Three Revelations from Lotus Sutra 总谱
法华经三启示》试图用音乐来表现人类在追求终极完美的过程中灵魂的三种不同状态。法华经》教导人们尊重他人、完善自我、维护世界和平--总之，它是一种人文主义，引导人类从分裂走向团结，从不和睦走向和谐，从冲突走向和平。I. 第一乐章 "觉醒"（唤醒宇宙之光）描绘了人类心灵从狭隘的日常生活视野扩展到对整个宇宙的思考和融合时所获得的广阔而丰富的体验。II.沉思》（《沉思灵魂深处》）表现了心灵从外在宇宙转向内在宇宙的过程--试图探索人类意识在寻求身份认同过程中的无限可能性，回答以 "为什么 "开头的永恒问题。III.欢欣鼓舞》（To Rejoice in the Beauty of Peace）描绘了这样一种认识，即在地球上，和平不仅仅是没有战争、破坏、痛苦和磨难，它本身就是一种美，是全世界所有人发自内心欢欣鼓舞的时刻，因为他们是真正的兄弟，有着共同的永恒追求。这首组曲是受立正佼成会委托创作的，并在该会创始人兼会长尊敬的尼瓦诺日京 77 岁生日之际献给立正佼成会。节目单摘自 Wind Repertory Project。(11:00)
作曲家: Alfred Reed
乐器: Concert Band
出版社: Kalmus Classic Edition
原文简介:
Three Revelations from the Lotus Sutra is an attempt to realize in music three different states of man's soul in his quest for ultimate perfection. The Lotus Sutra is the teaching of human respect, self-perfection, and world peace---in a word, humanism, leading mankind from division to unity, from discord to harmony, from conflict to peace. I. The first movement, "Awakening," (To Awaken to the Light of the Universe) portrays the vastness and richness of the experience of the human mind on expanding its field of view from the narrow confines of daily life to the contemplation of, and merging with, the entire universe. II. "Contemplation" (To Contemplate the Depths of the Soul) represents a turning-away of the mind from the "outer" to the "inner" universe---the attempt to fathom the limitless possibilities of the human consciousness in its quest for identity, to answer the eternal questions beginning with the word "Why?" III. "Rejoicing" (To Rejoice in the Beauty of Peace) depicts the realization that, while on earth, peace is not merely the absence of war, destruction, pain and suffering, but a thing of beauty in and of itself, and an occasion for heartfelt rejoicing on the part of all men everywhere, who share the same eternal quest as true brothers. This suite was commissioned by, and is reverently dedicated to Rissho Kosei-kai, on the occasion of the 77th birthday of its founder and president, the Reverent Nikkyo Niwano. Program notes extracted from the Wind Repertory Project. (11:00)