Kategorie: Symphonie / Orchester
YI JING is an 2015 adaption oft he Sheng-Concerto CHANGES (2003) for western symphonic orchestra. It was concentrated, shortened arranged for chinese instruments. The result was a freshly new composition. First performed in Taiwan with Soloist Professor Zhen-Fa and the NCPA-Chinese Orchestra
Sätze: YI JING. TRIGRAMS FOR SHENG & CHINESE ORCHESTRA
1: TSCHEN – THE THUNDER
2: K’AN – WATER & ABYSS
3: TOUEI – LAKE & JOY
Dauer: 20 minutes
Notenausgabe: Publisher Schott Music , for hire , 2015
Besetzung: orchestration:
3 flutes: Bandi – Qidi – Xindi
3 shengs: Sopran – Alto – Bass
4 suonas: Sopran – Alto 1 – Alto 2 – Tenor
concert harp
pipa 1 – pipa 2
Liuquin
Yanquin
Zongruan & Daruan
Guszheng
Timpani
4 percussion players:
Perc.1: Dagu (bass drum) – bangzi (chinese claves) – Xiaobo (small cymbals) – Triangle
Pitches gong
Perc.2: Dagu (bass drum) – crash cymbal – 3 hanging cymbals (low-middle-high) –
Glockenspiel – metal chimes
Perc.3: Tamtam - Xylophone – muyu (temple blocks) – rainmaker – xiaogu (small drum)
Perc.4: Triangle – snare drum – Paigu (chinese tomtoms) – chinese cymbal – Dabo (large
Cymbal) – templeblocks
Large String Orchestra:
Gaohu – Erhu 1 – Erhu 2 – Zonghu – Gehu (or Vcello) – Beigehu (or double bass)
Vorwort: YI JING is an 2015 adaption oft he Sheng-Concerto CHANGES (2003) for western symphonic orchestra. It was concentrated, shortened arranged for chinese instruments. The result was a freshly new composition.
The three movements correspond to the well-known eight triagrams of the 'Yi Jing' (the Book of Changes): TSCHEN is the awaker, the thunder, carrying the characteristics of provocativeness, ferociousness and impetuousness. KAN meaning 'depth' or the 'abyss' is the image for water that corresponds to the moon, to melancholy and to all things that are secret and hard to understand. (consequently, this movement is based on a 12-tone-row). TOUEI stands for joy, friends, happiness, serene calmness, where the image of the lake serves as metaphor. It is not intended that 'Changes' correspsonds to Asian rhythmic and melodic standards; the tonal material rather stays within the conventions of western music. The bridge connecting western and Chinese music results from the assignment of the sheng and the typical sound of chinese instruments.
Uraufführung: 12.12.2015, Taipei/Taiwan National Concert Hall
Uraufführung Interpreten: First Performance:
with NCO National Chinese Orchestra Taiwan of National Center for Traditional Arts; in the Concert „Inside the Music of Changes II“. Soloist: Professor Weng Zehn-Fa, director: Yan Huichang
On the bottom of this website you see the 90 members of NCO with the typical sections of chinese instruments; the sound examples ware recorded at the First Premiere Taipei december 2015 with NCO National Chinese Orchestra Taiwan of National Center for Traditional Arts
