大合奏：《太阳颂》第一乐章：《踏江》/ Ensemble: Ode to the Sun I: Stepping into the River

【黄翌诚指挥 / Conducted by Ooi Chia P’ng】

《太阳颂》 第一乐章：《踏江》/ 作曲：王丹红

民族管弦乐《太阳颂》是根据巴渝地区民间素材发展而成，作品用“踏江”、“挑山”、“思念”、“太阳颂”四个乐章展示出一幅秀美壮丽的巴山蜀水的风景画，以浓郁的巴渝风韵与文化气质、深邃的情感内涵和磅礴的气势，展示了劳动人民广阔的生活精神与坚韧的生命力量。

《踏江》乐曲以长江两岸纤夫、船工的生活作为素材创作。作品中既能感受到长江的人文地理、风土人情以及自然风光，更能感受到纤夫、船工们用热血、汗水和生命战恶水、斗险滩的激烈壮举，展现了长江地域劳工人民面对险恶的自然环境不屈不挠的抗争精神和粗犷豪迈中不失幽默的性格特征。

Ode to the Sun I: Stepping into the River / Composed by Wang Dan Hong

The Chinese orchestral piece "Ode to the Sun" was developed based on folk materials from the Ba-Yu region. The work uses four movements, "Stepping into the River," "Carrying the Mountain," "Longing," and "Ode to the Sun," to showcase a beautiful and magnificent landscape painting of the Ba Mountains and Shu Waters. With a rich Ba-Yu style and cultural temperament, profound emotional connotations, and magnificent momentum, it displays the broad spirit of the working people's lives and their tenacious vitality.

The "Stepping into the River" movement is created based on the lives of boatmen and porters on both sides of the Yangtze River. The work not only expresses the human geography, customs, and natural scenery of the Yangtze River, but also reveals the fierce struggles of the boatmen and porters who use their blood, sweat, and lives to battle the treacherous waters and dangerous rapids. It showcases the fighting spirit of the laboring people of the Yangtze River region, who are unyielding in the face of the harsh natural environment, and the rough and bold character features with humor.