Programme Notes

    本作品受小巨人絲竹樂團委託創作，靈感來自芬蘭鄉間春天冰封的湖泊。春天的氣候漸漸變得暖和，太陽開始融化地面積雪和湖面冰霜。冰雪在融化時會輕輕地裂開與移動，產生極美的聲音和噪音，聲音聽起來有時非常響亮，有時則幾乎悄不可聞。融冰初期人們可以在湖面上行走，同時聽到冰凍的湖面自遠方傳來，帶有令人難以置信豐富迴響的叫喊與嗥叫聲。這種奇妙的冰雪自然樂音雖帶有種憂傷的音色，但那綺麗雪花冰晶消逝（融化）的美好回憶又滿懷其中。
    原本埋藏於冰雪下的各種物體和驚奇，在融化時被顯露出來，Antti Auvinen 的音樂中也經常出現這種驚喜和強烈反差的元素。本作品使用電腦及取樣軟體以處理和操縱來自1904-1905於巴黎的舊錄音。舊錄音的編輯處理音樣與舞台上的演奏家－過去與現在的相遇－形成了一個既有趣又美麗的音樂結構。

    Auvinen says his inspiration for the Melt Elegy comes from the spring and the frozen lakes in country side in Finland. During the spring the days get warmer and the sun starts to melt down the snow on the ground and also the ice cover of the lakes. Sometimes the ice cracks and moves slightly while melting and it makes absolutely fascinating sounds and noises. The sounds are sometimes incredibly loud and sometimes almost inaudibly quiet. At the early stage of melting one can walk on the ice and at the same time hear the frozen lake’s distant cry and howl with incredibly rich echoes. There is a feeling of danger of breaking the ice present while walking on the ice during the spring. But it is never the less a kind of tempting and strange music which comes alive because of increasing temperature. This strange frozen nature music has a quality of sorrow in it but also it is full with joyful memories of the beautiful ice crystals fading (melting) away.

    The process of melting can also reveal various objects and surprises which are hidden under the snow or ice. In the music of Antti Auvinen the elements of surprise and strong contrasts are often present. In recent Melt Elegy Auvinen uses a computer and a sampler software in order to process and manipulate old recording from Paris 1904-1905. The manipulated samples of the old recordings form together with the LGCCO musicians a vey interesting and beautiful musical texture where the past meets the present.