A unique program music for Saxophone Quartet, A Bull
Shark in Mae-Klong was inspired based on composer’s
interested in aquatic animals.
In Thailand, unlike in Australia, South Africa or
America, Bull Shark are rarely seen in river. The
caught of sharks in river system are often exciting and
fascinating. The link in English about Bull Shark
caught in river in Thailand could be observed on the
link
http://www.fishsiam.com/thailand-fishing-bull-sharks-an
d-stingrays-1050.html.
The pie...(+)
A unique program music for Saxophone Quartet, A Bull
Shark in Mae-Klong was inspired based on composer’s
interested in aquatic animals.
In Thailand, unlike in Australia, South Africa or
America, Bull Shark are rarely seen in river. The
caught of sharks in river system are often exciting and
fascinating. The link in English about Bull Shark
caught in river in Thailand could be observed on the
link
http://www.fishsiam.com/thailand-fishing-bull-sharks-an
d-stingrays-1050.html.
The piece stimulated life of a young Bull Shark which
pass through Mae-Klong River in Ratchaburi Province.
The story located close to Chulalongkorn Bridge, which
across this river at downtown Ratchaburi. This piece
has quoted various theme. The story starts from the
sunrise in the morning over Mae-Klong river. In the
first section, The piece starts from sunrise scene in
the morning. The William Tell theme was being quote
because the theme was often used to describe the
sunrise scene in Warner-Brother cartoons. Then, the
scene moves to the river. Moldau was being quoted
because this piece mentions about river. After the
scene of nature were presented, the piece is mentioned
morning life of people around Mae-Klong, which mostly
are fishermen. The motive from Sri-Ayudhya is being
quoted to shows Thai character. In the rush morning,
traffic in Thailand mostly heavy even on the
Chulalongkorn Bridge. The motive from Rhapsody in Blue,
which scened the rush in subway from the Fantasia-2000
and theme Maha-Chulalongkorn are being quoted.
At the second section, the piece come to focus on a
dorsal fin appears on the water surface. The Jaws’
theme strongly shows that a shark is nearby although
Jaw and Bull Shark are different species. This section
mostly mentions a shark that comes to hunt around
Mae-Klong river.
The last section, occurs in the evening, describes
that the shark is trapped into the seine. The shark
fights its best to survive. However, it could not
escape from the seine and slowly died. The climax from
Danse Macabre is being quoted on the shark death’s
moment. The scene returns to the people nearby, the
evening traffic on the bridge, the river and the
sunset. At the end of the piece, a fisherman found the
death Bull Shark caught in their seine.
(from
http://thainews.prd.go.th/website_th/news/news_detail/T
NSOC5807230010008)
