Sanders:「林間隙光」的概念源自《憩園》中的一句歌詞——我盼望你在持續的不安裏找到喜悅 ( I wish you great joy in the perpetual discomfort )。如何在不安中找到喜悅呢?雖說是老生常談,但我認為需要耐性和堅毅,還有懂得欣賞生活中看似微不足道事物的心態。「林間隙光」透過曲目營造聲音的世界,讓觀眾感受來自大自然、四季和天色中的細微喜悅。曲目靈感來自奧地利詩人里爾克 ( Rainer Maria Rilke ) 的詩作,以此紀念詩人150歲誕辰;我們還委約了香港青年作曲家黃子峻創作《煦》( glow ) 作全球首演,以及英國作曲家帕克 ( Owain Park ) 的《足跡》作香港首演。
i. 林間隙光 ( leaflight ) ii. 霞染灼天 ( candy sky ) iii. 曦日甘霖 ( sunshower )
Program Note:
"…a sense of limpidness in the suddenly tangible gravity of a small body on this middle-sized planet."
— A Field Guide to Getting Lost, Rebecca Solnit
"A momentary trance of emotional clarity... You look around with a new sense of gratitude, taking in the complexity of things: raindrops skittering down a windore, tall trees leaning in the wind... Everything falls quiet, and the words start to lose their meaning. It all seems to mix together... And you remember that you too are a guest on this Earth. Your life is not just a quest, or an opportunity, or a story to tell; it's also just an experience, to be lived for its own sake. It doesn't have to mean anything other than what it is. A single moment can still stand on its own, as a morsel of existence."
—"Ambedo", The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
glow ( 2025 ) is a celebration of these beautiful moments of sudden lucidity and introspection a sonic snapshot of three simple and serene moments gorgeously captured by E. E. Cummings that, as it unfolds, blurs the lines between nature and humanity.
glow was commissioned by and dedicated with admiration and affection to NOĒMA and its founder and Artistic Director Sanders Lau.
Sanders:NOĒMA始終是一個很新的藝團,暫時依靠資助和邀約表演,我們需要繼續探索營運的方法。在演出方向上,我認為要將現在的模式定調。繼續深耕鑽研團員建立的默契,並加以發揮向外隊學習所得的知識。此外,我們也希望探索現有模式以外的音樂,例如So FAR, So… —— 《Song from Far Away》的合作,繼續將不同的合唱面向展現給觀眾。我也希望香港觀眾對合唱的陌生感能逐漸減退,即使大家對合唱可能不太熟悉,仍能以開放的心態接觸合唱音樂。
So FAR, So… —— 《Song from Far Away》演出照片
Photo credit: Carmen So