The Charm of Glenn Gould

Post date: Oct 25, 2016 11:5:53 PM

Glenn Gould’s playing carries a charm. On the surface, this was a pianist who set out specifically to find an interpretation that is distinctly different from everyone else—a pretentious act, by all accounts. Yet beneath that surface of pretention is a mind assured of its creativity and a heart that does not waver in its convictions. Overshadowed by the hilarious mannerisms—the chair, the singing, the posture, the nonsensical articulations—is something that is much more human, much more involved and committed than anything that has come after. Perhaps we should be reminded that this apparent emphasis of style over substance is also present in Bach’s music, which is always overshadowed by his obsession with contrapuntal techniques, yet we can always sense something profound seeping out almost subconsciously.

This concert seeks to re-capture Gould’s charm by copying his interpretations. The choice of the programme is on merit of his ability to transform Bach’s music, most notably in the 3rd violin sonata, but also in his unique compilation of the inventions.

鋼琴鬼才高德已離世三十多年，但他獨特的個性、演奏風格、以至私家的琴櫈，仍然令人十分回味。表面上，高德只不過是個喜歡標奇立異的鋼琴家，有說他的演奏風格純綷建基於用別人未曾試過的方法或速度去彈奏每首樂曲。但如此標奇立異的人多屬泛泛之輩，然則高德之所以能夠過得到時間的考驗，必定另有其因。

是次音樂會旨在透過模仿高德留下來的巴哈錄音而尋找他的精粹，當中的第三首小提琴奏鳴曲乃是高德眾多的錄音中最為花巧亦最為動人的例子；其實巴哈的音樂與高德的彈法都著重技術上的花巧，但兩者都在袖底下流露出了背後的人性。音樂會的另一焦點是較少人彈奏的全套二聲部及三聲部練習曲。

另一篇關於高德的文章: http://www.gooclasshk.com/archives/8163

The Charm of Glenn Gould

On Monday, 26 December 2016 at 8pm

Sheung Wan Civic Centre Lecture Hall

尋找高德

2016年12月26日星期一晩上八時正

上環文娛中心演講廳

Programme

Complete Two-part and Three-part Inventions

Obligato Violin Sonatas Nos. 2 and 3

節目

全套二聲部及三聲部練習曲

第二及第三首小提琴與鋼琴奏鳴曲

Official Piano: Kawai

音樂會指定鋼琴：Kawai

Sponsor: Parsons Music

贊助：柏斯琴行

Tickets 票價: $150,$50*

*Full-time Students, citizens aged 60 and above,

and people with disabilities.

*全日制學生、六十歲或以上長者及殘疾人士

Tickets on sale at URBTIX from 26 October 2016.

門票十月廿六日起於城市售票網發售。

Performers 演出者:

Pianist Stephen Hung graduated from the Royal Academy of Music and returned to Hong Kong in 2013. Since then he has been actively performing, including solo recitals on his own Bach transcriptions and the Art of Fugue, and chamber music ranging from Beethoven to Shostakovich. He is a member of the ensemble TimeCrafters which holds monthly chamber music concerts at small venues, and editor of the four-monthly music magazine Vantage.

鋼琴家熊韋皓2013年於英國皇家音樂學院畢業，回港後活躍演出，曾先後演奏巴哈的《賦格曲之技》、改編自管風琴作品集的數首前奏與賦格曲、以及由貝多芬以至蕭斯達高維治的室樂作品。他是新成立的室樂組合「時。刻室樂」成員之一，將於每月都舉行小型音樂㑹。此外，熊氏亦是每四月一期的卓然音樂雜誌編輯。

Violinist Ho Pui Yin is currently a student at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, having graduated from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2010 with a BSc degree in mathematics. He has been collaborating with Stephen Hung for over a decade, most recently in the recital on Bach and Medtner’s violin sonatas at All Saints’ Cathedral in October. He is also a member of the APA’s Baroque Orchestra, and had lessons with the Miami, the Endellion and the Shanghai String Quartets.

何沛彥於2010年獲頒香港中文大學數學理學士一銜，現於演藝學院主修小提琴演奏。他自小已常與熊韋皓合作演出，最近一次是於十月在旺角諸聖座堂拉奏巴哈及俄國作曲家梅德納的小提琴奏鳴曲。何氏是演藝學院巴洛克樂團的團員，曾受邁亞密四重奏、安德利昂四重奏及上海四重奏的指導。