Added: May 3, 2011

From: ChineseMusicVirtuosi

Duration: 8:25

Ancient Colour (2010) Lam Lan-chee In 2009, I visited the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto with my friend where I spent the whole afternoon in a spacious new gallery featuring traditional Asian art, which has a nice exhibition environment displaying Chinese, Japanese, Korean paintings and potteries. I truly admired the thousands of exceptional objects on disply spanning almost 7,000 years of Chinese history, ranging from beautifully painted prehistoric ceramic jars to elaborate 18th-century furniture. I was especially interested in the ancient Chinese pottery section from the Tang Dynasty. The basic colors of Sancai being yellow, brown and green, and decorated with powerful engravings, fully reflect the cultural, political and economical accomplishment of this most powerful epoch in Chinese history. The idea of the composition is based on exploring various instrumental colors and contrasting textures. Each Chinese instrument has its own character, like the Sheng being capable of sustaining long notes and playing clusters while the Pipa is effective in more aggressive strokes. The composition is divided into three sections: slow -- fast -- slow. It begins with Sheng clusters accompanied by different events by other instruments. The flow of the music is a gradual build up of dynamics and musical intensity until some chanting by the players with strong ancient flavors are introduced in the last section. 古色 (2010) 林蘭芝 去年12月，我跟朋友參觀了安大略皇家博物館。其中新增了亞洲藝術館，展出2,500種中國、日本及韓國的書畫和陶器，將近7,000年的中國歷史展示在全新的展覽廳。我對唐朝的陶器特別有興趣，其中唐三彩最有特色，充分的把唐朝的興盛表現出來。因而產生了創作靈感，音樂在於表現不同樂器的音色和織體，例如笙善於吹奏長音以及和弦，琵琶彈奏掃弦來營造緊張的氣氛。樂曲共分三部分，由笙吹出長音，再加上其他樂器，製造漸強的效果。結尾樂段演 奏家唱出具中國古代風味的旋律。 Sheng: Loo Sze Wang Di: Chu Siu Wai Erhu: Wong Chi Chung Zheng Chiu Tan Ching Yangqin: Pan Ya Sze Pipa Lam Tsan Tong

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