National Gugak Center of Korea Creative Traditional Orchestra
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Saturday, October 28, 201 7, 3pm Zellerbach Hall ) )) ))) )&))) & ) ) National Gugak Center of )Korea ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Creative Traditional Orchestra ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )) ) ) ) )) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )) ) ) ) )) ) ) ) ) ) ) Hi Kyung Kim, artistic director, Pacific Rim Music Festival ) ) PARK Chi-wan, artistic director, ) ) ) ) )) )) ) ) ) ) National Gugak Center of Korea Creative Traditional Orchestra ) ) ) ) CHUNG Chi-yong, guest conductor ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Living Tradition ! ! & !!! !! ! ! ! ! " ! ! BAEK Dae-ung Namdo& Arirang !!! !! ! ! ! ! " ! ! !! ! !! ! & & & !! ! !!! - ! !!!!!!!!!!!! George Lewis Dreams& of& the &Traveller* !! ! !!! - ! !!!!!!!!!!!! ! ! & & & & ! !!!!! !! ! 5 ! ! !!!!!!!!!!!! ! ! Shih Hui Chen Ten& Thousand& Blooms, &Falling P& etals * ! ! ! ! !! !! ! 5 ! ! !!!!!!!!!!!! ! ! ! ! & & & & ! !!!!!!!!!!!!! !! 862+'/=! !!!!!!!!!!!!!! ! ! Chinary Ung Viola C& oncert&o, Sin&ging & Inside! 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This performance is made possible, in part, by! the UC Berke!ley Center for Korean Studies. & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & Cal Performances’ 2017 –18 season is& sponsore&d b&y W& ells &Fargo. & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & & ! ! !! ! ! !! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !! !! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! 8b ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! PLAYBILL ! ! PROGRAM NOTES Welcome to today’s per - As the artistic director of formances with the Crea - the Pacific Rim Music tive Traditional Orchestra Festival, I would like to of the National Gugak welcome you to today’s Center of Korea. As direc - concerts with the Creative tor general of the center, it Traditional Orch estra of brings me great pleasure the National Gugak Cen - to be here at Zellerbach ter of Korea. Hall, the world-renowned venue of UC Berke - The afternoon performance features an ley and Cal Per formances. impressive total of six world premieres, each The two performances today will present composed expressly for this collaboration be - different kinds of musical expression. The tween the Pacific Rim Music Festival and the afternoon performance showcases six world- National Gugak Center. This evening, we will premiere compo sitions influenced by Korean enjoy a program of authentic traditional music. traditions and heritage. The second performance Through these two concerts, the listener will celebrates traditional styles of Korean music. The experience the flow and the development from new works on the afternoon program were the original forms of traditional Korean music created over the past two years for the NGC— to newly created compositions written for the in collaboration with the Pacific Rim Music same group of performers. Festival at UC Santa Cruz—by gifted contem - The Pacific Rim Music Festival at the Uni - porary composers, specifically for this ensem - versity of California, Santa Cruz, began in 1996 ble of traditional instruments. Following today’s with the goal and vision of forming a bridge premieres, the same program will be presented between different cultures and traditions, and at the Pacific Rim Music Festival in Santa Cruz. to create a new musical tradition within today’s Tonight’s concert features traditional Korean global culture. The festival has pioneered music in its purest form, demonstrating its fas - the promotion of international collaborative cinating evolution over the nation’s long history. pro jects and the introduction of new composi - We have selected from various genres, includ - tions, and has presented 120 world premieres ing traditional large-ensemble works, instru - over the last 21 years. The current 2017 Pacific mental solos, songs, chamber music, and dance. Rim Music Festival is built around the theme of Music has the rare power to open hearts. From the Root to the Living Tradition . Standing here before an audience representing In 2014 the Pacific Rim Music Festival in - different languages and customs, I dream of a vited the National Gugak Center to take part in world where culture and art bring everyone to - this special collaboration between composers in gether into one welcoming community. the US and the Creative Traditional Orchestra, I would like to thank UC Berkeley and the to feature new works written for Korean tradi - staff of Cal Performances for inviting us; Pro - tional orchestra. fessor Hi Kyung Kim at UC Santa Cruz, with - The contemporary American composers out whom these concerts would not have whose music will be heard this afternoon come been possible; the composers who have worked from different cultural backgrounds, and origi - so hard to create the music; our conductor nally did not know much about traditional CHUNG Chi-yong; and of course the members Korean orchestral music. The process of cre - of the orchestra, who have traveled here from ation took more than two years: composers went the other side of the globe. Thank you, every - to Korea, studied at the National Gugak Center, one, for supporting these performances. And and continued to study independently in order please be sure to offer the artists your heartfelt to write their music. Also part of this afternoon’s applause. Thank you! program is music by a distinguished Korean —Director General KIM Hae-suk, composer who has a profound understanding National Gugak Center, Republic of Korea of traditional Korean music. 9 PROGRAM NOTES I would like to extend special thanks to Cal in an effort to fuse modernity with history. The Performances for presenting these special con - CTO also works to document the development certs; to KIM Hae-suk, the director general of of such collaborations and search for undiscov - the National Gugak Center; to the members of ered ancient pieces. With its superb artistry and the orchestra for their heartfelt efforts; and to comprehensive outreach activities, the orches - the participating composers for accepting this tra is at the forefront of promoting Korean music challenge. Thanks also to Susan Solt, the dean to the world. of the Arts Division of UC Santa Cruz, for her support of this meaningful presentation. We hope you enjoy these special presenta - ABOUT THE PROGRAM tions that celebrate a vibrant and living art form. —Hi Kyung Kim BAEK Dae-ung (1943–2011) was a theorist and Founder/Artistic Director educator in the field of traditional Korean music. Pacific Rim Music Festival His compositions make frequent use of folk songs in an effort to encourage wider accessibil - The National Gugak Center (NGC) is the head - ity to this repertoire. He employed modes and quarters of traditional Korean performing arts. rhythms heard in a broad range of Korean The institution began as the Eumseongseo dur - music, and produced a large repertoire of works ing the Silla dynasty (ca. 7th century), then be - that combine Korean with other Asian and came the Daeakseo of the Goryeo dynasty (end Western instruments. of 10th century), and later the Jangagwon dur - ing the Joseon dynasty (1466). The current NGC Namdo Arirang (1994) was established in 1951, during the Korean War, (Arirang of the Southern Region, in an effort to preserve traditions threatened at for the National Gugak Center Orchestra) the time. Founded on the principle of “creating Arirang is the most renowned Korean folk song, the new based upon the old,” the NGC contin - designated part of the Intangible Cultural Heri - ues to cultivate Korean music as a contribution tage of Humanity by UNESCO in 2012. BAEK to humanity. The center’s four main performing Dae-ung collected folk songs across Korea, and groups are the Court Music Orchestra, Folk composed music based on them. He cherished Music Group, Dance Theater, and Contempo - the life force of songs from the field. This piece rary Gugak Orchestra. In addition to dedicating is influenced by both Jindo arirang from Jeolla itself to informed historical performances, com - province and Milyang arirang from Gyeongsang missions of new works, and extensive research, province. Although non-Koreans might find the NGC offers diverse educational programs the distinction between the two regions difficult that promote Korean arts at home and abroad. to discern, this composition aesthetically ex - presses that contrast. Central in the work are The National Gugak Center of Korea Cre a tive the instrumental solos presented over a six- Traditional Orchestra was established in 2004. beat rhythmic cycle. Although written for a Since its first perfor mance, the ensemble has traditional orchestra, the piece has also been gone on to make 90 regular and 150 special ap - arranged for Western instruments and per - pearances. The CTO keeps expanding its rich formed in Shang hai, China. repertoire through