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"The Diary"
Guest guitarist: Cameron Sloan
2015-11-19 Victorian College of Arts 234 St Kilda Rd, Southbank VIC 3006, Melbourne, Australia 
Prologue "We open the door, and the light comes in. It is dim, but it leads us to a new world. Welcome." Phillip Houghton (1954- ) OPHELIA... a haunted sonata I. FEAR... AND THE ANGEL II. SUFFERING AND MADNESS.... AM I BUT A DREAM OF A SHADOW III. CHANT...of the flower-moon IV. WATER...memories-halls of ghosts-wash away V. DEATH...with moons in your hair "I feel like" I feel like sometimes I'm getting closer to the "truth", but it may also be referred to people as, insanity. Ástor Piazzolla (1921–1992) Milonga del Ángel (arr. Baltazar Benítez) One year ago, I was talking to my friend Chao: "you know, I feel like I'm letting the “real” self in me go out at the moment, but I'm not sure what I will be like after more and more "self" being released..." Joaquin Malats (1872–1912) Serenata Española Sometimes I feel like we may just get a limit number of friends in one lifetime. So, treasure our friendship. Conversation with friend YouYue (幽月): • YJ: “Would you like to write a piece for my graduation recital? Free style～ Just want to get my talented friends involved. :D” • YY: "So, your recital is a bit more than a year away?" • YJ: "Yes! :)" • YY: "OK. I'll finish the piece asap, roughly in two weeks." • YJ: !o! "What reward would you like? Anything!" • YY: "Of course nothing!" John Dowland (1563–1626) The Frog Galliard, P. 23 (Trans. Selina Copley) "As a child" "If it was not because I hold a position in college, I wouldn't be able to do all of this." I was always thinking, "Why don't people care about what I'm doing". I think now I know why, because they are not the right group of people. We compress somewhere a bit, then there will be more space on the other side, to let us still be a "child", to do what we like. John Dowland (1563–1626) The Earl of Essex Galliard, P. 42 (Trans. Joseph Suryanata)
"Lose and win" My cousin sister said, "You know, now I have to spend all my time looking after the family and kid, not like you. You're so free and unrestrained. I'm so jealous!" Well sister, we all lose while we win. 人们看得到的大多是光鲜，而我也并不倾向于在社交网站上发表落寞，因为那不是我想留下的。 Agustín Barrios (1885–1944) Canción de la Hilandera "Utopian" People are just saying what they really think; The eyes are always clean. People think it is too complicated to wear the masks; They are pure “粉饰的伪装” 有人笑盈盈，只因为他们想要你的东西。 你对他们好真心，他们把你扔掉得好轻易。 你说你希望他们接近你只是因为你是你。 没有关系，这只是找到好朋友曲折的定理。 Agustín Barrios (1885–1944) Vals Op. 8 No. 4 "We are us" We love music so much, so deep, as an attitude, as belief. We are shimmering, softly, delicately, but it never stops. We are not afraid of burning our life into glorious flame. We are vulnerable, sensitive and fragile, but we are not alone - because we are "us". Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895–1968) Fuga Elegiaca (with Cameron Sloan) Epilogue "Thanks for growing up together with me!" “感谢有你们伴我成长！” Encore: Sunset (夕阳) @ J. Hermit - Yunjia Liu 2020
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