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Yuen II    

圓II , 2016

for Guitar and Zheng



performed by Kwan-ying Bou and Larry Shuen

Yuen I is composed for Yangqin and Live Electronics, which is mostly constructed by rational rules such as limitations in rhythm, harmony, timbre and interval, as a question on how to compose within various constraints.

Yuen II shares a similar idea as the previous one. The overall picture of the piece (i.e. harmony, mood, structure) is briefly designed, whereas musicians can freely improvise under certain constraints, so that the musical details will be filled by musicians’ creativity, character and musicality. I wish such a design could let musicians participate in the creative process to a larger extent, hence, be more involved in the music.

Compared with Yuen I, Yuen II weighs more on performers' intuition on improvisation, as a mean of demonstrating the beauty of sensibility in an instant.

《圓I》是為揚琴和現場電子⽽而寫，樂曲在節奏、和聲、音色、音程等也有不同的限制，令作品很大程度上建基於理性的規則，是對如何在不同限制上創作的提問。

《圓II》和前作的創作概念相似，我控制樂曲的和聲、氣氛、結構等較為宏觀的設計；但樂手能在既有的框架內自由地即興演奏，樂曲的細節亦由他們的創意、個性、音樂感填滿。我希望這樣的設計能令樂手參與更大程度的創作，並易於投入音樂中。

對比《圓I》，《圓II》較著重樂手們的直覺反應，以隨心演奏的方式展示感性和頃刻的美。

//[Score preview]
Mark