Description
Fantasia On Lanna Folk Song for wind ensemble. Lanna means the northern part of Thailand. Once Lanna is separated from Thailand and has their own culture, this piece is from the favorite folk tune “Long Mae Ping”. The composition technique of la-romantic idioms and early twentieth-century music such as Transformation, Juxtapositions, etc introduces the piece. This piece has three parts. First the introduction by the ostinato in piano and keyboard percussions as texture under melodic lines in woodwind and euphonium. The melodies transformed from fragments of the folk tune. Then, followed by the opening passage and resolve to the beautiful folk theme. After the exposition, the music changes to the second part. The second part begins with fragments from the exposition but changes from moderately to fast, and major to minor idioms. The harmonic vocabulary is influenced by twentieth-century music but simplified to make it easy for young musicians. The music grows to climax and changes to the third part immediately. The third part is a recapitulation of the first part and drives to the ending theme. This piece intends to make young musicians study contemporary music while they express the romantic vocabulary.