第十六期：What is Impressionism

概要
这期介绍的是印象派音乐。开篇伯恩斯坦说，印象派的关键在于suggestion，并给出这个特别形象的比喻：如果贝多芬第五交响曲的theme就如爸爸命令孩子去睡觉的话，印象派就如爸爸通过描述温暖的被窝，甜蜜的梦乡suggest该睡觉了🥱印象派的音乐和印象派的绘画密不可分，于是伯恩斯坦接下来展示了莫奈的印象派画作和现实照片的区别。音乐和绘画相比是更为抽象的，不过音乐内部也有相对的“现实”——即“清晰”的和声和旋律，和相对的“印象”。接下来伯恩斯坦简要地介绍了印象派音乐家通过什么来创造这样的“印象”，包括了whole tone scale，新的和声，bitonality，和遥远地方的联系的等等。整期节目以德彪西的La Mer作为例子，并且包含很详细的对音乐的分析。这期的最后还提了一嘴Ravel，并用他的Daphne and Chloe选段作为结尾。

喜欢的Quote
And as you know, the power of suggestion is often much stronger than a straight order. That's because it's deeper, it's more subtle; those hints can creep into a deeper part of your mind than a simple command can.

Or music can have a straight-forward clear theme like, let's take this one of Beethoven, which you all know (Fifth Symphony theme) That's clear, direct; that's like your father saying: go to bed! But it can, music can also suggest with fuzzy little wisps of melody the way Debussy does like this (Debussy - Preludes Bk 1: Voiles) which is like hinting at pleasant dreams.

It's funny how many of the great men of music seem to go in pairs, like ham and eggs: Bach and Handel, Mozart and Haydn, Mahler and Bruckner—and Debussy and Ravel.

曲目
1. Debussy - La Mer
2. Debussy - Preludes Book 1: Voiles
3. Debussy - Images Set II - Poison d'or
4. Debussy - Preludes Book 2: Puerto del vino
5. Ravel - Daphnis and Chloe

https://www.bilibili.com/video/BV1qJ41147oF

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