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ar: Leonard Bernstein |
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The Canadian pianist Glenn Gould is to be soloist now, and Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic in the performance of the Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor by Brahms jiā ná dà gāng qín jiā gǔ ěr dé dú zòu bó ēn sī tǎn dài lǐng niǔ yuē ài yuè yuè tuán wèi dà jiā yǎn zòu bó lā mǔ sī D xiǎo diào dì yī gāng qín xié zòu qǔ |
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I think Mr. Bernstein will have something to say to the audience. So get down to the stage kāi shǐ zhī qián, bó ēn sī tǎn yǒu yī xiē huà yào hé dà jiā shuō, qǐng tā lái dào wǔ tái |
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Don' t be frightened. Mr. Gould is here. He will appear in a moment dà jiā bú yào huāng zhāng, gǔ ěr dé zài hòu tái, mǎ shàng jiù huì hé dà jiā jiàn miàn |
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I' m not, um, as you know, in the habit of speaking on any concert except the Thursday night previews qí shí, chú le zhōu sì wǎn de yù yǎn, wǒ bìng bù xí guàn zài yǎn chū qián shuō xiē shén me |
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but a curious situation has arisen, which merits, I think, a word or two dàn shì, xiàn zài de zhuàng kuàng, ràng wǒ jué de yǒu bì yào shuō jǐ jù |
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You are about to hear a rather, shall we say, unorthodox performance of the Brahms D Minor Concerto dāi huì r zài zuò gè wèi tīng dào de bó lā mǔ sī D xiǎo diào dì yī gāng qín xié zòu qǔ, wǒ jué de kě yǐ shuō shì lí jīng pàn dào de |
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a performance distinctly different from any I' ve ever heard, or even dreamt of for that matter zhì shǎo, hé wǒ cóng qián tīng guò de wán quán bù yí yàng, shèn zhì shì wǒ cóng wèi xiǎng xiàng de |
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in its remarkably broad tempi and its frequent departures from Brahms' dynamic indications tā de jié zòu zài hěn dà de fàn wéi nèi biàn huàn, bìng qiě pín fán dì bèi lí bó lā mǔ sī shǐ yòng de lì dù biāo jì |
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I cannot say I am in total agreement with Mr. Gould' s conception bù dé bù shuō wǒ méi fǎ wán quán tóng yì gǔ ěr dé de xiǎng fǎ |
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and this raises the interesting question:" What am I doing conducting?" nà me jiù yǐn fā le yí gè yǒu qù de wèn tí:" wǒ hái zhǐ huī shén me?" |
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I' m conducting it because Mr. Gould is so valid and serious an artist wǒ xiǎng wǒ zhǐ huī shì yīn wèi gǔ ěr dé shì yí gè kě xìn rèn zhēn de yì shù jiā |
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that I must take seriously anything he conceives in good faith yīn cǐ wǒ huì fēi cháng yán sù de duì dài tā tí chū de rèn hé tā jiān xìn de dōng xī |
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and his conception is interesting enough so that I feel you should hear it, too bìng qiě, tā de xiǎng fǎ fēi cháng yǒu qù, wǒ jué de zhí de zài zuò gè wèi tīng yī tīng |
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But the age old question still remains:" In a concerto, who is the boss the soloist or the conductor?" rán ér, lǎo wèn tí yòu lái le:" zài xié zòu qǔ zhōng, gāi tīng shuí de? dú zòu zhě hái shì zhǐ huī?" |
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The answer is, of course, sometimes one, sometimes the other, depending on the people involved dá àn bìng bú shì wéi yī de, yǒu shí shì qián zhě, yǒu shí shì hòu zhě, zhè qǔ jué yú jù tǐ cān yù qí zhōng de rén |
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But almost always, the two manage to get together by persuasion or charm or even threats to achieve a unified performance dàn shì zài dà duō shù qíng kuàng xià, shì èr zhě tōng guò shuō fú fú huò shèn zhì wēi xié duì fāng de fāng shì, dá chéng duì yǎn chū de gòng shí |
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I have only once before in my life had to submit to a soloist' s wholly new and incompatible concept and that was the last time I accompanied Mr. Gould wǒ shēng píng zhǐ yǒu yī cì duì dú zòu zhě rú cǐ xīn qí nán yǐ jiē shòu de xiǎng fǎ zuò zhè yàng de tuì ràng, nà jiù shì wǒ shàng yī cì hé gǔ ěr dé hé zuò de shí hòu |
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But, but this time the discrepancies between our views are so great that I feel I must make this small disclaimer dàn shì, yīn wèi zhè yī cì wǒ men zhī jiān de fēn qí rú cǐ jù dà, wǒ jué de yǒu bì yào zài cǐ zuò zhè yàng de shuō míng |
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Then why, to repeat the question, am I conducting it? suǒ yǐ chóng shēn zhè gè wèn tí, wèi shí me wǒ hái yào zhǐ huī |
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Why do I not make a minor scandal get a substitute soloist, or let an assistant conduct? wèi shí me wǒ bù huàn yí gè dú zòu zhě huò zhě zhǎo rén lái tì dài wǒ |
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Because I am fascinated, glad to have the chance for a new look at this muchplayed work yīn wèi duì zhè yàng yí gè bèi pín fán yǎn zòu de zuò pǐn, wǒ yě fēi cháng gāo xìng bìng zháo mí yú jiàn zhèng tā chéng xiàn chū de lìng yī zhǒng miàn mào |
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Because, what' s more, there are moments in Mr. Gould' s performance that emerge with astonishing freshness and conviction ér qiě, zài gǔ ěr dé de yǎn zòu zhōng wǒ kàn dào le fēi tóng yì bān de qīng xīn hé shuō fú lì |
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Thirdly, because we can all learn something from this extraordinary artist, who is a thinking performer zài zhě, wǒ xiǎng shì yīn wèi wǒ men zǒng néng gòu cóng zhè wèi shàn yú sāi kǎo de jié chū yì shù jiā zhè lǐ xué dào xiē shén me |
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and finally because there is in music what Dimitri Mitropoulos used to call " the sportive element" yě yīn wèi zài yīn yuè zhōng, rú mǐ tè luó pǔ luò sī suǒ shuō de, cún zài yī zhǒng" tǐ yù chéng fèn" |
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that factor of curiosity, adventure, experiment yī zhǒng hào qí de yǒng yú mào xiǎn de shì yàn xìng de yuán sù |
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and I can assure you that it has been an adventure this week collaborating with Mr. Gould on this Brahms concerto wǒ kě yǐ fēi cháng kěn dìng, zhè zhōu yǔ gǔ ěr dé hé zuò bó lā mǔ sī de xié zòu qǔ jiù shì zhè yàng yī zhǒng mào xiǎn |
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and it' s in this spirit of adventure that we now present it to you nà me jiē xià lái de shí jiān lǐ, wǒ men yī rán bǐng chí zhè zhǒng mào xiǎn jīng shén, gòng tóng jiāng zhè gè zuò pǐn xiàn gěi dà jiā |