Stone and Steel

为庆祝伊利诺伊州乔利特镇高中管弦乐团成立 110 周年，理查德-迈耶创作了《石与钢》这首现代音乐会序曲，为听众和演奏者呈现了无数的风格和情绪。乐曲以沉重、沉思的主题 Molto pesante 开始，描绘了 19 世纪初为朱丽叶赢得 "石头之城 "美誉的石灰石采石场。很快，情绪发生了变化，我们可以看到满载石料的巨型驳船通过城市的大型升降桥，进入著名的伊利诺伊州和密执安州运河，运往地区客户手中。随着 1869 年钢铁厂的建成，乔利埃特成为了著名的钢铁之城。现在，石材和钢材可通过运河和铁路运输，而这一令人兴奋的新时代则通过明快大调的现代、快速移动的主题表现出来。随后，石材和钢铁这两个主题得到了进一步发展，最后，钢铁主题以雄伟、欢庆的结尾将乐曲推向高潮。(6:00)

作曲家: Richard Meyer
乐器: String Orchestra
出版社: Alfred Music
难度: 3; -3
原文简介:
Written to celebrate the 110th Anniversary of the Joliet Township High School Orchestras of Illinois, "Stone and Steel" is a modern concert overture by Richard Meyer that treats the listener and performer to a myriad of styles and moods. The piece begins with a heavy, ponderous theme marked "Molto pesante," which depicts the limestone quarries that first earned Joliet the nickname "City of Stone" in the early 1800s. The mood soon changes and we can visualize huge barges laden down with stone, making their way through the city's large lift bridges and into the famous Illinois and Michigan Canal on their way to regional customers. With the construction of a steel mill in 1869, Joliet became known as the "City of Steel." Stone and steel were now shipped by both canal and railroad, and this exciting new age is represented by a modern, fast-moving theme in a bright major key. The two themes, "stone" and "steel," are then further developed, and the piece culminates in a majestic, celebratory final statement of the "steel" theme. (6:00)