Taiwan is a source of inspiration, a confluence of creative energies. Sketches of Taiwan depicts the land and the humanity of this island, Taiwan, with a particularly cutting sensitivity and grand vision. It is the crystallization of 12 years of work from the composer BAO Yuankai. To ensure that it delights later generations as it did the old, the Taipei Chinese Orchestra (TCO) commissioned composer SUN Guangjun to rearrange “Sketches” in the style of Chinese National Music, and thus give a new life and meaning to its traditional beauty and color. Having just recently marked its 37th anniversary, the TCO is now at the peak of its craft, operating with the precision and harmony of a fine-tuned machine. Under the leadership of its conductor CHENG Li-Ping, the TCO now gives a rich and deep-cutting emotional performance of this monumental eight-movement work. Share in the love for the land of Taiwan expressed through music.
1 第一樂章 玉山日出 Sunrise on Jade Mountain 07:58 2 第二樂章 安平懷古 Recollections of Anping 05:52 3 第三樂章 宜蘭童謠 Ilan Children s Ditty 05:01 (本曲前後半段素材取自《丟丟銅》,中段取自《天烏烏》(作曲/林福裕) ) 4 第四樂章 恒春鄉愁 Homesick for Hengchun 04:01 5 第五樂章 泰雅情歌 Atayal Love Song 04:54 6 第六樂章 鹿港廟會 Lukang Temple Gathering 05:44 7 第七樂章 龍山晚鐘 The Bell of Longshan Temple in Lukang 08:35 8 第八樂章 達邦節日 Dabang Festival 04:16 9 高 山 青 Bonus: Song of Alishan Mountain 01:44