WHITEOUT 飄白
for small ensemble (erhu, sheng, pipa, guzheng, yangqin, piano)
for large ensemble (dizi, sheng, pipa, guzheng, gaohu, erhu, zhonghu, cello, piano, percussion)
for Chinese orchestra
Program Note:
‘Whiteout 飄白’ takes direct inspiration from the winter storm during which it was composed. The repeating elements in the piece reflect the continuous dense falling snow, and the absolute whiteness covering everything causing a blur between ground and sky. The cyclical form is also used as a way to infer a feeling of getting lost in the storm, unable to find a way out, and returning back to where you started. Yet the piece is not meant to be hopeless, rather, there is a sense of beauty in the uniformity, scope and power of the storm, and the seclusion one encounters while being in one.
