Un Jardin Chino de Serenidad

Written in 1973 and revised in 2005, this work was inspired by a collection of Chinese poetry titled "A Chinese Garden of Serenity". The poetry communicated to me the concepts that beauty is a revolution of the spirit, that life is worth living and art is worth making. These ancient ideas are radical in relation to current attitudes. The contemplative sounds of the Flute, Harp, Celesta, Crotales, Woodblock, Violin, Viola and Cello, unfold to reach a serene state of mind through the individual sounds meant to help transcend our body to float to other realms. The mystique of Chinese Bubbhist philosophy; "no words and no sound are the way to truth", is contained within the music. A music that hopes to provide the framework for inner exploration through sounds without tempo or structure, notes without boundaries, without argument.