zhiliang ZHANG
Light in the clouds
Duration: 11'
Instrumentation details:
flute
clarinet in Bb
bandi
pipa
piano
violin I
violin II
viola
violoncello
Light in the clouds
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zhiliang ZHANG
Light in the clouds
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Orchestration: for chamber music
Type: Dirigierpartitur
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Work introduction
The Tyndall defines the shape of light. When the light source shines on the particles in the colloid, the particles vibrating at the same frequencies made by the light wave become new light sources. Countless small particles receive the light source and emit light waves with the same frequency as the light source, like the superposition effect of the beat frequency of two pitches of similar frequencies. This scientific and rational natural phenomenon is like a dream in the expression of light in ancient Chinese poetry, and it is endowed with many traditional cultural backgrounds. The tone construction of this work is simulated as a "light source", which is transmitted in the time dimension to the shape of the light constructed by the composer. The whole is like a beautiful scene formed by floating light shining in the sky. The pitches in the Chinese ancient music “The Fisherman's Questions and Answers” imply the synesthetic background color of this scene.