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Performed on 2008/07/07, Taipei, Taiwan
Conductor：Fang-Pei Tracy Lien 連芳貝
Piano：Dan-Yi Chen 陳丹怡
Violin：楊欣瑜
Narration：林昶緯


Cantata "The Dream of the Red Chamber"《紅樓夢》英文清唱劇

　　《紅樓夢》小說作者曹雪芹（1715-1763），清代小說家。《紅樓夢》原名《石頭記》，故事是以石頭（賈寶玉）的敘事觀點，娓娓道出了人世的盛衰興替、悲歡離合，因而得名。作曲者劉新誠先生特別在調性上使用了許多五聲音階的元素，讓樂曲更添中國風味。

　　本劇歌詞以大衛．霍克思（David Hawkes, 1923-）翻譯的《紅樓夢》為本、經由陳煒智先生節選並酌添旁白。霍克思是英國漢學家、翻譯家，於牛津大學和北京大學學習中文，曾經翻譯《楚辭》、杜甫詩、元曲等中文經典，以其文字優美及一絲不苟聞名。陳煒智先生是自由撰稿人，於電影、戲劇、文化歷史研究等各方面均有涉獵，現赴美從事劇場工作。


Prologue 《開卷》

　　本樂章描寫《紅樓夢》的由來：鋼琴的五聲音階琶音伴奏，營造出如夢似幻的場景，男聲旁白娓娓道出《石頭記》的起源，而小提琴拉出石頭的主題。

Long ago,
When the sky collapsed and the earth flooded,
The Goddess of Creation melted down
A great quantity of rock to mend the cleft.
The building operation went so well
That the order of people's everyday life was re-established.
But one rock was left un-used on the ground.
Having undergone the molding of the Goddess,
It now possessed magic power
To think and to feel.
Sorry for its eternity of longing,
A monk and a Taoist brought it down
To the humane world to learn the lesson of love.
When it finally concluded the trip,
A few words—
A fable was engraved upon its body and soul
With tears and blood of a lifetime.

When first the world from chaos rose,
Tell me, How did love begin?
What would love compose?
The wind, the blossoms, the moonlight, the snow...
And this Dream of Red Chamber,
That my grief for the lost golden days may disclose.


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