Desert Smoke 大漠孤煙
written in 1999
Premiered by Esther SHEK (Flute), Rachel WONG (Oboe),
Wendy LEE (Clarinet), LI Cheong (Piano)
in City Hall Theatre, Bauhinia Concert, Oct 2000
This version performed by members of Les Six
Izaskun Erdocia, flute; Gordon Yap, oboe;
Martin Choy, clarinet; Nancy Loo, piano
in New Generation concert, organized by RTHK4, May 2001
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The composer has started writing this piece since form seven and arranged this piece for flute, oboe, clarinet and piano in the first year of university. The title of this composition comes from Wang Wei's poem "To the Frontier as an Envoy". It describes a lonely line of smoke arising from the vast desert in the remote north-west which seemed to the travellers a signal of a coming storm.
這首曲的原稿是作者在中七時構思的，在大學一年級時將之完成並編配給長笛、雙簧管、單簧管和鋼琴。這首曲的題目出至王維的《使至塞上》中的名句：「大漠孤煙直，長河落日圓。」描寫的是在大漠中行走的人看見遠處的煙，似乎預兆著風沙的來臨。
