based upon the character of roles in the drama, this movement describes four typical facial makeup: Sheng (man). Dan (lady). Jing (general) and Chou (clown).
The Pattern of the Sound, for Piccolo, Flute and Violin
He Xuntian (1953- ) Composer, professor and chairman of the Composition and Conducting Department, Shanghai Conservatory of Music. He Xuntian's music has attracted worldwide attention, and both his musical compositions and his musical theory have been written about and reviewed by over four hundred publications, including Time, Washington Post, Reuters, New York Times, News week, The Daily Telegraph ABC, BBC, CNN, NHK, among others.
The Pattern of Sound 3 (1997) Music by He Xuntian: Sounds floating in same time and same space to close the distance between different time and different space. Three performance playing as they stroll. The trio which is from the third part of The Pattern of Sound Suite which is especially written for Piccolo, Chinese-flute and Electric-violin. For this particular perform the instruments which have been used are piccolo, flute and violin.
朱踐耳
第8交響樂―求索
(交響曲第8番―探求、チェロと打楽器のための)
《交響曲第8番》は、Q・ユアンの詩から着想を得た。
「私の道のりは、長く、長く、旅は遠く、遠く、
私は、心の欲求を捜し求めてどこまでも行くのだ。」
―Q・ユアン(紀元前339年〜278年)『悲しみとの出会い』
探求者の道のりは、遠く、長い
探求者の心は、孤独だ
探求の難しさは、計り知れない
探求の精神は、永遠である
ZHU Jian-er
The Eighth Symphony --Seeking for Cello and Percussion
Symphony No. 8 was drawn inspiration from Qu Yuan's poem:
"Long, long had been my road and far, far was the journer,
I would go up and down to seek my heart's desire."