弦二協奏曲
The erhu has only two strings, though it makes music that can express a great deal. This concerto attempts to emphasize how the various information and stimuli one receives in the modern society can create huge spiritual, emotional and mood fluctuations. It is with longing that we look back on the simple past, hoping to struggle free from reality and indulge forever in that fantasy world. The piece is in a traditional "fast-slow-fast" tri-movement form. In the introduction of the first movement, a repeating minor second figure is heard on the same instruments placed at cither sides of the orchestra, building up the sound. Materials drawn from a traditional opera melody express the conflicts and paradoxes ofmodernity. The second movement is in two sections. The first is melancholic in character; the second develops melodies extracted, from Taiwanese opera and folksongs with cadenza variations. The third movement is in rondo form, with a small binary romantic melody inserted in the middle. This structure is inspired by a technique used in movies that represents the mundane parts of a narrative at double-speed, but plays the highlights in the middle at normal or even slower speed.(This piece won Third Prize in the Erhu Concerto category at the 23 Council of Cultural Affairs Traditional Music Composition Contest.)