BARIDEKI for string sextet

Barideki for String Sextet is composed for violins 1 and 2, violas 1 and 2, and cellos 1 and 2. The whole composition consists of three movements in accordance with the development of the story, and each movement is divided into detailed subdivided stories. In other words, all musical progress proceeds exactly with the storytelling.

The first movement is the process before the abandonment of the character, Barideki; the second movement is the story after Barideki has grown; and the third movement includes the content when Barideki becomes a god. All the movements show the development of the detailed story—the first movement is divided into nine parts, the second movement is divided into seven parts, and the third movement is divided into three parts. The content of the story and its atmosphere are represented through all the instruments, and the emotion and action of the characters are described by the techniques of instruments, i.e., the dynamics and tempo, etc., in detail.

Furthermore, this doctoral project discusses and analyzes 'Barideki for String Sextet’ through a precise explanation of the storytelling step by step for each part. And, the significant meaning of the discussion and analysis aims to find the association between the story and the program music through the compositional process to achieve specific instrumental expressive techniques. Also, the object of the musical meaning is focused on the way of expressing the story, therefore, a discussion of the techniques of the instrumental writing and the theoretical composition of music are focused on the expression method. In that sense, the analysis of all parts through the whole composition is very detailed and thoroughly analyzed based on the content of the story.