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Emma for Large Orchestra (2019)
Emma for Large Orchestra (2019)
Nomenclature
3(3.db.B.Fl) - 3(3.db.Eng.Hn.) - 3(2.db.B.Cl., 3.db.Cb.Cl.) - 3(2.,3.db.Cbsn) / 6 - 0 - 3 - 1 / 1 / Cel. / Hp. / Vn.1 - Vn.2 - Va. - Vc. - Cb.
Date of composition : (2019?)
LE LANGAGE COMMUNICABLE for String Orchestra of 20 Players (2022)
Score video (audio remastered by Popsick)
Nomenclature
Violin 1 (a~e)
Violin 2 (a~e)
Viola (1~4)
Violoncello (1~4)
Contrabass (1, 2)
commissioned by Johannes Leertouwer on behalf of SNU Ensemble Academy
Premiered in 18.NOV.2022
The title is directly drawn from Méditations sur le mystère de la sainte Trinité, but it has no connection to the original usage of the phrase.
It started out as a reference to the communicable language of violence, and evoke an impression of destructive tendency of communication of nowadays as the theme of the concert was “Music for Strings in Times of War”.
But then I started composing with a material by myself from the past, and recomposing the material and accumulating it with Shostakovich’s String Quartet No.8, Op.110’s materials (as the piece was going to be featured alongside with my new piece), and the words became empty like husks, then the music starts to speak for itself, becoming the true communicable language.
The composition contains several references of Shostakovich. For example, a whole section created from time-stretching the beginning of the 2nd Movement of the String Quartet No.8 about 8 times longer, ending section that disassembles the “Klezmer” theme from the same piece, and several new themes derived from the piece, but not the DSCH theme. After all, I am not Mr.Shostakovich, and this is my piece.
Date of composition : (2022)
An Amazing Life & Death of Mr. Kilroy for Small Orchestra (2024)
Nomenclature
2(2.db.Piccolo) - 2(2.db.Eng.Hn.) - 2 - 2 / 4 - 2 - 1 - 0 / 1 / Pf. / Vn.1 - Vn.2 - Va. - Vc. - Cb.
commissioned by Artisee Kammerorchester
live on 28.JUN.2024
Kilroy, known lexically as "the name of a mythical male figure." We have no way of knowing who he is.
The same goes for this piece. We have no way of knowing what this piece is trying to convey. And like the contradiction of this cheerful, French-style tonal music telling the story of a person I don't even know, the music is wrapped in multiple layers of contradiction, presenting the listener with a puzzling enigma that is clear and easy to understand, yet leaves us questioning whether it even intends to tell a story.
If anyone here knows Mr. Kilroy, please send him regards, whether he is in heaven or hell!
Date of composition : (2024)
The Art of Brainrot II for Korean Traditional Orchestra (2024)
Nomenclature
2 Sogeums (all 2 doubling police whistles)
4 Sanjo-Daegeums (all 4 doubling paty horns)
6 Piri (all 6 doubling Taepyeongso)
Daepiri
Jeopiri
Saenghwang (37 pipes, Shanghai-style)
4 Percussion
7 Gayageums
6 Geomungo
10 Haegeums
8 Dae-ajaeng
commissioned by Gyeonggi Sinawi Orchestra
live on 24.OCT.2024
The term noejeol is a newly coined word referring to phenomena that have been overused to the point where their mere reappearance, even just once more, brings deep disappointment in their ugliness. Neojeol is also related to the English slang term brainrot, which describes the sensation of one’s brain turning to mush or becoming dumber from repeatedly consuming something (in this context, short-form media). In the sense that both terms describe the loss of freshness through repetition, they are fundamentally connected—hence the title of this piece, The Art of Brainrot. This is the second work in the series, and, unsurprisingly, it is just as far from fresh.
The main musical sources for this piece are Gyeonggi Arirang and Bangmulga from the 12 Japga, neither of which can be confidently classified as traditional songs. Bangmulga is a japga about a woman who refuses to part with her lover, while a nobleman from Hanyang tries to persuade her with various goods. One striking feature of this song is the repeated phrases forming its structural backbone—lines like "I will follow you", "I am dying", and "I refuse". But in Bangmulga, it is not only the woman rejecting the breakup who becomes ugly through repetition. The nobleman, who keeps repeating his offer to buy her any trinket she desires, hardly appears any less pitiful himself.
This piece explores two types of noejeol: one that becomes ugly through excessive repetition, and another that sounds ugly the moment it reappears, due to accumulated overexposure. It consists of twelve movements, each lasting about 25 seconds, each exploring different kinds of noejeol. And this piece explores the creation of brainrot of a sort, but ironically, does not feature the actual instances of brainrot.
Neojeol (and brainrot) is/are ugly. And because of that, it is funny. Perhaps many things that are funny are, in fact, quite ugly.
And in the end, brainrot just makes you want to say goodbye…
Date of composition : (2024)
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