Instrumentation: for chamber orchestra

*2,2,2,2 2,1,1,0, 1+2, Str (6,5,4,3,2)

作品编制：为室内交响乐队而作

 

Composition Year: 2020

创作年份：2020年

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Duration: ca.11minutes

时长：约11分钟

 

3rd prize winner of the World Championship in Composition, Vienna, Austria, June 2020​.

作品在2020年6月获得维亚纳世界作曲家冠军比赛三等奖。

 

Program Notes:

Being-Toward-Death is inspired by the “Bardo Thodol,” commonly referred to in the West as the “Tibetan Book of the Dead,” written by a Buddhist Master Padmasambhava in the eighth century. The book not only describes the entire
process from death to rebirth, but also specifically explains how to guide the dead (the person who passed away) to obtain the relief from the “Bardo” body (the process from death to rebirth). This masterwork piqued my interest and provoked many complex thoughts, expressed in this work for chamber orchestra.
 

As a Buddhist, I understand that death is a topic that some people of other faiths find quite taboo; many are not willing to think about death, and when death comes suddenly, people often feel helpless. Thus, it is important for everyone to seriously think about death. I am reminded of the great 20th-century German existentialist philosopher Martin Heidegger, whose philosophy “Being-Toward-Death”(from his famous book, Being and Time); uses the concept of “death” to stimulate our inner desire for "life" and stimulate people's inner vitality. Cherishing every moment of life can prompt us to think more seriously about the future of ourselves and the world. Life is short and impermanent, and all of us do not know on what day we will leave this world. Facing death, everyone is very negligible. As ephemeral beings, we must always
prepare for death and make life more meaningful. This calm and positive attitude to life will make us more tolerant and respectful to others, it will make us choose wisely, and it will fill our life with fullness, beauty, and sacredness, and thus we will find preciousness and glory in life!

 

作品简介:

这部室内交响乐《向死而生》的创作灵感来源于八世纪佛教高僧莲花生大士的著作《西藏度亡经》。这部著作不但详细地描述了人从死亡到投生的整个过程，而且具体讲述了如何引导亡者从中阴身(从死亡到投生的整个过程)获得解脱的方法。这部著作引发了我极大的兴趣和思考。我通过室内交响乐的方式对《西藏度亡经》中我所能理解到的部分场景和感受进行了音乐性地描述和表达。

 

死亡是人们相当忌讳的主题，人们不敢也不愿意思考死亡，而当死亡倏然到来时，人们往往束手无策。正事生死大事，对每一个人至关重要。我想到了德国哲学家马丁.海德格尔曾经在他的著作《存在与时间》里提出了“向死而生”这个重大的倒计时法死亡概念。他是站在哲学理性思维的高度，用重“死”的概念来激发我们内在“生”的欲望，激发人们内在的生命活力。珍惜生命的每分每秒，这促使我们更认真地思考自己和世界的未来。生命是短暂又无常的，我们每个人都不知道在哪一天就会离开这个世界。在死亡面前，人人都很渺小。所以我们要时刻为死亡做准备，让生命过得更有意义。这种冷静与积极的生活态度会让我们对他人更加宽容和尊重，会让我们明智地选择取舍，会让我们的生命注满充实、美好和神圣，因而活在生命的珍贵与光辉当中！