Alan Thomas - Guitar Concerto mvt. 3

“Yuanyang Xi Shui (Two Mandarin ducks playing in water)”, an ancient Chinese idiom originated from a kind of perching duck “Yuanyang”(Mandarin duck) that always appear in pairs, chasing as well as playing in the water, describes such habits of the pair of ducks and implies the romantic love of a couple. As “Yuanyang” had always been used in ancient poetry to praise the enviable love of a couple, for example, the highly-delighted verse from "Chang-an Gu Yi" by a Tang poet Lu Zhaolin (637-689) “Were we mandarin ducks, being immortal we wouldn't extol"^, “Xi Shui Yuanyang” serves both as the title of this piece of music and a metaphor of a couple in an enviable love and harmony. Composer uses this music to show the intimacy relationship, the enviable love and some brickering moments of a couple(Yuanyang), thus hopes to bring out the idea that small quarrels between lovers can also be the sublimation of love catalyst like yuanyang playing in the water.

        In this piece, dialogues between instruments represent the interaction of the couple and stimulates the audience to imagine themselves listening to a radio drama. Furthermore, there is an improvisational section of the solo violin and solo cello which imitate the interaction between the couple from flirting to arguing using the vocal style of Cantonese Opera - Nianbai.

        In music, Composer added the feeling (happiness, lively) and musical elements (small glissando, decorated note and melody) of Guangdong music to create the happy atmosphere, thus musical elements of Cantonese Opera are also involved, e.g. Luogu (Chinese percussion part) and Nianbai (Stage speech). Also, there are several musical passages which imitates the sound of splashing water by Yuanyang flapping wings.

Composer: Luk Wai Chun
Peformer: Hong Kong Chordophonia

Video of this performance
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwLVYZWL9Zg

Xi Shui Yuan Yang (2017) - Luk Wai Chun

Premiere at HEM Geneva - May 4th 2018

After texts by Emily Dickinson, Kobayashi Issa and Chiyo-Ni

Dedicated to Noélia Blazquez Ibañez and Ricky Hon

Soprano : Noélia Blazquez Ibañez

Conductor : Brice Lebert 

Piano : Mathis Calzetta 
Violin : Lusine Harutyunyan 
Cello : Nao Shamoto 
Flute : Catarina Pessoa 
Clarinette : Mark Radeechev
Horn : Pierre Sauve 
Trombone : Pedro Degaut

Texts 

1/ To wait an hour... (Emily Dickinson)
To wait an hour - is long 
if love is just beyound
To wait an hour - is short 
if love reward the end 

2/ Kesa hodo... (Kobayashi Issa)
Kesa hodo ya 
Kosori to ochite 
Aru hi ha 

3/ Shino no me ya (Chiyo-Ni)
Shino no me ya 
Tomeshi Hotaru wo 
Oki wasure 

4/ Soul...
Soul, take thy risk 
With Death to be - were better
Than not being with Thee

"An Hour Is a Sea" (2018) for soprano and ensemble

あぁ カガヤキのPrologue
今まさに 動き出そうとしていて
誰も知らない軌道にどうか 連れて行ってfar away! 

I see the DAWN in your eyes
ヒカルミライヲノゾンデ
I knew it’s gonna happen
ユメヲズットミテタンデショウ？

嬉しくて 頭回らなくて
銀河の向こうに吹っ飛ばされて
でもね 伝えなきゃ 
I’ve been waiting for this!

あぁ カガヤキのPrologue
今まさに 動き出そうとしていて
誰も知らない軌道にどうか 連れて行ってfar away! 

理想も 夢も 明日も
叶える力はきっと キミの手にある 
ここから そうだ 夜明けが始まるんだ

Was touwaka ra jass dauan.
Was touwaka ra jass dauan oz yor,
Was touwaka ra jass dauan oz yor,
Was touwaka ra jass dauan.

Was touwaka ra jass dauan.
Wee paks ra presia sonwe,
Wee zweie ra afezeria fedyya oz fraura.

あぁ 太陽の瞳
今以上に キラキラしている
誰も知らない明日の形 どうか 歌で紡いて
理想も 夢も 明日も
叶える力はきっと キミの手にある 
これこそ 　そうだ　夜明けのStory

I see the DAWN in your eyes
I knew it’s gonna happen
Was touwaka ra jass dauan oz yor!

arc: RADIAnce

Commissioned by Ensemble Contrechamps - Geneva 

First performance by members of Ensemble Contrechamps 

Antoine Françoise - piano 
Susanne Peters - bass flute 
Laurent Bruttin - bass clarinet 

https://contrechamps.ch

@La Cave 12 Geneva 

https://www.cave12.org

Nicolas Roulive - electronics
David Poissonnier - sound engineer

"Toccatina" for bass flute, bass clarinet, piano and electronics (2019-2020)

#渡辺曜生誕祭2020 
#自宅から曜ちゃんハッピーバスデー

曜ちゃん、お誕生日おめでとう！

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作曲・編曲・唄：ルキ
作詞：ぶろっく(Twitter：kitakaze34622)

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どうしてって訊かれるけど
熱い瞳と声が
ずっと 私の隠し味

“好き”って
“幸せ”って
お日様みたいに降ってきて
それって当たり前のこと だけど

いいお天気に潮の香り
走っちゃおうよ いつもみたいに
もやもやは私、晴らしていくよ
いつだって今日の早さは 昨日と違うから
逃げないように隠さないように
迎えにいくよ

ケンカなんてしないけど
君は笑顔だったけど
潮風が染みたかな
ちょっと 今日はしょっぱいなあ

“好き”って
“怖い”って
この海みたいに深くって
いつもは飛び込んでいける なのに

ダメな私に 君のとなり
なんでだろう 諦めてる
暗い夜ほど 晴れてるのにね
いつだって明日の景色は 今日で決まるんだ
もしかしてって 知らないくせに
バカな私だ

失敗したり 転んだり 痛いのはイヤだなあって
おそるおそる前 気にして歩く
でも腕を後ろに振らなきゃ
君と一緒に走れないんだ そうでしょ？

いいお天気に潮の香り
走っちゃおうよ いつもみたいに
もやもやの私、晴らしていけ
昨日よりちょっとだけ濃い 今日が待っているよね
逃げないように隠さないように
迎えにいこうよ

一歩目 君に向けて

ソース

Milky Way

曲・詞・歌：ルキ
エレキ: あらぎららら(Twitter：@retasu2ko)



千年先の蒼を　まぶたを閉じ描いてみる
ぼやけたシルエットはまだ　揺らいでる　今日も
震える足はたぶん　もう凍る夜のせいじゃない
ここから旅は始まる　あの星を目指して

ありきたりなアイで　セカイを勝ち取るためには
地平線の果てに　僕らは立ち向かうしかないのだろう　
不器用な生き方でも　きっと　輝けると信じて心から
想いは今澄み渡って　夜明けの向こうへ

一歩つつ一歩つつ　マップは広がって行く
見たことない景色に　揺れている　今日も
願いを、ほら　聞かせて　道標にするから
数々の運命に出逢うために　さぁ　声に出そう　
前を向いて　

持て余す不安を飲み干して
向かう先はどこなんだろう？
見えない夜明けがあるのなら
どうか　示してーー


ありきたりなアイで　セカイを勝ち取る未来は
地平線の向こうに　静かに眠っているかもしれない
不器用を貫いて　自分だけに見える道の先に
一筋の蒼
振り向かずに　夜明けの向こうへ

レグルスプライド

Luk Wai Chun 陸尉俊

Luk Wai Chun(Vincent) is currently a doctoral candidate in composition at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), focusing on the fusion of an eclectic of stylistic elements in world music. He loves exploring different kinds of musical style. The recent works of Vincent are influenced by Chinese regional folk music, Chinese opera, ethnic music, Japanese Gagaku music, and jazz music. Vincent collaborated with different music groups, artists and organizations from Hong Kong, USA and Canada, for example, Hong Kong Wind Karameta, Hong Kong Chordophonia, Windpipe Chinese Music Ensemble, Romer string Quartet, Contrast Trio, Zhang Ying, Art Museum of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Exploration theatre, Zhuxi Wang (USA), Ensemble Mise-en (USA) and Red Chamber (Canada).
 
Luk was awarded of the "Composers and Authors Society of Hong Kong Scholarship" twice. His composition "Jazz Pipa" got the silver award on Pipa Solo Piece in the 1st Dunhuang Cup National Pipa Competition - Composition Review which was organized by the Professional Pipa Committee in China Nationalities Orchestra Society (CNOS). Also, his Chinese and Western instrumental chamber work "Fire Dragon Dance" was performed in the ISCM World New Music Days 2017 in Vancouver, Canada in November. "Dance of Yi in Honghe" which featured the musical element in Yunnan got the David Gwilt Composition Prize and Audience Prize in 2018. Lately, his piece "Bian Lian" for Pierrot ensemble and Chinese percussion was named an Honorable Mention in Left Coast Chamber Ensemble's 2019 Composition Contest. His compositions was also featured in HK Contemporary Music Festival and Intercultural Music Conference and Concerts(USA).

Xi Shui Yuan Yang (2017) - Luk Wai Chun

Luk Wai Chun (Vincent)

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