Claron McFadden: Singing the primal mystery

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(Singing)

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Pep Rosenfeld: Folks, you've just met Claron McFadden.

Domaćin: Upravo ste upoznali Claron McFadden.

She is a world-class soprano singer

Ona je svjetski poznata sopranistica

who studied in Rochester, New York.

koja je studirala u Rochesteru, New Yorku.

Her celebrated operatic roles are numerous and varied.

Njezine su slavne operne role

brojne i raznolike.

In August 2007, Claron was awarded the Amsterdam Prize for the Arts,

U kolovozu 2007. godine

nagrađena je amsterdamskom nagradom za umjetnosti

zbog svoje briljantnosti,

winning praise for her brilliance,

odličnog i vrlo širokog repertoara,

her amazing and extensively wide repertoire

i živopisne scenske osobnosti.

and her vivid stage personality.

Please welcome Claron McFadden.

Molim vas pozdravite Claron McFadden.

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Claron McFadden: The human voice:

Claron McFadden: Ljudski glas:

mysterious, spontaneous, primal.

tajnovit, spontan,

iskonski.

Za mene, ljudski je glas

For me, the human voice is the vessel on which all emotions travel --

brod kojim sve emocije putuju,

osim možda ljubomore.

except, perhaps, jealousy.

And the breath,

A dah,

the breath is the captain of that vessel.

dah je kapetan tog broda.

A child is born,

Dijete se rodi,

takes its first breath --

udahne prvi put

(Inhales)

– (udiše)

Whah!

And we behold the wondrous beauty

i vidimo prekrasnu ljepotu

of vocal expression --

vokalnog izričaja -

mysterious, spontaneous

tajnovitu, spontanu,

and primal.

iskonsku.

A few years ago, I did a meditation retreat in Thailand.

Prije nekoliko sam godina otišla u meditacijsko odmaralište na Tajlandu.

Željela sam mjesto

I wanted a place

na kojemu bih imala potpunu tišinu

where I would have total silence and total solitude.

i potpunu samoću.

I spent two weeks at this retreat

Provela sam dva tjedna u tom odmaralištu

in my own little hut --

u svojoj malenoj kolibi –

no music, no nothing -- sounds of nature,

bez glazbe, bez ičega, uz zvuke prirode –

pokušavajući pronaći srž

trying to find the essence of concentration,

koncentracije,

being in the moment.

živeći u trenutku.

On my last day,

Zadnjeg je dana

the woman who looked after the place,

žena koja se brinula o tome mjestu

she came and we spoke for a minute,

došla, pričali smo minutu

and then she said to me,

i onda mi je rekla:

"Would you sing something for me?"

"Biste li mi nešto otpjevali?"

And I thought, but this is a place of total quiet and silence.

I pomislila sam, ali ovo je mjesto potpune tišine,

ne mogu bučiti.

I can't make noise.

She said, "Please, sing for me."

Rekla je: "Molim vas, pjevajte mi."

So I closed my eyes,

Stoga sam zatvorila oči,

udahnula sam

I took breath

i prva stvar koja je izašla

and the first thing that came up and out

was "Summertime,"

bila je "Summertime", Porgy i Bess.

Porgy and Bess.

(Singing) Summertime and the livin' is easy.

♫ Ljeto i život je lak. ♫

Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high.

♫ Ribe skaču i pamuk je visok. ♫

Oh, your daddy's rich and your ma is good-lookin'.

♫ Tvoj je tata bogat i mama ti dobro izgleda. ♫

So hush little baby,

♫ Tiho, malo dijete, ♫

don't you cry.

♫ Ne plači. ♫

♫ Otvorila sam oči ♫

And I opened my eyes,

and I saw that she had her eyes closed.

♫ i vidjela da je ona zatvorila svoje. ♫

♫ I nakon trenutka je otvorila svoje oči, ♫

And after a moment, she opened her eyes

♫ pogledala me i rekla: ♫

and she looked at me and she said,

♫ "To je poput meditacije." ♫

"It's like meditation."

And in that moment I understood

U tome sam trenutku shvatila

da sam sve ono što sam otišla u Tajland

that everything I had gone to Thailand to look for,

tražiti,

to search for,

već imala u svome pjevanju –

I had it already in my singing --

the calm, but alertness,

mirnoću, ali budnost,

the focus, but awareness,

fokusiranost, ali svjesnost

and being totally in the moment.

i potpuno bivanje u trenutku.

Kad ste potpuno u trenutku,

When you're totally in the moment --

kad sam potpuno u trenutku,

when I'm totally in the moment,

the vessel of expression is open.

brod izražavanja je otvoren.

The emotions can flow from me

Emocije mogu teći

od mene do vas

to you

and back.

i natrag.

It's an extremely profound experience.

Iznimno dubok doživljaj.

Postoji djelo skladatelja,

There's a piece by a composer,

američkog skladatelja Johna Cagea.

an American composer called John Cage.

Zove se "Aria".

It's called "Aria."

It was written for an amazing singer called Cathy Berberian.

Napisana je za izvrsnu pjevačicu

Cathy Berberian.

And the thing about this piece that's so special --

I ono zbog čega je ovo djelo tako posebno,

if you see it behind me --

ako pogledate iza mene --

ono nije notirano ni na koji način.

it's not notated in any way.

No notes, no flats, no sharps.

Nema nota, nema snizilica, nema povisilica.

Ali ima svojevrsnu strukturu

But it's a kind of structure.

And the singer, within this structure,

i pjevač unutar te strukture

has total freedom to be creative, spontaneous.

ima potpunu slobodu

da bude kreativan, spontan.

For example,

Na primjer,

there are different colors

postoje različite boje

and each color gets a different type of singing --

i svaka boja se pjeva drugim načinom –

pop, country and western, opera, jazz --

pop, country i western, opera, jazz

and you just have to be consistent with that color.

i samo morate biti dosljedni toj boji.

You see there are different lines.

Vidite da postoje različite linije,

You choose in your own tempo in your own way

u svome tempu i svojim načinom birate

kako ćete ih slijediti,

to follow the line,

but you must respect it,

ali morate ih poštivati, više ili manje.

more or less.

And these little dots,

A ove male točke

these represent a sort of sound

predstavljaju

zvuk

that's not a vocal, not a lyrical way

koji nije vokalan, nije liričan način

of expressing the voice.

izražavanja glasa.

Using the body -- it could be sneezing,

Koristeći tijelo – to može biti kihanje, može biti kašljanje,

it could be coughing, animals --

mogu biti životinje (kašalj) upravo to –

(Audience member coughs)

Exactly. (Laughter)

pljeskanje, što god.

Clapping, whatever.

I tu ima različitog teksta.

And there's different text.

Tu je armenijski, ruski,

There's Armenian, Russian, French, English, Italian.

francuski, engleski, talijanski.

So within this structure, one is free.

Unutar ove ste strukture slobodni.

To me, this piece is an ode to the voice,

Za mene je ovo djelo oda glasu

because it's mysterious, as we can see.

zato što je tajnovito, kao što možete vidjeti,

It's quite spontaneous.

prilično je spontano,

i iskonsko je.

And it's primal.

So I would like to share this piece with you,

Voljela bih podijeliti ovo djelo s vama.

It's "Aria," of John Cage.

To je "Aria" Johna Cagea.

(Singing in various languages)

(Pjevanje)

Hampart-zoum

Dirouhi

Di questa Terra

Naprasno

Conscience et

(Barks)

(Singing) Arise

Tsk, tsk, tsk.

(Singing)

Vidiel’a

facilmente

E io sono per te

♫ Nema drugog načina ♫

(Robotic voice) No other way

Dans l'espace, so help

♫ U prostoru, zato pomozite ♫

(Pjevanje)

(Singing)

Si juste

Dvidzénya bistri

(Claps)

(Singing)

On pekrásen

idyot a k u

O a k ho a

Sivayoot eternal loosin

(Sneezes)

(Laughs)

Shh!

(Singing)

Gloobinoí più chiara

Si ceci est cela cela est ceci

Totalmente soi whom they sought to slay

To have the fruits gloire

♫ Imati voće ♫

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J’écoute ...

À la vie…

Leggermente snédznoi

Coo coo

P k t d

Banalité

K o e

(Makes the sound of a kiss)

(Singing)

In armonia

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