2015考研英语阅读音乐的魔术_大学英语阅读

2015考研英语阅读音乐的魔术

　　Tom Service, a British radio presenter and writer on classical music, has taken themysterious business of what conductors actually do as the subject of his first book, Music asAlchemy. Conductors, including the ones studied in this book, have been scrutinised before,often in considerable detail. What sets Mr Service s book apart, in addition to its breezytone and infectious, easily worn enthusiasm, is his focus on the relationship between theconductor and his or her orchestral musicians. Many hours have been spent not just inconcerts given by the six conductor-orchestra pairs taken as his subject, but in observingthem in the rehearsals beforehand and quizzing members of the orchestra about their sideof the experience.

　　汤姆瑟维斯是英国一位与古典音乐相关的电台主持人和作家，他的第一本书《点石成金的音乐》主题就是揭开指挥家的神秘面纱。包括书中提到的每一位指挥家，都曾被详细介绍过，而且可谓到了事无巨细的地步。但瑟维斯先生的书的特别之处不仅在于他活泼的文笔和极具感染力的热情，还在于书中对指挥家与他们乐队关系的解读。作者花了大量时间，不仅探索了作为书中主人公的六位指挥家和他们乐队的音乐会，还深入了解了他们前期的排练，拷问乐队成员，从他们的角度寻找答案。

　　This is not a method that would pass muster in scientific inquiryfew orchestral playerswould be rude in print about their chief conductorbut it yields some insightful results.The reader learns, for example, that most players in the Budapest Festival Orchestra do notreally mind when Ivan Fischer lays down the law, but that the players of the robustlydemocratic Concertgebouw Orchestra most certainly do. Mr Service finds that the LondonSymphony Orchestra see the benefit of Valery Gergiev s high-octane, everything will be allright on the night attitude, but that the Berlin Philharmonic rely on a slightly morethorough approach from Sir Simon Rattle.