Symphonic Suite for Band – The Legend: Cao Xueqin 管樂交响組曲 – 說夢阮 (2014)

“The Legend – Cao Xueqin” (“Suo Mung Ruan”) was commissioned by the Beijing Cao Xueqin Cultural Foundation, premiered by the Beijing Young Palace Symphonic Band in January 2015.

Cao was a Chinese novelist, poet, writer, philosopher and painter as well during the Qing Dynasty.  An unconventional, versatile man, he came from an eminent and wealthy family which suffered a reversal of fortune after the death of the Kanxi Emperor.  He was the author of the famous book “Dream of the Red Chamber”, one of the Four Great Classical Novels of the Chinese literature which is a vivid recreation of an illustrious Cao’s family at its most glorious stage and its subsequent downfall.

The Legend – Cao Xueqin, composed in 13 movements, describes different characters of the author himself and aspects of Cao’s life.

作品應第五屆曹雪芹文化藝術節、由北京曹雪芹文化發展基金會委約創作,並由北京少年宫交响管樂團於2015年1月首演。

曹雪芹,字夢阮。清代小說家、詩人、作家、哲學家、畫家。曹家曾于康熙在位期間顯赫一時,至康熙帝死後遭抄家,自此家道中落,曹遂退而隱居於京城外的西山,着手創作 “紅樓夢” ,隱喻曹家的盛衰。“紅樓夢” 日後亦成為中國古典文學四大名著,繪炙人口,歷久不衰!

《説夢阮》由13個樂章組成,每一樂章刻劃曹雪芹獨特的性格風貌

  1. 序    Prologue
  2. 文    Literary Prodigy
  3. 醉    Intoxicated
  4. 好了  One Done
  5. 思    Rumination
  6. 狂    Wildness
  7. 愴    Sorrow
  8. 幽    Desolation
  9. 情一  Affection I
  10. 情二  Affection II
  11. 情三  Affection III
  12. 嬉    Romp
  13. 终曲: 莫失 莫忘  Lose Me Not. Forget Me Not

《說夢阮》

每段樂章主要思想闡述(游吳慧蓮 撰寫)

1  序:
生于康熙盛世
少居繁華之地
家逢凋零
輾轉至西山

2  文:
才氣横溢
工詩善畫
文采風流

3  醉:
愛酒如命
半醒半醉
不屑人間利禄功名

4  好了:
「世人都曉神仙好,
惟有功名忘不了,
古今將相在何方,
荒冢一堆草没了。」
「好便是了,了便是好,
若不了,便不好。」
看透世情虚空,颠倒夢想!

5  思:
繁華如夢
懮思不絶

6  狂:
傲岸不覊  率性而行
那管世人笑痴狂

7  愴:
愴愴然
戚戚然
惘惘然

8  幽:
歷幾番悲喜
淚流、淚盡
無可奈何人别去

情一
情二
情三

9 10 11 情一、二、三:
百般萬種深情
萦繞不去
常繋心頭

12  嬉:
少時錦衣紈袴
愛嬉、愛笑亦愛鬧
跳脱風流

13  终曲 – 莫失 • 莫忘:
莫失莫忘他的才情  莫失莫忘他的不覊  莫失莫忘他道盡的人間世
一曲將盡 輕迥留响
莫失莫忘 …..


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