MUSICAL WORKS

LI Tao

2017

Wu Ren Kan Ji

Birth C: CHINA Gender: Female

Dest: Concert

Media Specification: Mixed music

Performer(s): Cello: Dong Yi (Central Conservatory of Music)

First perf.: Festival MUSICACOUSTICA-BEIJING, Beijing, 2017-10-29

Duration: 12:00

Perf. Country: CHINA

Instruments: for Cello and fixed media

Prog. notes: Wu Ren Kan Ji is a work for solo cello and fixed media derived from my art song Gu Yan Er originally for soprano, clarinet, and cello. While I extract and further develop musical ideas from the original art song, this new piece is another interpretation of the poem. As reflected by the title Wu Ren Kan Ji – translated no one to give to – emphasizes the isolation and desperation of the poet at the loss of her husband and the realization that she will live the rest of her life in loneliness.

Editor: MB