Meditation and Sentimentality in Autumn, for Clarinet, Viola and 21-Stringed Guzheng (2012)

Meditation and Sentimentality in Autumn, for Clarinet, Viola and 21-Stringed Guzheng(2012)[11’35”]

19:30, Nov 23, 2014 │ Music Taiwan 2014 Concert Series
Recital Hall, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan

Chieh-Hao Hsieh, clarinet | Chiung-Hsien Huang, viola | Dai-Lin Hsieh, guzheng
Chih-Sheng Chen, conductor

Meditation and Sentimentality in Autumn, for Clarinet, Viola and 21-Stringed Guzheng(2012)[11’35”]

19:30, May 26, 2014, premiere │ YI-DE CHEN’s Graduate Composition Concert
Concert Hall, Taipei National University of the Arts, Taipei, Taiwan

Quei Hsu, clarinet │ Hui-Wen Liao, viola │ I-Hua Yang, guzheng
Cheng-Chia Tsai, conductor

Meditation and Sentimentality in Autumn, for Clarinet, Viola and 21-Stringed Guzheng(2012)[11’35”]

14:30, Apr. 12, 2014, premiere │ Joint Composition Students Concert
Concert Hall, Soochow University, Taipei, Taiwan

Quei Hsu, clarinet │ Chi-Dong Moe, viola │ I-Hua Yang, guzheng
Cheng-Chia Tsai, conductor

Contemporary Music XI, CD published by Taiwan Composer’s Association

Program Note

When writing this piece, I was in a sentimental mood, experiencing the
autumn blues. I was grappling with deeply philosophical questions such as “Who am I?”, “Why do I exist in the world?” and “Why do I tirelessly work to compose contemporary music?”. Amidst a good life, there was a sense of loss. Naturally and regrettably, no one had ready answers as time went swiftly by.

I wondered how many friends identified with what I was experiencing. I was
overcome by a sense of loneliness. I much wanted to share happiness and beauty, not regret or melancholy. Could it be that I was fighting for a dream too far from the outset? But then time is on my side as life is still full of potential and promise.

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《秋靜愁》（給單簧管、中提琴與古箏）(2012)[11’35”]

2014年11月23日， 19:30 │ 亞洲作曲家聯盟臺灣總會─音樂臺灣─作品呈現音樂會
國立臺灣師範大學音樂系演奏廳，臺北，臺灣

《秋靜愁》（給單簧管、中提琴與古箏）(2012)[11’35”]

2014年5月26日，19:30 │ 陳以德─作品呈現音樂會
國立臺北藝術大學音樂廳，臺北，臺灣

《秋靜愁》（給單簧管、中提琴與古箏）(2012)[11’35”]

2014年4月12日，14:30，首演 │ 校際學生作曲交流音樂會
東吳大學松怡廳，臺北，臺灣

樂曲解說

在寫作室內樂作品《秋靜愁》時，當時的心情正如秋天般蕭條、苦澀。同
時思考著許多已經存在但一直沒有好好面對的切身問題，例如：「我是誰？我究
竟是怎樣性格的人？我為何存在？」、「我到底為何創作當代音樂？」、「我這幾年其實過得很好，但有時候就是會覺得自己好像遺失了一些東西」等。可惜，這些問題一時間無人能回答，而時光的快速流逝使我幾乎沒有餘力回頭思考。

聽完這些創作曲後，有哪些朋友能真正理解我的心呢？此時，我覺得很迷惘，我好希望能像從前一樣無憂無慮地分享快樂和美好，而不是遺憾或悲傷。或許，好多幻想和期待打從一開始就只是遙不可及的美夢；又或許，我們還年輕，很多事情仍有機會改變。相信經過這段時間的沉澱以後，我會好起來的。