Category: Chamber Music
Water is an important metaphor in Daoism to explain the deep meaning of Dao. Lao Tse’s statement “Supreme good is like Water” (Chapter 8 of Dao de Jing) opens the doors to central aspects “of the right way”: weak & soft is getting to hard & strong, water is the essence of “proper way-making” because water is the natural element of the lowest places.
The Flue Trio works also as a piano score of the double concerto with the same name and can be easily performed in chamber concerts. The flute parts are identical in both works.
Movements: 1: Water is the way of Dao
2: Water Pearls
3: Lowest places
4: Moon over Erquan Springs
5: Water – Metamorphosis of power
Duration: 22 Minutes
Publisher of notes/sheet music: Ries & Erler Musikverlag Berlin , 2024
Instrumentation: Solo 1: concert flute, alto flute
Solo 2: concert flute, piccolo flute
Piano
Introduction: Enjott Schneider
WATER – ELEMENT OF INFINITY
Trio for 2 Flutes & Piano
Water is an important metaphor in Daoism to explain the deep meaning of Dao. Lao Tse’s statement “Supreme good is like Water” (Chapter 8 of Dao de Jing) opens the doors to central aspects “of the right way”: weak & soft is getting to hard & strong, water is the essence of “proper way-making” because water is the natural element of the lowest places. In Christianity the same wisdom is formulated: "He who humbles himself shall be exalted" (Paul's Letter to the Corinthians). - The famous Chinese tune “Moon reflected on ErQuan Ying Yue” is the base of variations in the fourth movement: composed 1949 by the blind Erhu player A’Bing, in Wuxi (Jiangsu Province) it rapidly spread throughout China and became a cultural symbol throughout the world. Asian conductor Seiji Ozawa heard it in 1978 saying that "one can appreciate it only on bended knees". - The finale reveals the mostly unrecognized form of water - the immense power and might inherent in the inconspicuously soft and shapeless.
The Flue Trio works also as a piano score of the double concerto with the same name and can be easily performed in chamber concerts. The flute parts are identical in both works.
