鄭立彬 製作人

　　每年農曆三月是媽祖生日，全臺迎媽祖，瘋遶境，已是國際三大宗教文化盛事。音樂會搭配「遶境」主題，音樂會特別選了作曲家朱雲嵩的《遶境隨想》，描寫了遶境時的意象：薰香、官將首、神轎、回鑾。作曲家顧冠仁的《媽祖香讚》，是四部混聲合唱團與國樂團的清唱劇，以音樂詮釋媽祖的生平事蹟及其慈悲為懷、聞聲救苦的願力。同時還邀請青年作曲家王乙聿，為這場音樂會創作交響曲《演化》這首作品。 為了保存難得且深具意義的節目內容，將收錄音樂會影音實況。

　　This concert vividly depicts the holy pilgrimage,a tradition of Taiwanese folk religion. The Idle Thoughts of Pilgrimage by Zhu Yun-Song presents the images during holy pilgrimage, including incense smoke, march of divine guards, divine palanquin, and the tour back. The Mazu incense praise by Gu Guanren is a cantata for a four sections choir and a Chinese orchestra, to portray the life stories of Matsu and her compassion. TCO also commissioned Wang I-Yu to compose the new work Symphony Evolution particularly for this concert.