Rub Dub
for 2 pianos · 2019
为两台钢琴而作 · 2019
Two pianists face to face: dubbing, dub and dubstep, rubbing time.
两位钢琴家面对面：配音、Dub 与 Dubstep，摩擦着时间。
| Written for 题献 | The BL Piano Duo (Bertram Wee and Lynette Yeo) BL 钢琴二重奏（Bertram Wee、Lynette Yeo） |
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| Premiere 首演 | 20 August 2019 — Dialogues and Reflections, Composers Society of Singapore with ACL-Korea, Esplanade Recital Studio, Singapore 2019年8月20日——《Dialogues and Reflections》，新加坡作曲家协会与 ACL-Korea 合办，新加坡滨海艺术中心 |
| Listen 聆听 | ▶ BL Piano Duo, 2019 (video) ▶ BL 钢琴二重奏，2019（视频） |
首页：两位钢琴家各读一行七个八度的“音簇”谱表，每一间代表 C1 至 C8 之间的一个八度——一人用右手，一人用左手，互为镜像——和弦则从音簇内部浮现。
Programme note 节目介绍
Rub Dub for 2 pianos was inspired by imagining what two identical instruments can do when placed facing one another, as they so often are in performance.
两台钢琴的《Rub Dub》，灵感来自想象：两件相同的乐器，像演出时常见的那样面对面摆放时，能做些什么。
The title alludes to the recording technique of dubbing, to the electronic techniques of dub music, and to its related dance genre, dubstep; the musical and kinetic qualities of all these are worked into the very fabric of the music. ‘Rub’ not only rhymes with ‘dub’, but also relates, for me, to ‘rubber’ and its elasticity, and sounds a little like ‘rob’. These suggestive terms point not only to what the duo is doing in time, but to time itself.
标题暗指录音中的“配音”技术、Dub 音乐的电子技法，以及与之相关的舞曲类型 Dubstep；这些词语的音乐性与动感，都被织进了音乐的肌理。‘Rub’不只与‘dub’押韵，对我来说也关联着‘rubber’（橡皮）的弹性，听起来又有点像‘rob’（抢夺）。这些富于暗示的词语，不仅指向二重奏在时间中的所作所为，也指向时间本身。
So the work arose from a meeting of ideas — directly or obliquely related, or not related at all — though I cannot quite say which came first, the ideas or the music. As far as I remember, the wish to write a work deserving of the wonderful BL Piano Duo, and to engage their ever-inspiring musicianship, was the original reason for completing Rub Dub during hectic travels in Germany and Korea. I am grateful there are still musicians who love music enough to delight in trouble-free new works being avoided!
所以，这部作品源自各种想法的相遇——有的直接相关，有的迂回相关，有的毫不相干——我也说不清是想法在先，还是音乐在先。据我记忆，想为出色的 BL 钢琴二重奏写一首配得上他们的作品，让他们始终启迪人心的音乐才华得以发挥，才是我在德国与韩国繁忙的行程中完成《Rub Dub》的初衷。我很感激，至今仍有音乐家热爱音乐到乐于挑战毫不“省心”的新作品！
第10页：自此一位演奏者开始渐快或渐慢，另一位保持原速——一场时间上的“追逐”游戏，总想对齐，却始终未能如愿。
Words from collaborators 合作者的话
“The choreographed performance of a series of evolving clusters across the entire range of the keyboard in complex rhythmic unison between both parts. Soon forces of friction reveal themselves, with the two players instructed both to speed up and to decouple from each other: the two parts begin to grate against each other, with this tension and flux essentially informing the progression of the rest of the score.”
“一系列不断演变的音簇，以经过编排的动作横跨整个键盘，两个声部保持复杂的节奏齐奏。很快，摩擦的力量显现出来：两位演奏者被要求一边加速，一边彼此脱离，两个声部开始相互摩擦，而这种张力与流变基本上推动着整部乐谱的进程。”
— Bertram Wee, who gave the premiere with Lynette Yeo as the BL Piano Duo
——Bertram Wee，与 Lynette Yeo 以 BL 钢琴二重奏首演本作
引文译自英文。
Performances 演出
20 August 2019 — BL Piano Duo (Bertram Wee and Lynette Yeo), Dialogues and Reflections, Composers Society of Singapore in collaboration with Asian Composers League-Korea, Esplanade Recital Studio, Singapore. Video: Chung Ee Yong; audio: Timothy S. H. Tan. ▶ Watch
2019年8月20日——BL 钢琴二重奏（Bertram Wee、Lynette Yeo），《Dialogues and Reflections》，新加坡作曲家协会与亚洲作曲家联盟韩国分会合办，新加坡滨海艺术中心。录像：Chung Ee Yong；录音：Timothy S. H. Tan。▶ 观看
For scores, performance materials and other enquiries:
chungshih@chungshih.info
乐谱、演出资料及其他查询：
chungshih@chungshih.info