JUPITER HALLUCINATION，for Orchestra（2020）

I composed Jupiter Hallucination in the summer of 2021 in the midst of the Covid-19 epidemic. The work directly reflects the mood of society at the time，when the future seemed opaque and chaotic.
At the time I was working on the piece I was also engaged in analysing Mozart’s Symphony No. 41，‘Jupiter’，and studying orchestration with the idea of incorporating the fruits of my study into it. The majestic theme of the first movement occasionally appears to doze off in the course of the work，and the so-called ‘Jupiter motif’ consisting of the notes C-D-F-E which has appeared in works by many earlier composers is subjected to variation. The dramaturgy of the piece wavers like a daydream rather than moving towards a clear climax. Mozart’s symphony is ‘distanced’ in a modern manner accompanied by varied tone colours.
The work ends on an unambiguous plagal cadence，intended to symbolise a prayer for peace in our time. We awake from the dream with all that remains being a resonance in C major. I composed this piece while reflecting all the time on how Mozart might have reacted if he had been able to hear it.