The Manchester Carols 耶诞颂歌

曼彻斯特颂歌》是作曲家萨沙-约翰逊-曼宁与桂冠诗人卡罗尔-安-达菲的一次灵感合作。这套曲子由 12 首颂歌组成，配以轻柔、有趣的旁白，对圣诞故事进行了重塑和现代化处理。创作者希望创作出与现代社会相关并反映现代社会的作品，并承认即使有人不信奉耶稣诞生故事背后的宗教，他们仍然可以欣赏这个鼓舞人心的神奇故事。这些颂歌适合所有人，无论是否信教"

作曲家: Duffy
乐器: Piano, Mixed Voices
出版社: Faber Music
原文简介:
The Manchester Carols is an inspired collaboration between composer Sasha Johnson Manning and Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy. A collection of 12 carols, linked with a gentle, entertaining narration, which reshape and modernise the Christmas story. Its creators wanted to write something that is relevant to and reflects modern society, and which acknowledges the fact that even though someone might not subscribe to the religion behind the Nativity story, they can still appreciate it as an inspiring, magical tale. The carols are for everyone, believers or not. Duffy uses the Christmas story as a metaphor for human experience, giving us up-close and personal insights into the central characters of the nativity – Mary, Joseph, a newborn baby, and a ‘golden youth’ (aka the Angel Gabriel). As Duffy herself says: 'I think the story is wonderful. There’s a lot we can take from it on a human level even if we don’t take the divine element.' There are hints, too, of the darker, grittier side of the Nativity story – refugees, poverty, giving birth on the road; and, looking further forward, there are hints of Jesus’ fate on the cross. These carols were written in Manchester in 2007 and first performed by children from several Manchester schools at The Royal Northern College of Music (and again in 2008). All of us who worked on them – librettist, composer, artist, conductor, teachers, musicians and singers – live and work in that great city. And so these are, and will forever be, The Manchester Carols".