Lake Above Lake

Commissioned by Del Sol String Quartet
Project: Joy Project
Premiere: online, December 12, 2020
Performed by Sam Weiser & Benjamin Kreith: violins, Charlton Lee: viola, Kathryn Bates: cello

兌 Hexagram 58
Dui - Joyful
“The ideograph uses the image of a person singing and dancing to express the mood of joy. It consists of three parts. In the middle is an open mouth singing. The lower part is made up of two legs, which seem to be expressing joy. The structure of the gua is Lake above, Lake below. Lake’s attribute is joy. When Lake is doubled, the joyfulness is also doubled.” From the I-Ching, translated by Alfred Huang