Lyric Interlude- A Study In Pastoral Style Op.110 間奏 田園曲

"英國圓號（或長笛、單簧管或中音）、小提琴& 大提琴 很少有一部音樂作品能像尼古拉斯-巴克裡斯的《抒情間奏曲》那樣，通過副標題就能更好地描述其特點： 田園風格研究》。2008 年，當作曲家接到底特律室內樂協會贊助人塞西莉亞-本納（Cecilia Benner）委託他創作一首英國管作品時，他立即想到了柏遼茲在《幻想交響曲》中將英國管與雙簧管的二重奏放在了《香榭麗舍》的開頭，使夜色中的鄉村景色突然出現，兩個牧羊人用他們的管子進行著對話。為英國圓號、小提琴和大提琴創作的抒情間奏曲（作品 110a）於 2009 年 3 月在底特律的斯卡ab 俱樂部音樂會上首次演奏，但它宣揚的是另一種傳統：拉爾夫-沃恩-威廉斯（1872-1958 年）的音樂所展現的英國田園風格。這首樂曲以罕見的敏感度向他表示敬意：在精緻的對位法襯托下，開頭起伏的哀歌節奏柔美，讓人聯想到揮舞的麥穗，正如沃恩-威廉姆斯（Vaughan Williams）在其第三交響曲開頭的起伏一樣。抒情的流露被 6/8 拍的迴旋曲短暫打斷後，再次傾瀉而出，使作品朝著緩慢、狂喜的氛圍發展，接近英國作曲家《威爾士讚美詩曲調三首前奏曲》中的最後一首。這首抒情間奏曲摒棄了鄉村風格、明信片式的陳詞濫調和奴性模仿，打開了通往純美境界的大門。作曲家還為英國管（或長笛、單簧管或中提琴）和鋼琴創作了這部作品的另一個版本，即作品 110b（AL 30 750）"

作曲家: Nicolas Bacri
出版社: Alphonse Leduc
原文簡介:
“English Horn (or flute or clarinet or alto), Violin & Cello Rarely has a musical work been better characterized by its subtitle than Nicolas Bacris Lyric Interlude: A Study in Pastoral Style. When, in 2008, the composer received the commission for a piece with English horn from Cecilia Benner, patron of the Chamber Music Society of Detroit, he immediately thought of the duo between this instrument and the oboe that Berlioz, in the Symphonie fantastique, placed at the beginning of the Scène aux champs, making suddenly appear a nocturnal country landscape where two shepherds carry on a dialogue on their pipes. First performed in March 2009 at one of the Scarab Club Concerts in Detroit, the Lyric Interlude for English horn, violin and cello (Op.110a) nonetheless proclaims another tradition: that of British pastoralism, illustrated by the music of Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958), the 50th anniversary of his death having just been celebrated. This score pays him homage of rare sensitivity: set off by refined counterpoint, the undulating lament of the beginning, rhythmically supple, evokes the waving wheat, as does Vaughan Williams in the opening undulation of his Symphony No.3. The lyrical effusion, briefly interrupted by a scherzo in 6/8, again pours out, making the work evolve towards a slow, ecstatic atmosphere, close to the last of the English composers Three Preludes on Welsh Hymn Tunes. Far from bucolic, postcard clichés and servile imitation, this Lyric Interlude opens the doors to a realm where pure beauty reigns. The composer also wrote another version of this work for English horn (or flute, clarinet, or viola) and piano, Op.110b (AL 30 750)”