Rainscape    

雨景, 2014

for Flute, Clarinet, 2 Violins, Viola, Violoncello, Double Bass and Piano

selected entry of Chamber Music Category in the 33rd Asian Composers’ League Festival 2015 (Philippines), performed by GRUPO 20/21 Modular Chamber Music Ensemble

It was a rainly season during composing this piece, and there were always a few days of rain in a week. I often enjoy seeing the rainscape inside an enclosed room with windows shut. Though there are walls of water outside, I can barely hear the raindrops. The heavy rainfall sounds like a drizzle, which is fascinating.

I depicted the atmosphere of  the misty and intoxicating rainscape in the music, also to express my perception of rain. I quoted a motif from Toru Takemitsu’s Rain Spell, as an homage to the mastero.

創作這首樂曲時正值雨季，一星期總有幾天是雨天。有時我待在家中，把窗戶關上，欣賞街上的雨景，縱使外邊大雨滂沱，在緊閉的房間中只能聽出微微的雨聲，彷彿降著朦朧細雨，令人陶醉。

我把這種感受抒發在音樂中，描寫模糊和迷人的雨景。樂曲最尾引用了武滿徹作品《雨の呪文》的樂句，以此向武滿徹大師致­敬。

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