3.10 【绕着地球听英语】 悉尼交响乐团中国巡演，你好，音乐大师

听访背景

Background

The Sydney Symphony Orchestra is one of the world’s leading orchestras – their base is the iconic Sydney Opera House.

悉尼交响乐团是世界顶级的管弦乐队。

他们的家就在那座地标性建筑—著名的悉尼歌剧院。

The orchestra has regularly visited China and when they were in Beijing Bruce was often invited to meet with and interview the leaders.

乐团定期来中国巡演，每当他们来京时，Bruce经常受邀前去采访。

On this particular visit Bruce met the Musical Director and Principal Conductor David Robertson – David is from the US – he and Bruce swap memories of where David worked and also grew up in the States.

本次巡演，Bruce采访了音乐总监兼首席指挥—来自美国的David Robertson. 

席间和Bruce畅谈了他在美国的工作和成长经历，

（分享了在全世界巡演中的感受，以及此次随团来华演出乘坐高铁穿梭于中国各地的新鲜体验，在国家大剧院这个精致专业的场馆里表演的愉悦，还怀旧般地唱起了那些写给美国车站的老歌。）

Also with David is Rory Jeffes, Managing Director of the Orchestra – Bruce has met Rory on several occasions during the orchestral tours.

This is my first time (in Beijing) – my first time in China.

这是我第一次（来北京），第一次来中国。

You had the experience of being on China’s new railroad system.

你感受到了中国的新铁路运输系统。

It's absolutely amazing – I spent a lot of time in France as a Music Director and so I got to know the TGV – which the French are very proud of

太了不起了。我在法国当了很长一段时间的音乐总监，了解到了法国人引以为傲的法国高速列车。

It seems rather a slow boat by comparison to this train

跟现在（中国）这些列车相比，那就像是一艘慢悠悠的船。

It is just so pleasant to go into these stations

光是进入这些车站就很开心。

All of a sudden the train pulls up – you have a nice conversation and you are in a completely different place hundreds of kilometres away

忽然列车进站了（停下了）。（或者）当你完成了一段愉快的交谈后，就已置身几百公里的之外了。

Are you familiar with music such as ‘Meet me in St Louis’?

你对“在圣路易斯遇见我”这样的乐曲熟悉吗？

I am indeed and sometimes have to correct things – When they have (singing) it is ‘meet me in St Louis Louis’

我有时确实必须得纠正错误。(他唱到）应该是“在圣路易斯路易斯遇见我”。

It is just that they change the rhythm sometimes

是因为他们有时会改变节奏。

I 've actually been in the railroad station at St Louis and actually saw the train ‘Meet me in St Louis’

我在圣路易斯火车站的时候真的看到了“在圣路易斯见到我”这列火车。

It reminded me of another place in America – Chattanooga – Glen Miller The Chattanooga Choo Choo

这让我想起了美国的另一个地方：查特怒加市-格伦·米勒的那首The Chattanooga Choo Choo

The Chattanooga Choo Choo – there you are

The Chattanooga Choo Cho，你就在那里。

‘You have your ham and eggs in Carolina’ “Woo woo Chattanooga there you are”

“你在加利福尼亚有火腿和鸡蛋吃”   

Woo woo Chattanooga，你就在那里。

Rory – this is amazing having a musician singing to us!

Rory，你看，有一位音乐家给我们唱歌是不是很棒？

Well I am not going to sing to you – I leave that up to the professionals

我不会给你们唱的，我会留给专业人士去唱给你听。

You were back in Beijing are on a China tour – where have you been on this wandering around the country

现在回到北京了，您在中国巡演时，都去了哪些地方呢？

 Amazingly we are almost half way through the tour – we started three days ago in Shanghai - performing at the Oriental Arts Centre

也是神奇，我们已经完成将近一半的旅程—3天前，我们在上海开始—在那里的东方艺术中心进行了演奏。

Then went to Jinan and performed in that fabulous new grand theatre there.

随后去了济南，在那里宏伟的新大剧院演奏。

Jumped on the high speed train and here we are in Beijing

然后乘上高铁，我们就到了这里—北京

Two concerts in the ‘crown jewel’ of arts centres in China – the NCPA（Which is National Centre for the Performing Arts ) 

在中国的艺术中心“皇冠上的宝石”— 国家大剧院进行了两场演奏会。

1.       How does David Robertson describe China’s CRH? Totally amazing

David Robertson是怎样形容中国高铁的？太令人吃惊了

2.       What was the musical about a US railway station? Meet me in St Louis

关于美国火车站的那部音乐剧是什么？在圣路易斯遇见我

3.       What dining experience could you have on the Chattanooga Choo Choo? Ham and eggs in Carolina.

你在查特怒加市会有怎样的经历？  

加利福尼亚州的火腿和鸡蛋

4.       What does Rory not want to do? Sing!

罗里不想要干嘛？  唱歌

5.       What cities had the SSO been performing in? Shanghai and Jinan

SSO曾经在哪些城市表演过？  上海和济南

6.       Where were they performing in Beijing? NCPA

他们曾在北京哪里演出？  国家大剧院

Looking over your past, Malibu must have been a lovely place to be brought up?

回顾你的过去，在马里布那个地方长大一定很不错吧？

It was idyllic with the mountains and the sea right there 

它依山傍海，一派田园风光。

One of the things that has been nice for me getting to know Sydney has been – Sydney and Malibu share an ocean

有一件事我觉得还挺不错的，就是了解到悉尼与马里布共享一片海

As you may be aware, there are actual scents and fragrances that come from the Pacific that are like no other place. 

也许您也注意到了，那里能闻到来自太平洋的海洋的香味，跟其他地方很不一样。

I haven’t got close enough to the water here in China to check yet

在中国，我还没有来得及去海边看看

You were mentioning the National Centre for Performing Arts Rory.

你之前提到过国家表演艺术中心，罗里

It's a fabulous venue, you 've been here, a couple of times now? 

这可是个相当不错的表演场地，您都来过多次了吧？

Yes – we performed there when we toured to China in 2012 as well.  

是的，2012年我们在中国巡演也是在那

It is a wonderful building but I think that the thing really impresses us most is just what a spectacular acoustic the hall has

那是一个雄伟的建筑，但给我们印象最深的是音乐厅所拥有的非凡的音响效果。

It shows the orchestra off to best effect

它将管弦乐器的声效展现的淋漓尽致

You know one of the great things about touring is that ability to be able to play in different halls everyday.

你知道巡演最爽的事就是在每天能在不同演奏厅里表演

The orchestra really get used to the flexibility required for that

管弦乐队也习惯了这种灵活性

I think the concert hall here has one of the finest acoustics anywhere in the world

我觉得这里的音乐厅有着世界级的，无与伦比的音响效果

We love playing here

我们很喜欢在这里演出

I always liked music – my whole family liked music – but no one is professional - I am the one who is crazy enough to think that was something one could actually pursue

我热爱音乐，我们全家人都热爱音乐，但没有一个人是专业的。而我是那个足够疯狂的认为音乐是一项可以追求的事业的人。

I went and studied in London at the Royal Academy of Music

我到伦敦的皇家音乐学院去学习

From there became a ‘wandering minstrel’ around lots of different places

从那以后，我成为了一个流浪歌手，在很多不同的地方表演。

And here I am现在，我就在这里

1.       Where was a lovely place to be brought up? Malibu California

他在哪个美好地方长大？ 加利福尼亚州的马里布

2.       What do Sydney and Malibu have in common? The ocean

悉尼和马里布有什么共同点？ 一片海

3.       What comes from the Pacific? Scents and fragrances

有什么来自于太平洋？ 那种海洋的香味

4.       What is impressive about Beijing’s NCPA? It’s acoustics

北京的国家大剧院什么让人印象深刻？ 音效

5.       Where did David study music? London’s Royal Academy of Music

 David在哪里学习过音乐？伦敦的皇家音乐学院

 Meet Me in St. Louis 

“相逢路易斯”是一首愉快的，怀旧的，经典的浪漫浪漫音乐电影主题曲。在这部电影中，我们看见的是几个快乐的女孩儿，她们的爱情，她们的忧郁，她们的伤心，她们对圣路易的热爱，电影是一部充满热闹和生命张力的故事，一家人不愿意背井离乡，而文森特·明奈利用巧妙的故事，把一个大家庭串联在一起。其中包括了友情，亲情，爱情，这些细碎而有温暖的细节是这部电影的全部。影片中的歌舞是重点的部分，通过这些热闹的舞蹈我们能够了解一个城市的文化，一个时代的精彩纷呈。电影的英文名字是《 Meet Me in St. Louis 》如果按照直接的翻译《相逢圣路易》或许更接近，但是少了些许的美感。火树银花是一个形容词，形容一种热闹，一种繁华，而这种热闹和繁华便是圣路易的标签。

影片中的音乐也是一大亮点，很多人都会觉得加兰演唱的一些歌曲耳熟能详，随着时代的更迭，很多旋律已然成为了记忆中的经典，音乐和舞蹈让人陶醉，舞会的场面没有中产阶级的那种虚伪，格外让人向往。当最小的孩子，茱蒂因为要离开圣路易而突然升起的悲伤，让人觉得有些难过，一个孩子能够对家乡近乎偏执的一网情深也为电影增添了不少情致。每个人都有留在圣路易的理由，然而茱蒂的理由最简单，仅仅是因为她喜欢这里。

很多导演都很擅长讲述关于中产阶级的故事，但是大多都是悲伤的故事，或许是因了这个阶级的特殊性，所以很多问题在镜头中被无限的放大。而文森特·明奈利用自己的方式讲述了中产阶级的快乐，富足。不是每一部电影都需要注入丰富的隐喻以及哲学元素才是好电影，一部好电影就是一个好故事，一个好故事是能够让人感动的故事。

Chattanooga Choo Choo

Chattanooga Choo Choo 是一首由Mack Gordon写作，Harry Warren 整理创作的一首歌曲。收录于Glenn Miller 和他的管弦乐专辑中。这首歌曲在1941年的电影《太阳谷小夜曲》中占有重要地位。