福州西湖国际学校

FLIS TALK丨人生漫漫、音乐为伴：与高老师一起走进古典音乐的世界

上周FLIS Talk, 福州西湖国际学校很荣幸请到高兰艳老师为大家介绍古典音乐。高老师为福建省交响乐团前竖琴首席，拥有近二十年乐团工作经验，参加各类交响音乐会及高雅艺术进校园等专场音乐会近千场。值得一提的是，几位小学部音乐爱好者在看过海报宣传后通过老师传达了对此次讲座的浓厚兴趣，因此，这也是首次有小学部学子参加这一中学部王牌栏目。
Last week at FLIS Talk, Fuzhou Lakeside International School was honored to have Ms. Lanyan Gao introduce classical music to the audience. Ms. Gao is the former principal harpist of the Fujian Provincial Symphony Orchestra and has nearly 20 years of orchestral experience, performing nearly 1,000 orchestra concerts and special concerts in various schools. It is worth mentioning that several primary school music lovers conveyed their keen interest in this lecture through the teacher after reading the poster publicity, so for the first time, primary students also attended the FLIS Talk.

讲座伊始，高老师抛出问题：什么是古典音乐？有稚气童声答道：就是很古老的音乐！这当然体现了古典音乐的一部分特质，但又远不够准确。古典音乐指由巴洛克时期开始一直到20世纪早期，在欧洲文化传统背景下创作的有别于通俗和民族的经典音乐。接着，高老师又为大家介绍了提及古典音乐绕不过的几位大音乐家：海顿、莫扎特、贝多芬……当然，还有公认的“古典音乐之父”巴赫。无伴奏《大提琴组曲》响起的那一刻，你是否也被勾起了些许回忆？多年来，这首经典作品出现在各种影视作品里——不少人可能叫不出曲子的名字，却极有可能在某部影片中欣赏过它的片段。
At the beginning of the lecture, Ms. Gao asked the question: What is classical music? A young student answered: It is very old music! This certainly reflects some of the qualities of classical music, but it is far from accurate. Classical music most commonly refers to the formal musical tradition of the Western world, which was composed in the context of European cultural traditions from the Baroque period to the early 20th century, considered to be distinct from Western folk music or popular music traditions. Then, Ms. Gao introduced some of the great musicians who are very important in classical music: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven… and, of course, Bach, the acknowledged "father of classical music". The moment the Cello Suite No.1 in G Major, BWV 1007 was played, were you also reminded of it? Over the years, this classic work has appeared in various films and dramas - many people may not be able to name the piece, but most likely they have enjoyed a clip of it in a film.

之后，高老师带大家一一欣赏了古典音乐常用的几种乐器，耳熟能详如钢琴、小提琴、大提琴，也有日常生活中稍显罕见如黑管、巴松……有的音色厚实丰满，有的婉转悠扬，高老师更在现场播放了一些古典乐选段，学子们纷纷惊叹于各类乐器丰富的表现力与多样组合所传达的不同情感。
After that, Ms. Gao helped everyone to appreciate several instruments commonly used in classical music, such as piano, violin and cello, and some rarely heard in daily life, such as clarinets and bassoons. Some of them have thick and rich tones, while others are gentle and melodious. The students were amazed at the rich expressiveness of the instruments and the different emotions conveyed by the various combinations.

下一环节，高老师为大家科普了室内乐 —— 一种古典音乐作品体裁。室内乐通常由少数几人合奏，每人各演奏一个声部，常被比喻为规模庞大的交响音乐的缩减版，故要求演奏者要有比演奏大型器乐曲更为严谨的表达和精湛的演奏技术。在高老师解说下，FLIS学子认真欣赏了交响诗《沃尔塔瓦河》的精彩学生演奏视频，一曲奏毕，大家也不禁受音乐感染而心神飞扬，此时，高老师不失时机提出在FLIS建立西洋乐社团的倡议，立即得到在场学子的热烈支持！让我们为这个新兴社团送上祝福，希望这次讲座能让更多孩子感受到音乐的魅力；人生漫漫，我们需要各式各样的兴趣点亮那些寂静长夜、在欢庆时刻锦上添花，若有音乐相伴，似乎生活也多了几分慰藉。感谢高老师带来的精彩讲座，我们下期FLIS Talk再见！
In the next session, Ms. Gao introduced the audience to chamber music, a genre of classical music. Chamber music is usually performed by a small ensemble, each playing one voice part, and is often likened to a reduced version of large-scale symphonic music, thus requiring a more rigorous expression and virtuosity than that of a large instrumental piece. At this point, Ms. Gao wasted no time in proposing the establishment of a chamber music club at FLIS, which immediately received the enthusiastic support of the students present! Let's send our blessings to this new club and hope that this talk will help more children feel the charm of music; life is long, we need all kinds of interests to light up those long silent nights and add flowers to the celebrations; with music, it seems that life has a little more consolation. Thank you, Ms. Gao, for your wonderful lecture; and to FLIS students: see you in the next FLIS Talk!