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分享一首上周去 BSO 听到的曲目(lol转眼一周就过去了):George Enescu 的 Romanian Rhapsody in A, Opus II, No.1. 之前我完全没有听说过这位作曲家,但是 BSO 的 program notes 里介绍他超厉害:小提琴,钢琴,指挥,作曲,教学样样精通。里面还提到有一晚的演奏会上,小提琴中提琴大提琴他全都拉了个遍🤯

说回这首曲子,最先开创Rhapsody先河的就是大家都耳熟能详的李斯特的 Hungarian Rhapsodies了~ rhapsody 这个词来自于希腊语的 rhaposode,由rhaptein (意为缝补)和 odein (意为歌唱)组成,所以可以理解为把几首歌缝合在一起。从 Hungarian Rhaposodies 开始,这个形制就主要是展示各种民间音乐和传统音乐~在这首 Romanian Rhapsodies 里 Enescu 使用了很多罗马尼亚的民间音乐旋律,但又含有德式浪漫主义元素和法式印象派元素。总体来说是一个听起来非常欢快,但又很丰富的作品~

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfTiDvd2g1I

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BSO program notes: https://www.bso.org/works/romanian-rhapsody-no-1
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当被问到“what is jazz”,伟大的爵士歌手 Ella Fitzgerald做了如下精彩的即兴回答:https://youtu.be/8M4GBYFIw1c
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第三十六期: What is a Mode?

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这一期伯恩斯坦介绍了音乐中 mode 的概念。这期的缘起是他的女儿问他一首披头士的歌的和弦,他跟她说这首歌是中古调式的然后她女儿很感兴趣~虽然这个词看起来很高级,但伯恩斯坦用两句话就解释完了😂: Modes are simple scales. A scale is simply a way of dividing up the distance between any note and the same note repeated an octave higher. 接下来的时间就是介绍了各种 modes,也就是各种 -ian们 🤣 而且用了很多例子展示他们的运用,干货满满~

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The word Dorian obviously comes from the Greek, and in fact, as well as the other modes we're about to discover, does come originally from the music of ancient Greece. We don't know too much about that old Greek music: What we do know is that the Greek modes eventually made their way to Rome and were taken up by the Roman Catholic church during the Middle Ages in a somewhat different form. But the church kept the old Greek names for the modes: Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, Locrian, and Ionian.

From about the time of Bach until the beginning of our own century—roughly two hundred years—our Western music has been based almost exclusively on only two modes—the major and the minor.

And in the music of our own century, when composers have gotten tired of being stuck with major and minor all the time, there has been a big revival of those old pre-Bach modes. That's why Debussy used them so much, and other modern composers like Hindemith and Stravinsky, and almost all the young song writers of today's exciting pop music scene.

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1. Debussy - Festivals (Fetes)
2. Along comes Mary
3. Sibelius - Symphony No.6
4. Secret Agent Man
5. Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherezade
6. Brahms - Symphony No.4
7. Prokofiev - Lieutenant Kije
8. Beethoven - String Quartet No. 15, Op. 132, Third Movement “Heiliger Dankesang”
9. Sibelius - Symphony No.4
10. Chopin - Mazurka No.15 in C (Op.24, No.2)
11. Mussorgsky - Boris Godunov “Polonaise”
12. Tommy James & the Shondells - Hanky Panky
13. Kinks - You Really Got Me
14. Beatles - Norwegian Wood
15. Debussy - The Sunken Cathedral
16. Bernstein - Fancy Free
17. Beethoven - Symphony No. 5

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https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1BA41147pm
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第三十七期:Charles Ives: American Pioneer
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这期介绍的是美国作曲家 Charles Ives~ 这哥们主业是保险推销员,在工作之余创作了一大堆非常先锋的作品(远早于勋伯格或者斯特拉文斯基进行的那些实验),或者按照伯恩斯坦的说法:有趣的作品。在他的作品中有不同的节奏同时演奏,有非常dissonance的音符,还有对各种熟悉旋律的”搞怪“演绎。当然有趣只是他音乐的一方面,伯恩斯坦还提到他对熟悉曲调的演绎蕴涵了一种他对过去小镇生活时光的回忆,那些熟悉的曲调随着时间的流逝好像变得模糊不清。除了热爱他的家乡,歌曲 Lincoln, The Great Commoner 展现了 Ives 爱国主义的一面。最后,伯恩斯坦指挥了 Ives 最著名的作品 The Unanswered Question,这周曲子直接直指人类的终极哲学问题 why do we exist:这首作品的构思很有意思,小号问了七次问题,木管们试图回答,回答越来越快越来越 gibberish,而与此同时弦乐们轻柔的演奏着他们自己的旋律,很像现在的 ambience music。在小号最后一次问出问题之后,木管们没有回答,空留“宇宙之声”回响 🌌

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Just imagine: in those early 1900's what was called "crazy modern music" consisted of Debussy, Ravel, and Richard Strauss — all composers we think of today as pretty stodgy old-timers. And yet, in those very same years, this Connecticut Yankee named Ives was already madly pursuing his own off beat ideas, writing music that no one could decipher, no one could play, and no one cared to hear.

But really to understand Ives, or any adventurer for that matter, we must remember that the spirit of adventure is just another way of saying the spirit of play, the sporting instinct — doing things simply for the fun of doing them.

Now I've always thought that word fun was unjustly belittled; it's a wonderful word; and I believe it applies just as much to music as to roller-coaster rides or swimming or movies.

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1. Charles Ives - The Gong on the Hook and Ladder or, Firemen's Parade on Main Street
2. Charles Ives - Washington's Birthday
3. Charles Ives - Circus Band March
4. Charles Ives - Lincoln, The Great Commoner
5. Charles Ives - The Unanswered Question

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https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1eo4y1f7vr
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大家好~又是很久没有consistent的更新了……最近又是发生了很多事情:上个月我在tech裁员大潮中不幸被选中,所以进入了令人有些焦虑的找工作模式😂另外最近看到的各种新闻也让人觉得很揪心🥺回想想2022年各种事情都在不停的涌现……

Anyway, holiday season 即将临近(当然这是欧美-biased的holiday season),在各处看到了很多 Christmas Advent Calendar~我们两位频道主商量后决定一起做一个古典音乐主题的 Advent Calendar, 让我们在2022年的末尾一起听听音乐,一起抱团取暖,抚慰抚慰自己疲惫的心灵~

今天分享一首经典的,每次听都觉得很温暖的曲目:舒伯特的 Ave Maria~分享的版本是 Issac Stern的小提琴和交响乐团版。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QcqpWM84es

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今天我替另一位频道主代发🤣,他说“愿大家在寒冬中保暖,别冻着”🧣曲目是经典的维瓦尔第的《冬》,选的版本是用维瓦尔第当时的乐器演奏的~虽然这曲子不知道听了和被听了多少遍,但是每次还是被第一部分的凛冽震撼!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPdk5GaIDjo
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今天我们打开英国作曲家 Benjamin Britten 创作的圣诞颂歌~这一套作品一共是十二首,歌词来自一本诗集,大多都是中古英语。据说这部作品是他当年在从美国回英国的船上写的~今天分享其中的一首叫做 "Wolcum Yole!" (即 Welcome Yule)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-_1r9eb8IY
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今天是莫扎特的忌日,我们分享一首莫扎特他爸莫扎特的作品(?哪里不对)sleigh ride~非常欢快的一首曲子!除了常见的 jingle bells以外里面还有鞭子抽打的声音和呼啸的风声~
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfBgYuanCfs

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既然现在是十二月,那就让我们一起听一部Schostakovich的第十二交响曲吧,(乙:哦,你们这搞得也太糊弄了,合着粘上十二就算啊?)这部作品叫1917,熟悉近代史的朋友对这个年份大概不陌生,这是“十月革命“的年份。老肖跟苏联政治的关系很是微妙:他时而歌颂,时而讽刺,时而阳奉阴违,时而图穷匕见。他一生蔑视强权,“等待着被枪决“。他在评价“肖七“,自己那部所谓“伟大的反法西斯杰作”的时候就说:“这部作品是战前设计的,里面的“侵略主题“与希特勒无关。我想到的是人类的另一些敌人“。矛头直指斯大林的暴政。这部“肖十二“格调宏大,气象广袤。旋律冷峻跌宕,颇似西伯利亚寒冬的烈风,震人心魄。第四乐章结尾处,骨干音多次反复,像极了“振聋发聩的呐喊“,它伴随着定音鼓坚定的支撑,走向远方。它是象征着某种决定的信念?是义无反顾的勇气?还是历史前进的步伐?我们不多揣测,留给朋友们去欣赏。有意思的是,如果您细细去听,这多次的“脚步“声,有一声是被抹去的,您说,老肖他是故意的吗?这样的呐喊让您想到了什么吗?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-_y6m_PsXQ&t=334s&ab_channel=FrancoCastro

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差点忘了更新今天的“日历”了lol~今天分享一首古典和爵士的梦幻联动 Duke Ellington 的 Sugar Rum Cherry~ Tchaikovsky的Nutcracker可谓是holiday season最常出现的作品之一了,而这一首 Sugar Rum Cherry 就改编自 Nutcracker 中的 Sugar-Plum Fairy~ 之前优雅的 Fairy 在丝绸一般的萨克斯风的演绎下仿佛刚喝了朗姆酒,变得慵懒起来~曲中的鼓我个人也很喜欢~

其实 Duke Ellington 把整个 Nutcracker 都进行了改编写成了一个 Nutcracker Suite,感兴趣的朋友也可以去听听看~~

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONknTGUckKc

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在昨天慵懒的朗姆酒之后,我们今天来一点Bach的咖啡醒醒神。分享一首Bach well-tempered clavier book1 的第十二首,f minor。 这首f minor 和book 1 的第24首b minor 在整部WTC中有点点特殊。不知道是不是有意为之,在它们的fugue部分,Bach 不仅将调性搞得非常游移,而且几乎在theme 部分用全了十二个半音,颇有超时代性,可被戏称为“巴洛克时期的十二音作品”。(我们为了凑跟12相关的主题我们容易吗我们!!)这首f minor前奏曲温婉哀吟,fugue部分深沉内敛。半音下行营造了特殊的悲剧意味,神秘而内省。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqqPc0OnONk&ab_channel=SviatoslavRichter-Topic
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今天分享一首 Fanny Mendelssohn 的作品,来自她的一部由13首钢琴小品组成的套曲 Das Jahr (The Year),每个月对应一首钢琴曲,附加一首postlude。正值十二月,我们就来听听 December的这首吧~这首的开头感觉在描绘一场暴风雪(btw开头还跟Chopin的 torrent etude有点像lol),然后暴风雪渐渐平息,幻化成了一首著名的圣诞颂歌"From Heaven Above to Earth I Come"

这部作品是她1841年给她丈夫Wilhelm Hensel的圣诞礼物,写成后她把誊抄好,然后交给了他的丈夫(一位画家),在谱子上为每首作品画一张插画~在一封给朋友的信中,她提到了她的这个小小project,感觉真的是特别美好:

“I’m engaged on another small work that’s giving me much fun, namely a series of 12 piano pieces meant to depict the months; I’ve already progressed more than half way. When I finish, I’ll make clean copies of the pieces, and they will be provided with vignettes. And so we try to ornament and prettify our lives–that is the advantage of artists, that they can strew such beautifications about, for those nearby to take an interest in.

祝愿各位在自己的生活中也有机会发现创造这样的美好❤️

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTn74p0_UwE

Ref: https://www.ascensionepiscopalparish.org/the-cecilia-page/2020/9/5/fanny-hensels-year-of-travel-and-praise

#adventCalendar #womenComposer #piano
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在这段紧张的日子里,我们听一段幽默曲休息一下吧。我们选了一个Jazz的幽默版本,Art Tatum的即兴技术高超,让人叹为观止。请朋友们欣赏 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL-CVV616nI&ab_channel=bluesinorbit

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今天本人收到一条不是很开心的消息,我们一起来听一首抚慰人心的合唱吧~这首 Cantique de Jean Racine 是 Faure 19岁时参加比赛的作品~歌词是 Jean Racine 对拉丁原文的法语翻译~看不懂法语的我就分享一下英文翻译吧~

Word of the Highest, our only hope,
Eternal day of earth and the heavens,
We break the silence of the peaceful night;
Saviour Divine, cast your eyes upon us!

Pour on us the fire of your powerful grace,
That all hell may flee at the sound of your voice;
Banish the slumber of a weary soul,
That brings forgetfulness of your laws!

O Christ, look with favour upon your faithful people
Now gathered here to praise you;
Receive their hymns offered to your immortal glory;
May they go forth filled with your gifts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJfKLviVCEI

#adventCalendar #choral #frenchComposers
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