The Wasps 沃恩威廉斯 大黃蜂

拉爾夫-沃恩-威廉斯於 1908 年底接到為《阿裡斯托芬的黃蜂》創作附帶音樂的邀請。當時他剛從莫里斯-拉威爾（Maurice Ravel）那裡學成歸來，他似乎把這部作品當作一種輕鬆的解壓方式，創作起來相對輕鬆和迅速。首演於 1909 年 11 月 26 日在劍橋新劇院舉行。1912 年，沃恩-威廉斯創作了五樂章管弦樂組曲，其中序曲最為著名

作曲家: Vaughan Williams, Ralph
樂器: Narrator, Baritone Voice, Male Voices, Orchestra
出版社: Faber Music
原文簡介:
Ralph Vaughan Williams was approached to write the incidental music for The Wasps Of Aristophanes in late 1908. He had just returned from a period of concentrated study with Maurice Ravel and he seems to have approached the work as light relief and composed it with relative ease and speed. The first performance was given in the New Theatre, Cambridge on 26th November, 1909. In 1912, Vaughan Williams extracted a a five-movement orchestral suite, of which the overture is the most famous. This revised performing edition is arranged for Male Voices and Orchestra and includes the Narrator's part. The English translation is by David Pountney and the score is based on the composer's autograph manuscripts of full score and vocal score held in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Also available from Ralph Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music (Mixed Voices/Orchestra) £7.75 Mass In G Minor (Mixed Voices) £4.99 Three Choral Hymns (Mixed Voices & & Accompaniment) £4.50