活動名稱｜【二十一世紀臺灣長笛留聲計畫】 21st Century Time Capsule of Flute in Taiwan
作        曲｜李志純 Chihchun Chi-sun Lee, Composer
長笛獨奏｜吳正宇 Cheng-Yu Wu, flute solo

“Return to Origins” is inspired by Taiwanese aboriginal music, such as nose flutes, especially Paiwan tribe’s Pakulalu double nose flutes with their polyphony and drone (similar to pedal point), as well as traditional children’s rhymes. The polyphony later develops and transforms to multiphonics. Moreover, the piece also brings us back to the history of flute in the middle East, such as Ney (replicated by flute without mouthpiece while blowing the flute vertically) and Neanderthal flute. This composition specifically focuses on the expansion and development of musical cell divisions and micromolecules.

“Return to Origins” is commissioned, premiered and dedicated to the fine Taiwanese flutist Cheng-Yu Wu, funded by the National Culture & Arts Foundation in Taiwan.

*Flutist needs to prepare 2 flutes (1 without mouthpiece)

曲目解說｜

《返樸歸真 Return to Origins》這個作品是啟發於台灣本土原住民傳統的雙管鼻笛，如來自阿美族、布農族、鄒族、排灣族、魯凱族、平埔族等的鼻笛音樂，特別是 Pakulalu 為排灣重要樂器，因排灣人認為，氣息乃生命的要素。「返璞歸真」也是為了記念 89 歲的口鼻笛國寶大師許坤仲先生二個月前辭世所創作的作品。除此之外，「返璞歸真」還運用了世界上最古老的樂器－笛子－60,000 年歷史的尼安德塔人的笛子 Neanderthal flute，和中東納伊笛（Ney）所發聲的原理、及其音色、微分音階、技巧與特色等等，將長笛帶回歷史的隧道。

在作品的鋪陳方面，亦回歸到作曲之根本，所運用的方式為最基本的動機發展，著重於細胞分裂之延續與延伸及研發，而不是花俏取寵、故事背景詳述的作曲手法方式。真真正正的回到作曲的本源及初衷。在這首作品中的每一個音、想法、技巧等等都有連串性的關聯，由一而終。

「返璞歸真」中另外值得一提的部分是氣聲的部分詞彙來自於臺灣阿美族的童謠 O Cima Kiso 「你是誰」，隱喻著對自我的省思。

〈你是誰〉 O Cima Kiso／阿美童謠 Amis    • *我們小時候的歌* Indigenous Nursery Rhymes -...  
ｏ cima kiso
你是誰
ho hay yi yan
吼 海 嘿 央
hiy yan hiy yan ho hay yan
嘿央 嘿央 吼海央
o cima kiso
你是誰
ho hay yi yan
吼 海 嘿 央
hiy yan hiy yan ho hay yan
嘿央 嘿央 吼海央


Return to Origins

I performed this on a concert of Asian music, at Kansas State University on Monday, April 1, 2019. There was a lot of coughing during my performance, so I re-recorded it in my studio with my own gear!

Return to Origins

Chihchun Chi-sun Lee

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