Prelude to a Celebration 慶典樂序 (2007)

This challenging piece is commissioned for celebrating the 20^th Anniversary of the Hong Kong Symphonic Winds.  

An energetic opening which led to an Ostinato in 3/4 time consist of a 2-bar dance-rhythm pattern, carrying a fluent but challenging melody at the same time.  A Fanfare, unusually inserted inside this opening section, sounded by all Brasses and Timpani which took our remembrance of clock tower of the Star Ferry. Rounding up the first section then carried forward directly into a melancholic and overwhelming middle section with the noble Horns and Trombones, the sweetie Flutes and gentle Clarinets. The Recapitulation sounded after a short & simple Horn Call, with the original energetic power led to a grand finale.

「慶典樂序」乃香港交響管樂團為成立二十周年紀念特別委約創作的管樂團作品。

樂曲引子已甚具活力兼輕快，接後以兩小節兼具舞蹈性節奏的「頑固低音」，襯托出優美且具挑戰性的旋律；一段由全組銅管及定音鼓奏出的｀鼓號曲＇突然浮現，令我們緬懷香港中環天星小輪碼頭鐘樓的鐘鳴。樂曲中段由瑰麗的圓號及長號、甜美的長笛及優雅的單簧管分別奏出華麗典雅的樂思。樂曲終段由圓號奏出一節號聲，帶出首段主題的再現，最後以清脆的節奏作結。