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When a Tiger meets a Rosa Rugosa (2012)
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Commissioned by Hilary Hahn Encore Project
Programme Note
Embracing a tiger inside
Smelling the rosa rugosa
(Rosa Rugosa is a type of rose.)
Unadulterated. Delicate. Strength. Effeminate. Vigorous. Innumerable. Valiant. Infinite.
Many years ago, I encountered the title line on a broken mural in rural China somewhere. And it struck me enormously. I wrote the line in my journal.
Later I learned the zen-like translation by Yu Guangzhong is on "In me the tiger sniffs the rose" by Siegfried Sassoon, from his collection, In me, past, present, future.
As I was preparing the piece, I happened to encounter a letter by Proust.
A different time, a different contextual language. Same sentiments. Transubstantiation.
From Proust:
Let yourself be inert, wait till the incomprehensible power…that has broken you restores you a little. I say a little, for henceforth you will always keep something broken about you. Tell yourself this, too, for it is a kind of pleasure to know that you will never love less, that you will never be consoled, that you will constantly remember more and more.
Smelling the rosa rugosa
(Rosa Rugosa is a type of rose.)
Unadulterated. Delicate. Strength. Effeminate. Vigorous. Innumerable. Valiant. Infinite.
Many years ago, I encountered the title line on a broken mural in rural China somewhere. And it struck me enormously. I wrote the line in my journal.
Later I learned the zen-like translation by Yu Guangzhong is on "In me the tiger sniffs the rose" by Siegfried Sassoon, from his collection, In me, past, present, future.
As I was preparing the piece, I happened to encounter a letter by Proust.
A different time, a different contextual language. Same sentiments. Transubstantiation.
From Proust:
Let yourself be inert, wait till the incomprehensible power…that has broken you restores you a little. I say a little, for henceforth you will always keep something broken about you. Tell yourself this, too, for it is a kind of pleasure to know that you will never love less, that you will never be consoled, that you will constantly remember more and more.