曲目介紹
本作品受小巨人丝竹乐团委托创作，灵感来自芬兰乡间春天冰封的湖泊。春天的气候渐渐变得暖和，太阳开始融化地面积雪和湖面冰霜。冰雪在融化时会轻轻地裂开与移动，产生极美的声音和噪音，声音听起来有时非常响亮，有时则几乎悄不可闻。融冰初期人们可以在湖面上行走，同时听到冰冻的湖面自远方传来，带有令人难以置信丰富回响的叫喊与嗥叫声。这种奇妙的冰雪自然乐音虽带有种忧伤的音色，但那绮丽雪花冰晶消逝（融化）的美好回忆又满怀其中。
原本埋藏于冰雪下的各种物体和惊奇，在融化时被显露出来，Antti Auvinen 的音乐中也经常出现这种惊喜和强烈反差的元素。本作品使用电脑及取样软体以处理和操纵来自1904-1905于巴黎的旧录音。旧录音的编辑处理音样与舞台上的演奏家－过去与现在的相遇－形成了一个既有趣又美丽的音乐结构。
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.