《蝶戀花》Die Lian Hua (2013)

For flute solo

Commissioned by Izumi Nikaido

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• Premiered by Izumi Nikaido in Hong Kong City Hall Recital Hall on 17 October 2013.

• Performed by Izumi Nikaido in Recital Hall, Hong Kong City Hall on 11 January, 2015.

• Performed by Linda Chatterton in DiMenna Center for Classical Music, New York on Saturday, 8 April, 2017.
• Performed by Linda Chatterton in Lloyd Ultan Recital Hall, University of Minnesota, US on 21 April, 2017.
• Performed by Linda Chatterton in Mount Olive Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, US on 30 April, 2017.
• Performed by Linda Chatterton in Mount Calvary Academy of Music, Minneapolis, US on 14 May, 2017.
• Performed by Linda Chatterton in St Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church, 16 April, 2018.
• Performed by Linda Chatterton in Henderson State University, 21 April, 2018.
• Performed by Linda Chatterton in First Presbyterian Church of Kirkwood, 22 April, 2018.

For cello solo

• Performed by Asep Hedayat in Concert Hall Post Graduate Indonesian Institute of the Art (Indonesia) on 27 November, 2014 during the Yogyakarta Contemporary Music Festival 2014.

Programme Notes

淚濕羅衣脂粉滿。四疊陽關，唱到千千遍。人道山長山又斷。蕭蕭微雨聞孤館。
惜別傷離方寸亂。忘了臨行，酒盞深和淺。好把音書憑過雁。東萊不似蓬萊遠。

《蝶戀花》為二階堂泉小姐委約創作，此曲套用李清照的同名詞，把長笛獨奏家化為宋代女詞人，在演唱之間道出憶夫之情。

Commissioned by Izumi Nikaido, Die Lian Hua transforms the soloist into Li Qingzhao, a poetess of the Song Dynasty. Through singing and playing she expresses a yearning towards her lost husband.

From Linda Chatterton’s “Songs and Dances for Solo Flute”

In Hong Kong composer Yip Ho Kwen Austin’s Die Lian Hua, the flutist quite literally sings in Mandarin (sometimes while simultaneously playing the flute!) the words of renowned 12th century poetess Li Qingzhao. I think this is a spectacular new work for solo flute, and I’m excited to be able to present its debut recording.