Three Scenes of Dinan (Traveler Series 4)

Composer

HSIEH, Long-Kwang

Work type

Solo Instrumental

Instrumentation

Piano

Year

2007

Duration

10'

Music commentary
Dianan, an offshore city in northwestern France, is an ancient city from the Middle Ages. The east of the city is a very deep and magnificent canyon. In the valley is the Rance River leading to the seaside city of St. Malo. Walking down from the ancient city, it is very steep, with a difference of more than 100 meters. There are highways circling and crossing in the deep valley, which is very spectacular. 

In the middle of the ancient city area, there is a tall tower built in the 14th century. It has a unique modeling style. The bell tower beside the tower will play wonderful music every quarter of an hour. The author visited the ancient city in August 2006. Overnight at the small hotel next to the ancient pagoda. I feel that it is an old building integrated with the ancient pagoda. The night is very quiet and peaceful, leaving a deep impression.

Not far northeast of the ancient tower, there is the oldest Gothic church in the city, which was built in the 14th century. It was almost dusk on the day of the author's visit. When I walked into the chapel, I felt my eyes light up and suddenly jumped. It turned out that the sunlight penetrated through the stained glass windows of the church, which brought a colorful and radiant light. A large piece of light irradiated the walls of the church, and the scene was splendid and surprising.

This song consists of a four-tone or five-tone up-and-down tone pattern, chromatic scale, sound stack, and a melody unrolled by a set of twelve tone strings as the main material of the song. The large and small phrases undulating in the song describe the topographical landscape of the ancient city. 

Tone-Cluster is the sound and shadow of the deep valley. The chanting melody narrates the long-standing stories of the ancient city. The chords appearing interspersed represent the ancient tower's majestic standing and eternal spirit. The fast up-and-down phrases appearing in the final paragraph are depicting the changing colors of light in the church. They constitute a curved structure of several paragraphs.
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