![]() ![]() It is not always easy to find the celebratory impulse, especially in recent years. To open the TSO’s 100th anniversary season is both a great honour and a daunting task. The striking imagery of this particular tale, along with its brevity, made it an ideal source of inspiration for this three-minute celebratory overture, whose surging, splashy textures and overflowing lyricism are an attempt to reflect the story’s themes and visual splendour. I discovered this fable only recently while reading the work of American author Grace Lin, whose children’s novel Where the Mountain Meets the Moon cleverly weaves traditional fairy tales into its main narrative. Fish swim upward against the water’s fierce current toward this Dragon Gate the few that succeed and pass through the gate are transformed into flying dragons. ![]() Perched above the waterfall is an ancient entrance to the sky, held up by stone columns and by arches the colour of mist. ![]() The composer writes: In Chinese mythology, there is a waterfall so immense it seems to pour forth from a hole in the heavens. 1982): The Story of the Dragon Gate: Celebration Prelude The Festival at Baghdad – The Sea – The Ship Goes to Pieces on a Rock: Allegro molto The Young Prince and the Princess: Andantino quasi allegretto The Tale of Prince Kalendar: Lento – Allegro molto The Sea and Sindbad’s Ship: Largo e maestoso – Allegro non troppo ![]()
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