Title: Chanson de jasmin : For Chinese orchestra

Composer:Law Kin Pong

Year: 2016

Genre:

• Large ensemble
• Original composition
• Chinese orchestral music

Call No.: SC1479

Description: In 2016, Law Kin Pong composed "Chanson de jasmin" for Hong Kong Youth Chinese orchestra. Written as theme and variations based on Jiangsu folk song "Jasmine" (Moli hua), the piece begins with a highly ornamented introduction that leads to the theme's first presentation. The theme is then presented in the styles of waltz and tango, which precede a ragtime rendering wherein the melody is shared between the cello in tresillo and the sanxian with glissando. After that, in the "Bagpipe" section, the suona plays in the Mixolydian mode on top of a drone on the zhonghu. In the next "Danny Boy" section, the bowed strings juxtapose the "Jasmine" theme with a melody from the British/Irish ballad "Danny Boy." Before the piece ends with a coda in Presto, it presents the theme in a brisk Tarantella tempo with a three-against-two figure, which precedes a lullaby-like lyrical reprise.

Note:

• Commissioned work

Instrumentation: bang di (1), qu di (1), da di (1), gaoyin sheng (1), zhongyin sheng (1), cizhongyin sheng (1), gaoyin suona (1), zhongyin suona (1), diyin suona (1), zhongyin guan (1), diyin guan (1), yangqin (1), pipa (1), xiao ruan (1), zhong ruan (1), da ruan (1), sanxian (1), zheng (1), timpani (1), triangle/tambourine/marimba/vibraphone (1), hand drum/glockenspiel/vibraphone (1), bass drum/snare drum/da gu/pai gu/suspended cymbal/castanets/xylophone (1), snare drum/pai gu/cymbals (1), cymbals/sleigh bells/egg shaker/muyu (1), gaohu (1), erhu (1), zhonghu (1), harp (1), cello (1), double bass (1)