WATER - ELEMENT OF INFINITY

Flute Trio: Fl 1+2 and Piano

Audio-Snippets:
  • 1: Wasser als Weg des Dao
  • 2: Im Garten der funkelnden Brunnen
  • 3: Geheimnis des Tiefen
  • 4: Mond über den Erquan-Quellen
  • 5: Wasser - Verborgene Gestalt der Kraft

WATER - ELEMENT OF INFINITY

Flute Trio: Fl 1+2 and Piano

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.

World premiere:  15.07.2025

Records:  2025