Drunken Madness（酒狂-托酒佯狂） | Composer:Hanzhong Kang 康瀚中作曲

"Drunken Madness" is composed for piano solo, which is intended to challenge the limits of pianists and show live performance art. The suggested duration is 7 minutes. "Drunken Madness" was originally a Guqin piece composed by Ruan Ji who lived in the mountains and forests in seclusion during the Chinese's Three Kingdoms period The poems are derived from Chinese poet Li Bai's "Four Poems to Drink Alone under the Moon-Part Two" and "Invitation to Wine" This piece requires the pianist to imitate the Tang Dynasty poet Li Bai, wearing a Tang costume, and complete a series of behaviors such as drinking pretending to be drunk, chanting poems, persuading wine, and composing poems. To expresse the rich inner world of ancient Chinese literati. Performance requirements and suggestions In Bar 1-8 Drunk stepped onto the stage,chanting poems (20s completed). With liberal laugh and strat to play In Bar 58-65 Sing or read aloud the poem, the pitch of the notes are totally up to the pianist, or can choose to sing with the top notes of the right hand In bar 119 Drink the rest of the wine abruptly. Pause for a few seconds, sigh slightly， and drunkenly chant:"To buy good wine that we may drown the woe age-old!" Then finish the piece chicly. All tempo marks of this piece are recommended minimum tempo, performers can adjust according to their own ability, and challenge the limits of performance.