《迦陵频伽》为管弦乐队(2012)

KALAVIUKA” for Orchestra(2012)

迦陵频伽(妙音鸟)人首兽身,被奉为礼佛乐伎,自唐以来常以视觉形象显现在佛教文化之中。作为视听综合的艺术符号,其妙音始终得“见”而未闻。作曲家在本曲中用奇妙的想象构筑了雪山鸟鸣、笙歌萦绕、百鸟朝凤等八个意象,幻化出一派生机盎然的自然声景。

Kalaviuka ( also known as the exquisite sounding bird) has a human head and a bird’s torso, and has been enshrined as a ritualistic performance, often appearing as a visual image in Buddhist culture since the Tang Dynasty. As an artistic symbol of audio-visual synthesis, the sound of the bird has always been seen but not heard. In this piece, the composer uses his fantastic imagination to construct eight images of birdsong in the snowy mountains, the haunting tunes of Sheng and hundreds of birds worshipping the phoenix, etc., which conjure up a vivid natural soundscape.