00:00 I - Evocation of Korean ceremonial music beginning with percussion. Orchestra enters with tight clusters in dynamic swells, evocative of the dense harmony and timbres of tradition Korean instruments
03:47 II - Highly ornamented melody is passed between instruments hocket style, invoking the "Yeonum" technique. Bartok pizzicato in the low strings mimic the plucking of the Gayageum (zither)
06:57 III - Thick sound layers form around a central pitch of B
09:56 IV - Elements of the previous sections are combined along with new timbral techniques, pushed by rapid harp clusters
"Réak" refers to the Confucian principle of "proper music" and joins characteristics of traditional Korean ceremonial music with modern Western musical compositional techniques. References to Korean music include the use of tight cluster-based harmony and dynamic swells characteristic of the Saenghwang (Korean mouth organ); "Yeonum" (hocket), in which the melody is split among instruments; and the use of highly ornamented melodic lines.
Citation: Analysis of Isang Yun's "Reak für Orchester" by Kim Sue-Hye
Composer: Isang Yun (윤이상 Yun Isang) (September 17, 1917 - November 3, 1995)
Orchestra: Berlin Deutsches Symphony Orchestra conducted by Stefan Asbury
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