Reminiscence・Afterglow (2023)

Live Recording in the National University of Tainan Faculty Joint Recital
at the Ya-Yin Concert Hall, National University of Tainan on 2024/4/17, 7:30pm.

Performers: Flute & Alto Flute / Cheng-Yu Lu, Piano / Ming-Ching Wu

 

Program Note:

“Reminiscence・Afterglow” is an opusculum written for flute (doubling alto flute) and piano. It was commissioned by a flutist and completed in October 2023.

The past is a string of lyrical poems that weave all kinds of joys and sorrows, happiness and depression, into the years. After the precipitation and reconciliation of time, one after another, soft-focus paintings are formed in our memories.

If life is about experiencing one scene after another without stopping but living in the present, then everything in the past can only become reminiscences. The past that once made us happy, lost, unforgettable, bruised, and even unbearable to look back on will someday turn into a shining afterglow in our hearts.

“Reminiscence・Afterglow” is dedicated to those who sometimes like to savor the stories of the past silently and slowly. They are susceptible to the past and easily warmed by everything in their daily lives.