Introduction and Allegro 引子舆快板 (2015)

A special commissioned work for the Horn virtuoso Professor Frank Lloyd and the

HKBDA Brass Ensemble.  An opening in the style of a typical Horn call with its natural harmonics, a quasi-Hakka folk style was announced in conjunction with a conventional call leads into the Introduction, follows with a passage solely dedicated to all open Horns in a group. Trumpet section peacefully joins as a succession of triads in its inversion. Dialogue between the soloist and the group follows with a short recall of the open Horn, then gradually falls into the Allegro (non troppo), where the motive again constructed from the open notes of the Horn and developed into a short musical phrase, always ‘arguing’ with the accompanying group of Brass sonority. Chords in open 4ths throughout the piece generated the power with accented rhythms in this Allegro section. A melancholy phrase serves as the middle section and when the energetic motive recaps, leads to a codetta with the soloist and the 1st trumpet sounds the ending section. A showcase for the soloist and the ensemble indeed.

香港管樂協會特别委約作品予圓號獨奏家 Frank Lloyd 教授及協會銅管樂團。作品以圓號的自然泛音結合類客家山歌作開首，接上傳统Horn call，再以圆號組以同様技法配合，完成引子首段之同時，小號静悄悄的加入，以轉位的三和弦平衡進行，畧具法式印象派氣息；隨著獨奏者舆樂隊的對話，再重現一小段自然泛音的展示，繼之緊接快板。快板又以自然泛音創作動機，並發展為短小的樂句，獨奏者再舆樂隊 ‘爭妍鬥麗’ 的追趕，加上以4度疊置的和弦及強奏力度，使這段快板充满力量。中段的次旋律較為雅麗，而依然舆樂隊在 ‘對話’， 當主動機重現時，樂曲即以獨奏圓號及笫一小號响起結束段落。