2012/10/02

The man with the golden flute - Sir James Galway

占士.高威-良朋樂聚音樂會
若你喜歡長笛, 相信也會喜歡這個的音樂會!  其中的曲目還有我的至愛莫札特的K299長笛與豎琴協奏曲(選段)!
占士的長笛演奏, 在十多年前在香港欣賞過, 而在愛丁堡唸書時, 也欣賞過一次他演奏愛爾蘭樂曲.

年多前購買了他一本自傳 "The man with the golden flute", 雖然內容較多描述他的"偉業", 較少提及他的掙扎與心路歷程, 但其中一段講述他年少時學長笛的小故事卻讓我十分共鳴!  哈哈, 大師也有喜歡奏流行曲和不想練Scale的時候!



Galway & Friends with City Chamber Orchestra of Hong Kong

Date:  7 Oct 2012 (Sun) 3:00pm

Venue: Hong Kong City Hall (Concert Hall)

Ticket Price: $600, $480, $350, $200
Programme:
Vivaldi  Flute Concerto in D, The Goldfinch, Op.10, No.3
Mozart   Piano Concerto No.20 in D minor, K.466 (excerpts)
Mozart   Flute & Harp Concerto in C, K.299 (excerpts)
H. Shore  Lord of the Rings Suite
Gossec   Tambourin
Marin-Marais    Le Basque
Debussy   En Bateau & Clair de Lune
Doppler Rondo for Two Flutes, Op.25
James    Love Theme from Titanic, My Heart Will Go On
Horner   Galway Fair
David    Brian Boru's March
Overton   Flight of the Bumblebee
Traditional  Badinereelerie
Korsakov
David Overton



The Man with the Golden Flute - Published in 2009
 

http://www.jamesgalway.com/

Book introduction: 

Sir James Galway is one of the top musicians of our time, with a dazzling career that has spanned five decades and many genres of music. Now he celebrates his seventieth birthday with a look back on his incredible career, during which he has traveled around the world many times over and made countless friends, including legends from the worlds of classical and popular music. He reflects on the challenges he faced coming from the poverty of working-class Belfast and making the decision to go solo as a flutist, as well as the triumphs as he made his way to the top of his profession.




An interesting story except from the book ....

.. Now that I had a proper flute, all I wanted to do was play it.  The problem was that I wanted to play tunes...  But my father believed that if you were going to learn properly, you had to practice your scales, and you even had to llearn some theory ...
 I wanted to play 'White Christmas' or 'South of Border' or some of the great marches, like 'Men of Harlech' or an Orangemen's tune called 'the Sash My Father Wore.'  Dad wanted me to practice my scales.  One time I went up to my room and was playing 'Men of Harlech' in the key of A major, and I was having trouble with a G-sharp.  Dad came tearing up the stairs and burst into the bedroom, yelling, 'There, you see! If you'd learned the scale of A major properly, you'd be able to play that.' ...