kingpin

以亨利-福特（Henry Ford）发现的 T 型车发动机中唯一永不磨损的部件命名，坦西-戴维斯（Tansy Davies）的这首乐曲并没有让人联想到闪闪发光的钢铁和激光般的精确度，而是灰色的蒸汽和黑色的油、旋转和咬合的金属齿以及通过圆周运动强制输出的动力。节奏和旋律相互推拉，时而和谐，时而平静。但在这部为室内乐团创作的 6 分钟作品中，机器总是在移动，总是在转动，没有任何东西可以保持静止"

作曲家: Davies, Tansy
乐器: Chamber Orchestra
出版社: Faber Music
原文简介:
Named after the only part of the Model T engine that Henry Ford supposedly found never wore out, Tansy Davies’s kingpin doesn’t so much conjure a vision of gleaming steel and laser precision, but one of grey steam and black oil, metal teeth spinning and biting, and power forced out through circular motion. Rhythms and melodies push and pull against one another, now and again finding harmony and peace. But the machines are always moving, always turning in this 6-minute work for chamber orchestra, and nothing can stay still. 'The music wheeled around at conflicting speeds, clanking, tootling and chortling away until the final upbeat ‘‘kerplunk’’. With Davies, contemporary music never lives in an airtight box. It’s out on the street, mingling with rock without ever losing the poise that stems from the right number of notes in the right place.’ The Times (Geoff Brown), 26 April 2007