Mountain Bright
for large ensemble of 14 players · 2006 · also for orchestra
为十四人大型合奏而作 · 2006 · 另有管弦乐版本
Six turns of one small poem: mountains, brightness and shadow change places, as pitches do among the players.
一首小诗的六次转折：山、光与影不断换位，一如音高在乐手之间流转。
| Instruments 编制 | Flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, percussion (timpani and vibraphone, 1 player), piano, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass 长笛、双簧管、单簧管、大管、圆号、小号、长号、打击乐（定音鼓与颤音琴，一人）、钢琴、两把小提琴、中提琴、大提琴、低音提琴 |
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| Duration 时长 | ca. 10 minutes 约十分钟 |
| Dedication 题献 | For my colleagues and friends in Redlands, California; in memory of Brahms and Berg 献给我在加州雷德兰兹的同事与朋友；纪念勃拉姆斯与贝尔格 |
| Premiere 首演 | 14 January 2007 — Faculty ensemble of the School of Music, University of Redlands, directed by Co Nguyen, Glenn Wallichs Theatre, Redlands, USA 2007年1月14日——雷德兰兹大学音乐学院教师乐团，Co Nguyen 指挥，美国雷德兰兹 Glenn Wallichs 剧院 |
| Listen 聆听 | ▶ Asian Composers League, Singapore, 2013, cond. Robert Casteels (video) ▶ First performance, Redlands, 2007: excerpt from the first half (audio) ▶ Asian Composers League, Singapore, 2013: complete (audio) ▶ 亚洲作曲家联盟，新加坡，2013年，Robert Casteels 指挥（视频） ▶ 首演，雷德兰兹，2007年：上半部分片段（音频） ▶ 亚洲作曲家联盟，新加坡，2013年：全曲（音频） |
22 September 2013, conducted by Robert Casteels, Asian Composers League Conference and Festival, Yong Siew Toh Conservatory Concert Hall, Singapore. The images are from Roger Walch’s video of Swiss Butoh dancer Imre Thormann performing at Hiyoshi Taisha Shrine, Shiga, Japan, in summer 2006.
2013年9月22日，Robert Casteels 指挥，亚洲作曲家联盟大会暨音乐节，新加坡杨秀桃音乐学院音乐厅。画面取自 Roger Walch 拍摄的瑞士舞踏家 Imre Thormann 于2006年夏在日本滋贺日吉大社的演出影像。
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About the work 关于作品
Mountain Bright places music alongside a poem whose words recur in changing arrangements. Images of mountains, brightness, darkness, lines, shadows and singing take on different relationships as their order shifts. The poem offers a parallel to the musical reconfiguration of pitches among instruments: familiar elements return in altered constellations.
《Mountain Bright》将音乐与一首通过词语重新排列而展开的诗并置。山、明、暗、线、影与歌唱等意象，随着词序的变化而形成不同关系。诗的运作方式，与音乐中音高在不同乐器之间的重新配置相互映照：熟悉的元素不断返回，却呈现出新的组合。
How it is played 演奏方式
座位图：三组乐团，可重新安排位置，让声音的整体包围听众。
The players form three ensembles: winds (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, trumpet), strings (two violins, viola, cello), and a third group of vibraphone and timpani, piano, double bass and trombone. Each can be repositioned to explore the acoustics of a venue; ideally the sound mass should surround and overwhelm the audience.
乐手分为三组：木管与铜管（长笛、双簧管、单簧管、大管、圆号、小号）、弦乐（两把小提琴、中提琴、大提琴），以及由颤音琴与定音鼓、钢琴、低音提琴和长号组成的第三组。各组可以重新安排位置，以探索场地的声学；理想的状态是，声音的整体包围并淹没听众。
Dynamics and timbre are the main subjects of the work, and they are bound together. Winds and strings pulse freely on single notes — an affective recitative on one pitch — bending them microtonally, while the third group shimmers in tremolos. ppp sits at the fragile boundary of sound and silence, fff at the boundary of good tone and noise. Where dynamics swing quickly from extreme to extreme, pitch accuracy gives way to the full change of sound: ‘Do not be afraid of an ugly or poor tone; the range and variety beyond the classical norms are highly desirable.’
力度与音色是这部作品的主要题材，而且两者紧密相连。木管与弦乐在单音上自由地脉动——一种在单一音高上的抒情宣叙——并作微分音的弯曲；第三组则以震音闪烁。ppp 位于声音与静默之间脆弱的边界，fff 则位于美好音色与噪音的边界。当力度在极短时间内从一个极端摆向另一个极端时，音高的准确便让位于声音的完整变化：“不要害怕难听或粗糙的音色；超越古典常规的音域与多样性，正是所追求的。”
The poem 诗
mountains surrounding
brightness dark
lines shadowy
singing ring
dark lines
ring mountains
shadowy brightness
surrounding singing
singing shadows
dark mountains
lines ring
surrounding brightness
shadowy mountains
brightness ring
lines surrounding
singing dark
mountains bright
surrounding dark
singing lines
shadowy ring (ring shadowy)
mountains singing (singing mountains)
ring lines (ring surrounding)
surrounding dark (lines brightness)
shadowy bright (dark shadowy)
The words in brackets give alternative readings: in the fifth stanza, and as an alternative ending found in the revised score.
诗为英文原作。括号中的文字为另一种读法：见于第五节，以及修订版乐谱中的另一种结尾。
Performances 演出
14 January 2007 — first performance: Faculty ensemble of the School of Music, University of Redlands, directed by Co Nguyen, Glenn Wallichs Theatre, Redlands, USA.
2007年1月14日——首演：雷德兰兹大学音乐学院教师乐团，Co Nguyen 指挥，美国雷德兰兹 Glenn Wallichs 剧院。
April 2011 — orchestral version, reading by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra. Reviewing it, Chang Tou Liang described Mountain Bright as “minimalistic but strangely hypnotic” (Pianomania, 24 April 2011).
2011年4月——管弦乐版本，由新加坡交响乐团试奏。乐评人 Chang Tou Liang 形容《Mountain Bright》“简约，却有一种奇异的催眠般的魅力”（Pianomania，2011年4月24日）。
22 September 2013 — for large ensemble, conducted by Robert Casteels, Asian Composers League Conference and Festival, Yong Siew Toh Conservatory Concert Hall, Singapore. ▶ video
2013年9月22日——大型合奏版本，Robert Casteels 指挥，亚洲作曲家联盟大会暨音乐节，新加坡杨秀桃音乐学院音乐厅。▶ 视频
Recordings 录音
首演，上半部分片段——雷德兰兹大学音乐学院教师，Co Nguyen 指挥，Glenn Wallichs 剧院，2007年（因麦克风位置，录音平衡略有失真）
全曲——2013 亚洲作曲家联盟音乐节，Robert Casteels 指挥，新加坡杨秀桃音乐学院音乐厅
For scores, performance materials and other enquiries:
chungshih@chungshih.info
乐谱、演出资料及其他查询：
chungshih@chungshih.info