Title: Ode to the completion of Tsuen Wan Town Hall

Composer:Tong Leung-tak

Lyricist:Sun Cong

Year: [1980]

Genre:

• Large ensemble
• Original composition
• Speech with Chinese orchestral music

Call No.: SC383

Description: To commemorate the establishment of the Tsuen Wan Town Hall in 1980, Tong Leung-tak composed this piece for recitation with a Chinese instrumental ensemble. It was premiered in the second Tsuen Wan Arts Festival cum Chinese Music and Dance Night by Hong Kong Youth Chinese Orchestra with recitation by Suen Chong and Zhou Yunzhen. The music is in the ternary form with a beginning section that features a theme in G major. The main melody is played by different instruments throughout the piece, and the music ends with the G major theme reappearing in C major before an energetic closing by the yunluo.

Note:

Instrumentation: di (2), sheng (1), suona (1), yangqin (1), liuqin (1), pipa (1), zhong ruan (1), da ruan (1), sanxian (1), zheng (1), da gu/xiao gu/large cymbals/small cymbals/suspended cymbal (1), yunluo (1), gaohu/banhu (1), erhu (2), zhonghu (1), cello (1), double bass (1)