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蝶化异乡

本文发表在 rolia.net 枫下论坛上班开车得二十多分钟,路上通常要打开收音机听听新闻或是音乐。

今天调到音乐台,居然听到了梁祝。

不像任何一个有名的版本。曲子结束时也没报演奏者和乐团。乐团水平像是市一级的。小提琴手技术还行,但显然对曲子内涵感悟不透,基本就是纯技巧表现。论内在情绪,别说比俞丽拿,连西琦崇子都不如。

即便如此,还是有点开心。漂流异域,一路听着“乡音”去上班,不知今夕何夕。

而且这不是自己放的碟,是本地电台播放的曲目。乍听之下,颇有几分穿越感。

据说龙会吟,不过我私下揣度,龙吟起来多半走调。所以龙的传人有很多强项,但音乐方面,确实不是世界最强。上下五千年一路打探,早先据说有广陵散,可惜正版的失传了。到底怎样也无从印证。中间那几千年似乎就没什么特别震撼的作品传下来。后来咱称为民乐古典的,基本都是清以后的事情。那里面也就春江花月夜还比较丰满。但还是属于江南园林水平。您要是听贝九,就会觉得那是一个大陆板块呼啸着从地平线向你卷杀过来。这是说音乐内涵。要说乐器,民乐乐器,不论是单件的音色和表现力,抑或是合奏的配器,跟文艺复兴之后的欧洲比起来,实在太古朴。

进入现代以后,咱也学了交响乐。演奏家咱们出了不少。比如您要是不知道郎朗和马友友,您都不好意思说自己喜欢音乐。看来咱们龙的传人,这手指头的灵巧有很高段位。有人说这是因为咱们从小用筷子。待考。

演奏不错,但作曲一直不太强势。上世纪初开始咱们就引进交响乐。可是快一百年了,真没什么很拿得出手的大作。比较而言,梁祝恐怕就已经算是最成功的。可是梁祝问世也有五十年了。之前在海外还是没人注意。毕竟论实力,要跟巴赫、肖邦之流单挑,还是有点难。估计是近年咱中国经济实力拦不住地往上蹿。经济上去了,面子就看涨。于是连洋鬼子的音乐台也想着咱得放两段中国音乐,让中国大爷高兴高兴,回头多跟咱做点生意。这么想着,就到图书馆查了一通。然后注意到了这首梁祝,于是我今早就听到了一曲化蝶。

有同学可能从这事上能见微知著,激发出“中国可以说不”这样的情愫。我脑子比较迟钝,走不到这么高的境界。无非就是在异乡意外听到乡音,心里觉得有点小感动。感动完了还得干活去。更多精彩文章及讨论,请光临枫下论坛 rolia.net
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  • 枫下拾英 / 心灵感悟 / 蝶化异乡 +2
    • It's definitely a master piece. I enjoyed it in quite a few different forms: 越剧,民乐合奏,小提琴协奏曲,and 芭蕾舞剧。
      • Agree. I got a friend who plays violin. He once had such comment: the butterfly lovers concerto (化蝶) is beautiful not so much because the composers got extraordinary talent. They derived the melody from the traditional Shaoxing opera (越剧),
        which was so beautiful to begin with. His comment may not be entirely fair (from the composers' point of view), but in a way he expressed what you mean here :)
        • Somehow making sense. BTW, Traditionally Chinese music only had 5 notes, i.e. 12356. But Butterfly Lover already went beyond such tradition. It used the "7" as well.
          • Sure thing. That's violin concerto, which already goes beyond the scope of "traditional Chinese music", so there is no reason for the composers to limit themselves within the 5-note system :-)