Going international At first, Hsiao's concerto for violin could only be performed in a somewhat abridged format-violin with piano accompaniment. Nevertheless, when the plaintive violin slowly began to play the Taiwanese folk song "Plowing Song," the theme in the piece's section of thematic variations, audiences were invariably moved to tears.
躋身國際一九八八年，蕭泰然完成小提琴協奏曲後，最初只能做小提琴與鋼琴的簡易版演出，然而當如怨如泣的小提琴，緩緩奏出以台灣民謠「牛犁歌」為主題的變奏時，總引得聽眾潸然淚下。