Program Note
"Mountain Ritual Dances" was composed in 1998 and was first performed at
the National Concert Hall, Taipei, Taiwan by the Angel's Wings Wind Orchestra
conducted by I-ming Huang on December 3rd,1998.
The scheme of this work recreates a traditional tripartite formal practice.
The first section opens with an expressive baritone solo. A quasi-latin dance
leads to a 3-part ritual chant for brasses that explodes into a jouous climax.
The slow middle section is an almost unbroken stream of lyrical melody for the
woodwinds, highlighted by a fascinating and rhapsodic passage for the solo
clarinet. The last section is a series of vigorous dances based on my earlier
chamber piece "Mountain Ritual" for Sanxian and 4 Cellos. The entire orchestra
bursts in with high degree of violence necessary to make a sharp contrast to
the rich and lyrical section preceding. The integration of functional and n
on-functional hormony and the exploration of new band sonority are the key
aspects of this work.
Yiu-kwong Chung
For the composer's biographical information, work-list, and demo sound files,
please visit web site http://come.to/cyking.
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