1. how you come across to it:
坐小巴回家途中聽到<喜歡妳>, 然後便很想聽<情人>
2. why this piece?
聽來清新純情, 少有沒什麼哀怨仇恨的分手情歌.
3. (and...)
在小巴逐句聽<喜歡妳>的歌詞, 發現內容與Eternity and a Day中老詩人的追悔相應. 還有就是那很單純的puppy love, 有點傻傻的可愛.
<情人>的歌詞表面跟內裡意思有自相矛盾之處. 這首歌是當年Beyond打算離開香港去日本開拓市場寫來寄語樂迷. 似乎至少有兩種解讀方式, 由誠懇到狡猾都說得通:
1. 口說怎麼無奈也不及身體力行要離開意思明顯, 於是聽來更像為自己開脫而去安撫哄人以取得諒解.
2. 因生死相隔或非常非常不得已的理由要離開, 希望未亡人別太難過.
想來Beyond可能是1. 的意思, 後來變成2.是當時無法預料的. 就像<抗戰20年>本來意思跟VIIV也無關呀.
<喜歡妳>:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lk-KVNex_kM
其實我更喜歡陳奕迅唱的<情人>, 因為他很投入和激動, 聽來更莫名其妙像doublespeak:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5zoCC88XRw
黃家駒原唱<情人>:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wL0t2PvXL0Q&NR=1
22.9.10
21.8.09
Poulenc: Stabat Mater
1. how you come across to it:
It's a frequent piece on my iPod.
2. why this piece?
Many are familiar with the somber yet graceful melody. Detailing the piece will reveal that Poulenc has put a lot of intriguing orchestrations to the music. Despite the fact that the orchestra is occassionally heavy and pompous, Poulenc masterfully manages the instruments into a weaving and colourful support. This is illustrious.
I think that's why I like this more than the Gloria. I think many would agree.
3. (and...)
On my iPod there's a Naxos version conducted by Michel Piquemal. This is pleasant.
It's a frequent piece on my iPod.
2. why this piece?
Many are familiar with the somber yet graceful melody. Detailing the piece will reveal that Poulenc has put a lot of intriguing orchestrations to the music. Despite the fact that the orchestra is occassionally heavy and pompous, Poulenc masterfully manages the instruments into a weaving and colourful support. This is illustrious.
I think that's why I like this more than the Gloria. I think many would agree.
3. (and...)
On my iPod there's a Naxos version conducted by Michel Piquemal. This is pleasant.
12.6.09
Mussorgsky (orch. Julian Yu): Pictures at an Exhibition
1. how you come across to it:
Forgot. Probably from the publisher's page or somebody told me.
2. why this piece?
Got the score, and finally the CD from my friend. After initial listen, I played it again a few more times.
3. (and...)
After piano and numerous thundering orchestral versions, Julian Yu put the piece successfully in a fairy-tale-like miniature, with a Chinese stamp here and there (by fusing the theme of 早天雷 into his arrangement). A delight.
Forgot. Probably from the publisher's page or somebody told me.
2. why this piece?
Got the score, and finally the CD from my friend. After initial listen, I played it again a few more times.
3. (and...)
After piano and numerous thundering orchestral versions, Julian Yu put the piece successfully in a fairy-tale-like miniature, with a Chinese stamp here and there (by fusing the theme of 早天雷 into his arrangement). A delight.
23.5.09
Paul Schoenfield (b. 1947): Café Music for Piano Trio (1986)
1. how you come across to it:
I first heard two movements of it at an MIT concert last year when I page-turned for a trio playing this piece.
2. why this piece?
My friends and myself attempted to read this last night.
3. (and...)
We found it too difficult to sight-read it even after dividing the piano part between two pianists!
A rendition of the first movement by the Triple Helix Trio can be heard here:
http://www.triplehelixpianotrio.org/music.html
A nice performance of the first movement by the Lincoln Trio:
I first heard two movements of it at an MIT concert last year when I page-turned for a trio playing this piece.
2. why this piece?
My friends and myself attempted to read this last night.
3. (and...)
We found it too difficult to sight-read it even after dividing the piano part between two pianists!
A rendition of the first movement by the Triple Helix Trio can be heard here:
http://www.triplehelixpianotrio.org/music.html
A nice performance of the first movement by the Lincoln Trio:
18.5.09
Nobuo Uematsu: One Winged Angel, from the Final Fantasy VII series
1. how you come across to it:
After a talk with my dear colleague, I suddenly got an impulse to dig out Nobuo Uematsu's music to listen. He is long regarded as a master in game music. However, one could only listen to the music and realise how masterful one could be in writing music for something "just for fun." This is, seriously, a piece of art.
2. why this piece?
Uematsu wrote nearly all the music for the RPG series Final Fantasy. One Winged Angel is written originally for Playstation and the composer opted for MIDI output. The composer has put this seemingly "limited technology" into full use, not only creating complex music but also employing vocal to the One Winged Angel. This is now considered influential.
3. (and...)
These musicians seriously performed the piece.
Also the lyrics: the text is allegedly from Carmina Burana. So it's in Latin.
After a talk with my dear colleague, I suddenly got an impulse to dig out Nobuo Uematsu's music to listen. He is long regarded as a master in game music. However, one could only listen to the music and realise how masterful one could be in writing music for something "just for fun." This is, seriously, a piece of art.
2. why this piece?
Uematsu wrote nearly all the music for the RPG series Final Fantasy. One Winged Angel is written originally for Playstation and the composer opted for MIDI output. The composer has put this seemingly "limited technology" into full use, not only creating complex music but also employing vocal to the One Winged Angel. This is now considered influential.
3. (and...)
These musicians seriously performed the piece.
Also the lyrics: the text is allegedly from Carmina Burana. So it's in Latin.
6.5.09
Andrew Lloyd Webber: Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again (from The Phantom of the Opera)
1. how you come across to it:
In a midnight, I told my friend I suddenly think of the song "All I Ask of You" (though Andrew Lloyd Webber's music is NEVER my cup of te.... what make me think of the song is the wonderful lyrics by Charles Hart), then my friend said, "Oh, I prefer Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again". Then I find a youtube recording immediately. Yes, the song is haunting.
2. why this piece?
Today chatted with that friend again and I made a joke that "I don't look like your father!" (Sorry, it's difficult to tell you the complete context of the joke), at night I listen to this song again.
3. (and...)
To me, the lyrics is more attractive then music....
"Help me say goodbye", never imagine such a simple sentence can have such heartbreaking impact....
In a midnight, I told my friend I suddenly think of the song "All I Ask of You" (though Andrew Lloyd Webber's music is NEVER my cup of te.... what make me think of the song is the wonderful lyrics by Charles Hart), then my friend said, "Oh, I prefer Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again". Then I find a youtube recording immediately. Yes, the song is haunting.
2. why this piece?
Today chatted with that friend again and I made a joke that "I don't look like your father!" (Sorry, it's difficult to tell you the complete context of the joke), at night I listen to this song again.
3. (and...)
To me, the lyrics is more attractive then music....
"Help me say goodbye", never imagine such a simple sentence can have such heartbreaking impact....
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