Red Moon (full
score) Wind
orchestra; duration: 7'55" To
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World premiere of "Red Moon", performed by the National Symphony
Orchestra
(NSO) at the National Concert Hall, Taipei, Taiwan on April 24, 2010
with Günther Herbig conducting.
"Red Moon" won the first NSO
Call for Score and was selected as part of the repertoire in Maestro
Herbig's International Conducting Workshop, April 5-11, 2010. This
piece was inspired by the Chinese legend of lunar
eclipse: "The Flying Dog Ate the Moon." According to legend, Mu-Lian
(Maudgalyayana) was one of Buddha's favorite disciples. He was very
kind and obedient to his mother. But his mother was an evil person.
When she died, the Jade Emperor in heaven turned her into a dog and
sent her to hell. Mu-Lian used his tin staff to break open the gate of
hell and freed his mother. But his mother sought revenge and flew to
heaven. Unable to find the Jade Emperor, the flying dog ate the moon
and the sun, turning the world to complete darkness. The piece consists
of three parts: 1) Mu-Lian breaking the gate of hell, 2) the escape of
the flying dog, and 3) the flying dog eating the moon.
