The Music of Toru Takemitsu

Point Of Departure 030 古典马拉松特别节目: The Music of Toru Takemitsu A whole week of eclectic classical music on WTJU: https://www.wtju.net/marathon/ 想做武満徹（1930-1996）的专题已经很久，即便明知这绝非一件易事。今晚仅尝试以这三个角度为切入一窥大师的音乐生涯： 空间的音乐：武満徹对二十世纪现代音乐维度的探索令人着迷。早在跨界团体実験工房时期，武満徹就开始偏爱偶发，留白这样的空间性作曲技巧。整个六七十年代，武満徹一边同大量西方同时代先锋音乐家接触，开拓自己在世界范围的声誉，一边也逐渐找到了，或者说认可了自己的民族性 - 一个他之前一直极力避免碰触的标签。武満徹自己也称，“是凯奇让我重新认识了日本传统音乐。”本章选曲包括令当时斯特拉文斯基侧目的「安魂曲」（1957），一九七零年大阪世博会钢铁馆首演「路口」（1969），「瓦莱里亚」（1965）以及雅乐交响代表作「秋庭歌一具・吹渡 」（1973）。 自然间的音乐：水是武満徹音乐哲学里最重要的意象。它不仅诠释了东方人柔性的特点 - 水的流动，积累，汇聚同样可以类比为音乐的发声，渐进与消逝。音乐是否也如同自然界中的一切存在生息死灭？在武満徹最著名的具象音乐作品「水的音乐」中，水是起因也是结果，水就是乐器本身。同理，雨，树，海这些自然界元素都成了武満徹作曲的灵感。本章选曲：「水的音乐」（1960），「雨之树」（1981），「梦见雨」（1986）以及一首罕见的早期具象乐作品「天・马・死亡」（1958）。 人间的音乐：武満徹是不容置疑的严肃音乐家，但这并不意味着他的黑胶与CD就此打上了曲高和寡的命运。武満徹一生为超过一百部电影作过配乐，其中与日本电影新浪潮巨匠勅使河原宏，大島渚，篠田正浩等的合作影响至今。本章还特别选了我喜爱的两部武満徹参与的黒澤明作品原声：「电车狂」（1970）和「乱」（1985），以及两首流行艺人翻唱曲。武満徹的传奇仍在继续。 1. "The Ruined Map" {Toru Takemitsu} - Toru Takemitsu - Film Music By Toru Takemitsu Vol. 4 [Victor: 2006] Composed in 1968 for Hiroshi Teshigahara's film 2. "Requiem" {Toru Takemitsu} - Hiroshi Wakasugi & Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra - Takemitsu: Visions, November Steps [Denon: 1993] 3. "Crossing" {Toru Takemitsu} - Toru Takemitsu - Space Theatre - Program Of Steel Pavilion At Expo '70 [RCA: 1970] 4. "Valeria" {Toru Takemitsu} - Toru Takemitsu, Hiroshi Wakasugi - Miniatur - Art [Deutsche Grammophon: 1969] Also can be heard on compilation CD "A Flock Descends into the Pentagonal Garden" 5. "Echo I" {Toru Takemitsu} - Tokyo Gakuso - In an Autumn Garden (For Gagaku Orchestra) [JVC: 1980] 6. "Water Music" {Toru Takemitsu} - Toru Takemitsu - Works Of Toru Takemitsu [Victor: 1966] Can be found on US released LP "Coral Island / Water Music / Vocalism Ai" 7. "Rain Tree for 3 Percussion players" {Toru Takemitsu} - Atsushi Sugawara, Midori Takada, Yasunori Yamaguchi - Waterspace [RCA: 1982] 8. "Rain Dreaming For Harpsichord" {Toru Takemitsu} - Faythe Vollrath 9. "Sky, Horse And Death" {Toru Takemitsu} - Toru Takemitsu - Toru Takemitsu [Philips‎–Modern Music Series: 1969] 10. "Dodes' Kaden" {Toru Takemitsu} - Toru Takemitsu - Film Music By Toru Takemitsu Vol. 5 [Victor: 2006] Composed in 1980 for Akira Kurosawa's film 11. "Attendance At the Funeral - Flute of Darkness" {Toru Takemitsu} - Toru Takemitsu - Ran (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Silva Screen: 2016] Composed in 1985 for Akira Kurosawa's film 12. "Ending Credits" {Toru Takemitsu} - Toru Takemitsu - Ran (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) [Silva Screen: 2016] 13. "Waltz (from The Face of Another)" {Toru Takemitsu} - Toru Takemitsu - The Film Music of Toru Takemitsu [Nonesuch: 1997] Composed in 1966 for Hiroshi Teshigahara's film 14. "A Secret Post-Tokyo War Story" {Toru Takemitsu} - Toru Takemitsu - Film Music By Toru Takemitsu Vol. 3 [Victor: 2006] Composed in 1970 for Nagisa Oshima's film 15. "All That The Man Left Behind When He Died" {Toru Takemitsu} - Carmen Maki - Goodbye My Memories [CBS/Sony: 1970] 16. "The Encounter" {Toru Takemitsu} - Seri Ishikawa - Toru Takemitsu Pop Songs [Denon: 1995]