Path    

路, 2016

for Violin and Violoncello



performed by Johnathan Wan-fei Yeung and Bernard Chun-hin Chan

Path consists of 4 sections, which are Mist, Lighthouse, Cliff and Dawn, depicting what a
lost man feels, such as stray, longing, hesitation and unworried.

The ideas of this piece came from Stray in the Mist, my first composition at the Academy, which is also composed for violin and violoncello. It is my honor to have the same performers for both my old and new pieces. Compositionally, I have developed and integrated materials from the past to form a multi-movement work. During the creative process, I was reminded of the change in my compositions over the years, including techniques, ideas, styles and aesthetic values. What remains the same is my feeling when I
compose, like stray, longing, hesitation and unworried, which is similar to what I am trying to express in this piece.

No matter there are what kinds of challenges and difficulties ahead in composing, I believe the path is always there if we never stop exploring.

《路》由四段樂章組成,分別是《霧》、《燈塔》、《石崖》和《晨》,表達迷路 者的所感,如迷惘、期盼、徬徨、坦然。

意念來⾃自第一首在演藝的作品《霧裡迷踪》,同樣為小提琴和大提琴而作,很榮幸這次可以邀請當年的演奏者再奏我作品。我把舊作的素材發展,整合成一首多樂章的音樂。創作過程中留意到自己幾年間作曲上的轉變,不論技巧、理念、風格或美學;相同的是每次創作時的體會,如迷惘、期盼、徬徨、坦然,與此作所表達的感受類同。

不論如何,即使創作的前路充滿挑戰和困難,我認為只要永遠向前,路一直都在。


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Mark