Title: Welcome fanfare

Composer:Tong Leung-tak

Year: May 25, 1987

Genre:

• Large ensemble
• Original composition
• Chinese orchestral music

Call No.: SC886

Description: "Welcome Fanfare" is composed by Tong Leung-tak for the opening concert of the "Chinese Music Week" in celebration of the Music Office's tenth anniversary in 1987. As a very short Chinese orchestral piece whose typical performance lasts around forty seconds, it begins with a chordal fanfare gesture in D major that is repeated once in F major, before a scalic melody is introduced in homophony and at a slightly slower tempo. In 1988, Tong rearranged this piece for a Western orchestra and a choir to perform in the Music Office's annual student concert. In this rearrangement, the choir is set to sing the melody in unison with Chinese (presumably Cantonese) lyrics; the overall texture of the music is otherwise very similar to the original version, with the string and brass sections being assigned to accompany the main melody.

Note:

• Composed for the 10th anniverary of the Music Office

Instrumentation: bang di (2), qu di (2), sheng (1), suona (1), da suona (1), yangqin (1), liuqin (1), pipa (1), zhong ruan (1), da ruan (1), sanxian (1), zheng (1), timpani (1), bass drum (1), snare drum (1), da gu (1), xiao gu (1), pai gu (1), yunluo/bianzhong (1), large cymbals (1), suspended cymbal (1), erhu (2), zhonghu (1), gehu (1), diyin gehu (1), banhu (2)