Decomposition

The Clarinet Concerto that i wrote ... is very cute i think ... Many said that its cute ... and very childish . How it came about ? Actually it was a joke on SiHan and his self-proclaimed Clarinet skills . He said he could play it ... so we made a joke about a C Major scale concerto . So the idea came alive . Boredom and abit of stupid ideas were the ingredients to this concoction . Its an occurrence of an unusual mixture ... but somehow i think it may appeal to many , since it has this very familiar tune to it ... this piece is 100% original , but the frivolous melody might sound familiar in some nursery rhymes ... ? Anyway , thats it ... Gildon's Clarinet Concerto . Thats only the first movement ... more to come next time ... Anyway , ive done about 70 pieces from Sec 3 till now ... Thats quite alot , but only a few is audible . The rest may just rot or spoil ur ears ...

I just came home from a concert at SCH . SCO's concert never fail to disappoint me everytime i leave its concert hall . I think that SCO is getting poorer and poorer . Today's soloist were WangZhongShan and YangWei . I went for today's instead of yesterday's because of the Pipa Concerto , "Inner Vision" . This piece is a world premiere , by LuPei . I havent heard of this composer before , maybe he is somehow like BrightSheng or TanDun . YangWei has a very sharp tone in his usual playing , but today i didnt hear it . In fact , his Pipa sounded kinda heavy , the sound didnt really shine out . Yangwei plays the Pipa with so much gusto and style that its entertaining enough to see him play . This piece is very modern , in fact , too abstract or contemporary for me to understand . However , i do appreciate its character in its music . The piece was 45min long , it was a killer . Though i really dun know what it really is trying to convey , but i what captures me the most is YangWei's stylistic playing . The three movements dun really have a common theme after all . The ideas dun really link and it sounded like individual solo pieces . WangZhongShan played like a typical China man . His body language is superb ... What strikes me was his foundation techniques . I think thats one of the best ive heard so far , because i dun listen much to Zheng . He is indeed a master ... too bad i missed his Zheng Concerto , "Tradegy of Li'An" .

Again , the other programmes of SCO was indeed a bore . Why ? Its the usual thing that we always can expect . I think since the soloists are here , they should join in and play , or maybe feature them more . I think its not enough ... its really sad . Though how good or interesting a concert may sound , in the end , it always has this element that pulls the entire spirit down . Its either this or that is not enough .

Its been so long that i last stepped into SCH , and indeed it felt strange . Like the windows stared at me like a stranger to its eye ...