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2/11(六) 台北國家音樂廳 7: 30PM

2/12(日) 台 中 中 山 堂 7: 30PM

2012 LEXUS NIGEL KENNEDYBach: Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 1003: Grave ,Fugue , Andante, Allegro

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February 11th (Saturday) 2012/ 7: 30PM National concert Hall, Taipei

February 12th (Sunday) 2012/ 7: 30PM Chung Shan Hall, Taichung

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2012 LEXUS CLASSCIS - NIGEL KENNEDY PRESENTBach: Violin Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 1003: Grave ,Fugue , Andante, Allegro

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PROGRAMME

B a c hViolin Sonata No. 2 in A Minor, BWV 1003

G r a v e

F u g u e

Andante

Al legro

interval

The programme will be confirmed and announced on the stage,the presenter reserves the right to change programme.

巴 哈A小調第二號無伴奏小提琴奏鳴曲，作品1003

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中場休息

曲目以演出當天為主，主辦單位有更動曲目之權力

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卡薩爾斯(Pablo Casals)雖然卡薩爾斯並不拉小提琴，但是他所演奏的巴哈大提琴組曲能夠與現代音樂家自負且膚淺的演奏形成對比。他不單只是追求聲音純粹的美，事實上，如果曲目要求這段應該要發出不協和的聲音(例如C小調大提琴組曲的第一個音)，他也會放下自尊配合以達到這曲目的深度與意境。在如此的堅持之下，他的演奏就有如天籟一般，使人感覺上但是存在的，只有白癡才會不懂的欣賞他的音樂。

顧爾德(Glenn Gould)剛好顧爾德也不是拉小提琴的，但他鋼琴演奏巴哈曲目所呈現出的紀律、自由以及靈感都是值得聆聽與學習的，他的演奏也是證明在領悟掌握巴哈的鋼琴音樂時，所謂＂正統＂的巴哈時期的樂器(撥弦古鋼琴)也只能排在顧爾德之後。

阿瑟．葛羅米歐(Arthur Grumiaux)大部分的小提琴家無不追求旋律以及演奏的速度而不重視音樂的和諧以及結構，所以像他這樣在音樂結構上頗有認知領悟的小提琴手在小提琴界甚是稀少。如果你想尋找我所演奏的巴哈《夏康舞曲》的最佳詮釋版本，阿瑟．葛羅米歐是你的最佳選擇。

內森．密爾斯坦(Nathan Milstein)優美獨特、輕柔且多樣的音調，但是跟阿瑟．葛羅米歐相比還是略遜一籌。

偉格(Sándor Végh)人民愛戴的偶像指揮家。

耶胡迪．曼紐因(Yehudi Menuhin)透過曼紐因的小提琴，巴哈得以再度活耀於世界、與世人對話。我認為耶胡迪所彈奏的四個和弦就足以敵過現世任一小提琴家所演奏的一千的和弦。

瑪爾茨(Johanna Martzy)有時候瑪爾茨過於瘋狂的顫音，以及在樂章結尾所展現的漸緩的樂曲，讓我差點對他的詮釋版本的印象大打折扣。但是他演奏感卻又是這麼的振奮人心，如此的有吸引力，讓你無法移開你的目光。

艾薩克．史坦(Isaac Stern)小提琴界的翹楚，但是艾薩克．史坦從未錄製巴哈的小提琴獨奏曲。但是如果他有的話，以他多樣豐富的音調以及他對音樂結構的獨特見解和和諧的表演張力，絕對可以居於所有其他版本之冠。我記得有一次當我演奏並且向艾薩克．史坦詢問意見的時候，我花了將近10分鐘去說服他錄製這些經典之作，可惜沒有成功，不然這絕對是有史以來最棒的詮釋版本，就有如巴哈在偉格(Sándor Végh)的指揮下演奏，但是卻是一個人和諧的呈現這樣的奇蹟！這樣的作品未能出現絕對是我們的損失。

我想要向耶胡迪．曼紐因(Yehudi Menuhin)以及Peter Norris致上謝意，沒有他們，我今晚可能就無法在台上完整的將這些音樂呈現出來。

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BACH:PERSONAL VIEW BY NIGEL KENNEDY

Playing the solo music of Bach is a challenge I can't refuse, one which gives my schedule a little more focus and a chance to push myself further than I otherwise might.

Another aspect of taking on this concert is that the great George Enescu put Bach's solo violin music back on the radar for all following generations of violinists. His pupil Yehudi Menuhin subsequently championed this amazing music and his support, the gigs I played of Bach's music with him (when I was his pupil) and my ever-continuing devotion to Bach's music leave me feeling that I have a responsibility to play it wherever possible and as often as possible. Specialists are pushing Bach into a rarefied and effete ghetto which leaves many people feeling that Bach's music is merely mathematical and technical – I see it as my job to try and keep Bach in the mainstream and present his music with, rather than without, its emotional core.

Of course, when trying to create a positive situation, one has to take note of negative as well as positive factors in one's environment. The same goes for creating a world within interpretation: the prevalent fashions of the time have to be wiped off one's agenda. For instance, in the real world every individual thinks that they must now have a computer and many families seem to think they must have more than one television but, in my opinion, less gets done nowadays and families are not as happy as they were before these inventions were created. The beauty of the interpretational world is that you can get rid of negative factors like these, whereas in reality one cannot purge the world of computers and TVs, which have become as strong an addiction as to any illegalised drug.

Although Bach's music is so positive, there are a few negative factors in Bach's interpretational environment that I have noticed and that need fixing! These lead to my take on:

THE DEMISE OF INTERPRETATION OF BACH’s SOLO VIOLIN MUSIC

As far as I can see, this demise occurred largely during the 1970s. In my opinion three horrible things happened:

1 The New York SchoolThese musicians mainly emanated from the Galamian school. Fantastic technique, great sound projection and a beautiful tone were all they had to offer. What they lacked was rhythmic ingenuity, dynamic sophistication and architectural awareness. What seemed to be most pervasive was self-satisfied smugness of sound, which was supposed to make up for (or hide) all these other deficiencies. Following generations did, however, offer us Paul Zazofsky and Lara St John, both of whom have a wonderful and unique understanding of Bach's music.

2 The Russian SchoolAfter Nathan Milstein, in my opinion, is a giant void when looking for Russian violinists who can interpret Bach. Whether this is down to that strange brand of imperial communism that tried at any cost to prove the superiority of all things Russian (at the expense, even, of the rest of the Soviet Union), I'll never know. From what I've heard of the Russian school, they are unable to differentiate between Bach and Paganini, with the result being that these philosophical masterpieces end up sounding like shallow showpieces designed merely to show off technical mastery of the violin. This interpretational deficiency seems even to have had an unfortunate side effect in that many central German composers seem to have been struck off the Russian music academy curriculum, leaving many students with huge blind spots in whatshould be basic repertoire. When checking the Russian violin school, it would be easy to believe that nothing happened before Mozart and that classical music possibly didn't really get going until Shostakovich.

3 ‘Authentic’Period SpecialistsEven the description of oneself as being ‘authentic’ is unbelievably arrogant – and, in the case of so-called‘period’performance, misguided. How can music, or any art, be authentic if it is stripped of passion and is made instead into an exercise of painfully self-conscious technique? Music of such depth and pathos as Bach's certainly doesn't benefit from such treatment – and, while it is Kennedybeneficial to eradicate the bad habits emanating from the excessive influence of such Romantic-era figures as Joachim, surely such an exercise is pointless if these old mannerisms are replaced with new ones that are even worse.

I have to admit that the primary motivation for my 1989 recording of Vivaldi's Four Seasons was to offer a dynamic performance with contrast as an alternative to the lugubrious tedium I perceived in the interpretation of the ‘authentic’ school. The immature and desperate claims made by the record companies selling these ‘authentic’performances could also be gone into at considerable length – but Bach showed great mercy in his music, so I will not go into that tedious and superficial subject tonight!

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POSITIVE AND BEAUTIFUL APPROACHES TO THE PERFORMANCE AND INTERPRETATION OF BACH’S SOLO VIOLIN MUSIC

Pablo CasalsAll right, so Casals didn't play the violin! However, his performances of Bach's solo cello Suites are the antithesis of the vanity and complacency of modern playing. He didn't go for pure beauty of sound – in fact, if the music dictated an ugly sound (as in the first movement of the C minor Cello Suite), he would put his ego second in order to achieve the depth and understanding required by the music. The results are inspired and would have you believe that God exists. Only an idiot would not learn from his performances.

Glenn GouldOK, so this guy also didn't play the violin,but Glenn Gould's discipline,freedom and inspiration in Bach are also essential listening (and learning) and are proof that the ‘authentic’ instrument of Bach's time (the harpsichord) only comes off as second best when searching for the most complete realisations of Bach's keyboard music.

Arthur GrumiauxSuch realisation of musical architecture is rare among violinists,most of whom have little appreciation of harmony,structure or anything other than melody and fast fingers.If you want the best possible recording of the Ciaconna that I'm playing tonight,Gruniauxs is the one to get.

Nathan MilsteinWonderful creative intonation,delicacy and sound colours – but maybe just possibly a little lightweight compared with Grumiaux.

Sándor VéghThe folk imagery and the organYehudi MenuhinBach speaks through Menuhin's violin – also,four melodic notes from Yehudi are worth more than a thousand from any of our living violinists.

Johanna MartzyAt times Martzy's over-frenetic vibrato and some killer ritardandos at the end of movements put me on the verge of discounting her interpretations but the sense of line she achieves is just so electrifying and magnetic that you cannot tear yourself away.

Isaac SternThe most supreme of all supreme violinists,Isaac Stern never recorded solo Bach but if he had – with his laser-like honesty,his expressive intonation and his unique understanding of structure and harmonic tension – you could throw all the other versions into the bin. (I remember during the time I was playing and getting advice from Mr Stern that, on one occasion,it was me doing all the talking for at least 10 minutes when I was trying to convince him to record these masterpieces. The loss is not his but ours,in that what would have been the greatest interpretation of these works out of all of them,never got recorded.)-like harmonies of Bach come alive under Végh's custody.I would like to pay tribute and give thanks to both Yehudi Menuhin and Peter Norris, without whom I think I would probably be ill-equipped to deal with performing this music tonight.

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創辦人：余光 創立時間：1982年創辦宗旨：音樂是最無國界的語言，余光音樂三十年來一直秉持著將最好的西洋及東洋流行音樂介紹給台灣民眾為宗旨，並不斷地為這個理想而努力！

余光音樂雜誌創刊日期：1983年2月創辦人：余光先生 余光先生可說是引西洋音樂進台灣的第一人！在音樂界享譽盛名，曾擔任廣播、電視音樂節目的製作人與主持人，許多剛接觸西洋音樂的樂迷都受到余光先生的音樂啟蒙，而對西洋音樂有所了解甚或著迷。1983年創立余光音樂雜誌，並陸續將國外演唱會引進台灣，可謂舉辦西洋藝人演唱會的先鋒。因此在台灣，余光先生絕對是西洋流行音樂的重要指標人物。

余光音樂是台灣第一個邀請西洋流行樂團來台表演的主辦單位，自從1983年4月邀請空中補給合唱團，至今已舉辦過上百場演唱會。

無論是西洋流行、搖滾、爵士、古典、演奏類，包括國語藝人都曾是受邀演出的對象。在這近三十年的日子，余光音樂舉辦了許多國外重量級的表演，像是天后級的瑪莉亞凱莉、惠妮休斯頓，而1993年9月由余光音樂雜誌首度邀請流行音樂天王麥可傑克森來台的演唱會，至今仍堪稱為台灣樂壇最空前絕後的一場盛會。

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Touring PartyViolin / Nigel Kennedy

Band

Guitar /Jarek SmietanaBass / Yaron Stavi

Drums/ Krzysztof Dziedzic

Production

Tour Manager / Stephen CoxEngineer / Piotr ZalewskiEngineer / Gary Falkenthal

Promoter Party

Yu kuang

Associate Promoter

Ella Huang

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