“Resplendent Capriccio”: The Music for the 2014 New Year Fireworks Display
The music for the New Year’s Eve fireworks display celebrating the end of 2013 and the beginning of 2014 is full of global and local feeling.
“Resplendent Capriccio” is a suite made up of four pieces of music.
The first of these is “Song for Welcoming the Ancestral Spirits”, an ancient song of the Paiwan people, one of Taiwan’s aboriginal groups.
The second is “The Forest Show”, composed by Golden Melody Award-winning producer Wu Judy Chin-tai.
The third is the traditional Paiwan song “Let’s Sing”, and the fourth is another traditional Paiwan song “Kuyi’s Love”.
The three traditional Paiwan songs used in the music convey messages of welcoming, blessing, joy,
and gathering together, and are used to represent the multicultural character of Taiwan.
“The Forest Sow” is a classic of nature music and symbolizes Taiwan’s rich natural landscapes and its beauty.
This suite was arranged by the well-known soundtrack composer Fan Tsung-pei.
With the exception of the instrumental second part,
the vocals are by the TaiWu Children’s Ancient Ballads Troupe,
a children’s singing group that has attained international recognition over the past few years.
Their voices, from a culture rooted firmly in the land, welcome 2014 with majestic emotion.
The music opens with the captivating voices of the TaiWu Children’s Ancient Ballads Troupe,
leading everyone through the last moments of 2013 and welcoming the new hope of 2014.
The surging symphonic arrangement expresses the bright and colorful vigor of the fireworks.
The electronic dance beat and lively instrumental lines ascend in three-dimensional layers along with the fireworks,
blossoming out at the climatic moments of the tension-filled fireworks sound and light show,
symbolizing a local spirit full of strong vitality and a rich creativity closely tied with the rest of the world.