kingpin

以亨利-福特（Henry Ford）發現的 T 型車發動機中唯一永不磨損的部件命名，坦西-大衛斯（Tansy Davies）的這首樂曲並沒有讓人聯想到閃閃發光的鋼鐵和鐳射般的精確度，而是灰色的蒸汽和黑色的油、旋轉和咬合的金屬齒以及通過圓周運動強制輸出的動力。節奏和旋律相互推拉，時而和諧，時而平靜。但在這部為室內樂團創作的 6 分鐘作品中，機器總是在移動，總是在轉動，沒有任何東西可以保持靜止"

作曲家: Davies, Tansy
樂器: Chamber Orchestra
出版社: Faber Music
原文簡介:
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