Bo Dai
Footprints in the Sands of Time
Duration: 12'
Instrumentation details:
clarinet in Bb
percussion
piano
violin
Footprints in the Sands of Time
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Footprints in the Sands of Time
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Klarinette in B (Footprints in the Sands of Time)
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Klavier (Footprints in the Sands of Time)
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Schlagzeug (Footprints in the Sands of Time)
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Violine (Footprints in the Sands of Time)
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FOOTPRINTS IN THE SANDS OF TIME for Clarinet,Violin,Piano, and Percussion
The work features the short tone of the folk song style of the southwestern China, only in a different musical context and juxtaposed with inhomogeneous/ mismatched/ unexpected music lexicon. It creates the impression of omnipresent sound of the traditional music, but one that flourished on a totally strange land. It is as if, in a time of instantaneous changes, each individual had the memory severed from his part of the history. All may have their Neverland, which they can never return, and yet none readily undertakes such return. This paradox renders our conception of time more post-modern, like items wrapped in the cloak of creation, albeit the alienation from the tradition.