Claron McFadden: Singing the primal mystery

譯者: Deborah Chen 審譯者: Jenny Yang

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(Singing)

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

主持人：各位，為您介紹克拉蓉麥克法登

She is a world-class soprano singer

她是世界級的女高音

who studied in Rochester, New York.

過去就讀於紐約羅切斯特

Her celebrated operatic roles are numerous and varied.

她著名的歌劇角色

既多且廣

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

在2007年8月，

克拉蓉榮獲阿姆斯特丹藝術獎，

為她傑出的表現

winning praise for her brilliance,

驚人和廣泛的曲目

her amazing and extensively wide repertoire

以及個人舞台風采贏得殊榮。

and her vivid stage personality.

Please welcome Claron McFadden.

讓我們歡迎克拉蓉麥克法登

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Claron McFadden: The human voice:

克拉蓉麥克法登：人類的聲音：

mysterious, spontaneous, primal.

奧秘，自發，

原始。

對我而言，人類的聲音

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

承載著所有情緒穿梭遨遊－－

或許除了嫉妒。

except, perhaps, jealousy.

And the breath,

而呼吸，

the breath is the captain of that vessel.

呼吸是船隻的船長。

A child is born,

當一個孩子一出生，

takes its first breath --

呼吸第一口氣－－

(Inhales)

（吸氣　呼氣）

Whah!

And we behold the wondrous beauty

我們見證了聲音演示出

of vocal expression --

奇妙的美好

mysterious, spontaneous

奧秘，自發

and primal.

而原始。

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

幾年前我在泰國進行靈修

我在找尋一個地方

I wanted a place

讓我可以得到全然的寧靜

where I would have total silence and total solitude.

和全然的孤獨

I spent two weeks at this retreat

我在那裡待了二個禮拜

in my own little hut --

在我自己的小茅屋裡－－

no music, no nothing -- sounds of nature,

沒有音樂，沒有任何東西，曠野的聲音－－

我試著尋找

trying to find the essence of concentration,

專注於當下

being in the moment.

的本質

On my last day,

在最後一天，

the woman who looked after the place,

負責那個場地的一位女士，

she came and we spoke for a minute,

過來和我聊了一下，

and then she said to me,

她對我說，

"Would you sing something for me?"

「你能為我唱首歌嗎？」

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

那時我想著，可是這是一個那麼安靜的地方；

我不可以製造噪音。

I can't make noise.

She said, "Please, sing for me."

她說，「拜託，請為我唱首歌。」

So I closed my eyes,

於是我閉上雙眼，

吸了一口氣

I took breath

那時湧上心頭的曲目

and the first thing that came up and out

was "Summertime,"

就是《波吉和貝絲》音樂劇中的歌曲《夏日》

Porgy and Bess.

(Singing) Summertime and the livin' is easy.

♫夏日時光，生活悠閒♫

Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high.

♫魚兒跳躍而棉花長得很高♫

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

♫哦，你的爸爸有錢而你的媽媽很漂亮♫

So hush little baby,

♫所以乖小寶貝♫

don't you cry.

♫不哭不哭♫

然後我睜開雙眼，

And I opened my eyes,

and I saw that she had her eyes closed.

我看到她閉上雙眼。

過了一會兒她張開了眼睛

And after a moment, she opened her eyes

她看著我對我說，

and she looked at me and she said,

「這就像是冥想。」

"It's like meditation."

And in that moment I understood

就在那一刻我瞭解了

所有我去泰國找尋的東西，

that everything I had gone to Thailand to look for,

尋尋覓覓

to search for,

已然存在於我的歌唱中－－

I had it already in my singing --

the calm, but alertness,

靜默，但是清醒，

the focus, but awareness,

專注，卻明明覺覺，

and being totally in the moment.

而且完全沈浸在當下。

當你完全沈浸在當下，

When you're totally in the moment --

當我專注於當下，

when I'm totally in the moment,

the vessel of expression is open.

表達的管道就暢通了。

The emotions can flow from me

所以情緒可以流動

往返於

to you

and back.

你我之間

It's an extremely profound experience.

這是一種極盡深遠的經驗。

有一首曲目

There's a piece by a composer,

作曲家是美國的約翰卡吉

an American composer called John Cage.

叫作《詠嘆調》

It's called "Aria."

It was written for an amazing singer called Cathy Berberian.

這首曲子是專門為一位了不起的歌手量身訂作

這位歌手就是凱西伯貝里安

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

而這首曲子之所以如此特別－－

if you see it behind me --

你們可以從我身後看到這曲子

它不是用我們熟知的任何一種形式譜寫

it's not notated in any way.

No notes, no flats, no sharps.

沒有音符，沒有升降記號

但它的確自成一格

But it's a kind of structure.

And the singer, within this structure,

把歌手融入其中的結構

has total freedom to be creative, spontaneous.

完全的自由

有創意的，自發的

For example,

舉個例子，

there are different colors

這裡頭有三種不同顏色

and each color gets a different type of singing --

每種顏色代表一種不同的曲風－－

pop, country and western, opera, jazz --

流行樂，鄉村音樂，西方音樂，歌劇，爵士－－

and you just have to be consistent with that color.

而你只需依顏色保持曲風一致

You see there are different lines.

你再看看那些不同的線條

You choose in your own tempo in your own way

你可以選擇適合自己的節奏

順著這個線條節奏

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,

再看看這些小點

these represent a sort of sound

這些代表

一種聲音

that's not a vocal, not a lyrical way

它不是演唱的，也不是歌唱式的

of expressing the voice.

就是一種聲音的表達

Using the body -- it could be sneezing,

身體會發出的聲音－－像是打噴嚏或咳嗽

it could be coughing, animals --

也可能是動物的－－（咳嗽）沒錯，就像這樣－－

(Audience member coughs)

Exactly. (Laughter)

拍手或其它種類

Clapping, whatever.

另外還有不同的語文

And there's different text.

這裡有亞美尼亞，俄羅斯，

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

法文，英文，義大利文。

So within this structure, one is free.

所以在這樣的架構下你可以很自由

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

對我而言，這首曲子就是對聲音的頌讚

because it's mysterious, as we can see.

因為它是如此奧秘－－正如我們所見－－

It's quite spontaneous.

它是這麼樣的自發，

而且它是原始的。

And it's primal.

So I would like to share this piece with you,

現在我想和大家分享這首曲子。

It's "Aria," of John Cage.

約翰卡吉的《詠嘆調》

(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

♫沒有其他方法♫

(Robotic voice) No other way

Dans l'espace, so help

♫ Dans l'espace，所以幫忙♫

（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

♫來擁有這些果實♫

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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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