Under the Sun

This piece is inspired by my friend Zhiyong Bao’s Poem Under the Sun.

Premiere: May 4th, 2022, Pianist: Fangwei Zhao Conductor: Anna Beresford

Length: 9’30’’ composed year:2022

  • Under the Sun - Zhiyong Bao

    Ease is a moveable grave,

    People paid me solitude,

    I paid them silence.

    Mystery with its own tongue blocked the bullets that shot at mediocrity.

    Inhale,

    Exhale.

    When love fades,

    breathing will be magnified again.

    In the garden of love.

    half is roses.

    half is poppies that want to be roses.

    Even if the lips don’t touch other lips for a long time,

    it still won’t shed rosy tears .

    Tears,

    are the smallest sea,

    that people can make.

    And,

    your name,

    is the shortest poem,

    I have ever seen.

    Before the dream breaks,

    I want to take you back to the future ,

    With infinite intensity and tranquility

    which is what the love should have

    Even in this incomprehensible world, everything is the sea

    The sky,

    has its own reason.

    All of us begin to get insomnia,

    for having the same dream,

    at the same time,

    in the same ocean.

    Inhale,

    Exhale.