Four Hayrens for viola and piano 中提琴鋼琴 中提琴加鋼琴

本次出版的曲目是根據曼蘇裡安早先創作的同名聲樂作品《為女中音和鋼琴而作的四首海倫》（Four Hayrens）（1967 年）改編而成。40 年後的 2007 年（2010 年再次修訂），在著名小提琴家金-卡什卡什安（Kim Kashkashian）的建議下，該曲目被改編為中提琴和鋼琴曲。聲樂版於 60 年代末在亞美尼亞葉里溫首演，此後在世界許多國家上演。這首曲子取材于納哈佩特-庫恰克（Nahapet Quchak）的四句詩，即所謂的 "海倫斯"（Hayrens），納哈佩特-庫恰克是 16 世紀亞美尼亞最著名的大詩人和民歌手。根據古老的東方傳統，他的詩句讚美婦女和女孩的愛情和美貌，哀悼戀人的悲痛，並歌頌亞美尼亞的崇高風光。它有自己獨特的韻律，蘊含著對生活的某種感悟。海倫詩通過民間傳說和著名作家的詩歌口口相傳。為了向器樂演奏者傳達這四首海倫的情感內涵，本版本對其文本進行了自由改編

作曲家: Mansurian, Tigran
樂器: viola and piano
出版社: M.P. Belaieff Musikverlag

曲目:
I Davit Margare (Prophet David) – II Im hogvuyn hogi (O soul of my soul, my love) – III Yes ayn havqerun ei (That sort of fowl was I) – IV Yerb yes hashkhars eka (When I came into the world)

原文簡介:
The present publication is based on an earlier vocal composition by Mansurian with the same title Four Hayrens for mezzo-soprano and piano (1967). Forty years later, in 2007 (and again revised in 2010), the cycle was adapted for viola and piano at the suggestion of the famous violist Kim Kashkashian. The vocal version had its premiere in Yerevan, Armenia, in the late 60s, and thereafter it was performed in many countries around the world. Ever since it was mostly Kim Kashkashian who has been playing the viola version.The composition is based on four verses, so-called Hayrens, by Nahapet Quchak, the eldest and best-known Armenian poet and folk singer who lived in the 16th century. According to ancient oriental tradition his verses praise the love and beauty of women and girls, bemoan the lover’s grief, and extol the sublimity of the Armenian landscape.The word “Hayren” actually means “Armenian” or “in Armenian style”, but also defines a genre or form of medieval poetry still very much loved in Armenia today. It has its special prosody and connotes the expression of a certain sense of life. Hayrens were passed down by word of mouth in folklore as well as in the poetry of known authors. In order to convey the emotional content of these four Hayrens to the instrumentalists their texts are printed in a free adaptation in the edition.