The Forest with the Black Moonlights, for Pipa and String Quartet (2013) [10’04”]
Event: Spring Autumn Music Concert Series Euterpe: Spring
Date: 14:30, May 23, 2015
Location: Hong-Gah Museum, Taipei City, Taiwan
Performers:
Yi-Ran Zhao, pipa
Counterpoint String Quartet
FDF Score (Full Screen Preview)
The Forest with the Black Moonlights, for Pipa and String Quartet (2013) [10’04”]
Event: Yi-De Chen’s M.M. Recital
Date: 19:30, May 26, 2014
Location: Concert Hall, Taipei National University of the Arts, Taipei City, Taiwan
Performers:
Wen-Bin Xie, pipa
Cheng-Hao Kuo, violin I
Wei-Shan Chang, violin II
Ying-Chen Chen, Viola
Hsun Chen, violincello
Po-Hung Chen, conductor
Program Note
During the night, the forest beneath the mysterious moonlight and clouds always stimulates my imagination. I love transforming my sensations into music, a beautiful language that can touch anyone’s heart. The characteristics of the forest—such as the rising voice of the wind, the rain, the chirping of birds, the image of a branch flickering, the odor of grass, leaves, stones, and soil— combine with folk tales to inspire my artistic creativity. Every part of the forest was a profound inspiration in the process of writing this piece.
This piece is in three parts. In the beginning, the primary musical idea is played by the pipa. The pipa strings are powerful as the wind, bringing the leaves down from their branches. Then, delicate fragments emerge from the string players. Harmonics, tremolos, and pizzicatos then contribute to form a widely-layered texture. Sorrowful melodies take shape in the next section, gradually becoming more intense and overwhelming, when the pipa’s musical idea becomes stronger, which sounds as if you were standing alone in the forest, amazed by the tremendous scenery.
The last part is introduced by a relatively concrete pipa melody. In this part, various timbres combine and blend into each other. At the very end, the sounds of each instrument become like tears. While writing this work, I have realized that although I am no longer a child, I have not forgotten how to bravely cry.
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《影月森林》（給琵琶與弦樂四重奏）(2013) [10’04”]
2015年5月23日，14:30 │ 春秋樂集─SQ+春季─音樂會
鳳甲美術館藝文空間，臺北，臺灣
《影月森林》（給琵琶與弦樂四重奏）(2013) [10’04”]
展演名稱： 陳以德─作品呈現音樂會
日期：2014年5月26日，19:30，首演
地點：國立臺北藝術大學音樂廳，臺北市，臺灣
樂曲解說
到了夜晚，月光下的森林是如此神秘而令我產生聯想。由於我喜歡將感知
經驗轉化為音樂，在森林裡可能會聽到的聲響（如風吹雨落、蟲鳴鳥叫、枝葉
搖曳等）、一些讓我注意的視覺經驗（如枝葉的反光、樹影等）、一些於構築森
林情景上扮演重要角色的觸覺和嗅覺印象（如草木、葉片、石子、土壤、水氣、
風拂等）以及我心靈意念中的詩意幻想（如足跡、傳說故事等）便成為我創作
這首作品時的靈感。
本曲包含三個主要的段落，開頭以冷冽的琵琶音形引出錯落的絃樂撥奏，
彷彿一股力量將樹葉打落，而後以絃樂泛音、顫音等長音素材和各式點狀聲響
營造聲響上的立體空間感和由音色所形成的層次感，彷若置身於森林中。第二
段落由如歌般的旋律帶出，給人寒冷淒涼的感覺，隨後醞釀成紛亂而激昂的情
緒。第三段落則由琵琶獨奏以一段較具象的旋律所引出，再結合絃樂撥奏、弓
背奏及琵琶的摘音等所共構而成的細碎聲響，帶來啜泣般的音樂表情。看來，
在寫作的同時，我還沒忘記怎麼流淚。
Yi-De Chen, Composer 