Perusal Only Program Notes Echo ⋅ Poem ⋅ Image is a theatrical composition for six musicians...
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Perusal Only Xi Wang Echo • Poem • Image (2010) for flute, clarinet (Bb/Eb), violin, cello, percussion and piano Commissioned by Voices of Change Premiered by Voices of Change at the Caruth Auditorium in Dallas, TX on December 5, 2010 XiWang Music Publisher Dallas, TX
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Xi Wang
Echo • Poem • Image (2010)
forflute,clarinet(Bb/Eb),violin,cello,percussionandpiano
CommissionedbyVoicesofChangePremieredbyVoicesofChange
attheCaruthAuditoriuminDallas,TXonDecember5,2010
XiWangMusicPublisherDallas,TX
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Program Notes
Echo⋅Poem⋅Imageisatheatricalcompositionforsixmusicians(flute,clarinet,violin,cello,pianoandpercussion),threedancersandvisualeffects.IdeasfromtraditionalChineseartsprovideanovelcontextovertheapproximately35minutesofthework. Thecompositioncombinesauralandvisualexperiencethroughmusic,dance,andvisualeffects.Image.Poem.Echoconsistsoffivemovements,eachofwhichdeploysvariedcombinationsofinstrumentation,dance,textandimages.MusicalmaterialsdrawnfromtraditionalChinesefolksongsareincorporatedintoacollage/montagearrangement.
Thefirstmovement,Silhouetteexplorestimbrefusionandmicro‐variationofmelodyandrhythm.NostalgiaisinspiredbyaChinesepoem.Thismovementdepictsalonelysoulandadesolateatmosphere.Chinesecalligraphyandcomputer‐generatedimagesareprojectedonalargescreenonstagealongsidethemusic.
《天净沙秋思》
马致远 （元代）
枯藤老树昏鸦 小桥流水人家 古道西风瘦马 夕阳西下
断肠人在天涯
Tian Jing Sha . Qiu Si Ma Zhi-yuan (Yuan Dynasty 1279-1368 A.D) Withered vines, gnarly old tree, a crow at twilight Miniature bridge, babbling brook, a hermit's cottage Ancient pathway, the zephyr blowing, a scrawny horse The sun sinking into the western horizon The heart-stricken soul, anguishing friendless in a bleak void TranslatedbyXiWang
Thethirdmovement,OperaticRhapsody,employsthemusicalmaterialsfromBeiJingOperawithrhapsodicdevelopment.LoveSongisalyricalmovement.InChineseruralareas,antiphonalsingingisacustomforyoungwomenandmenexpressingtheiradmirationtoeachother.Theviolinistplaysatthechoralterraceandthecellistplaysonthestage,facingeachother.Onefemaledancerandonemaledancerstartdancingfromthetwosidesofthestage,movingtowardeachotherandmeetingatthecenterofthestage.Thelastmovement,Carnival,featurestheentireensemble.Towardstheendofthismovement,themusicalmaterialsfromthepreviousmovementsarejuxtaposedandcombinedvertically,producingaplayfulfantasy.Suddenshiftsofdifferenttempi,dynamics,andgesturesconcludetheworkwithakaleidoscopicmontage.
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Instrumentation 1 Flute 1 Clarinet in Bb/Eb 1 Violin 1 Cello 1 Percussion
vibraphone1tom‐tom1pairoffingercymbals8operagong1sandpaper1triangle1gourd1suspendedcymbal1 cowbell 5woodblocks
1 Piano/Tam-tam duration circa. 30 minutes
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Stage Setup and Performance Notes
I. Silhouette Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Vibraphone and Piano (stage lights off, each player uses individual stand light) Optional with two dancers dance behind a large paper/fabric screen, with lights projecting behind the dancers, in order to produce the silhouettes of the dancers on the screen. Piano Percussion Cello Clarinet Violin Flute (light source)
2 dancers screen & candles
II. Nostalgia Flute, Violin and Piano//Tam-tam (stage lights off, each player uses individual stand light) Optional with images projected on a large screen at the back wall (scree) of the stage. A large screen for image projection Tam-tam/Piano Violin Flute
III. Operatic Rhapsody Clarinet in Eb and Percussion (stage lights on) Percussion
Clarinet IV. Love Song Violin and Cello (stage lights off, each player uses individual stand light. violinist plays at the organ choral terrace, cellist plays on the stage, partially facing towards the violinist)
Violin (up at the choral terrace) Cello 2 dancers V. Carnival Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Percussion and Piano (stage lights on)
Piano Percussion Cello Clarinet Violin Flute
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© 2010 by Xi Wang
Xi Wang (2010)
Silh!e"e
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Operatic Fantasy
Accel...............................q=ca. 42 q=ca. 84
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Love Song
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