| 词条 | True Fire |
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CompositionTrue Fire has a duration of roughly 25 minutes and is composed in six movements:
The first movement "Proposition I" is based on a reflection by the essayist and poet Ralph Waldo Emerson. The second movement "River" is based on a text by the poet Seamus Heaney. "Proposition II" is also based on a text by Emerson and was described by the composer as "the heart of the piece." The fourth movement "Lullaby" is based on a traditional Native American song. "Farewell" draws the piece into a darker mood before the final movement "Proposition III" concludes the piece with a "sensation of weightless energy". Additional text in the piece is taken from the poetry of Mahmoud Darwish.[1] Saariaho described her intent for piece in the score program note, writing, "My preliminary idea was to explore the baritone voice in the context of various texts, finding an organic way to access the different colors of the voice through the texts."[1] InstrumentationThe work is scored for solo baritone and an orchestra comprising three flutes (doubling piccolo and alto flute), two oboes, three clarinets (doubling bass clarinet), two bassoons (doubling contrabassoon), four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, tuba, timpani, three percussionists, harp, and strings.[1] ReceptionTrue Fire has been praised by music critics. Reviewing the world premiere, Mark Swed of the Los Angeles Times wrote, "The performance was strong. Dudamel remained constantly attuned to Saariaho's vastly changeable instrumental colors, a cosmic sonic background for Finley, who handled each song with operatic intensity, part of a grand psychodrama of searching for meaning, for words that can obtain meaning through music but can also become emptied of meaning when sung." He added, "This is a profound, important work."[3] Henry Schlinger of Culture Spot LA observed, "...the orchestral writing was superb, plumbing the depths of the color and timbre, and the LA Phil pulled it off splendidly. Compositions like True Fire have to be heard and seen in person; it is almost like performance art."[4]Conversely, Donna Perlmutter of LA Observed gave the piece a negative review, remarking, "True Fire [...] was overly long at 30 minutes, considering its unrelieved, dirge-like stretches of doom and gloom. Singer Gerald Finley has had more grateful opportunities and the merely respectful audience buzzed with conspicuous naysayers afterward in the lobby."[5] References1. ^1 2 3 {{cite web |last=Saariaho |first=Kaija |authorlink=Kaija Saariaho |date=April 14, 2015 |title=True Fire (2014) |publisher=G. Schirmer Inc. |url=http://www.musicsalesclassical.com/composer/work/52026 |accessdate=January 15, 2016}} {{italic title}}2. ^{{cite web |last=James |first=Falling |title=Dudamel Conducts Ravel |work=LA Weekly |url=http://www.laweekly.com/event/dudamel-conducts-ravel-5539626 |accessdate=January 15, 2016}} 3. ^{{cite web |last=Swed |first=Mark |title=Review L.A. Philharmonic breathes fire into Saariaho world premiere |work=Los Angeles Times |date=May 15, 2015 |url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-cm-ca-la-phil-saariaho-world-premier-review-20150516-column.html |accessdate=January 15, 2016}} 4. ^{{cite web |last=Schlinger |first=Henry |title=Review: Gustavo Dudamel and Jean-Yves Thibaudet Perform Ravel |work=Culture Spot LA |date=May 17, 2015 |url=http://culturespotla.com/2015/05/review-gustavo-dudamel-and-jean-yves-thibaudet-perform-ravel/ |accessdate=January 15, 2016}} 5. ^{{cite web |last=Perlmutter |first=Donna |title=Eifman and the LA Ballet, plus LA Phil closes the Disney season |work=LA Observed |date=June 29, 2015 |url=http://www.laobserved.com/intell/2015/06/eifman_ballet_and_la_ballet_as.php |accessdate=January 15, 2016}} 5 : Compositions by Kaija Saariaho|2014 compositions|Classical song cycles in English|Compositions for symphony orchestra|Music commissioned by the Los Angeles Philharmonic |
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