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Beijing Music Festival

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John Warner

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Mahler Foundation Festival Orchestra

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Ju Xiaofu

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Nature and Birds Mahler Foundation Festival Orchestra in Residence 2

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Poly Theater

Nature and Birds Mahler Foundation Festival Orchestra in Residence 2: Quantum Oceanarium Wang, F. K. (+2 More)

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Quantum Oceanarium

Oiseaux exotiques

Symphony No.1 (arr. Iain Farrington)

Pallavi Pawar

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What do bird songs signify? Even in prehistoric times, the earliest humans must have enjoyed how birds made music in nature. Whether in the East or West, bird songs are harbingers of good tidings and this program presents them in a beautiful musical landscape. Mahler described the opening of his First Symphony as Naturklang: a sound of nature. Out of the extraordinary opening sonority emerge the sounds of birds, forming the musical basis of the entire work. In the program is the Chinese premiere of Olivier Messiaen’s Oiseaux exotique, featuring young pianist Xiaofu Ju, a work that weaves together bird songs from Europe, China, the Americas and beyond in a dazzling tapestry filled with natural verve. Faykueen Wang’s new BMF-commissioned work stems from the Chinese perspective, fusing contemporary compositional technique with bird songs found in Chinese traditional music. The second half of the program features Iain Farrington’s chamber orchestra arrangement of Mahler’s First Symphony, a work also distinguished by bird song. The first movement opens with the protagonist being awakened from slumber by a cuckoo awash in the wonders of nature. Perhaps this is an important revelation for all of us: different bird songs by different composers stir in our souls a passion for nature.

English

鸟类的鸣叫意味着什么？它是远古的人类最早从大自然中听到的美妙声音之一，不论是在东方还是在西方，鸟鸣都有着美好的寓意。马勒将他的《第一交响曲》开头描述为“Naturklang”：自然之声。嘹亮非凡的开场即出现了鸟鸣声，为整部作品奠定了基调。与这部交响曲一同亮相的，还有奥利弗 •梅西安的《异国的鸟》，青年钢琴家鞠小夫将与马勒基金会节日乐团一同将这部作品中国首演敬献。 这部作品将欧洲、中国、美洲及其他地区的鸟鸣编织在一起，如同一幅令人眼花缭乱的挂毯。这场以“鸟鸣之歌”为主题的音乐会所展现的正是这样一派生机盎然的景象，北京国际音乐节委约青年作曲家王斐南以中国音乐中对鸟鸣的描写为灵感，融合了当代的作曲手法与中国传统音乐的语汇。音乐会下半场是伊安 • 法灵顿改编的马勒第一交响曲室内乐版，在这部交响曲里，鸟鸣声亦是十分重要的意象。第一乐章里杜鹃的啼叫声象征着大自然，作品里的主人公就是在大自然的沐浴下觉醒，而这也许是整场音乐会试图带给听众的启示：从作曲家对鸟鸣各不相同的感悟里，唤醒我们灵魂深处对大自然的热爱。

中文

Nature and Birds Mahler Foundation Festival Orchestra in Residence 2 by Wang, F. K., Messiaen, Mahler, From (2023/2023), Conductor John Warner, Poly Theater, Beijing, China

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