...a bright epitaph in the galaxy festival... (2020, rev.2022) for string quartet by Daiwei Lu 魯戴維 published on 2023-02-10T05:31:27Z Vacuum String Quartet Gleb Khokhlov, violin Vyacheslav Chirkunov, violin Emil Salaridze, viola Yulia Migunova, cello Featured in reMusik.org festival 2022 At Dom Radio, St. Petersburg, on June 2, 2022 ____ “There was once a scorpion who ate other insects, but perished in a well after escaping a weasel; the scorpion then regretted and its body burst into a bright flame that still burns in the night sky for the happiness of life,” as Giovanni described the flame of scorpion in Japanese fantasy novel Night on the Galactic Railroad. This composition, an epitaph to the scorpion in the night sky, explores the idea of “burn” by experimenting with different gestures and textures. It was composed in the year 2020, and was revised in 2022. ____ 「そしたらいつかサソリはじぶんのからだがまっ赤なうつくしい火になって燃えてよるのやみを照らしているのを見たって。いまでも燃えてるってお父さん仰っしゃったわ。ほんとうにあの火それだわ。」 宮沢賢治「銀河鉄道の夜」より Genre Contemporary Classical