2006

Sonatine from M.Ravel 拉威爾的小奏鳴曲

Sonatine is a piano piece written by Maurice Ravel from 1903–1905. The work was dedicated to Ida and Cipa Godebski; he later dedicated his Ma Mère l'Oye suite to their children. The piece is in three movements:
  • I. Modéré
  • II. Mouvt de Menuet
  • III. Animé
  • 拉威尔的小奏曲共分三个乐章。
莫里斯·拉威尔 Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)
法国印象派音乐家。
出生于邻近西班牙的巴斯克地区小镇西布雷。父亲是工程师,母亲据推测是巴斯克人。
拉威尔出生不久一家人就迁到巴黎,并在蒙玛特尔定居。蒙玛特尔是很多对
20世纪艺术进行革命的画家们的聚居地。
和大部分法国音乐家一样,拉威尔进了巴黎音乐学院,在那里接受了全部音乐教育;又从他的艺术家和作家朋友那里接受了广泛的文艺熏陶。
他的一生表面上是很平凡的。没有能得到罗马奖所引起的风波以及报纸上关于他和德彪西谁是第一个写出具有西班牙风味的音乐的辩论,使他初露头角。
但是他直到
1911年独幕喜剧《西班牙时光》上演之后,才获得作曲家名号。他从来没有担任过教学职务,而且一生的大部分时光都过着独处生活,享受着小圈子里往来的友情。
不过
1927年的一曲《波莱罗》使他的音乐成就一下子得到了全世界的承认。他经常应邀去指挥他的作品,并到美国作了一次访问演出。
但是
1932年的一次车祸使拉威尔的健康尤其是脑部严重受损。1937年,在进行了一次脑外科手术之后不久便告去世。

和德彪西一样,拉威尔的钢琴作品也具有里程碑般的意义。
早期的《水波嬉戏》、《夜神》、《镜子》等作品充分发挥了印象派的特色。
其中《水波嬉戏》是当时印象派作曲家一系列描绘
的作品的第一首。
而《小奏鸣曲》显示出拉威尔始终对古典形式有着兴趣。
类似的还有《悼念公主的帕凡舞曲》、《鹅妈妈组曲》等。
一般认为拉威尔后期的风格回归古典传统,最具代表性的作品无疑是《库普兰墓志铭》。
无论是钢琴版还是管弦乐版都具有浑然天成的十八世纪风味。
不过这决非是倒退,拉威尔独创性的和弦语汇极大的丰富了当时的西方音乐。


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My Grand Piano我的三角鋼琴

After lots of considerations, after suggestions from my professor, i finally decide to have a grand piano (in Germany we call it “Fluegel” because of its wing) at home… As a professional pianist, i am always longing for a nice grand piano with amazing quality. In our Music Univeristy we pianists just practise with grand pianos, that´s very important for the touching feeling of fingers, music emotions and so on, normal pianos can´t satisfy all…In the professor-rooms and the concert halls just have the best brand for grand piano in the world–German Steinway & Son, but in my appartment, there is not enough places for such a huge grand piano, and this brand´s grand pianos are all very very expensive, at the momment i can´t really afford it… I´ve heard if one buys first the grand piano from Boston which is a side brand of Steinway & Son (but the ton quality is very bad…smiley_wink, in future the given money for Boston can be one part of paying a Steinway & Son grand piano… That´s actually a good news for me, then i don´t need to waste any cents for my future one… But the most important for me now is to have a good one for practising, for preparing the concerts & final examination… If i would own the Bosten one, i just can hear the bad ton coming out from the grand piano, that will annoy me much… We have the whole 2nd floor in basement as one of our practising places, around 30 rooms, each one contains a grand piano (Yamaha, Kawai, Sauter, Schimmel etc.) Each student just can stay inside for 2 hours, after that, needs to wait in the queue for next turn again… Today is welcome day of my grand piano– Yamaha Grand Touch 2, the little cute grand piano with wing open, when the workers from piano house Fischer came, i was very excited to see how they transporting my buddy to my bedroom, thank god, it fits inside… I am so glad, it looks awesome in my tiny bedroom… It´s also expensive, but i think in my case it worths totally… I am joyrous that my wish comes true…
经过多次考虑并听了我教授的建议后,我决定在家添置一台三角钢琴。作为一名专业钢琴手,我总是渴望能拥有一架带有美妙音色的三角钢琴。 在我们音乐学院,钢琴学生只会在有三角钢琴的房间练琴,一般等琴房时,若普通琴房有空位,我们会让给其他乐器的同学。三角钢琴对于我们的触键,音响效果,感情熏陶等方面有着很大的影响,而且在教授房间里和所有演奏厅里面放的都是全世界最好的大三角钢琴--Steinway & Sons,能拥有这样完美的三角钢琴,是我的梦想,不过由于它价格昂贵,而且我现在的家容不下如此巨大物体,这个梦想暂时搁置。我曾听说,如果先买Steinway旗下的另外一个牌子(Boston)的三角钢琴,那以后换Steinway的时候,就可以全数拨进去,就是说,买Boston的金额将来可以全部作为买Steinway的一部分资金。这当然是一个很好的投资,但可惜的是,Boston的音色不漂亮,弹起来很不自在,与Steinway简直有天渊之别。 我现在当务之急是要买一架拥有美妙音色和触感一流的三角钢琴,跟在学院的三角钢琴没什么两样,这样我才可以安心在家练琴。在我们音乐学院二楼(是属于地下的楼层),是我们一处较新的练琴地方,大约有30间琴房,每间有一架三角钢琴(雅马哈,Kawai, Sauter, Schimmel),每个学生每次只能练2个小时,之后要在楼上排队等候。…… 今天是欢迎小三角钢琴的日子,Yamaha Grand Touch 2, 比其他大三角钢琴小巧,很可爱,翼可以放两种高度,当我看着搬运工人小心翼翼地抬着它进我们的睡房,真的很兴奋,我的又一个愿望达成啦。它虽然价格不菲,但对于我来说,很值得。 数数手指头,这是我人生中第三架属于自己的钢琴,也是我人生中第一架三角钢琴。第一架钢琴是珠江牌的,呵呵,我三岁的时候父母省吃俭用买给我的;第二架是雅马哈电子钢琴,在我考进斯图加特国立音乐学院之后一年多,马可送给我的(虽然它已不在了,但我还是要感谢他)
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6 years in Germany在德六年

On 5.5.2000 after 12 hours flight from Hongkong to Frankfurt(Cathay Pasific) landed Germany,my journey is started…The summer clothes I wore was totally not enough for such early morning in Frankfurt… I had very strong jet-lag, mostly in dreaming position…
Even though i had timezone problem, i needed to deal with a lot of things this day, such as opening an account in the bank, making a mobile phone contract, packing out my luggages, having meetings in testing which german level i was… Lots of things crashed on me, at that momment i really wanted to go home where my parents are(coz they usually did all the things for me except studying)… But i noticed from then on, i would become an independent person… Today after 6 years, it let me recall lots of beautiful things, nice friends, i would never regret the way i chose, coz i enjoy my life… always!! Time goes fast, with 6 years memories, i must go on…
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Preparation for Prague

Tomorrow i will fly to Prague for 3 days… Before i´ve heard this name just from movies or songs, now it´s the time for me to discover a new capital city in my life… I know it will be an interesting experience!!
明天要飞布拉格啦,心里有点兴奋,也有点紧张,因为是第一次单独和朋友去旅行,而且是韩国朋友,不知道会怎么样。不过我还是很期待的。
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