Breeze through Pines (excerpt)
Composer - Hsiao, Yung-Shen
For Flute, Oboe, Percussions, Piano, Cello, and Violin
This piece is inspired by ‘Beiguan’ music. ‘Beiguan’ is one of the dominant traditional music genres in Taiwan. ‘Bei’ means ‘North’; however, insiders also use it to refer a style of loud and strong music. It has a huge scope that consists of percussion and wind ensemble music, silk and bamboo ensemble music, theatre music, and refined songs.Breeze through Pines starts from whispered voices which imitate the percussion sounds, the piece then transforms in different layers of overall structure. The variation of gesture, texture, and rhythmic materials grows bigger and bigger throughout the whole piece.
Performance: 11, Dec, 2015
Venue:University of Bristol,Victoria Room
Performer: New Music Ensemble
Conductor: Neal Farwell