南極交響曲
背景
1947年,佛漢·威廉士為電影《南極的史葛船長》創作配樂,因而對南極這個題裁非常感興趣,當完成了配樂後,便著手以當中的旋律,另外譜寫這首樂曲。[1]樂曲是題獻給另一位英國專長譜寫電影配樂的作曲家恩斯特·厄文。[2]
樂曲於1953年1月14日於曼徹斯特舉行,擔任指揮的是約翰·巴比羅利,由哈萊樂團演奏。4月2日再由芝加哥交響樂團及库贝里克作美國首演。
樂隊編制
樂曲結構
全首交響曲共分為五個樂章,佛漢·威廉士特意為每一個樂章都加添了一段朗讀段落,並由一個旁述,於每個樂章演奏前朗讀。[3]內容選自英國的短詩、聖經、以及史葛船長所撰寫的日誌內容等。官方的演奏時間為42分鐘。
- 第1樂章:前奏(Prelude):Andante maestoso,3/4 及 4/4
- 第2樂章:諧躍曲(Scherzo):中速(Moderato),6/8,9/8 及 3/4
- 第3樂章:風景(Landscape):Lento,4/4 及 3/2;直落(Segue)
- 第4樂章:間奏(Intermezzo):Andante maestoso,3/4 及 4/4
- 第5樂章:後奏(Epilogue):Alla marcia, moderato (non troppo allegro),4/4 及 3/4
各樂章的朗讀段
- 第1樂章:《解放了的普羅米修斯》(珀西·比希·雪莱)
- To suffer woes which hope thinks infinite,
- To forgive wrongs darker than death or night,
- To defy power which seems omnipotent,
- Neither to change, nor falter, nor repent:
- This… is to be
- Good, great and joyous, beautiful and free,
- This is alone life, joy, empire and victory.
- There go the ships, and there is that Leviathan whom thou hast made to take his pastime therein.
- 第3樂章:《日出前,在夏冒尼的山谷》(塞缪尔·泰勒·柯勒律治)
- Ye ice falls! Ye that from the mountain's brow
- Adown enormous ravines slope amain —
- Torrents, methinks, that heard a mighty voice,
- And stopped at once amid their maddest plunge!
- Motionless torrents! Silent cataracts!
- 第4樂章:《日出》(约翰·多恩)
- Love, all alike, no season knows, nor clime,
- Nor hours, days, months, which are the rags of time.
- 第5樂章:選自史葛船長最後一次航程的日誌
- I do not regret this journey; we took risks, we knew we took them, things have come out against us, therefore we have no cause for complaint.
軼事
注釋
- 樂譜上的解說,參見 Vaugham Williams, R. (1953). Sinfonia antartica. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0193694255。
- . Vaughan Williams Society. [2008-07-11]. (原始内容存档于2008-07-17).
- . [2011-06-29]. (原始内容存档于2016-03-04).
- Kennedy, M. (1980) The work of Ralph Vaughan Williams. Clarendon Press: Oxford, p. 322
- Kennedy, p. 335
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