At First Light 彼得版

《第一道曙光》是受美国费城居民埃里克-布鲁斯金委托创作的，以纪念他的母亲。埃里克对我的作品有着长期的热情，我很感动能成为他的委托人，这既是一种荣幸，也是一种艰巨的责任。从某种意义上说，在这种情况下，任何音乐都无法超越爱的重量或安慰的希望--但在我的记忆中，我的双亲都去世了，我能够利用这一点。埃里克对我的大提琴奏鸣曲（本身就是为纪念而作）情有独钟，因此他要求我在新作品中加入大提琴独奏部分--但他对我的复调神圣合唱作品也情有独钟，这意味着他希望作品的中心部分既能展示我的创作方法，又能歌颂美好的人生。因此，《曙光乍现》的七个乐章被编排成一系列缓慢的冥想，围绕着一首长达 9 分钟、充满活力的主题曲，在这首主题曲中，哀伤的大提琴暂时陷入沉寂

作曲家: Pott, Francis
乐器: Voice, Cello
出版社: Edition Peters
原文简介:
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.