No. 42 (In the Alps - an animated concert) 音樂會 總譜 朔特版

第 42 號（阿爾卑斯山）"也許最適合描述為一部情節劇。它結合了許多令我著迷的主題：文本敘事與音樂敘事的關係、歌劇史、早期電影、十九世紀的戲劇實踐，以及阿爾卑斯山地區的民間和流行音樂。年輕的 Bobli 住在無法攀登的山峰下的村莊裡。他天生是個啞巴，靠吹小號與世界交流。Bobli 聽到女高音的歌聲飄到山谷裡。女高音聽到 Bobli 的小號曲調被風吹向她。就像任何一部值得尊敬的情節劇一樣，文本和音樂相結合，描繪或暗示了一場廣泛的戲劇冒險，在這部作品中，從創世（或大爆炸）開始，有孤獨的生存、鄉村生活場景、一些木工活、許多山羊、單相思，最後以註定失敗的追求結束。 在現場表演中，[隨演出材料提供的]文本將以無聲電影字幕的形式投射在音樂家身後的螢幕上

作曲家: Ayres, Richard
樂器: soprano and ensemble
出版社: Schott Music
原文簡介:
No.42 (In the Alps) could perhaps best be described as a melodrama. It combines many of the subjects that fascinate me: the relationship of text narrative and musical narrative, the history of opera, early cinema, the theatrical practices of the nineteenth century, along with the folk and popular music of the Alpine region.A girl (the soprano), stranded on top of an un-climbable mountain peak as a young baby, is taught to sing by the mountain animals. Young Bobli lives in the village far below the un-climbable peak. He was born mute and communicates with the world by playing the trumpet. Bobli hears the soprano's song drifting down into the valley. The soprano listens to Bobli's trumpet tunes blown up to her by the wind. They are both enchanted.The three acts are separated by interludes describing how three animals experience time passing in relation to a musical tempo.Like any self respecting melodrama the text and music combine to depict or imply a wide ranging theatrical adventure, in this piece starting at the Creation (or the big bang), a lonely existence, scenes of rustic village life, some carpentry, many mountain goats, unrequited love, and ending in a quest destined to fail. In a live performance the text [provided with the performance material] is to be projected on a screen behind the musicians in the style of silent movie intertitles.Richard Ayres