Claron McFadden: Singing the primal mystery

Translator: Ľubomír Dugovič Reviewer: Karol Batek

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(Singing)

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

Hostiteľ: Diváci, práve ste videli Claron McFaddenovú.

She is a world-class soprano singer

Je svetovou sopranistkou,

who studied in Rochester, New York.

ktorá študovala v Rochestri v New Yorku.

Her celebrated operatic roles are numerous and varied.

Hrala mnoho operných postáv

za ktoré dostala rôzne ocenenia.

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

V Auguste 2007,

bola Claron ocenená Amsterdamskou cenou za umenie,

kde si získala priazeň za svoj nádherný,

winning praise for her brilliance,

obdivuhodný a ohromne široký repertoár

her amazing and extensively wide repertoire

a živé vystupovanie na pódiu.

and her vivid stage personality.

Please welcome Claron McFadden.

Prosím privítajte Claron McFaddenovú.

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Claron McFadden: The human voice:

Claron McFaddenová: Ľudský hlas:

mysterious, spontaneous, primal.

záhadný, spontánny,

a jednoduchý.

Pre mňa, ľudský hlas,

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

je ako plavidlo, na ktorom sa plavia všetky pocity --

možno okrem závisti.

except, perhaps, jealousy.

And the breath,

A dych,

the breath is the captain of that vessel.

dych je jeho kapitánom.

A child is born,

Narodí sa dieťa,

takes its first breath --

po prvý raz sa nadýchne --

(Inhales)

(Dýchanie)

Whah!

And we behold the wondrous beauty

a my sa prizeráme tej nádhernej kráse

of vocal expression --

hlasového prejavu --

mysterious, spontaneous

záhadného, spontánneho

and primal.

a jednoduchého.

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

Pred pár rokmi som odišla na meditáciu do Thajska.

Chcela som miesto,

I wanted a place

kde by som mala úplný kľud

where I would have total silence and total solitude.

a úplnú samotu.

I spent two weeks at this retreat

Strávila som na tomto mieste dva týždne

in my own little hut --

vo svojej malej chatke --

no music, no nothing -- sounds of nature,

bez hudby, bez všetkého, len zvuky prírody --

skúšajúc nájsť tú esenciu

trying to find the essence of concentration,

koncentrácie

being in the moment.

bytia v danej chvíli.

On my last day,

V posledný deň,

the woman who looked after the place,

žena, ktorá sa o miesto starala,

she came and we spoke for a minute,

za mnou prišla a asi minútu sme sa zhovárali

and then she said to me,

a potom mi povedala,

"Would you sing something for me?"

"Zaspievala by ste mi niečo?"

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

A ja som si pomyslela, ale veď toto je miesto úplného ticha;

Tu rušiť nemôžem.

I can't make noise.

She said, "Please, sing for me."

Povedala, "Prosím, zaspievajte mi."

So I closed my eyes,

A tak som zavrela oči,

nadýchla sa

I took breath

a prvá vec, ktorá zo mňa vyšla

and the first thing that came up and out

was "Summertime,"

bola "Summertime," od Porgy a Bessa.

Porgy and Bess.

(Singing) Summertime and the livin' is easy.

♫ Summertime and the living is easy ♫

Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high.

♫ Fish are jumping and the cotton is high ♫

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

♫ Oh, your daddy's rich and your ma is good looking ♫

So hush little baby,

♫ So hush little baby ♫

don't you cry.

♫ Don't you cry ♫

A ako som otvorila oči,

And I opened my eyes,

and I saw that she had her eyes closed.

uvidela som, že ona má tie svoje zavreté.

Po chvíli ich otvorila,

And after a moment, she opened her eyes

pozrela sa na mňa a povedala,

and she looked at me and she said,

"Je to ako meditácia."

"It's like meditation."

And in that moment I understood

A v tú chvíľu som pochopila,

že všetko, čo som prišla do Thajska hľadať

that everything I had gone to Thailand to look for,

a nájsť,

to search for,

som už dávno mala vo svojom speve --

I had it already in my singing --

the calm, but alertness,

kľud, ale i ostražitosť,

the focus, but awareness,

sústredenosť, ale tiež vedomie

and being totally in the moment.

a úplne bytie v danej chvíli.

Keď ste v tej chvíli,

When you're totally in the moment --

keď som ja v tej chvíli,

when I'm totally in the moment,

the vessel of expression is open.

plavidlo vyjadrovania sa je otvorené.

The emotions can flow from me

Pocity môžu plávať

odo mňa k Vám

to you

and back.

a späť.

It's an extremely profound experience.

Veľmi hlboká skúsenosť.

Existuje dielo od skladateľa,

There's a piece by a composer,

amerického skladateľa Johna Cagea.

an American composer called John Cage.

Volá sa "Ária."

It's called "Aria."

It was written for an amazing singer called Cathy Berberian.

Bolo napísané pre obdivuhodnú speváčku

Cathy Berberianovú.

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

A čo je na tomto kúsku tak významné je --

if you see it behind me --

ak to vidíte za mnou --

že to nie je nijako notovo usporiadané.

it's not notated in any way.

No notes, no flats, no sharps.

Žiadne noty, čiary, zvýšené tóny.

No je to štruktúra,

But it's a kind of structure.

And the singer, within this structure,

v ktorej má spevák

has total freedom to be creative, spontaneous.

úplnú slobodu

byť kreatívny, spontánny.

For example,

Napríklad,

there are different colors

sú tam rôzne farby

and each color gets a different type of singing --

a každá farba udáva iný štýl spevu --

pop, country and western, opera, jazz --

pop, country a western, opera, jazz --

and you just have to be consistent with that color.

a vy sa len musíte držať tej farby.

You see there are different lines.

Vidíte, že sú rôznych dĺžok:

You choose in your own tempo in your own way

môžete si zvoliť svoju vlastnú rýchlosť a štýl

ako sa ňou budete riadiť,

to follow the line,

but you must respect it,

ale musíte ju rešpektovať, viacmenej.

more or less.

And these little dots,

A tieto malé bodky,

these represent a sort of sound

tie predstavujú

typy zvukov,

that's not a vocal, not a lyrical way

ktoré nie sú vokalizované, nie spôsobom,

of expressing the voice.

ktorým vznikajú hlásky.

Using the body -- it could be sneezing,

Využitím tela -- môže to byť kýchnutie, môže to byť zakašlanie,

it could be coughing, animals --

môže to byť zvieracie -- (kýchnutie) presne tak --

(Audience member coughs)

Exactly. (Laughter)

tlieskanie, čokoľvek.

Clapping, whatever.

A je tam rozličný text.

And there's different text.

Je tam arménčina, ruština,

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

francúzština, angličtina a taliančina.

So within this structure, one is free.

V rámci tejto štruktúry má teda spevák slobodu.

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

Pre mňa je tento kúsok ódou na hlas,

because it's mysterious, as we can see.

lebo je záhadný -- ako môžeme vidieť --

It's quite spontaneous.

je vcelku spontánny,

a jednoduchý.

And it's primal.

So I would like to share this piece with you,

A tak by som sa s vami rada o toto dielo podelila.

It's "Aria," of John Cage.

"Ária" of Johna Cagea.

(Singing in various languages)

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Hampart-zoum

Dirouhi

Di questa Terra

Naprasno

Conscience et

(Barks)

(Singing) Arise

Tsk, tsk, tsk.

(Singing)

Vidiel’a

facilmente

E io sono per te

♫ No other way ♫

(Robotic voice) No other way

Dans l'espace, so help

♫ Dans l'espace, so help ♫

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(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

♫ To have the fruits ♫

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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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