I. Fantasia

II. Ten Thousand Blooms

III. Plum Blossoms

The musical material of this piece is loosely derived from a popular Nankuan melody, Plum Blossoms. Nankuan, a traditional style of southern Chinese/Taiwanese music, dates back to Han and Tang Dynasty. This melody serves as a basis for all three movements. In the fantasia like first movement, the Nankuan melody is first subtly introduced in a fragmented and motivic way. By the end of movement, a longer continuous melody appears. The second scherzo- like movement takes the faster and active passages from the first movement as a basis for playful and energetic music. The rich and elegant Nankuan melody is most apparent in the lyrical, contrapuntal final movement.

I. 暗香疏影

II. 萬花競放

III. 釀雪爭春

<梅花操的迴響>取材於南管曲──「梅花操」,並運用於所有三個樂章。 第一樂章──「幻想曲」,只有動機點綴、輕輕暗示;第二樂章──則由相同的動 機俏皮、充滿活力的形容「萬花競放」;而情韻深遠的「梅花操」旋律要等到最後 ──第三樂章才會猶如「釀雪爭春」般優雅呈現。