Recorded at 02/05/2018 20:00-22:00
HKAPA Concert Hall
香港演藝學院音樂廳
指揮:胡栢端
樂團:香港演藝學院中樂團
conductor: Rupert Woo, pak tuen
Orchestra: The Academy Chinese Orchestra of HKAPA
《風采》 羅永暉
《風采》以唐朝詩、畫、書三件藝術作品為依據，借助中樂隊的特有音色，發揮音樂的想像。全曲共分為三個樂章。是次音樂會只演奏第一、三樂章。
一．放牧圖（唐朝韋偃畫作）
此畫描繪皇家牧場的情景，全圖有馬千多匹，線條流暢有力，刻劃精細。
三．醉僧帖（唐朝懷素草書）
「人人送酒不曾沾，終日松間掛一壺。草聖欲成狂便發，真堪畫作醉僧圖。」其草體具有抽象的動態美，奔放豪邁，有奇姿絕俗的氣勢。
“Tang Capriccio” Law Wing-fai
Inspired by three works of art of the Tang Dynasty – a painting, a poem and a note of handwriting, the composer brings forth musical imagination through the distinctive timbre of the Chinese orchestra. The composition is in three movements. We will perform the first and third movement in this concert.
1st movement: “The Grazing Scene”
(a painting by Wei Yan of Tang Dynasty)
This painting depicts the scene of a royal ranch with portrayals of over a thousand horses. The picture is painted in fluent and forceful lines with meticulous portrayals.
3rd movement: “Drunken Monk’s Note”
(a cursive script written by Huai Su of Tang Dynasty)
The text of the Note reads as follows: “Not a drop of wine presented as gift is consumed. But a bottle of wine is hung under a pine tree all day long. The calligrapher will have a nasty temper when he finds his inspiration. Thus a picture of Drunken Monk is ready to be printed.” The handwriting in cursive script is imbued with abstract beauty in motion, and carries ebullient, uninhibited and peculiar flavors.
羅永暉（前作曲系系主任）：
羅永暉教授是本港少數跨越藝術與商業領域的資深作曲家。曾任香港演藝學院駐校作曲家及現任「無極樂團」藝術總監。他早年畢業於美國加州大學，主修作曲，獲碩士學位。回港後與新浪潮導演合作創寫超過二十部電影音樂，如《投奔怒海》、《夢中人》及最近的《桃姐》等。其間創立香港演藝學院作曲系，並擔任該系系主任多年。1995年再次赴美以訪問學人身份在美國史丹福大學從事講學及音樂創作，回港後以嶄新的寫作風格，發表多首大型中西樂器混合的作品如《山鳴》、《淋漓》等，並創立風格獨特的「無極樂團」。2008年5月，香港中樂團舉辦「星河潑墨」— 羅永暉的中樂新境界專場音樂會，他的作品獲得音樂界的高度評價。 羅氏寫作多元化，除藝術音樂外還有流行音樂、廣告、電視劇、話劇、歌劇及十多齣舞劇音樂，如城市當代舞蹈團的《狂想大地》、香港舞蹈團的《胭脂扣》等。贏得的重要獎項中，包括亞洲作曲家同盟會議頒贈的入野義朗紀念大獎、香港電影金像獎最佳配樂獎、香港藝術家聯盟頒贈的藝術家年獎以及作品被北京中華民族文化促進會選為「二十世紀華人音樂經典」之一。2001年至2008年期間，他以《桃花扇》獲得香港戲劇協會頒贈的最佳戲劇音樂獎，並以歌劇《夢拾紅梅》、琵琶與西洋樂隊作品《逸筆草草》、中國彈撥樂作品《風流》、琵琶與中樂隊作品《千章掃》及中樂隊作品《星河潑墨》連獲五次香港作曲家及作詞家協會頒贈的金帆音樂獎。2013年6月，更憑《千章掃》獲中國文化部藝術司及中國民族管弦樂學會於北京頒發第二屆華樂論壇暨「新繹盃」經典民族管弦樂（協奏曲）作品評獎。2014年創作意境音樂劇場《落花無言》獲好評如潮，其後的《一色一香》及《一漠大千》為其藝術創作再闖高峰。
Law Wing-fai (Former Head of Composition and Electronic Music):
Law Wing-fai is a leading composer in Hong Kong, and one of the few to have crossed over the boundary between commercial music and the arts. He was the Composer-in-Residence at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, and currently Artistic Director of Wuji Ensemble. Law graduated from the University of California with a Master’s degree in Music (Composition and Electronic Music). He worked closely with Hong Kong’s New Wave directors in films during the 1980’s, having scored for more than 20 films including the award-winning Boat People, Dream Lovers and A Simple Life. He was the founding Head of Composition of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, a position which he subsequently held for many years. During the 1990’s, he was a Visiting Scholar at Stanford University where he gave lectures and wrote music. On returning to Hong Kong, he found a new angle in music composition, which resulted in many important works using Chinese-Western mixed instrumentation, the most representative of which are When Mountains Roar and Linli. He also founded Wuji Ensemble, a group that is known for its unique character. In May 2008, the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra presented a critically acclaimed concert featuring Law’s works. With a diverse oeuvre spanning serious and commercial music, Law has written for pop music, commercials, drama, opera and in particular, for over a dozen dance dramas such as Song of the Good Earth and Rouge. His long list of accolades include the Irino Memorial Award presented at the Asian Composers’ League, the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Original Score, “Composer of the Year” by the Hong Kong Artists’ Guild, and being selected as one of the “Twentieth Century Masterpieces by Chinese Composers” by the Chinese Culture Promotion Society in Beijing. Law’s score for the drama production The Peach Blossom Fan was awarded “Best Original Music” by the Hong Kong Federation of Drama Societies. Law was also a five-time winner of the CASH Golden Sail Music Award between 2001 and 2008, with his opera Dreaming Plum Blossoms Away, Flowing Fancies for pipa and Western orchestra, Feng Liu for Chinese plucked strings, A Thousand Sweeps for pipa and Chinese orchestra, and Flowing Phantasm for Chinese orchestra. In June 2013, Law was awarded the Xinyi Cup granted by the Chinese Nationalities Orchestra Society in Beijing for his pipa concerto A Thousand Sweeps. In 2014, his atmospheric music theatre When Petals Fall in Serenity was premiered to raving reviews, and was testimonial to his creative achievements.
HKAPA Concert Hall
香港演藝學院音樂廳
指揮:胡栢端
樂團:香港演藝學院中樂團
conductor: Rupert Woo, pak tuen
Orchestra: The Academy Chinese Orchestra of HKAPA
《風采》 羅永暉
《風采》以唐朝詩、畫、書三件藝術作品為依據，借助中樂隊的特有音色，發揮音樂的想像。全曲共分為三個樂章。是次音樂會只演奏第一、三樂章。
一．放牧圖（唐朝韋偃畫作）
此畫描繪皇家牧場的情景，全圖有馬千多匹，線條流暢有力，刻劃精細。
三．醉僧帖（唐朝懷素草書）
「人人送酒不曾沾，終日松間掛一壺。草聖欲成狂便發，真堪畫作醉僧圖。」其草體具有抽象的動態美，奔放豪邁，有奇姿絕俗的氣勢。
“Tang Capriccio” Law Wing-fai
Inspired by three works of art of the Tang Dynasty – a painting, a poem and a note of handwriting, the composer brings forth musical imagination through the distinctive timbre of the Chinese orchestra. The composition is in three movements. We will perform the first and third movement in this concert.
1st movement: “The Grazing Scene”
(a painting by Wei Yan of Tang Dynasty)
This painting depicts the scene of a royal ranch with portrayals of over a thousand horses. The picture is painted in fluent and forceful lines with meticulous portrayals.
3rd movement: “Drunken Monk’s Note”
(a cursive script written by Huai Su of Tang Dynasty)
The text of the Note reads as follows: “Not a drop of wine presented as gift is consumed. But a bottle of wine is hung under a pine tree all day long. The calligrapher will have a nasty temper when he finds his inspiration. Thus a picture of Drunken Monk is ready to be printed.” The handwriting in cursive script is imbued with abstract beauty in motion, and carries ebullient, uninhibited and peculiar flavors.
羅永暉（前作曲系系主任）：
羅永暉教授是本港少數跨越藝術與商業領域的資深作曲家。曾任香港演藝學院駐校作曲家及現任「無極樂團」藝術總監。他早年畢業於美國加州大學，主修作曲，獲碩士學位。回港後與新浪潮導演合作創寫超過二十部電影音樂，如《投奔怒海》、《夢中人》及最近的《桃姐》等。其間創立香港演藝學院作曲系，並擔任該系系主任多年。1995年再次赴美以訪問學人身份在美國史丹福大學從事講學及音樂創作，回港後以嶄新的寫作風格，發表多首大型中西樂器混合的作品如《山鳴》、《淋漓》等，並創立風格獨特的「無極樂團」。2008年5月，香港中樂團舉辦「星河潑墨」— 羅永暉的中樂新境界專場音樂會，他的作品獲得音樂界的高度評價。 羅氏寫作多元化，除藝術音樂外還有流行音樂、廣告、電視劇、話劇、歌劇及十多齣舞劇音樂，如城市當代舞蹈團的《狂想大地》、香港舞蹈團的《胭脂扣》等。贏得的重要獎項中，包括亞洲作曲家同盟會議頒贈的入野義朗紀念大獎、香港電影金像獎最佳配樂獎、香港藝術家聯盟頒贈的藝術家年獎以及作品被北京中華民族文化促進會選為「二十世紀華人音樂經典」之一。2001年至2008年期間，他以《桃花扇》獲得香港戲劇協會頒贈的最佳戲劇音樂獎，並以歌劇《夢拾紅梅》、琵琶與西洋樂隊作品《逸筆草草》、中國彈撥樂作品《風流》、琵琶與中樂隊作品《千章掃》及中樂隊作品《星河潑墨》連獲五次香港作曲家及作詞家協會頒贈的金帆音樂獎。2013年6月，更憑《千章掃》獲中國文化部藝術司及中國民族管弦樂學會於北京頒發第二屆華樂論壇暨「新繹盃」經典民族管弦樂（協奏曲）作品評獎。2014年創作意境音樂劇場《落花無言》獲好評如潮，其後的《一色一香》及《一漠大千》為其藝術創作再闖高峰。
Law Wing-fai (Former Head of Composition and Electronic Music):
Law Wing-fai is a leading composer in Hong Kong, and one of the few to have crossed over the boundary between commercial music and the arts. He was the Composer-in-Residence at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, and currently Artistic Director of Wuji Ensemble. Law graduated from the University of California with a Master’s degree in Music (Composition and Electronic Music). He worked closely with Hong Kong’s New Wave directors in films during the 1980’s, having scored for more than 20 films including the award-winning Boat People, Dream Lovers and A Simple Life. He was the founding Head of Composition of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, a position which he subsequently held for many years. During the 1990’s, he was a Visiting Scholar at Stanford University where he gave lectures and wrote music. On returning to Hong Kong, he found a new angle in music composition, which resulted in many important works using Chinese-Western mixed instrumentation, the most representative of which are When Mountains Roar and Linli. He also founded Wuji Ensemble, a group that is known for its unique character. In May 2008, the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra presented a critically acclaimed concert featuring Law’s works. With a diverse oeuvre spanning serious and commercial music, Law has written for pop music, commercials, drama, opera and in particular, for over a dozen dance dramas such as Song of the Good Earth and Rouge. His long list of accolades include the Irino Memorial Award presented at the Asian Composers’ League, the Hong Kong Film Award for Best Original Score, “Composer of the Year” by the Hong Kong Artists’ Guild, and being selected as one of the “Twentieth Century Masterpieces by Chinese Composers” by the Chinese Culture Promotion Society in Beijing. Law’s score for the drama production The Peach Blossom Fan was awarded “Best Original Music” by the Hong Kong Federation of Drama Societies. Law was also a five-time winner of the CASH Golden Sail Music Award between 2001 and 2008, with his opera Dreaming Plum Blossoms Away, Flowing Fancies for pipa and Western orchestra, Feng Liu for Chinese plucked strings, A Thousand Sweeps for pipa and Chinese orchestra, and Flowing Phantasm for Chinese orchestra. In June 2013, Law was awarded the Xinyi Cup granted by the Chinese Nationalities Orchestra Society in Beijing for his pipa concerto A Thousand Sweeps. In 2014, his atmospheric music theatre When Petals Fall in Serenity was premiered to raving reviews, and was testimonial to his creative achievements.