鄭光智：《鏡花水月》〈水〉（笙：鍾佳霖） / Kuan-Chih Cheng: Flower in Mirror, Moon in Water - Water (Movement 3)

樂團/小巨人絲竹樂團 指揮/陳志昇 作曲/鄭光智 笙/鍾佳霖
2018.11.07 絲弦情系列 絲弦情46 地點/台灣.台北市.國家兩廳院演奏廳
錄影/亞格影音 張興漢 錄音/王昭惠
小巨人絲竹樂團：http://littlegcco.com/

鏡花水月，鏡中花與水中月，指意境不可以形跡求，比喻空幻飄渺。作曲家透過陶淵明〈桃花源記〉的故事主軸，試圖用音樂描寫現代人追求心中的夢想與未來時，從外而內的自我反思與探索。
樂曲設計成四個片段，每個片段皆圍繞「笙」而中心，笙是古代歷史最悠久的樂器，作曲家將之表達為「人」，而每個片段皆有另外一樣主奏樂器相之應和，其餘為伴奏樂器。
〈水〉（獨奏笙與古箏）：水本無形，透過水的反射也恰似一面鏡子，漁夫離開桃花源後，作曲家用不停流動的音符為表徵流動的水，五聲音階的堆疊呈現印象的畫面，笙與古箏的對唱，彷彿人與人內心的迴盪。

Kuan-Chih Cheng: Flower in Mirror, Moon in Water - Water

Sheng: Jialin Zhong / Little Giant Chinese Chamber Orchestra, Turning Point Ensemble / Chih-Sheng Chen / National Recital Hall, Taipei, Taiwan. 2018.11.7.

Flower reflected in the mirror and the moon reflected in the water means the mood cannot be traced physically; the metaphor is virtual and ethereal. Through the story of Yuanming Tao's "Record of Peach Blossom", the composer tries to use music to describe the modern people's pursuit of their dreams and future though self-reflection and exploration.

The music is divided into four sections, each of which is centred on the “Sheng", which is an ancient wind instrument. The composer uses it to represent the "human", and with each piece, it is paired with another main instrument in harmony. The rest are accompaniment instruments. "Water" is the 3rd movement.

"Water" (solo sheng and guzheng): Water is invisible, and reflects just like a mirror. After the fisherman leaves the Peach Blossom Garden, the composer continues to use flowing notes to represent the movement of water, while the pentatonic scale patterns paints a beautiful scene. The music from sheng and guzheng resonates from the heart.
(Trans. Kiah Mok Goh/edit: Patty Chan)