好書

Alban Berg: Master of the smallest link
Theodor W. Adorno, Cambridge University Press, 1968.

Alban Berg: Historical and Analytical Persectives
David Gable and Robert P. Morgan, Oxford University Press, 1991.

move on

That's it, 2008 年的最後一天. 這陣子是沉潛的狀態, 連帶的動作思緒都很緩慢/雜亂. 還好最近受到了一點激勵, 連帶的有了動力起來! 加油啊, 下學期也要過的很精采哪.

所以08在忙什麼?
1. 有彈了很好的音樂會, 也有普普, 或是自己不甚滿意的演出.
2. 主修的狀態上半年不太好, 可是下半年努力過有大幅改善歐. (那, 下學期的音樂會應該會不錯啊....)
3. 今年書唸史無前例的多,不只一次 極度焦慮的想練琴卻又卡到書唸不完的鬼打牆狀態.
(這學期過的像是音樂學主修的日子.)
4. 今年飛行哩程在下半年暴增,綜合玩耍和正事, 結果未知;
歷經了生平最熱(120F)和最冷的兩個極端溫度(6F).
5. 依舊沒有時間去照相....很想念東岸的樹. sign.
(不然平常練琴是有什麼好照的? 紀錄從鋼琴裡突然冒出的瓢蟲; 從頭上燈罩裡竄出玩自由落體的蟋蟀?)
6. 頭一次去了baby shower; 然後第一次抱著朋友的孩子.
(新手媽媽1.0: 為什麼我家北鼻在妳手上看起來比較大?)
7. 今年在期末考時很順利的"偵測"到即將發生的災難, 在聲樂的case裡, 就是跳段/忘詞/亂編曲/從來沒聽過的花腔; 器樂中, solo 不知道神游到火星還是冥王星去了. 當下接了過去, 漂漂亮亮的結束.
8. 這學期鋼琴課總計當掉5隻小鬼, 剩下的都沒有在成績上為難她們.
9. 這麼多年第一次看到Momo, 贈品是 Nov. 4th,08 的Obama @Grand park, Chicago.

沒啥驚天動地的事件, 就是一些雞毛蒜皮, 微不足道的小事們.

跨進了2009, 開始27歲, 也快要修完博士班的課, 然後呢? 老話一句, "It's nothing when you get a doctoral degree in your 20s...." 想要做的事情太多, 想學的領域太廣, 然不是第一天知道自己的不足. 我知道很多事現在不做, 以後就沒有機會, 但卻要記得輕重緩急. 試著在焦頭爛額中先冷靜下來, 多陪陪家人, 然後要有耐心, 不能毛毛躁躁的.

what will you do if you can go back and change the time? 我想我不會改變什麼. 一路跌跌撞撞的走來, 這些累積而成的經驗造就現在的觀點.(當然會想直接快轉跳過那些愚蠢的片段!)只是感謝而已. 謝謝家人, 身旁的朋友們, 所有合作過的搭檔, 然後, 誠實的面對自己. 唯一的願望是勇敢些, 能夠冷靜下來陳述自己想要表達的議題.

恩, 非常瑣碎的思緒. 開心的在家裡看NCIS, 然後新年快樂!

Berg Piano Sonata Opus 1

Glenn Gould Plays Berg Piano Sonata Opus 1 - PART 1


Glenn Gould Plays Berg Piano Sonata Opus 1 - PART 2


Mitsuko Uchida plays Berg Piano Sonata part 1


6-28-08 MTAC Solo Competition, Peter Walsh


Glenn Gould on Schoenberg, Webern, and Berg


Glenn Gould on The Idea of North, Fugues, and Webern


Art of Piano -- Glenn Gould

The Broken Heart

News o' grief had overteaken
Dark-eyed Fanny, now vorseaken;
There she zot, wi' breast a-heaven,
While vrom zide to zide, wi' grieven,
Vell her head, wi' tears a-creepen
Down her cheaks, in bitter weepen.
There wer still the ribbon-bow
She tied avore her hour ov woe,
An' there wer still the hans that tied it
Hangen white,
Or wringen tight,
In ceare that drowned all ceare bezide it.

When a man, wi' heartless slighten,
Mid become a maiden's blighten,
He mid cearelessly vorseake her,
But must answer to her Meaker;
He mid slight, wi' selfish blindness,
All her deeds o' loven-kindness,
God wull waigh 'em wi' the slighten
That mid be her love's requiten;
He do look on each deceiver,
He do know
What weight o' woe
Do break the heart ov ev'ry griever.

- William Barnes

Youtube Symphony

Youtube Symphony

Join the YouTube Symphony Orchestra. Everyone's welcome! Join the collaborative video performance by submitting a video playing your part in a symphony for YouTube.

1.The instrument you selected is the Piano:
(Internet Symphony "Eroica")

2.Audition for the Carnegie Hall performance. Submit your talent video performance of one or two of the recommended pieces on this list for your chance to be selected to go to New York on April 15, 2009.

Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15 Traumerei
Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, K. 331, Mvt. III, "Alla Turca" - Allegretto
Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 21 In C, Op. 53 "Waldstein" Mvt. 1 Allegro con brio
Brahms: Intermezzo In A Major, Opus 118, No. 2

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http://youtube.com/symphony
The composer of the Internet Symphony for YouTube talks about his inspiration for the piece.

Interview: Tan Dun on the YouTube Symphony project

Mozart's 'Don Giovanni'

什麼樣的歌劇始於一樁謀殺? Mozart 如何在短短的一小段劇情中融入了多樣的風格和技巧?
source from NPR music
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Mozart's 'Don Giovanni'
From Houston Grand Opera

World of Opera, November 2, 2007 - As the legend goes, he was the quintessential rake — a womanizing scoundrel with a list of amorous conquests so long that his right-hand man needs an entire aria just to outline it! His name is Don Juan or, in Mozart's musical version of the story, Don Giovanni.

Mozart's opera has been described as a comedy, and it has any number of uproarious moments. But there's far more to Don Giovanni than just a series of big laughs, just as the notorious Don is more than just an unprincipled, single-minded ladies' man. The opera's comic element is driven by Giovanni's devious schemes and hijinks. But both Lorenzo da Ponte's libretto and Mozart's matchless music ensure that the dire consequences of those schemes are as evident as their humor.

The result is a disturbing ambiguity that's at the core of Mozart's masterpiece. The Don's personality is so beguiling that audiences actually tend to root for him, even as his dark side becomes more and more obvious. Still, when he eventually receives a personal invitation to hell, and his enemies rejoice, it's hard to blame them.

Don Giovanni has been widely regarded as the greatest opera ever composed. That's a pretty bold statement, but however you rank it, Mozart's opera is a brilliant combination of stark human tragedy and touching comedy, set to music of limitless genius. On World of Opera host Lisa Simeone presents it in a new production from Houston Grand Opera, starring baritone Mariusz Kwiecien in the title role.

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The Story of 'Don Giovanni'
NPR.org, November 3, 2007 - ACT ONE: The central character in Mozart's Don Giovanni is, of course, the Don himself — a quick witted love-'em-and-leave-'em type, with a trail of jilted women in his wake. But in Mozart's opera, we get the feeling that the Don's luck is turning sour.

As the darkly colored Overture subsides, we find Don Giovanni already in trouble. His personal servant Leporello complains bitterly, to himself, about Giovanni's increasingly reckless behavior. And indeed, the Don's most recent attempted seduction — of a noblewoman, Donna Anna — is in the process of going completely haywire.

Donna Anna runs from her father's house screaming vengeance against an unknown intruder who entered her bedroom disguised in a cloak, pretending to be her fiance. Naturally, the intruder was Giovanni. Anna's father, the Commendatore, catches up with the disguised Giovanni and proposes a duel. In the ensuing swordfight, Giovanni kills him. That's just great, Leporello says — first rape the daughter, then murder the father. Giovanni is unconcerned, and strolls away calmly. But when Donna Anna and her fiance Don Ottavio show up and find her father dead, they swear revenge.

The next morning, Giovanni and Leporello stumble across Donna Elvira, another one of Giovanni's conquests. She's tracked him down to insist that he live up to his romantic promises of true love and fidelity. To demonstrate why that's not likely to happen, Leporello reads her an exhaustive list of the Don's former lovers, in the well-known "Catalogue Aria." While Giovanni tries to make a clean getaway, Elvira, too, swears vengeance.

Giovanni now spots a brand new temptation, a young peasant girl called Zerlina. Leporello sidetracks her fiance, Masetto, and Giovanni sweet-talks Zerlina in the tender duet "La ci darem la mano." But Donna Elvira shows up, warning the naive girl to beware. She gives the same advice to Donna Anna and Don Ottavio. Giovanni dismisses Elvira's ravings as a symptom of madness. But eventually Anna recognizes the Don's voice as that of the cloaked man who killed her father. When Giovanni leaves, Anna urges Ottavio to avenge the murder immediately.

Act One finishes up at Don Giovanni's estate, where he's throwing a pre-wedding party for Zerlina and Masetto. Anna, Ottavio and Elivra arrive with masks on, plotting their collective revenge. As the orchestra plays a few dance numbers, a scream is heard from somewhere in the palace. It's Zerlina, trying to fight off Giovanni's advances. The Don tries to blame Leporello for the attack, but everyone sees through the lies. They denounce Giovanni, as he makes yet another narrow escape.
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Act II
ACT TWO: Leporello is still complaining about the treatment he gets from his boss, especially the dangers he's been forced to confront, and by now he's ready to quit. Giovanni talks him out of it, with the help of a little extra cash.

Giovanni's next scheme is to have his way with the cute young maid who attends Donna Elvira. Giovanni and Leporello switch clothes. The plan is that Leporello — pretending to be Giovanni — will sweet-talk Elvira out of the way. Then Giovanni, dressed in his servant's clothes, can seduce the maid. At first, it all goes swimmingly. Elvira is entranced by the phony Giovanni's poetic words and goes off with Leporello, leaving Giovanni to serenade the maid.

Things go downhill when Masetto shows up with a band of peasants, searching for Giovanni. They're well-armed, and plan to kill him if they find him. Giovanni, still dressed as Leporello, disguises his voice and says he knows where the scoundrel is. After he sends everyone else off in various directions he's free to give Masetto a thorough beating.

After Zerlina comforts Masetto, the scene changes to a dark courtyard. Leporello is still in Giovanni's clothes, and that's about to get him in trouble. As he grows tired of wooing Donna Elvira, Anna, Ottavio, Masetto and Zerlina accost him, believing that they've finally cornered the notorious Don. Leporello begs for his life, astounds everyone by removing his Giovanni disguise, and beats a hasty retreat. Next, Elvira gets a poignant moment to herself, with a dramatic aria lamenting her feelings of hate — and love — for Don Giovanni.

The next scene finds Giovanni and Leporello in a local graveyard. They're discussing recent events when they get quite a start. They're sitting near the giant stone statue of the Commendatore, Giovanni's Act One murder victim — and the statue begins to speak. "You will have your last laugh before the next dawn," it tells Giovanni. Leporello is terrified, but Giovanni is characteristically calm. He orders Leporello to invite the statue to dinner that evening. The statue accepts the offer.

The opera's final scene is set in Don Giovanni's dining room. He's feasting alone, with Leporello attending. A small orchestra plays the popular tunes of the day, including music from Mozart's own opera, The Marriage of Figaro. Donna Elvira arrives, attempting once more to convince Giovanni to turn his life around. He laughs at the notion.

As Elvira leaves she lets out a loud scream. Leporello goes to investigate, and screams even louder when finds the stone statue of the Commendatore knocking at the door. "You invited me to dinner, and I have come," the statue bellows.

Giovanni takes the statue by the hand and a icy chill rushes over him. Three times, the statue demands that Giovanni repent his evil ways. Each time Giovanni refuses. "Your time is up!" declares the statue. Flames rise around the Don, the ground sinks beneath him, and Giovanni descends into hell.

As the opera closes Leporello tells the others what happened, and in a large ensemble they each ponder their next moves. Don Ottavio is anxious to marry Donna Anna — but Anna, who has had a taste of excitement amidst all the turmoil, now says she needs a full year of mourning before she can marry the sedate Ottavio. Donna Elvira is fed up with the perils of romance, and decides to join a convent. Masetto and Zerlina take everything in stride and head home for dinner. Leporello says he'll head for the nearest tavern to find a less troublesome employer.

Finally, everyone concludes that Giovanni has met a just end in hell — the fate that awaits all evildoers. Still, that final ensemble leaves us feeling that somehow, with Don Giovanni gone, the world isn't quite as interesting as it used to be.

Into the Wood

original Broadway cast,
Into the Woods-1991 TV - 2:31:15

Dr. Seuss' How The Grinch Stole Christmas

1966 - Deluxe Remastered Edition - Part 1 of 3


1966 - Deluxe Remastered Edition - Part 2 of 3


Deluxe Remastered Edition - Part 3 of 3

Where Are You Christmas

melody from "How the Grinch Stole Christmas"

Where Are You Christmas

Faith Hill

Walking Around

It so happens I am sick of being a man.
And it happens that I walk into tailorshops and movie houses dried up, waterproof, like a swan made of felt steering my way in a water of wombs and ashes.

The smell of barbershops makes me break into hoarse sobs.
The only thing I want is to lie still like stones or wool.
The only thing I want is to see no more stores, no gardens,
no more goods, no spectacles, no elevators.

It so happens that I am sick of my feet and my nails and my hair and my shadow.
It so happens I am sick of being a man.

Still it would be marvelous to terrify a law clerk with a cut lily,
or kill a nun with a blow on the ear.
It would be great to go through the streets with a green knife
letting out yells until I died of the cold.

I don't want to go on being a root in the dark,
insecure, stretched out, shivering with sleep,
going on down, into the moist guts of the earth,
taking in and thinking, eating every day.

I don't want so much misery.
I don't want to go on as a root and a tomb,
alone under the ground, a warehouse with corpses,
half frozen, dying of grief.

That's why Monday, when it sees me coming
with my convict face, blazes up like gasoline,
and it howls on its way like a wounded wheel,
and leaves tracks full of warm blood leading toward the night.

And it pushes me into certain corners, into some moist houses,
into hospitals where the bones fly out the window,
into shoeshops that smell like vinegar,
and certain streets hideous as cracks in the skin.

There are sulphur-colored birds, and hideous intestines
hanging over the doors of houses that I hate,
and there are false teeth forgotten in a coffeepot,
there are mirrors that ought to have wept from shame and terror,
there are umbrellas everywhere, and venoms, and umbilical cords.

I stroll along serenely, with my eyes, my shoes,
my rage, forgetting everything,
I walk by, going through office buildings and orthopedic shops,
and courtyards with washing hanging from the line:
underwear, towels and shirts from which slow
dirty tears are falling.

- Pablo Neruda

UC Men's Octet - Bohemian Rhapsody

UC Men's Octet - acappella group at the University of California, Berkeley.

12 Days of Christmas

12 days of Christmas - Muppets & John Denver


Straight No Chaser - Africa (2007)


Straight No Chaser: The 12 Days of Christmas (2008 Version)

the day the earth stood still

I'm confused. The only thing I got after watching the movie is: "are they trying to express that Chinese is alien?"

Masterclass

Hugh Laurie -Stephen Fry Piano Masterclass

If those I loved were lost

If those I loved were lost

If those I loved were lost
The Crier's voice would tell me --
If those I loved were found
The bells of Ghent would ring --

Did those I loved repose
The Daisy would impel me.
Philip -- when bewildered
Bore his riddle in!

- Emily Dickinson

放假是散漫的淵叟?

是說放假頭三天, 正呈現極度懶散的狀態. 像隻螞蟻一樣, 東撿西撿, 不然之前像是被槍打過, 到處都是書和期刊. 先是把客廳收整齊了, 下一步是把房間的文件通通收拾好.

飛完所有audition, 右手一直呈現發炎的狀態.(因為音樂學報告寫太多?) 很緩慢的收拾家裡, 該準備唸書練琴了. 想想近期的音樂會(s), 暑假的計畫, 再之後的Qualify, toic proposal, dissertation topic, 真的是越想越心驚. 我很喜歡整理資料, 外加東摸西摸各種文具,(但是應該比不上達人momo 小姐吧? 金牛座就是'叫我第一名', 讚的咧) 但是重點是要把整理好的筆記/書本/論文 通通塞進腦袋裡才有用.

該來紀錄流水帳囉? (開誠佈公的面對懶散的事實?)

Greatest Tenor Crack Ever

哇哈哈哈, 在我噗哧一聲笑出來時, 來了一句又精準又機車的評論.
you'll see. :)

moment

有沒有過這樣的情境: 當人家問了一個問題, 你很呆滯的給了一個糟糕的答案, 還完全文不對題.
(然後馬上就想把自己給掐死.) 尤其是大頭們發問, 那種最關鍵的時刻.

呃阿~~~ 可以再白痴一點啊啊啊啊啊!!!! 如果這樣丟了演出機會, 真的就是自找的.
黯淡的一個學期就這樣落幕了.

讓我繼續到角落畫圈圈吧.
(畫圈圈,畫圈圈,畫圈圈,畫圈圈...... )

George Crumb

conversation with composer himself


George Crumb website


Night of the Four Moons (c.1969)
Texts by Federico García Lorca
I. la luna esta muerta




Program note, by George Crumb
Night of the Four Moons, commissioned by the Philadelphia Chamber Players, was composed during the Apollo 11 flight (July 16-24). The work is scored for alto (or mezzo-soprano), alto flute (doubling piccolo), banjo, electric cello, and percussion. The percussion includes Tibetan prayer stones, Japanese Kabuki blocks, alto African thumb piano (mbira), and Chinese temple gong in addition to the more usual vibraphone, crotales, tambourine, bongo drums, suspended cymbal and tamtam. The singer is also required to play finger cymbals, castanets, glockenspiel and tamtam.

I suppose that Night of the Four Moons is really an "occasional" work, since its inception was an artistic response to an external event. The texts -- extracts drawn from the poems of Federico García Lorca -- symbolize my own rather ambivalent feelings vis-à-vis Apollo 11. The texts of the third and fourth songs seemed strikingly prophetic!

The first three songs, with their brief texts, are, in a sense, merely introductory to the dramatically sustained final song. The moon is dead, dead ... is primarily an instrumental piece in a primitive rhythmical style, with the Spanish words stated almost parenthetically by the singer. The conclusion of the text is whispered by the flutist over the mouthpiece of his instrument. When the moon rises ... (marked in the score: "languidly, with a sense of loneliness") contains delicate passages for the prayer stones and the banjo (played "in bottleneck style", i.e., with a glass rod). The vocal phrases are quoted literally from my earlier (1963) Night Music I (which contains a complete setting of this poem). Another obscure Adam dreams ... ("hesitantly, with a sense of mystery") is a fabric of fragile instrumental timbre, with the text set like an incantation.

The concluding poem (inspired by an ancient Gypsy legend) -- Run away moon, moon, moon! ... -- provides the climactic moment of the cycle. The opening stanza of the poem requires the singer to differentiate between the "shrill, metallic" voice of the Child and the "coquettish, sensual" voice of the Moon. At a point marked by a sustained cello harmonic and the clattering of Kabuki blocks (Drumming the plain, / the horseman was coming near ...), the performers (excepting the cellist) slowly walk off stage while singing or playing their "farewell" phrases. As they exit, they strike an antique cymbal, which reverberates in unison with the cello harmonic. The epiloque of the song (Through the sky goes the moon / holding a child by the hand) was conceived as a simultaneity of two musics: "Musica Mundana" ("Music of the Spheres"), played by the onstage cellist; and "Musica Humana" ("Music of Mankind"), performed offstage by singer, alto flute, banjo, and vibraphone. The offstage music ("Berceuse, in stile Mahleriano") is to emerge and fade like a distant radio signal. The F-sharp major tonality of the "Musica Humana" and the theatrical gesture of the preceding processionals recall the concluding pages of Haydn's "Farewell" Symphony.

-- George Crumb

期末時節

是,的...... 又到了令人又愛又恨的結束點. 在學期結束的將盡, 加上好幾趟勞碌的飛行, 充其量也只是悶哼幾聲抱怨, 回頭繼續唸書. 音樂史是唸不完的, 但又不知道在固執什麼, 也不緊張, 就只是倔強的一直翻下去, 試圖在散亂的思緒中建構出一座虛幻的地圖, 一張每當壓力過後隨即灰飛湮滅的導覽.

早上考完音樂史, 明天paper due, 然後再撐一下就真的放假了.
禮拜一和音樂史大頭meeting. 老師說的好, ''我看的出妳的想法, 可是我要重點.' 一劍命中目標. 好吧好吧, 人家是Brahms study 的編輯, 就照你們音樂學家的思緒來寫吧! 但是越paper due, 越寫不出來啊..

回頭翻出Schoenberg 關於motive的文章, Ardono 對chamber music 的定義,外面冷鋒颼颼, 繼續加油!

Gershwin: I got rhythm, from Girl crazy.

Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, Tommy Dorsey AHO

Over the rainbow

What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong

Eric Clapton - Tears in Heaven

好玩的裝置

Jerry needs no help playing with his ball.

Toru

下意識的打進了武滿徹(Toru Takemitsu)的名子.
過兩秒還沒有意識到first name 已經打成Toro.
喵嗚. 不要怪我啦.

這裡是人家很認真的傑作.

"NoaNoa", ('Fragrant' 1992) by Kaija Saariaho

yes, this is what I have to listen to right now....humm...
also read topics about electronic music and gender issue of this piece.
(沒關係, 你可以挑眉說"這在搞什麼鬼?" 我不會跟作曲主修打小報告的.)

Patti Monson plays Noa Noa


but be honest, the 'performance' of this piece is problematic. The balance and the resonance frequency need to be adjust. Strongly recommend recordings by Camilla Hoitenga who premiered this piece.

Program note


Current Version

Macintosh computer equipped with an audio interface compatible with Max/MSP (e.g. Motu 828mkII; Motu 896; Digidesign DIGI002; RME sound-card) to run a patch including stereo hard-disk playback of sound-files, as well as MIDI control of infinite reverberation.
MIDI interface (e.g. Motu Fastlane) to connect the MIDI sustain pedal to the Macintosh, and the Macintosh to the infinite reverberation
· MIDI controlled infinite reverberation (e.g. Lexicon PCM81 or PCM91)

· General reverberation (e.g. Lexicon PCM81)

· Microphone for the flute

· Mixer & stereo diffusion (possibly a return for the flutist)

A Max/MSP patch has been made to include the reverberations (and also optional harmonizers)

Note: A WINDOWS patch version will be available soon. For a request of a specific patch version, please contact Chester Promotions

Original version (obsolete)

IRCAM Signal Processing Workstation (Next computer with 3 ISPW cards)

Simple Gifts

Simple Gifts, Kingsingers

The Gift (Simple Gifts) - from Robert Schuller's Hour of Power at the Crystal Cathedral, ca. 1996

Simple Gifts" from the "Blast"


It's all about Aaron Copland.
Simple Gifts from Appalachian Spring


need to add:
Martha graham,
neet to read this
form, genre, orchestral setting
"American" sound

剛從opera 回來. 今天聽的是La Bohemia. 看著平常一起鬼混的同學們演戲, 大家在台下都笑翻了啊. 真是沒良心的一群好朋友. =)
(是說這明明是部大悲劇咧....)
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updated on Sat.:
"我們在上場前突然想到你們在台下; 心理應該想著: 這部戲根本就是一群'麻煩'的集合體...."

是的, 所以當Mimi在第一幕昏倒時, 旁邊的人就給它很大聲的噗疵一聲笑出來了....

Mahler - Die zwei blauen Augen von meinem Schatz

Lieder Eines Fahrenden Gesellen -
Lied No. 04: Die zwei blauen Augen von meinem Schatz



Bariton: Thomas Hampson
Conductor: Leonard Bernstein
Wiener Philarmoniker
English title: Songs of a Wayfarer

* "irony": Major harmony in sad text & minor chords in jouyful side.
* retreat of orchestra, layers of sounds, you can still feel the distant lushness

BARBER - Solitary Hotel

Thomas Hampson, baritone

Argento - Winter

Leontyne Price sings "Winter" by Argento

Norah Jones, Come away with me

Come away with me


from here

don't know why


Sunrise

Turn Turn Turn

Judy Collins - Turn Turn Turn

* simple harmony
* singer center, sing alone, easy to follow

Byrds - "Turn Turn Turn"


==> identity of group being marketing
Fragmentation of popular culture

Big Mama Thornton ft. Buddy Guy - Hound Dog

* standard style of blue
* early Rhythm and Blue (R&B)
* emphasize beat

Elvis Presley, Hound Dog


* add the country style in => become Rock and Roll
* inherited from R&B
* hard driving rhythm
* white, young, rebelling older generation

Chock Full Of Shopping Carts

target, oh~

Chock Full Of Shopping Carts @ Yahoo! Video

speech

是的, 那天我剛好在Chicago. 開心的見到老朋友, 兩個一起看轉播. =)

先看到John McCain
speech in Phoenex, Arizona.
November 4th, 2008



然後是重點
the 44th President of the United States,
Barack Obama,
Grand park, Chicago
November 4th, 2008.



講稿原文
If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.

Its the answer told by lines that stretched around schools and churches in numbers this nation has never seen; by people who waited three hours and four hours, many for the very first time in their lives, because they believed that this time must be different; that their voice could be that difference.

Its the answer spoken by young and old, rich and poor, Democrat and Republican, black, white, Latino, Asian, Native American, gay, straight, disabled and not disabled - Americans who sent a message to the world that we have never been a collection of Red States and Blue States: we are, and always will be, the United States of America.

Its the answer that led those who have been told for so long by so many to be cynical, and fearful, and doubtful of what we can achieve to put their hands on the arc of history and bend it once more toward the hope of a better day.

Its been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America.

I just received a very gracious call from Senator McCain. He fought long and hard in this campaign, and hes fought even longer and harder for the country he loves. He has endured sacrifices for America that most of us cannot begin to imagine, and we are better off for the service rendered by this brave and selfless leader. I congratulate him and Governor Palin for all they have achieved, and I look forward to working with them to renew this nations promise in the months ahead.

I want to thank my partner in this journey, a man who campaigned from his heart and spoke for the men and women he grew up with on the streets of Scranton and rode with on that train home to Delaware, the Vice President-elect of the United States, Joe Biden.

I would not be standing here tonight without the unyielding support of my best friend for the last sixteen years, the rock of our family and the love of my life, our nations next First Lady, Michelle Obama. Sasha and Malia, I love you both so much, and you have earned the new puppy thats coming with us to the White House. And while shes no longer with us, I know my grandmother is watching, along with the family that made me who I am. I miss them tonight, and know that my debt to them is beyond measure.

To my campaign manager David Plouffe, my chief strategist David Axelrod, and the best campaign team ever assembled in the history of politics - you made this happen, and I am forever grateful for what youve sacrificed to get it done.

But above all, I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to - it belongs to you.

I was never the likeliest candidate for this office. We didnt start with much money or many endorsements. Our campaign was not hatched in the halls of Washington - it began in the backyards of Des Moines and the living rooms of Concord and the front porches of Charleston.

It was built by working men and women who dug into what little savings they had to give five dollars and ten dollars and twenty dollars to this cause. It grew strength from the young people who rejected the myth of their generations apathy; who left their homes and their families for jobs that offered little pay and less sleep; from the not-so-young people who braved the bitter cold and scorching heat to knock on the doors of perfect strangers; from the millions of Americans who volunteered, and organized, and proved that more than two centuries later, a government of the people, by the people and for the people has not perished from this Earth. This is your victory.

I know you didn't do this just to win an election and I know you didn't do it for me. You did it because you understand the enormity of the task that lies ahead. For even as we celebrate tonight, we know the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime - two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century. Even as we stand here tonight, we know there are brave Americans waking up in the deserts of Iraq and the mountains of Afghanistan to risk their lives for us. There are mothers and fathers who will lie awake after their children fall asleep and wonder how theyll make the mortgage, or pay their doctors bills, or save enough for college. There is new energy to harness and new jobs to be created; new schools to build and threats to meet and alliances to repair.

The road ahead will be long. Our climb will be steep. We may not get there in one year or even one term, but America - I have never been more hopeful than I am tonight that we will get there. I promise you - we as a people will get there.

There will be setbacks and false starts. There are many who wont agree with every decision or policy I make as President, and we know that government cant solve every problem. But I will always be honest with you about the challenges we face. I will listen to you, especially when we disagree. And above all, I will ask you join in the work of remaking this nation the only way its been done in America for two-hundred and twenty-one years - block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand.

What began twenty-one months ago in the depths of winter must not end on this autumn night. This victory alone is not the change we seek - it is only the chance for us to make that change. And that cannot happen if we go back to the way things were. It cannot happen without you.

So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism; of service and responsibility where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves, but each other. Let us remember that if this financial crisis taught us anything, its that we cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers - in this country, we rise or fall as one nation; as one people.

Let us resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long. Let us remember that it was a man from this state who first carried the banner of the Republican Party to the White House - a party founded on the values of self-reliance, individual liberty, and national unity. Those are values we all share, and while the Democratic Party has won a great victory tonight, we do so with a measure of humility and determination to heal the divides that have held back our progress. As Lincoln said to a nation far more divided than ours, We are not enemies, but friends...though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection. And to those Americans whose support I have yet to earn - I may not have won your vote, but I hear your voices, I need your help, and I will be your President too.

And to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of our world - our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand. To those who would tear this world down - we will defeat you. To those who seek peace and security - we support you. And to all those who have wondered if Americas beacon still burns as bright - tonight we proved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not from our the might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduring power of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity, and unyielding hope.

For that is the true genius of America - that America can change. Our union can be perfected. And what we have already achieved gives us hope for what we can and must achieve tomorrow.

This election had many firsts and many stories that will be told for generations. But one thats on my mind tonight is about a woman who cast her ballot in Atlanta. Shes a lot like the millions of others who stood in line to make their voice heard in this election except for one thing - Ann Nixon Cooper is 106 years old.

She was born just a generation past slavery; a time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky; when someone like her couldnt vote for two reasons - because she was a woman and because of the color of her skin.

And tonight, I think about all that shes seen throughout her century in America - the heartache and the hope; the struggle and the progress; the times we were told that we cant, and the people who pressed on with that American creed: Yes we can.

At a time when womens voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed, she lived to see them stand up and speak out and reach for the ballot. Yes we can.

When there was despair in the dust bowl and depression across the land, she saw a nation conquer fear itself with a New Deal, new jobs and a new sense of common purpose. Yes we can.

When the bombs fell on our harbor and tyranny threatened the world, she was there to witness a generation rise to greatness and a democracy was saved. Yes we can.

She was there for the buses in Montgomery, the hoses in Birmingham, a bridge in Selma, and a preacher from Atlanta who told a people that We Shall Overcome. Yes we can.

A man touched down on the moon, a wall came down in Berlin, a world was connected by our own science and imagination. And this year, in this election, she touched her finger to a screen, and cast her vote, because after 106 years in America, through the best of times and the darkest of hours, she knows how America can change. Yes we can.

America, we have come so far. We have seen so much. But there is so much more to do. So tonight, let us ask ourselves - if our children should live to see the next century; if my daughters should be so lucky to live as long as Ann Nixon Cooper, what change will they see? What progress will we have made?

This is our chance to answer that call. This is our moment. This is our time - to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids; to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace; to reclaim the American Dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth - that out of many, we are one; that while we breathe, we hope, and where we are met with cynicism, and doubt, and those who tell us that we cant, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people:

Yes We Can. Thank you, God bless you, and may God Bless the United States of America.

West End Blues

King Oliver: West End Blues,
performed by Louis Armstring and his Hot Five, 1928

Brahms Horn Trio, op.40

Brahms' Horn Trio, op.40 for natural Horn.
Daniel Barenboim,piano
Itzhak Perlman, Violin
Dale Clevenger, Horn

Mvt.I Andante - Poco piu animato


Mvt.II Scherzo: Allegro - Molto meno Allegro. Trio


Mvt.III Adagio mesto

(passacalia)

Mvt.IV. Finale: Allegro con brio.



然後有人的論文就是寫這首 XD
沒找到有natural Horn 的影片, 暫時以法國號充當一下. 回頭再寫完筆記. =)

Il pleure dans mon coeur

Debussy: Il pleure dans mon coeur, from Ariettes Oubliées

Claude Debussy, piano
Mary Garden, soprano
recorded 1904

從這裡來

分析

poem

Liebst du um Schönheit

Liebst du um Schönheit, from Fünf Rückertlieder

Margaret Price, soprano

Liebst du um Schönheit,
O nicht mich liebe!
Liebe die Sonne,
Sie trägt ein gold'nes Haar!

Liebst du um Jugend,
O nicht mich liebe!
Liebe der Frühling,
Der jung ist jedes Jahr!

Liebst du um Schätze,
O nicht mich liebe.
Liebe die Meerfrau,
Sie hat viel Perlen klar.

Liebst du um Liebe,
O ja, mich liebe!
Liebe mich immer,
Dich lieb' ich immerdar.
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If you love for beauty,
Oh, do not love me!
Love the sun,
She has golden hair!

If you love for youth,
Oh, do not love me!
Love the spring;
It is young every year!

If you love for treasure,
Oh, do not love me!
Love the mermaid;
She has many clear pearls!

If you love for love,
Oh yes, do love me!
Love me ever,
I'll love you evermore!

English copyright © 1996 by David Kenneth Smith


Jessye Norman, mezzo.
recorded at Avery Fisher Hall with Zubin Mehta and the New York Philharmonic. Performed at the opening of the 1989-90 season.

[Jessye Norman 的氣超長! 她一向就有偏慢的傾向, 但是很漂亮:]


Mahler's Funf Ruckert Lieder

1. Ich atment' einen linden Duft
2. Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder
3. Liebst du um Schönheit (4:30)

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Mezzo
Roger Vignoles, Piano

Renee Fleming with Muppets

well, the Beverly Sills's one has more musical wit there. =)
BTW, 主要旋律是取自 'Caro Nome', from Rigiletto. 雖然改編成英文歌詞, 從一數到五, aria 本身bel conto style, 像是singer 最愛吊在那邊老半天的高音還是典型特徵.

越唸越覺得Palisca: A history of Western Music 是本 '大美國主義' 的音樂史.
(繼續唸書去, 不要再看芝麻街啦~~)

Beverly Sills on The Muppet Show Part 3 "Pigoletto"

the spoon hanging was a punch line from previous show.

courage the cowardly dog

The NutCracker

Pirates of Penzance

Gilbert & Sullivan: Pirates of Penzance - When the foeman bares his steel


- operetta c. in 1879

如果不提一下, 乍看這個clip可能就只當一般搞笑的歌劇片段.
In early Romantic, opera 是由Italy 三大巨頭所主宰. Donizetti, Bellini, Rossini 的作品之成功, 不單是曲式 (form),也包括了美聲唱法(Bel Canto), Rossini Cresendo,史詩般的情節背景. 朗朗上口的旋律, 超強的炫技唱法, 如同小說裡動人的故事情節, 在1850 之前的氛圍裡一切都很美好, 不是嗎?

美國人在這方面就來給他不一樣了. 依舊是歐洲大陸的影響, 尤其是義大利的歌劇, 絕大多數美國人聽到的,是音樂會中改編的歌劇詠嘆調, 或是著名的交響曲片段. 沒有多少人有那種金錢和時間真正漂洋過海到巴黎或米蘭聽整本歌劇. 19th 初的美國作曲家想到了反諷的手法, 就來寫齣歌劇惡搞這些大頭們吧!

所以有了這部, parody. 以傳統的眼光來說, 歌劇裡的英雄, 就如同故事裡的白馬王子一樣, 應當是天不怕地不怕, 排除萬難以達成目標. 所以絕對不會表現出一丁點的恐懼或藉故拖延. 這個片段巧在它的角色設定相當成功, 穿著軍服的一堆俗臘, 跳著奇怪的舞步進場, 還夾雜康康舞的動作, 這可以再給我雞歪一點了.

女主角(s), 相對於美聲唱法, 沒有落落長但總結起來只有'親愛的別走!'的詠嘆調, 很直接的說: "噢!你們r就勇敢的去死吧!" 加上缺乏修飾的唱法咬字, 除了觀眾取向, 的確是開了Donizetti & Bellini 一個大玩笑. 相較於法國的"spectacular'in Grand opera, aka:Gounoud-Faust& Romeo et Juliette; ensemble finale; 德國一頭哉進新聲響的實驗, 還越陷越深, 承襲Beethoven, 直接進了Gesamtkunstwerk, 這也難怪它們瞧不起美國了.

如果說, Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen 是個19hrs 找戒指的過程, 會不會整個太欠揍?

最近哪,

就老樣子, 忙. 依舊趕唸書.報告.練琴.合伴奏外加double piano lesson, 只是份量加重三倍, 呈現一種無敵累的狀況.

一三五一大早固定的考試, 逼的你每天一定要先預習15-20頁,不然就是考試0分, 而且上課還不能遲到哪! 然後悉哩花拉的過到禮拜四, paper due + class leading discussion. 結論是我們越來越有離題的天份的.(堅定狀.) 禮拜四開始走下禮拜音樂會的曲目, 先和singer 走過一次. 禮拜五下午正式彩排, 第一次加入長笛. 老師只是笑呵呵的在後台玩耍燈光, 之後坐在台下任由我們三個惡搞採排. 第一次全部走過, 只結論在"girls, 有問題再跟我說嘿!"然後就開心的走了. 哇哩哩咧, 老師你也太放心我們了吧!?

禮拜六, 也就是今天, 先是一早睡過頭, 狼狽的趕去上鋼琴課, 下午第二次彩排, 接著上studio class. 一天結束下來, 也快要六點了. 回到琴房, 和同學聊起來, girl's talk 一發不可收, 然後被大家挾帶著,本來要去october festival覓食, 結果本人的楣運之強, 才開始15分鐘, festival 就已經沒有食物, 在場的人已經開始喝酒. 大家只好轉戰pizza house, 然後我的手機自己跳樓, 從口袋裡跳進椅子的縫隙, 成為本日經典. 現在完全呈現癱瘓狀態.

除了用眼過度, 坐著自動睡著, 腦袋倒是很亢奮. 下午的彩排, 我們成功的試出泛音效果, 三個人都很開心. 下禮拜的曲目是Jake Heggie 的song cycle, 然後作曲家要聽錄音! (尖叫!) 只剩下一次彩排就要音樂會了啊啊啊啊啊....
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那天的chamber seminar, 我們提到了postmodernism. 無論是對時代的反動, 或是對當代多元化特性的包容, 後現代主義的確是無法忽視的現狀.

文章裡提到的, Global Villiage, Pluraism, Social Saturation, fragamentation, multiple cultures; it synthesizes the circle of past, present, and future; impact from the mass media, mixture of low & high class. => every generation has their own postmodernism.

聽眾在後現代主義的潮流其實佔了相當大的地位. 作曲家在融合不同風格時, "聽者"的想法也一並被考慮進去. 即便是所謂的借用, musical quotation, 不管是保存原有的涵義, ie: 遠早回溯到 Puccini, Madame Butterfly 裡用了 Yankee dude theme 來代表Pinkerton, Act. I:'All Over The World The Yankee Wanders'; 或是Schnittke third quartet 大喇喇的直接註明片段取自於 Lassos, Beethoven, Shostakovich; postmodernism composers offer multiple choices for audience. 不管是繼承quotation原先的涵義, 或是加以變化, 重新賦予新的定義, they are trying to make more connection between music and society.

for the 20th century music, does it necessary to understand the Serialism? audience still can understand partial musical concepts without certain background. That's the purpose or the assistance from program notes.
should we be critic about the postmodernism?
or, Does the postmodernism actually be a benefit to introduce music to the world (in musical way)?

shostakovich piano trio op.67

Mvt. I

Chung Trio plays the first movement of Shostakovich Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op.67. Filmed in 1991.
[純粹以聲音取向, 就不論演奏姿勢和80年代的禮服了.]
[這讓我回想起大學同學飛弓俠, well, cellist does have a hard time here.]

Mvt. II

TrioLogìa plays Shostakovich (- Allegro con brio - from Trio op. 67) - Fabio Paggioro, violin Luca De Muro, cello Massimiliano Ferrati, piano. Live Recording Italy Borgo Valsugana (TN) 15 august 2007

Mvt. III

Sergey Khacatryan-violin
Levon Mouradian-cello
Gayane Sharluyan-piano

Mvt. IV

Fischer-Dieskau sings Schubert -- "der Lindenbaum"

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, baritone
Gerald Moore, piano
Filmed in London, May 14, 1959

Der Lindenbaum (The Linden Tree) from the song cycle Winterreise (Winter Journey) by Franz Schubert, on poems by Wilhelm Müller.

The cycle was written in 1827.

Der Lindenbaum

Am Brunnen vor dem Tore
Da steht ein Lindenbaum;
Ich träumt' in seinem Schatten
So manchen süßen Traum.

Ich schnitt in seine Rinde
So manches liebe Wort;
Es zog in Freud' und Leide
Zu ihm mich immer fort.

Ich mußt' auch heute wandern
Vorbei in tiefer Nacht,
Da hab' ich noch im Dunkeln
Die Augen zugemacht.

Und seine Zweige rauschten,
Als riefen sie mir zu:
Komm her zu mir, Geselle,
Hier find'st du deine Ruh' !

Die kalten Winde bliesen
Mir grad' ins Angesicht;
Der Hut flog mir vom Kopfe,
Ich wendete mich nicht.

Nun bin ich manche Stunde
Entfernt von jenem Ort,
Und immer hör' ich's rauschen:
Du fändest Ruhe dort !

The Linden Tree

At wellside, past the ramparts,
there stands a linden tree.
When sleeping in its shadow;
sweet dreams it sent to me.

And in its bark I chiseled
my messages of love:
My pleasures and my sorrows
were welcomed from above.

Today I had to pass it,
well in the depth of night -
and still, in all the darkness,
my eyes closed to its sight.

Its branches bent and rustled,
like calling out to me:
Come here, come here, companion,
your haven I shall be!

The icy winds were blowing,
straight in my face they ground.
The hat tore off my forehead.
I did not turn around.

Away I walked for hours
whence stands the linden tree,
and still I hear it whisp'ring:
You'd find your peace with me!

寫給自己

儘量去做, 要加油. 不行的時候, 要記得放手. 彈琴也好, 唸書也好, 不管別人評價如何, 自己要問心無愧.

you treat people the way you want to be treated.
所以當白目singers/soloist 要來約合伴奏或上課時間, 我會給她們一份非常混亂的行事曆, 在經過縝密的計畫之後. 恩. (千萬記得, 不要惹毛你的伴奏.)

轉念

常在想, 平平都是唸演奏博士, 有些人就可以輕鬆兩三年過去, 博士學位入手, 自己卻要一步一步的這樣死撐過來, 拿一堆非人所能的課, 終究也只是為了那一張紙而已. (當然不說, 用台幣270就可以買到的假博士文憑.) XD.

那我這是在幹麻咧? 才學期1/3就已經爆炸了,真正精采的生活在十月初呀. 這無非只是自己心態上耍賴, 拒絕面對明天又要考個試的拖延藉口, 況且不論報告和演出'們'.... 是說鬼混過去也可以, 可終究是要唸的. 是不至於萌生包袱款款想回家的念頭, 只是手上承載的事情實在不輕. 莫名其妙的衍生出混亂的行事曆, 當初只是簡單的想, 現在不去作, 以後真的沒有機會了. 儘量去學去聽, 試著踏出自己的comfort zone,再下來會怎麼樣, 誰知道呢?

最近承受相當高的壓力, 加上天兵或是白目的事件屢屢不斷, 在琴房遇到老朋友時忍不住一古腦的傾訴出來. 邊講邊看他打出"要冷靜"的手勢, 大笑很多下之後, 回頭繼續練琴去. 晚上還有書要唸哪!
(這學期竟然是我最認真的一個學期了. 哇咧)

Super Mario Bassoon quartet

(其實我是要找Rochberg Third String Quartet, 結果跳出一個好玩的結果)



by Oberlin basson Quartet
The order of music is:
1 Super mario3(FC)2nd stage;2,super mario world (sfc) ground stage;3:super peach mini game selection BGM(NDS) 4 YOSHI land(GBA);5 SUPER MARIO LAND 1(GB);6 SUPER MARIO theme(FC)Super mario USA(also super mario advance)(gba)(arranged slow)8,MARIO SWIMMING;9 castle 10 clear 11 my own stuff and mario theme 12 flag.

原版在這裡

Basson 的音色本身就有種搞笑外加欠揍的功效, 這些人.... ^.^ 音樂本來就是要自己先有好玩呀!

Lieben, Hassen, Hoffen, Zagen

Harlekin's Aria from "Ariadne auf Naxos"


Role : Harlequin, a member of a commedia dell'arte group
Voice Part : baritone
Synopsis : Ariadne's despair is great because she has been abandoned by her love Theseus. The Harlequin tries to cheer her up, saying that she should give life another chance, since life's joys can really be surprising

Sein wir wieder gut (Composer's aria)

Composer's Aria (Sein wir wieder gut...) from Ariadne auf Naxos by R. Strauss, Metropolitan Opera 1988
Tatiana Troyanos,mezzo-soprano/soprano



from Prologue of the German opera, Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss
Libretto : Hugo von Hofmannsthal

Role : The Composer, the composer of the opera being performed within this opera
Setting : backstage before an operatic performance, a wealthy Viennese house, Vienna, Austria, 18th century
Synopsis : Immediately before the performance of his opera begins, the Composer declares his fervent belief in the great art of music.

(阿哈哈哈, 結尾又被切掉了.)
(有人要上傳就不要嫌了,@.__.~)

Es gibt ein Reich

Ariadne's aria "Es gibt ein Reich" from R. Strauss' "Ariadne auf Naxos".


Jessye Norman, soprano.
James Levine, conducting Metropolitan Opera.

Synopsis : In full despair from being left by her love Theseus, Ariadne describes the land of death to which she will go to escape her pains. She welcomes death, thinking that in the land of death she will find everything that she has been denied in life.

阿飄節不是已經過了嗎...

今天在學校的一天, 無意識的啟動自動漂浮程式.

昨天唸seminar的東西唸太晚, 比較Beethoven op.132 和 Bartok no.4&5 String Quartet; 聽完曲子再繼續唸文章, 快早上兩點才睡. 過沒多久又得起床, 只因為八點就要教課. 到後來午餐也吃不下, 一方面是繼續唸進度, 一方面是想睡的意願已經破表直達兩千了.

晚上提早收工, 名知道琴練不完, 可還是要回家唸書. 實驗了新的韓式冷麵,繼續回到桌前攤開音樂史. 相較起seminar, 現在的音樂史簡單多了, 今天是貝多芬晚期風格作品.
這個簡單. 先前剛好翻過, 大量運用對位手法, reminiscence of early period, J.S.Bach & Palestrina, Fugue, 極高或低的音域, 富於旋律, recitative style, 然後一貫的, 動機的發展再發展. 十頁的進度加上譜例, 半小時迅速翻完. 倒是要聽的op.131, 嘿嘿, 整首讓它自己跑過一次也要快40分鐘呀.

就像昨天看的, op.132 mvt.III, 五個樂章中, III 是中心主體, 而且就如title 所說, Lydian mode 開啟了調性的不確定性, 加強各樂章間的調姓變化. 高音域的大提琴音色, 加上教會調式, 的確是具有"治療系" 的特色. 還是趕快唸唸趕快滾上床睡覺吧! 又再神智不清了.

good voice is

Schumann - Der Arme Peter


Gute Nacht
from Franz Schubert's song cycle "Winterreise", op. 89, D. 911


Thomas Quasthoff, baritone
Daniel Barenboim, piano

Beethoven Quartet op 132 3rd movt

Beethoven Quartet op 132 3rd movt - Budapest Qt (1/2)

III. Heiliger Dankgesang ein Genesenen an die Gottheit, in der lydischen Tonart: Molto adagio
Neue Kraft fühlend: Andante - Molto adagio - Andante - Molto adagio (Mit innigster Empfindung)
(beginning)

Beethoven Quartet op 132 3rd movt - Budapest Qt (2/2)

Beethoven: String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132
III. Heiliger Dankgesang ein Genesenen an die Gottheit, in der lydischen Tonart: Molto adagio
Neue Kraft fühlend: Andante - Molto adagio - Andante - Molto adagio (Mit innigster Empfindung)
(conclusion)

op.132 iii
Molto Adagio,
* center movement of op.132
* titled [Holy Song of Thanksgiving to the Deity by a Convalescent]
-- 1) use Lydian mode, associate with healing and recovery
-- 2) the creation of chorale melody in 5 phrases => serve as the basic prayer-> can be elaorated in variation form => idea of developing variation?
-- 3) archaic. hte harmonic oscillate of the key functioned as part of the result of Lydian mode.
-- 4) modal cantus firmus: rhythmic fluidity and with concentration of details

* Intensified stages for prayers:
-- 1) oncreasing animation and tension in choral section
-- 2) the contrasting passages in D major, pure tonal section : "feeling new Strength"
-- 3) texture & register? rich. espe. in slow mvt.
intense in the dance like section --> release at the end. redemption?
key concection between each section? FM - DM - (D-C-FM!)

* funtion of Vn1? solo or recitative?

Mozart Piano Concerto No.20 in D minor, K.466

Mozart Piano Concerto No.20 in D minor, K.466
I. Allegro.

Friedrich Gulda, piano.
munich philharmonic orchestra.

II. romance.


III.Rondo

=====================
Mozart Piano Concerto No.20 1st mov. Pt.1/2

MITSUKO UCHIDA (piano)
SIMON RATTLE (conductor)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Mozart Piano Concerto No.20 1st mov. Pt.2/2


Mozart Piano Concerto No.20 2nd mov.


Mozart Piano Concerto No.20 3rd mov.

Beethoven - Bagatelle No.3 Op.126

Glenn Gould plays Beethoven Bagatelle No.3 Op.126

漢語拼音與注音符號 對照表

聲母 (CONSONANT)
ㄅ ㄆ ㄇ ㄈ ㄉ ㄊ ㄋ ㄌ ㄍ ㄎ ㄏ ㄐ ㄑ ㄒ ㄓ ㄔ ㄕ ㄖ ㄗ ㄘ ㄙ
b p m f d t n l g k h j q x zh ch sh r z c s
玻 坡 摸 佛 得 特 訥 勒 哥 科 喝 基 欺 希 知 蚩 詩 日 資 雌 思
韻母 (VOWEL)
ㄚ ㄛ ㄜ ㄝ ㄞ ㄟ ㄠ ㄡ ㄢ ㄣ ㄤ ㄥ ㄦ
a o e e ai ei ao ou an en ang eng er
啊 喔 鵝 (耶) 哀 紏 熬 歐 安 恩 昂 (亨) 兒
ㄧ ㄧㄚ ㄧㄛ ㄧㄝ ㄧㄠ ㄧㄡ ㄧㄢ ㄧㄣ ㄧㄤ ㄧㄥ
C+ i ia io ie iao iu ian in iang ing
+ yi ya yo ye yao you yan yin yang ying
衣 呀 唷 耶 腰 憂 煙 因 央 英
ㄨ ㄨㄚ ㄨㄛ ㄨㄞ ㄨㄟ ㄨㄢ ㄨㄣ ㄨㄤ ㄨㄥ
C+ u ua uo uai ui uan un uang ong
+ wu wa wo wai wei wan wen wang weng
屋 蛙 窩 歪 威 彎 溫 汪 翁
ㄩ ㄩㄝ ㄩㄢ ㄩㄣ ㄩㄥ ㄋㄩ ㄌㄩ
C+ u ue uan un iong
+ yu yue yuan yun yong
Z+ nv lv
迂 約 冤 暈 雍 女 律
C + -> 前面帶有聲母的時候
+ -> 前面沒有聲母的時候,
Z + -> 中央法的特例

Purposefulness without purpose ~

Adorno: "Introduction to the Sociology of Music" -- Chamber music.
pub. 1962.

Berg, string quartet op.3

無奈的開了電腦,準備明天seminar要討論的曲子.

"聽完幾次Schoenberg & Berg, 四篇文章要讀,然後討論這兩首曲子對動機的處理手法和相對差異性. 噢, 然後不要忘記馬勒第四號交響曲也是."

很認命的打開譜來聽Berg, op.3 聽到第二頁我就有種衝動想把譜丟了. 寫什麼鬼啦! 怒. (丟筆~~~~) 最好是對著譜聽還都不知道在哪裡. sigh, 情緒完畢, Berg 還是有好聽的曲目. 趕進度去.

Berg Sieben frühe lieder

Alban Berg (1885-1935): Sieben frühe lieder,für eine singstimme und klavier, 1907

No. 1 'Nacht'
Renee Fleming- Proms 2007, Berg: Seven Early Songs-1

No. 2 Schilflied
Renee Fleming- Proms 2007, Berg: Seven Early Songs-2

No. 3 Die Nachtigall
Jessye Norman - A Portrait - Die Nachtigall (Berg)


Anne sofie von Otter

(我聽過她現場!=)

No.4 'Traumgekrönt'
Renee Fleming- Proms 2007, Berg: Seven Early Songs-4

No.5 'Im Zimmer'
Renee Fleming- Proms 2007, Berg: Seven Early Songs-5

No.6 'Liebesode'
Renee Fleming- Proms 2007, Berg: Seven Early Songs-6

No.7 'Sommertage'
Renee Fleming- Proms 2007, Berg: Seven Early Songs-7

Berg - Piano Sonata Op.1

Berg - Piano Sonata Op.1
piano by Glenn Gould


慢. 畫面和聲音有時間差, 看的很不舒服, 乾脆切視窗, 眼不見為淨.

Giuseppe Andaloro plays Alban Berg Sonata Op. 1 during a concert in USA
Andaloro - Alban Berg Sonata Op. 1 (Part 1)


Andaloro - Alban Berg Sonata Op. 1 (Part 2)

Giuseppe Andaloro, piano

meow

老師是個被六隻貓領養的人.之前我也當過一陣子的house sitting, 所以每隻貓的個性也略略了解一些. 那天studio party, 看到好久不見的喵咪們走來走去, 然後其中最老大級的一隻貓忽地出現, 對著一屋子人, 開始貓言貓語的講了起來. 老師本來在和我們聊天, 一聽到貓咪呼喚, 很順的就接下去和'牠'對話, 一邊招呼牠不要抱怨了, 順便數落要有家教一點.

OS:喵咪喵凹喵喵喵喵嗚嗚阿阿
(translated: 討厭討厭, 你們這些小鬼通通滾離我的客廳. 還有你你你, 不知道沙發是我的嗎?趕快給我鮪魚罐頭, 不然我要一直抱怨下去了.)

所以最近老師的招呼語是: "folks, any meowing things?"
=)

Schoenberg String Quartet No.2 op. 10

mvt. III & IV
Two poems by Stefan George (1868-1933)set for soprano solo and string in movemnets II and IV of Arnold Schoenberg's String Quartet No.2, Op.10

(III)
Litanei [Litany]
Language: German

Tief ist die trauer, die mich umdüstert,
Ein tret ich wieder, Herr! in dein haus...

Lang war die reise, matt sind die glieder,
Leer sind die schreine, voll nur die qual.

Durstende zunge darbt nach dem weine.
Hart war gestritten, starr ist mein arm.

Gönne die ruhe schwankenden schritten,
Hungrigem gaume bröckle dein brot!

Schwach ist mein atem rufend dem traume,
Hohl sind die hände, fiebernd der mund.

Leih deine kühle, lösche die brände,
Tilge das hoffen, sende das licht!

Gluten im herzen lodern noch offen,
Innerst im grunde wacht noch ein schrei...
Töte das sehnen, schliesse die wunde!
Nimm mir die liebe, gib mir dein glück!
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(然後英文翻譯究於著作權法, 不能貼. XD)

(IV)
Entrückung [Rapture]
Language: German

Ich fühle luft von anderem planeten.
Mir blassen durch das dunkel die gesichter
Die freundlich eben noch sich zu mir drehten.

Und bäum und wege die ich liebte fahlen
Dass ich sie kaum mehr kenne und du lichter
Geliebter schatten - rufer meiner qualen -

Bist nun erloschen ganz in tiefern gluten
Um nach dem taumel streitenden getobes
Mit einem frommen schauer anzumuten.

Ich löse mich in tönen, kreisend, webend,
Ungründigen danks und unbenamten lobes
Dem grossen atem wunschlos mich ergebend.

Mich überfährt ein ungestümes wehen
Im rausch der weihe wo inbrünstige schreie
In staub geworfner beterinnen flehen:

Dann seh ich wie sich duftige nebel lüpfen
In einer sonnerfüllten klaren freie
Die nur umfängt auf fernsten bergesschlüpfen.

Der boden schüttert weiss und weich wie molke.
Ich steige über schluchten ungeheuer,
Ich fühle wie ich über letzter wolke

In einem meer kristallnen glanzes schwimme -
Ich bin ein funke nur vom heiligen feuer
Ich bin ein dröhnen nur der heiligen stimme.
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現在讀的翻譯是取自另一本書絕版的書, 更正, 是音樂學教授說"句法相當難理解" 的書. English reanslations by Stanley Appelbaum

History

音樂史課本 = 3kg
音樂史譜例 = 3kg
所得知識 = 無價

Mastercard 廣告上身, 歷史是個沉重的包袱.

Poulenc: Melancolie

之前查, 唯一一份譜已經被借出了. 一個多月前在圖書館下了holding request, 現在書早就過期, 就等那小鬼還書, 我就有譜可以練啦.=) 聽這首, 整個就是大心啊~~

Appreciate by Nick Jonas

And there's a man dyin' on the side of the road
Won't make it home tonight
He was driving fast on a cellular phone
That's how he lived his life

While he was hanging by a thread
These where the final words he said

(Chorus)
My girl turned sweet sixteen today
She's beautiful
So Beautiful
It might get rough sometimes
But I hope she keeps her faith (Hope she keeps her faith)
I wish I grabbed the chance to say to her
Life is too short so take the time and appreciate

And there's a woman crying on the kitchen floor
She gotta a call tonight
And now she's trembling outside her daughters' door
Walks in and holds her tight
Wonderin' how or where to start
Is there a way to shield her heart

(Chorus)
My girl turned sweet sixteen today
She's beautiful
So Beautiful
It might get rough sometimes
But I hope she keeps her faith (Hope she keeps her faith)
I wish I grabbed the chance to say to her
Life is too short so take the time and appreciate

Anybody lovin will (lovin will)
Get hurt along the way
Don't be Afraid to open up (open up...)
And use the time you have before it fades
Show your love today

(Chorus)
My girl turned sweet sixteen today
She's beautiful
So Beautiful
It might get rough sometimes (It Might Get Rough sometimes)
But I hope she keeps her faith (Hope she keeps her faith)
I wish I grabbed the chance to say to her
Life is too short so take the time and appreciate

Life is too short so take the time and appreciate

original source

遊伴之必要性

這根本是廢話嗎.當然知道要跟合得來的人一起玩才會好玩啊. 不過當你沒有選擇性時, 又能怎麼辦?

這次是半family reunion, 小鬼們到齊, 另外來了兩個男生作伴,一起分擔旅費. 因為不是我認識的人, 所以是從頭觀察+ 比較這次的旅伴. 男生A一看就知道是粗壯耐操型, 果真在之後的旅途身手矯健, 任勞任怨, 很清楚要認真玩的宗旨. 除了睡覺超級會打呼讓人夜夜拿枕頭扁人之外, 其餘一切跟得上我們玩耍的腳步. 男生B是隻瘦長的傢伙, 後來果真應證了是習慣待在溫室裡的小孩. 之前就有聽說,男生B是個講不得的人, 很多時候一被質疑, 就生氣了. 變成每次都要不著痕跡的暗示, 常常內心已經宇宙大爆炸很多輪了, 還要心平氣和的對一個白目的傢伙小心的用詞, 噢這真的是磨練EQ 的最好方式啊.

很感嘆的是, 過來唸博士班, 少說也30好幾了吧? 都長到這麼大一個男孩子, 還什麼事都不會? 說開車, 也開的七搖八晃,山路還給我加速, 轉彎完全不減速, 切車道也是平移, 搞得高速公路像是在坐雲霄飛車一樣. 說看路, 也不太看地圖, 就很直著的要用GPS, 結果機器發生了很搞笑的秀抖狀況. 後來女生們很有默契的, 直接以暈車為藉口, 把車子接手過來開了. 這些都還是其次, 最受不了的是, 爬完Half Dome下山的途中, 太陽已經要下山了, 有人還不知死的慢慢走, 一邊說我們女生下山衝太快, 然後走慢的原因是因為不會走石頭路!?

當下真的是無言. 公主病都沒有在發作了你還給我裝少爺? 真要卯起來走, 180幾的大男生會走輸150幾的女孩子嗎? 當時是氣到怒火中燒,完全不想講話, 只能安慰自己, 有人不知道天黑後山路的可怕; 可又不能丟下他少爺一個人在山路慢慢走, 2000%睹他一定走不出來. 只能靠著手電筒摸黑下山, 一步一腳印,還要回頭看這傢伙有沒有跟好, 碼的我再也不要讓一個兒童跟來國家公園了.

不過我們仍然發揮自嗨的最高本領, 依舊是自己玩得很開心. 至於什麼都不會的傢伙, 不知道可以主動幫忙,不知道要主動去學,後來也懶的去教他,事情通通接手全部自己來. 慢慢的,有察覺到男生B 有被潛移默化,學會看地圖, 知道大家坐車不喜歡被甩尾,好像比較沒那麼自我中心了.well, 簡單說來, 自私程度降低10%, 不過還是嬌滴滴一隻.

承認所知有限, 有那麼難嗎? 每個人都不可能知道所有的事啊! 你可以自認很聰明, 但是生活經驗是書本上沒有教的. 那就是為什麼要去學, 去看, 去領略這世界特別的地方. 於是大家一起成長, 兒童接收到相當多的震撼,其他人的EQ 更高, 也順便觀察不同類型的人, 算是大家都學到一些囉. 假期正式結束!

coming or not?

the very last part of 18 miles(round trip) hiking to Half Dome. I made it! =)

這小鬼

該減肥了.

photo taken in top of Lembert Dome, Yosemite National Park, CA.

the carrot is NOT from us.

Death Valley

need to unplug my TV

想要把cable退了. 畢竟下學期是場硬仗=) 已知的有: 兩堂Musicology class, piano, teaching session, accompanying loading, coaching session, 練琴, 剩下的時間還要繼續彈伴奏賺錢! 哈! 來列個清單, 看看有沒有cable 對我的影響如何.

會看的節目有:

CBS:
CSI: New York (整個就是藍色調, 可是我喜歡)
CSI: Miami (很像台灣版的霹靂火, 超級灑狗血)
NCIS
Numb3rs (用數學去解謎題, 我知道很扯, 但是很有創意的構想)
Without a Trace

(比較少看的)
How I met your mother
The Big bang Theory
Shark
Two and a half Men (gym time)

USA:
House M.D.(個性非常欠揍的主角, 很喜歡這個角色設定. 我當然知道兩三個月遇到一件那樣的case都很難了!九月又有新的一季了!)

NBC:
Scrub (幾乎都看到了, 剛好都是吃飯時間, 30mins 一集剛剛好. 前幾天瞥到一集, 裡面有一幕是模仿西城故事Maria & Tony 在天橋上對唱, 然後Turk 把JD 掀下橋.... 這真的是絕妙的梗啊!:)(後來發現演JD 的演員,兼編劇之一,是學音樂出身. 噢~~難怪)

CN: (和scrub 一樣, 都是短時間, 吃飯兼看電視打發)
almost anything from cartoon network! XD
Foster's home for imaginary friends
courage of cowardly dog (很妙的是有次看到胡桃鉗的音樂融入劇情裡, 另一次是用Wagner 女武神的故事和配樂來編劇. 不著痕跡的教會小孩子古典音樂, 拍拍手!)
Spongebob squarepant (非常不想承認的是, 我竟然知道大部分的劇情.....)
Chowder

Food channel:
Ace of cake(超酷的節目! 每個禮拜看他們又做出什麼樣新的蛋糕,新的idea, 非常有趣的一家店.)

Discovery:
How it's made

Animal Planet:
the funniest animal(以前會看, 現在很久沒看了)

Bravo:
project runway (偶爾看看, 不看也無所謂.通常看最後15-20mins 開始走runway 的時候就好了.)

現在想想, 好像也沒差, 這些網路上都看得到, 又可以省錢. 那,就停掉電視啦~~~

I like this.

"I start seeing me as a beautiful person." =)

肯定自己的不完美, 面對自己的個性,身材,脾氣,以非常正面的態度來處理難關.

其實達爾文也是韓國人吧!

updated: 後來網路上又出現澄清, 說這篇報導是誤傳的. (笑.) 我怎麼沒有太訝異呢?

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上面一篇講的我超級不爽, 連韓國人再說孫中山是韓國人我也只是翻翻眼睛, 不當一回事了. no offense, 我還是一樣喜歡我的韓國同事(因為她行事作風太不像韓國人? 笑) 照這樣下去, 神奇的韓國學者會繼續推論出民主政權其實起源自韓國,[那南北韓其實是打假的], 然後泡菜早在恐龍時代就存在著[而且是唯一在北極圈存用的食糧唷!], 濟州島上藏著直通失落文明的通道, 達爾文的祖先有韓國水統, 然後第一個登陸月球的是韓國人. 夠囉, 還要繼續啊? 其實韓國學者是鄉民偽裝的吧.......

網路上新聞轉載

繼孔子之後 南韓學者稱孫中山是韓人後裔

南韓學者的考證愈來愈離譜，此前稱孔子是韓國人，現在又說孫中山是韓國人。說不定，哪天你會發現，自己原來也是韓國人。

據韓國《朝鮮日報》報道，韓國成均館大學歷史學系教授朴芬慶，經過對孫氏家族族譜仔細發掘研究，竟發現中華民國國父孫中山，實際上具備韓國血統。

報導引述朴芬慶的話說，約在西元前一千年左右，生活在朝鮮最南端，就是今天的濟州島附近的古朝鮮人，曾組成軍隊與周朝作戰，因戰功顯赫，被周文王封于孫（今為河南省宜陽縣境）。

其軍隊首領稱為「孫伯」，即孫國首領之意。

據《通志·氏族略·以邑為氏》記載，「孫氏，周文王所封，世為周卿，士食采于孫，子孫因以為氏。」《翠亨孫氏家譜》二修一卷記載，「吾姓系出周孫伯之後，世為周卿，因國為氏。」

朴芬慶由此證明，孫氏是起源于韓國。

朴芬慶還說，根據對廣東孫氏家族聚居遺址的調查，可以認為，孫氏家族的生活帶有明顯的朝鮮色彩，不屬於中國本土文化。

朴芬慶表示，在原始的孫氏家族古籍中，可以發現許多古朝鮮文字轉化的外來字，充分說明孫中山具有韓國血統。

香港《文匯報》稱，《朝鮮日報》記者正在對這一重大發現進行跟蹤報導，預計今年底關於孫氏家族起源真相的系列書籍將可完成。

此外，關於孫中山祖先從韓國遷往中國的考古紀錄片拍攝，也在計畫之中。

此前，韓國學者也考證中國美女西施，亦為韓人，連「台灣之光」的棒球明星王建民，竟然也被考證為韓國皇族的後裔。

crazy gasoline

前陣子打了幾通電話給AA 詢問有關行李的事.
目前一般鄉民如我們,在沒有任何 AA reward ticket; AA & citi credit card 的加持之下, 國內第一件行李是$15, 第二件是$ 25 (each way). 不過如果是轉接國際線就不受限制, 一樣是兩箱23kg/50pounds. citi & AA credit card 銀鑽卡會員和兌換里程50,000 哩也可以免費在國內線寄兩件行李. (但是即便是兌換里程, 25,000 miles 並沒有優待到, 一樣寄行李需要另外付費)

所以說, 如果出去兩個禮拜演出,飛三個點, 需要寄兩件行李, $15+$25=$40 each way, $40x3=$120.!!!! 哇咧, 又不是在講台幣說......

我知道油價一值在漲, 可是Delta 這樣也太誇張了.
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原文
Delta Air doubles fee for second checked bag to $50

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines on Tuesday doubled the fee to check a second bag for domestic flights to $50 from $25 to help offset record fuel prices.

Delta announced a number of baggage fee increases on domestic and international flights, including a rise in the fee for items that require special handling such as surfboards or ski equipment.

Delta also increased the fee for a third checked bag from $80 to $125 on domestic flights and from $150 to $200 on international flights. It also raised fees for bags that exceed its weight allowance.

These changes will apply to tickets bought on or after July 31 for travel on or after August 5.

"As fuel costs remain at record levels, Delta believes revising the fee structure for excess bags and specialty items is essential to generate the necessary revenues to offset record fuel costs while continuing to offer these services to customers," the airline said in a statement.

Amid record fuel prices and a slowing U.S. economy, airlines are cutting routes, capacity and jobs and raising fares and fees to survive.

Delta said its First Class, Business Elite and Medallion customers will still be able to check up to three bags at no charge and customers on international flights can check a first and second bag at no charge.

Delta said all of its customers can still check a first bag free of charge on domestic flights and check two bags free of charge on international flights.

(Reporting by Mark McSherry; editing by Leslie Gevirtz, Gary Hill)

Ballade of Baby Doe

Willow Song, Beverly Sills as Baby Doe


今天和老師走了幾首曲子. 因為之前彈過Willow Song, 今天就專注在Silver aria.

Silver Aria
Barbara Iona Miller, soprano


Ballade of Baby Doe 是美國作曲家Douglas Moore 在1956年的作品, (Libretto by John Latouche). 剛開始彈Willow Song, 一下子就喜歡上這部歌劇, 但是是到現在才在認真了解整個故事劇情. (阿哈哈哈, 不要問我為什麼, 開心就好....)

Baby Doe 本名是Mrs. Elizabeth Doe, 在離開她的第一任丈夫Harvey Doe後, 隻身前往Leadville, CO. 因為年輕貌美而被曠工暱稱為 'Baby Doe'. 時間正逢 1880年, 是當地首富Horace Tabor 最意氣風發的時候. 故事就在Baby Doe, Tabor 和Auguata Tabor 的三角戀情中發展. 這是個女人以她的美貌聞名, 嫁給了Colorado 當地的首富, 連美國總統都來參加她的婚禮; 但最後卻被發現凍死在廢棄的礦坑旁, 時間是1935. 兩幕的歌劇, 有興趣的人往這裡走

故事實際發生在Leadville 和Denver, CO, 這些人都是實際存在過的.

Tabor's House

Tabor Opera House
"So fleet the works of man:
back to the earth again
Ancient and holy things
Fade like a dream....."
-- Charles Kingsley
(inscription on the curtain of the Tabor Grand Opera House)

首演在Central City, July 7th, 1956. 是Baby Doe 曾住過的地點之一.
Sets: Donald Oenslager
Director: Hanya Holm
Conductor: Emerson Buckley
Tabor: Walter Vassel(baritone)
Augusta: Martha Lipton (mezzo)
Baby Doe: Dolores Wilson (soprano)
[The alternated cast included Clifford Harvuot, Frances Bible and Leyna Gabriele]

但真正唱響這齣劇的是Beverly Sills, Central city, New York, 1958.
當初紐約再版女主角風聲不斷,但一直沒有確定由誰主演. 傳聞不斷, 消息滿天飛, Beverly Sills 還曾聽過她不可能得到這個角色因為她太高了. 因為這個消息, 讓她小姐非常的興致缺缺. 一直到開演前一個多月, Beverly Sills 被強力邀請去紐約飾演這角色,開唱前還先聲明 "如果因為太大隻而不錄取,大家就不要浪費時間," 這才勉強唱一下. 一唱完Willow Song, Moore 走上舞台說: "Miss Sills, you are Baby Doe."

one of the great contemporary American opera, 聲樂部分就是快樂的跑上又跑下, singer 本身要對音程有相當好的準確度; 再者, 要有高音啊! XD 不然到high D 破音真的不是喊救人就可以解決的. 樂團部分, 用了很多長笛, 而且是duet的份量. 至少我可以跟我的singer 說: well, let's sing it together!

聽著Sills 的錄音, 有種很幸福的感覺. :)
最經典的是這個版本, 在Sills 70th 大壽時出版的, June 1959 的錄音.