Liu - Xu - Fei by CHONG Kee Yong

柳－絮－飛
為雙簧管和大提琴而作
Liu-Xu-Fei
for oboe and cello

Composed: 2001
Commissioned by: Rafael PALACIOS and Stijn KUPPENS
Dedication: Rafael PALACIOS and Stijn KUPPENS
Duration: ca 5’30”
World premiere: 12/03/2001
Venue: Auditorium of Royal Conservatory of Brussels (Flemish section, Belgium)
1st performed by: Rafael PALACIOS (oboe)
Stijn KUPPENS (cello)

“Liu-Xu-Fei” (2001)
桃李阴阴柳絮飞。――唐·王维《酬郭給事》

“HARMONIZING A POEM BY PALACE-ATTENDANT GUO”
..Where peach and plum are blooming and the willow cotton flies..Wang wei (Tang dynasty)

The title is an extract quotation from above poem by Wang wei (Tang dynasty), the title means willow catkins hover or flutter in the air. These work presents the soliloquize atmosphere between these two instruments, two personal characters……etc

I’m most grateful to oboist Mr. Rafeal PALACIOS and cellist Mr.Stijn KUPPENS for their collaboration, especially for the technical advice of them, and to whom this work is dedicated.