A line runs away (opus 51 nr 4)
Erhu, pipa, qudi and vibraphone
Programme notes
A line runs away was inspired by the poem entitled Sketches of lines No. 1 (1966) by Korean poet Moon Deuk-soo: A line runs away like a thin snake/ A second line pursues quick as light out of darkness/ One after another, other lines bite the petals/ Like a snake, another line pursues and bites/ Like flames blooming out of darkness/ More lines tear to pieces and drop/ The boundless gauze is woven like cobwebs/ A round cosmos like an egg/ lands quietly on the flowery gauze.
(Dixit Casteels) In my compositional response, every consonance corresponds to a specific non-transposable diatonic pitch and every vowel to a chromatic transposable pitch. The poem is not spoken. May a peaceful line run amongst the performers and the listeners.
Parts
see full score: vibraphone (page 15), qudi (page 25), pipa (page 37) and erhu (page 47)
Completion of the composition
4-VI-2017
Recording
link is the audio of the premiere
A line runs away, original drawing by Joshua Yang [2009] (reproduced with the permission of the artist)
Duration:
6'
Composed In:
2017
Dedicated to:
Parts:
For score and parts, please email <rc@robertcasteels.com>
First performance:
10.07.17 Old St John's, Nelson, New Zealand
First performed by:
Yuan Qi (erhu), Yu Jia (pipa), Tan Chye Tiong (dizi) and Ngoh Kheng Seng (percussion)
Commissioned by:
979-090-16-5396-2
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