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#不能旅行的日子
台灣之光與頂尖世紀組合 影音
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Itzhak Perlman, Yo-Yo Ma, Daniel Barenboim – Beethoven: Triple Concerto // Choral Fantasy
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出生於1770年的作曲家貝多芬 Ludwig van Beethoven，今年剛好是250年誕辰紀念之年
全球各國以及各個表演團隊都會計劃在今年演出貝多芬的作品作為紀念
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但是，因為全球疫情的緣故，很多音樂廳至今都還無法重啟
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今天，來分享一場難得可貴的音樂會
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全球樂壇三大音樂明星齊聚演出，特別錄音版本
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👉Beethoven: Triple Concerto
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貝多芬最為知名的作品有九大交響曲、鋼琴奏鳴曲、小提琴協奏曲、鋼琴協奏曲......等等的作品，都是一直常被演出的曲目。
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但是，在寫作英雄交響曲的那個時候，貝多芬其實還寫了另一首 "三重協奏曲" 又可以稱為 "為小提琴、大提琴、鋼琴的協奏曲"
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一般來說，作曲家在寫作協奏曲都是以 "獨奏樂器" 搭配 "管弦樂團"，概念像是管弦樂團是用來幫這個獨奏樂器伴奏，但，有時候會像是獨奏樂器與管弦樂團抗衡的合奏
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貝多芬的三重協奏曲，則是有三個獨奏樂器，這個搭配像是把一個 "鋼琴三重奏" 為獨奏，再由一整個管弦樂團做伴奏。但是，在音樂裡，也像是 鋼琴三重奏 與 管弦樂團做對話或是合奏
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要寫獨奏樂器的協奏曲已經不容易，貝多芬還把獨奏樂器增加到三個。
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本次分享的經典影音錄音
是1995年由德國柏林愛樂管絃樂團擔任樂團演出，合作的獨奏音樂家都是全球小提琴/大提琴/鋼琴各領域非常優秀的演奏家
分別是帕爾曼(小提琴)、馬友友(大提琴)、巴倫波因(鋼琴/指揮)，其中，巴倫波因不只擔任鋼琴獨奏，還同時指揮整個管弦樂團。

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👉Choral Fantasy

下半場則是演出 貝多芬的合唱幻想曲，這首的編制有鋼琴、管弦樂團、合唱團，有人稱這首作品，可以算是貝多芬最為經典的第九號交響曲"合唱"的前作雛形。
完成於1808年，也就是貝多芬38歲的時候
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另外分享同樣經典的音樂家合作音樂會
1992年，由 帕爾曼(Itzhak Perlman)擔任小提琴獨奏， 巴倫波因 (Daniel Barenboim)指揮 柏林愛樂 (Berliner Philharmoniker)
共同合作演出 貝多芬小提琴協奏曲 (Beethoven Violin Concerto)

https://youtu.be/cokCgWPRZPg

Farewell. Ida – Ida Haendel 192?-2020

So Ida has left us – a legend has departed. What a violinist! What a woman! Magnificent, unique, incorrigible – she was a law unto herself.

First, the playing: a film about her was aptly entitled: ‘I AM the Violin.’ And she was! The violin was her life; she mastered it, devoted so much of her existence to it, cared so much about it. Every performance was an event, which she took absolutely seriously, giving each concert her all. She spoke through her violin, proved herself through it, lived within the music she made. She was a marvel, an icon; each note she played was the result of total conviction – and as a consequence was totally convincing. She had been groomed from the beginning to be a star – and a star she was.

But she was also an adorable person. I had heard of her, of course, from my childhood onwards – hadn’t everybody? But I didn’t meet her until - I think - 2000, when I attended a memorable recital she gave at the Wigmore Hall (apparently her debut there!), concluding with a magisterial performance of Enescu’s 3rd sonata. I’d heard, to my delight, that she’d heard me somewhere, and had liked it, so I dared to go backstage afterwards. Having enthused about her playing, I rather uncertainly told her that I was Steven. She looked at me disbelievingly. ‘You’re NOT’ she announced, in her wonderful deep voice. I assured her that I certainly had been last time I looked in the mirror. She accepted this, and proposed that we play the Brahms Double together. It was such an honour; but alas, I just couldn’t do the dates she suggested.

I came across her shortly thereafter, however, at the Verbier Festival. I’d seen that she was giving masterclasses there, so when I saw her, I asked how they were going. She looked at me severely. ‘Steven,’ she boomed, wagging her finger. ‘I don’t teach.’ I was puzzled; she was, after all, advertised as the teacher of the violin class. ‘So you like teaching?’ I said, provoking her. The finger wagged again. ‘Steven,’ she repeated with equal seriousness, ‘I don’t teach.’ ‘So how’s the teaching going?’ I asked. Her finger was on its way in my direction, and she’d started to say my name in the same tone of voice – when suddenly her face broke into a big smile. ‘Oh – so you’re a tease,’ she said. After that, we got on famously. My other main memory of that Verbier encounter was of her examining something – I couldn’t see what - in the hotel lobby, and then calling me over. It turned out that the object in her hands was an album of recent photos of her. ‘Look, Steven,’ she commanded urgently. ‘Don’t I look gorgeous?’

Later, we took her to dinner near her flat in London. Tottering through the streets in her high heels, she suddenly came to a stop in front of a (closed) clothes shop, where either a pair of gold shoes or a gold dress (I can’t remember which) had caught her eye. It was impossible to budge her, late though we were for the restaurant. ‘Wouldn’t I look wonderful in that?’ she asked us challengingly. We agreed that she would. ‘I’m coming back here tomorrow morning,’ she assured us. She spoke that night about her appearance. ‘You think I dress like this just to go out?’ she asked. ‘No! Catch me at breakfast – I’ll look just the same.’ Her pride in her appearance was never-changing. Perhaps in someone else it could have been too much – but with Ida, it was wonderful, admirable; life-affirming, in fact, like her pride in her playing.

It is funny that already I’ve seen two obituaries giving her age five years apart. She’d certainly have preferred the younger estimate… It was impossible to get the truth out of her. I remember asking another glorious violinist-character, Lorand Fenyves, whether he knew Ida. ‘Oh yes, of course!’ he replied. ‘I knew her when I was 16 and she was 15.’ He paused. ‘And now I’m 80 and’ his eyes twinkled, ‘she’s 55!’

Although we never got to play the Brahms Double together, we did perform the Beethoven Triple concerto with Martha Argerich and the Rotterdam Philharmonic under the then little-known Yannick Nezet-Seguin in (I think) 2006. Now THAT was an experience – to put it rather mildly… Playing with those two way-larger-than-life ladies was something not to be forgotten; the two adored each other, and it was great fun to witness their interaction. Ida had only played the piece once before, as I remember; but she played it with utter conviction. And Martha was – well, Martha. And Yannick kept the whole thing together, somehow. So – it was special…

It was supposed to happen again, in Miami (where Ida lived); but alas, it didn’t. Still, I kept in touch with Ida and on one memorable occasion got to interview her at the Wigmore Hall (there’s a recording of that occasion on Youtube). She also came down to Prussia Cove once for three days, her visit culminating in a breathtaking account of the Bach Chaconne (she sported an almost equally breathtaking dress to match!) at the Hall for Cornwall. We also played and taught/didn’t teach together in 2010 at the Summit Music Festival, just outside New York. That was another unforgettable experience. At the concert that concluded the festival, Ida played virtuoso pieces with the orchestra that would have been impressive in someone thirty years younger – even younger – than she was. But equally Ida-ish was the post-concert experience. For some reason, it got very late, and it was well after midnight when we were taken in search of food. Not surprisingly, there were few options in the countryside at that time of night; but eventually we found a 24-hour diner. We went in and occupied a table. Looking around at the bikers and other rather unpredictable-looking types, I was a tad nervous; not Ida. I fortified myself with a margarita; she had tea. At one point, the conversation turned to Schumann, and his 2nd violin sonata (which at that time I didn’t know very well). I asked a question about it. ‘You want to hear how it goes?’ Ida demanded to know. She strode over to her violin-case, pulled out the violin, and to the astonishment (and then, luckily the delight) of the assembled company, began to play it. A photo taken at the time (below) shows me a little less than comfortable – and her absolutely in her element.

Oh, Ida. By the last time I spoke to her – too long ago, but not that long ago – I’d heard that she’d become very forgetful, so wasn’t quite sure whether to call her or not. But I dialled anyway, and the phone was answered. ‘Hello, Ida?” ‘Who is it?’ ‘It’s Steven – Steven Isserlis.” Silence – then the phone went dead. Oh dear. I tried again. This time I was able to hold her attention long enough to remind her who I was. We started to talk, and as the conversation progressed, she evidently remembered more and more about our friendship. It was true that she repeated herself a lot; but still – she was very much Ida, the same wonderful voice, the same love of life.

And now she’s gone. Farewell, Ida the legend; we humanoids will miss you – but thank you, thank you for giving us so much. Everything, in fact.

My new recording of Beethoven’s Triple Concerto with Anne-Sophie Mutter and Daniel Barenboim! https://DG.lnk.to/TripleConcerto,