America 艾得斯

《美国（预言）》是纽约爱乐乐团'千禧年信息'项目的一部分，由纽约爱乐乐团委约创作，时长十五分钟，令人震撼、不安，作曲家称其为'入侵美国的预言'。 它的两个乐章分别取材于玛雅语和西班牙语；女中音独奏者预言了玛雅文明的大灾难，而合唱团和铜管乐队则以喧闹、粗野的征服者赞美诗闯入"

作曲家: Adès, Thomas
乐器: Mezzo Soprano, Mixed Voices, Orchestra
出版社: Faber Music
原文简介:
An arresting, disquieting fifteen-minute work commissioned by the New York Philharmonic as part of their ‘Messages for the Millennium’ project, America (A Prophecy) was described by its composer as ‘a prophetic vision of invasions of America’. Its two movements draw their texts from both Mayan and Spanish sources; a mezzo soloist foretells the cataclysmic doom of the Mayan civilisation whilst the chorus and brass intrude with clamorous, brash Conquistador hymns. ‘This composer’s most distinctive achievement to date’ The Spectator (Robin Holloway), October 2000