楊家將 琵琶協奏曲

楊家將 琵琶協奏曲

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《楊家將》於2003年夏天在臺北市完成，由著名琵琶演奏家吳蠻擔任首演。本曲同時為「2012臺北市民族器樂大賽—琵琶」決賽指定曲。

這部作品全長約20分鐘，共有三個樂章。

第一樂章第一段描述楊令公與楊七郎被奸臣潘仁美謀害的悲壯事跡，第二段描述楊家領宋軍大破七十二座天門陣；第二樂章感嘆楊家為朝廷出生入死，卻換來奸臣陷害，道盡忠臣的淒涼與辛酸；第三樂章是得勝回歸的慶祝場面，氣氛激昂熱烈。作曲家並由傳統樂曲《龍船》中獲得靈感，創作出很多由琵琶模仿打擊樂音響的段落，以增添節慶的氣氛。從和聲與配器的觀點來看，第一樂章是作曲家結合最先進的電腦輔助頻譜分析法與中國傳統樂法而摸索出的一條新路。

The Yang’s Saga Pipa Concerto was composed in the summer of 2003 in Taipei and the world premiered by the world renowned pipa player Wu Man. The duration of the piece is about twenty minutes, and it has three movements. The whole piece depicts a famous story begins during the Northern Song Dynasty, as the Khitan Liao are attacking China from the north and Generals from the Yang Family (The Yang Warriors) provide their faithful service to the Northern Song Dynasty. 

The first section of the first movement portrays how the main character Yang Ye, whom with his sons served the Song Dynasty by fighting the Khitan were betrayed by the court official Pan Mei. One of Yang Ye’s sons was killed and Yang Ye was captured by the Khitans. Yang Ye starved himself to death to preserve his honor. The second section of the first movement describes how the Yang Clan led the army of Song Dynasty and conquered seventy-two Tianmen Array. The third movement is an illustration of the winning of the battle - the atmosphere is celebratory and full of blissfulness and exhilaration. 

The composer got his inspiration from pipa classic Dragon Boat. He uses pipa to imitate the sound of different kinds of percussion instruments to add onto the festive color. From the point of view of harmony and orchestration, the first movement is a new path discovered by the composer by integrating the most advance computer-aided spectral analysis technique with traditional Chinese musical language.

The Yang’s Saga is the assigned work in the final round of 2012 Taipei Traditional Instrumental Competition for Pipa.