第十三期：Copland's Birthday Party

概要
今天又是一期愉快的“报菜名”节目——Aaron Copland的六十岁生日派对～伯恩斯坦把Copland的音乐形容成花园，花园里有各种各样的花，有很清新坦诚的作品(An Outdoor Overture), 有很教条式的作品(Statement)， 有包含爵士元素的，描绘美国大城市的作品(Music For the Theatre），有描绘美国乡村恬静生活的作品(Music For Movies, "Our Town"），有民间音乐的改编(I Bought Me a Cat, The Boatman's dance)，有西部风格的作品(Billy the Kid）。这种多样的风格正好迎合了第二期What is American Music中提到的多样性～节目中有一个印象深刻的片段是伯恩斯坦拆解Copland的Statement中一个很现代的一个乐句，通过调整他们的音高，配上传统的和声，之前感觉很扎耳的现代音乐立刻回归传统色彩，个人觉得是一个给现代音乐祛魅的很好的demonstration～节目最后Copland亲自上场指挥了自己的El Salon Mexico，老爷子玩得好开心好有感染力～

喜欢的Quote
Today, we're going to have a 60th birthday party for another composer, our own loved and admired Aaron Copland, and this time we're going to meet him in person later in the program. When you do meet him, I think the first thing about him that will strike you is his youthfulness — not only the youthfulness of his face, but also of his smile, of his conducting vigor, of his almost boyish personality, and especially of his spirit.

After all, don't forget that this is modern music, music of our time; and we are living in some pretty rocky times. Besides, music changes and grows all through history, like all ideas; and what used to be considered right and normal is very different from what's right and normal these days.

曲目
1. Copland - An Outdoor Overture
2. Copland - Statement
3. Copland - Music For the Theatre, "Dance"
4. Copland - Music For Movies, "Our Town"
5. Copland - Rodeo, Hoe-Down
6. Copland - The Boatman's Dance
7. Copland - I Bought Me a Cat
8. Copland - El Salon Mexico

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