Stone and Steel

為慶祝伊利諾州喬利特鎮高中管弦樂團成立 110 周年，理查-邁耶創作了《石與鋼》這首現代音樂會序曲，為聽眾和演奏者呈現了無數的風格和情緒。樂曲以沉重、沉思的主題 Molto pesante 開始，描繪了 19 世紀初為茱麗葉贏得 "石頭之城 "美譽的石灰石採石場。很快，情緒發生了變化，我們可以看到滿載石料的巨型駁船通過城市的大型升降橋，進入著名的伊利諾州和密西根州運河，運往地區客戶手中。隨著 1869 年鋼鐵廠的建成，喬利埃特成為了著名的鋼鐵之城。現在，石材和鋼材可通過運河和鐵路運輸，而這一令人興奮的新時代則通過明快大調的現代、快速移動的主題表現出來。隨後，石材和鋼鐵這兩個主題得到了進一步發展，最後，鋼鐵主題以雄偉、歡慶的結尾將樂曲推向高潮。(6:00)

作曲家: Richard Meyer
樂器: String Orchestra
出版社: Alfred Music
難度: 3; -3
原文簡介:
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)