At First Light 彼得版

《第一道曙光》是受美國費城居民埃裡克-布魯斯金委託創作的，以紀念他的母親。埃裡克對我的作品有著長期的熱情，我很感動能成為他的委託人，這既是一種榮幸，也是一種艱巨的責任。從某種意義上說，在這種情況下，任何音樂都無法超越愛的重量或安慰的希望--但在我的記憶中，我的雙親都去世了，我能夠利用這一點。埃裡克對我的大提琴奏鳴曲（本身就是為紀念而作）情有獨鍾，因此他要求我在新作品中加入大提琴獨奏部分--但他對我的複調神聖合唱作品也情有獨鍾，這意味著他希望作品的中心部分既能展示我的創作方法，又能歌頌美好的人生。因此，《曙光乍現》的七個樂章被編排成一系列緩慢的冥想，圍繞著一首長達 9 分鐘、充滿活力的主題曲，在這首主題曲中，哀傷的大提琴暫時陷入沉寂

作曲家: Pott, Francis
樂器: Voice, Cello
出版社: Edition Peters
原文簡介:
At First Light was commissioned by Eric Bruskin, a resident of Philadelphia, USA, in memory of his mother. Eric had a longstanding enthusiasm for my work, and I was touched to be the person he approached for a task which is both a privilege and a daunting responsibility. In a sense, no music can ever measure up to the weight of love or the hope of consolation vested in it under such circumstances – but in memory I carry the deaths of both my own parents, and I was able to draw upon that. Eric’s fondness for my Cello Sonata (itself written in memoriam) led him to ask that I include a solo ‘cello part in the new work – but his attachment also to my polyphonic sacred choral writing meant that he wanted a centrepiece which would be both a showcase of that approach and the celebration of a life well lived. Therefore, the seven movements of At First Light arrange themselves as a series of slow meditations surrounding an exuberant 9-minute motet in which the lamenting cello falls temporarily silent.