2024/06/09

Voval recital by Young Vocalists

 


Vocal recital by Young Vocalists

Date: 9.6.2024 (Sunday)
Time: 3:00pm - 4:30p.m.
Venue:  Hong KongArts Centre






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2024/06/03

《伊甸》 'EDEN' - Joyce DiDonato 音樂會


《伊甸》 'EDEN' - Joyce DiDonato 音樂會

2024年6月3日(星期一) 7:30 pm

香港大會堂音樂廳



繼2019年迅速售罄的《戰爭與和平》演出,歌劇界巨星狄杜娜朵(Joyce DiDonato)將携新作《伊甸》再度訪港在亞洲首演。

《伊甸》是一場完美結合音樂、劇場和舞蹈的作品,當中選奏跨越四個世紀的樂曲,從格魯克(Gluck)、韓德爾(Handel)利到馬勒(Mahler)、艾菲斯(Ives),以及奧斯卡獲獎作曲家麗珍.波特曼(Rachel Portman)的全新作品。《伊甸》弘揚希望,歌頌自然,借助音樂的力量來重新建立人與人之間的連繫。

狄杜娜朵將與她長期合作的金蘋果古樂團(il Pomo d’Oro)和指揮Zefira Valova攜手演出。他們共同將這部深刻的作品帶給香港觀眾。在動盪的時代中,讓我們一起慶祝人類精神的韌性。

杜娜朵願景是在巡演的每個城市都聘用當地的教學藝術家,與他們合作,放大年輕人和其他人對EDEN的體驗,利用他們的聲音和創意項目,更深入地理解自然及其在這個世界中的直接影響。當地的兒童合唱團也將有機會在EDEN的演出中與迪多納托同台演出。 今次一起演出的德望中學的合唱團•

節目

艾菲斯 《未解答的問題》
麗珍.波特曼 《天地初曉》
馬勒〈我聞到一絲淡然芬芳〉(選自《呂克特歌集》)
烏切利尼 第三交響曲,為五件樂器而作,作品7
馬利尼 〈天上的星星比以往多〉(選自《諧謔曲及歌曲集》,作品5)
米斯利維徹克 〈我將從海岸移走海水〉(選自《亞當與夏娃》)
柯普蘭 〈大自然,最溫柔的母親〉(選自《八首埃米莉·狄更生詩作》,為聲樂及室樂團而作)
華倫天尼 《等音奏鳴曲》
卡瓦利 〈蔭涼的林地〉(選自《卡利斯托》)
格魯克 〈復仇女神之舞〉(選自《奧爾歐與尤麗迪采》,Wq. 30)
格魯克 〈可憐啊,我在哪!〉(選自《埃齊奧》,Wq. 15)
格魯克 〈啊,這不是我說的!〉(選自《埃齊奧》,Wq. 15)
韓德爾 〈有如早晨邁著玫瑰色步伐〉(選自 《狄奧多拉》,HWV 68)
馬勒 第三首〈我已被世界所遺棄〉(選自《呂克特歌集》)

Programme

IVES The Unanswered Question
Rachel PORTMAN The First Morning of the World
MAHLER “Ich atmet’ einen linden Duft!” from Rückert-Lieder
UCCELLINI Sinfonia Terza (a cinque stromenti), Op.7
MARINI “Con le stelle in Ciel che mai” from Scherzi e canzone, Op. 5
MYSLIVEČEK “Toglierò le sponde al mare” from Adamo ed Eva
COPLAND “Nature, the Gentlest Mother” from Eight Poems of Emily Dickinson for voice and chamber orchestra
VALENTINI Sonata enharmonica
CAVALLI “Piante ombrose” from La Calisto
GLUCK “Danza degli spettri e delle furie” from Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30
GLUCK “Misera, dove son!…Ah! non son io che parlo” from Ezio, Wq. 15
HANDEL “As with rosy steps the morn” from Theodora, HWV 68
MAHLER “Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen” from Rückert-Lieder


《伊甸》

EDEN是迪多納托最新的多面向計劃,她將在未來四年中投入大量時間,通過音樂、戲劇和教育來探討我們與大自然的個人聯繫。這個計劃包括2022-2024年在五大洲45多個場地巡演,一張Erato唱片,開創性的教育項目,以及多個合作夥伴,將產生深遠的影響和遺產。 

 迪多納托堅信,EDEN背後的驅動力是,我們需要集體回歸到"最好的自己",不僅解決當前的氣候危機,也解決心靈危機。通過審視我們與自然世界的關係及我們在其中的獨特地位,EDEN邀請聽眾探索和尋找關於歸屬感、目的和治癒的答案。

 "每一天過去,"迪多納托寫道,"我越來越相信自然界周圍的完美平衡、驚人的奧秘和引導力量,大自然有很多可以教我們的。EDEN是一個回歸我們根源,探索我們是否像可以那樣深入連接到我們存在的本質,從內心創造一個新的伊甸園,為未來播下希望種子的邀請。

" 與她長期合作的管弦樂隊Il Pomo d'Oro和指揮馬克西姆·埃梅利亞尼切夫合作,迪多納托還將與導演瑪麗·蘭伯特和獲得奧斯卡獎的作曲家瑞秋·波特曼合作,將不同流派的音樂與設計精心呈現的舞台相結合,以將觀眾與我們周圍的大自然內心聯繫起來。 在艱難時期,接觸大自然和音樂生活使迪多納托"感到連接和意識到自己是更大事物的一部分。

我內心喚醒了一顆種子。正是在這個時候,我尋求音樂的慰藉和連結:每一天過去,我越來越相信音樂世界的完美平衡、驚人的奧秘和引導力量。自然界和音樂都在指引我們方向 - 一個由和諧和平衡所決定的方向。我們會回應這個呼喚嗎?" 

 Erato發行的專輯EDEN將於2022年2月25日發行,國際巡演將於2022年3月2日在布魯塞爾開始。專輯和巡演的曲目都非常豐富多樣,涵蓋了自古以來就吸引作曲家們的自然主題,探討人類與自然的各種關係,將如迪多納托所說"沒有邊界 - 像一個野生的花園"。 曲目涵蓋了17到21世紀,包括了韓德爾、格魯克、華格納、馬勒、艾夫斯、科普蘭和奧斯卡獲得者瑞秋·波特曼 - 迪多納托委託她為EDEN創作了一件新作品。這些曲目都是這一遠見卓識的項目的核心。 

 EDEN涉及多個音樂類型,以兩首提出問題的作品開場:出自1908年的查爾斯·艾夫斯的神秘之作《未解之謎》,迪多納托唱出了通常由小號演奏的旋律;以及由英國奧斯卡獎獲得者瑞秋·波特曼的新委約作品。為EDEN創作,波特曼與美國詩人兼作家吉恩·希爾合作,創作了《世界的第一個早晨》。希爾以富有詩意的文字表達,這是一個充滿疑問的時刻,思考"從世界的第一個早晨開始的聲音和歌曲"。 出自約瑟夫·米斯利韋切克的一首清唱劇咏嘆調,講述了亞當和夏娃的故事,天使正義嚴厲而痛苦地警告著他的子民。從18世紀早期,韓德爾以其著名的"Largo"亮相,這是一首對一棵法國梧桐樹下清爽的頌歌。義大利早期歌劇的榮耀在卡瓦利的歌劇《卡利斯托》中得到回憶,其故事開始於一片焦灼的荒蕪景象,但最終卡利斯托升上星空。 

 EDEN的重要組成部分是一個新的、定義行業的模式,將為藝術家在放大演出力量方面設立新的標準。通過與多個國際合作夥伴合作,EDEN確保其教育和社區工作是該項目的核心,並且其遺產是真實和持久的。 作為國際教學藝術家合作組織(ITAC)的氣候大使,迪多納托一直與他們合作,設計並實施EDEN參與計劃 - 一個跨學科的音樂-自然教育和社區計劃,面向全球各地的兒童合唱團和學校群體,在埃里克·布斯的指導下。願景是在巡演的每個城市都聘用當地的教學藝術家,與他們合作,放大年輕人和其他人對EDEN的體驗,利用他們的聲音和創意項目,更深入地理解自然及其在這個世界中的直接影響。當地的兒童合唱團也將有機會在EDEN的演出中與迪多納托同台演出。 

國際植物園保護聯盟和迪多納托創造了EDEN可持續發展挑戰,提出了可以明顯帶來更可持續生活方式的簡單目標。BGCI正在為觀眾提供本土種子,為古典音樂界帶來一個罕見的機會,實際和集體在全球範圍內種植一個新的"伊甸園",積極參與再生、認識和創造。


The EDEN project:

EDEN is DiDonato’s latest multi-faceted initiative, one that she will dedicate much of her time over the next four years to, uniting music, drama, and education to confront questions of our individual connection to Nature. Comprised of a tour of over 45 venues across five continents between 2022-24, an Erato album, ground-breaking education programme, and multiple partnerships, EDEN’s long-term impact and legacy will be far reaching.

DiDonato’s passionate belief, and the driving force behind EDEN, is that a collective return to our “best selves” is needed to not only address our current climate crisis, but the crisis of heart, as well. By examining our relationship to the natural world and our unique place within it, EDEN invites the listener to explore and search for answers about belonging, purpose, and healing.

“With each passing day,” writes DiDonato, “I trust more and more in the perfect balance, astonishing mystery and guiding force of the natural world around us, how much Mother Nature has to teach us. EDEN is an invitation to return to our roots and to explore whether or not we are connecting as profoundly as we can to the pure essence of our being, to create a new EDEN from within and plant seeds of hope for the future.”

Alongside her long-standing orchestral partners, Il Pomo d’Oro and conductor Maxim Emelyanychev DiDonato will collaborate with stage director Marie Lambert and Academy Award-winning composer Rachel Portman, combining music from different genres with a stage setting designed to connect the audience with the very heart of the natural world around us.

DiDonato describes how, in challenging times, contact with the natural world in conjunction with her musical life makes her “feel connected and sense that I’m an integral part of something bigger. A seed is awakened within me. This is precisely when I seek out the comfort and connection of music: with each passing day I trust more and more in the perfect balance, astonishing mystery, and guiding force of the musical world. Both nature and music are showing us the way – a way dictated by harmony and balance. Will we answer the call?”

The Erato album EDEN is released on February 25th, 2022 and the international tour begins on March 2, 2022 in Brussels. The repertoire for both is richly diverse, pulling from the timeless theme of nature which has captivated composers over the centuries with each track exploring an aspect of humankind’s relationship with nature and will, in DiDonato’s words, “have no boundaries – like a wild garden.”

Ranging from the 17th to the 21st century, and embracing such composers as Handel, Gluck, Wagner, Mahler, Ives, Copland and Oscar-winner Rachel Portman – who DiDonato has commissioned to write a new work specially for EDEN – the programme is at the heart of this visionary project.

Crossing a number of musical genres, EDEN opens with two pieces that pose questions: dating from 1908, Charles Ives’s enigmatic The Unanswered Question, in which DiDonato sings lines usually assigned to a trumpet, and a new commission from the Academy Award winning British composer Rachel Portman. For EDEN, Portman has teamed up with American poet and writer Gene Scheer to compose The First Morning of the World. Scheer, admired for his collaborations with such prominent composers as Jake Heggie (including the song cycle Camille Claudel: Into the fire, written for DiDonato and released on Erato in 2018) acknowledges, through its evocative text, that this is a moment rife with questions, wondering about “the sounds and the songs from the first morning of the world.”

An oratorio aria by Josef Mysliveček is taken from a retelling of the story of Adam and Eve, as the Angel of Justice utters a stern and bitter warning to his people. From the earlier part of the 18th century Handel is represented by his famous “Largo”, a breathtaking ode to the refreshing shade of a plane tree. The early glories of Italian opera are evoked in an aria from Cavalli’s opera of gods and humans, La Calisto. Its story opens on a scorched, arid landscape, but it ends with Calisto, its heroine, ascending to the stars.

Integral to EDEN is a new and industry-defining model that will set a new standard for the local impact artists can have in amplifying the power of their performances. By engaging with multiple international partners, EDEN ensures that its education and community work is central to the project, and that its legacy is real and long-lasting.

As International Teaching Artists Collaborative (ITAC)’s Climate Ambassador, DiDonato has been working with them on the design and delivery of EDEN Engagement—an interdisciplinary music-nature education and community programme for children’s choirs and school groups across the globe, under the guidance of Eric Booth, Co-Founder of ITAC. The vision is to employ local Teaching Artists in every city on the tour, and work with them to amplify young peoples’ and others’ experiences of EDEN, using their voices and creative projects to gain a deeper understanding of nature and their direct impact within the world. Local children’s choirs will also get the opportunity to perform on stage with DiDonato in the EDEN concerts.

Botanic Gardens Conservation International and DiDonato have created The EDEN Sustainability Challenge that poses simple goals which demonstrably bring a more sustainable lifestyle. BGCI are providing native seeds for audience members to plant, bringing a rare and singular opportunity for the classical music community to literally and collectively plant a new “EDEN” across the globe, actively participating in regeneration, awareness and creation.'

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