Claron McFadden: Singing the primal mystery

翻译人员: Jenny Yang 校对人员: Felix Chen

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(Singing)

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

主持人：各位，你们才认识了克莱伦·麦克法登

She is a world-class soprano singer

她是一位世界级的女高音歌唱家

who studied in Rochester, New York.

她曾就读于纽约的罗切斯特

Her celebrated operatic roles are numerous and varied.

她担当过很多不同

的歌剧角色

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

2007年八月

克莱伦获得了阿姆斯特丹艺术奖

她的精湛的表演

winning praise for her brilliance,

她的异乎寻常和广泛剧目

her amazing and extensively wide repertoire

她鲜明的舞台个性赢得了赞扬

and her vivid stage personality.

Please welcome Claron McFadden.

请欢迎克莱伦麦克法登

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Claron McFadden: The human voice:

克莱伦·麦克法登：人类的声音

mysterious, spontaneous, primal.

神秘，天籁

本真

对我来说， 人类的声音

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

几乎是所有感情之旅的航船

也许妒忌除外

except, perhaps, jealousy.

And the breath,

而呼吸

the breath is the captain of that vessel.

呼吸是这这艘航船的船长

A child is born,

当一个孩子出身

takes its first breath --

第一次呼吸

(Inhales)

（呼吸）

Whah!

And we behold the wondrous beauty

我们拥有神奇美妙的

of vocal expression --

声音的表达

mysterious, spontaneous

神秘， 天籁

and primal.

本真

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

几年前， 我到泰国去冥想

我想找一个地方

I wanted a place

一个完全静谧

where I would have total silence and total solitude.

孤寂的地方

I spent two weeks at this retreat

我在那里呆了两个星期

in my own little hut --

关在自己的小茅屋里

no music, no nothing -- sounds of nature,

没有音乐， 没有其他东西， 只有自然的声响

我试图找到专注的

trying to find the essence of concentration,

真髓

being in the moment.

融人瞬间

On my last day,

在最后一天

the woman who looked after the place,

管那个地方的一个女人

she came and we spoke for a minute,

过来跟我聊天

and then she said to me,

她说：

"Would you sing something for me?"

“你能给我

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

那是我想， 这里那么安静

我不能制造噪音。

I can't make noise.

She said, "Please, sing for me."

她说：”拜托，请为我唱一个吧。”

So I closed my eyes,

于是我闭上双眼

吸了一口气

I took breath

那时心里想到的

and the first thing that came up and out

was "Summertime,"

就是<<波吉和贝丝>>音乐剧中德歌曲<<夏日>>

Porgy and Bess.

(Singing) Summertime and the livin' is easy.

♫夏季里,生活容易过得好♫

Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high.

♫鱼儿跳,棉花长得高 ♫

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

♫你爸爸有钱,你妈妈漂亮♫

So hush little baby,

♫别吵,小宝宝♫

don't you cry.

♫,你别哭闹♫

我睁开眼睛

And I opened my eyes,

and I saw that she had her eyes closed.

我看见她闭着眼睛

片刻以后，又睁开了眼睛

And after a moment, she opened her eyes

她看着我，她说

and she looked at me and she said,

”这就跟冥思一样“

"It's like meditation."

And in that moment I understood

那一刻我突然明白

我到泰国来寻找的一切

that everything I had gone to Thailand to look for,

我所寻觅的

to search for,

其实已经在我的歌唱中了

I had it already in my singing --

the calm, but alertness,

平静而又机敏

the focus, but awareness,

专注而又敏感

and being totally in the moment.

融入瞬间

当你融入瞬间时

When you're totally in the moment --

我完全融入瞬间时

when I'm totally in the moment,

the vessel of expression is open.

表达感情的航船是打开的

The emotions can flow from me

感情可以流动

从我到你

to you

and back.

轮回

It's an extremely profound experience.

特别深厚的体验

下面这段是一个作曲家

There's a piece by a composer,

一个美国作曲家叫约翰凯奇

an American composer called John Cage.

叫作《咏叹调》

It's called "Aria."

It was written for an amazing singer called Cathy Berberian.

这首曲子是专门为一位了不起的歌手量身订作

这位歌手是凯西伯贝里安

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

而这首曲子之所以如此特别

if you see it behind me --

你们从我身后可以看见这个曲子

它不是用我们熟知的乐曲形式谱写的

it's not notated in any way.

No notes, no flats, no sharps.

没有用音符， 也没有升降记号

它自成一体

But it's a kind of structure.

And the singer, within this structure,

歌手在这种结构的曲子里

has total freedom to be creative, spontaneous.

拥有完全的自由

也可以充分自发地发挥创意

For example,

比如

there are different colors

这里有不同的颜色

and each color gets a different type of singing --

每种颜色代表不同的唱法

pop, country and western, opera, jazz --

流行乐，乡村音乐，西方音乐，歌剧，爵士-

and you just have to be consistent with that color.

你只需依颜色保持曲风一致就行

You see there are different lines.

你再看看那些不同的线条

You choose in your own tempo in your own way

你可以选择适合自己的节奏

顺着这个线条描绘的节奏

to follow the line,

but you must respect it,

恰如其分，不多也不少地遵循

more or less.

And these little dots,

再看看这些小点

these represent a sort of sound

这些代表

一种声音

that's not a vocal, not a lyrical way

它不是演唱，不用歌曲的形式来唱

of expressing the voice.

只是一种声音的表达

Using the body -- it could be sneezing,

人们身体发出的声音：比如大喷嚏，咳嗽

it could be coughing, animals --

也可能是动物的 -- （咳嗽）没错，就是这样--

(Audience member coughs)

Exactly. (Laughter)

拍手和其他诸如此类的声音

Clapping, whatever.

另外还用不同的语言

And there's different text.

这里有亚美尼亚文，俄罗斯

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

法文，英文，意大利文

So within this structure, one is free.

所以在这样的形式中你可以自由发挥

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

对我而言， 这个曲子就是对声音的颂扬

because it's mysterious, as we can see.

因为它是如此奥妙， 正如大家所见

It's quite spontaneous.

它是这样自发的

原始的

And it's primal.

So I would like to share this piece with you,

现在我想和大家分享这首曲子

It's "Aria," of John Cage.

约翰卡吉的<<咏叹调>>

(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

♫没有其他方法♫

(Robotic voice) No other way

Dans l'espace, so help

♫ Dans l'espace，所以♫

（演唱）

(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

♫来拥有这些水果♫

（演唱）

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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