今晚去聽了「香港名家樂友室樂團」的音樂會「韋發第與巴哈協奏曲之夜」，一向絕少會有人演這類曲目，因為每一個學琴的人都懂，所以只要有丁點兒錯誤都會被發現。我原先已沒有聽過這班「名家」的名堂，這晚見識過後，覺得這頂多是業餘的室樂團聚會罷了。
以我的習慣，還是先說比較欣賞的地方。全晚演得最好的是小提琴手盧嘉兒演 Bach Violin Concerto in E Major，技巧掌握得好，而且發音清析，感覺亦頗切合 Baroque 音樂風格。有一點意見，是第一樂章有一段樂句用上了跳弓，在那段快音使用是有理據的，但與 Baroque 風格不很吻合，可盡量避免。另外，Flute 及 Oboe 的演出亦不錯，雖然我不熟識這兩件樂器，但以音樂及感情而言演得適當。
說回正題，最明顯的問題，是開初站在首席位置的馬教授，上半場走音走得非常誇強，最初是伴奏已覺不妥，後來演 Bach Violin Concerto in D 作為 1st violin 仍是這樣，走音情況比一般七八級學生更差，實在難以置信。2nd violin 的盧嘉兒在 Concerto in D 的首樂章亦有不少走音，但之後漸漸好轉及穩定下來。
下半場的 Vivaldi Concerto for Two Cello in G Minor 情況沒有剛才那麼嚴重，但王教授很多音 (尤其是 trill) 都不清析，相比之下另一提琴手潘穎芝會較好。最後的 Vivaldi Concerto for Four Violin in B Minor 中，中央兩位演奏者演得不俗、亦看出是最用心準備及演出，但最右邊的演奏者則覺運弓力度不穩、導致音色及音量不穩定，最左邊的馬教授音準是比上半場好得多了、但因弓不咬弦而間中出現雜音。
全晚的另一個問題，是樂團與獨奏者之間的合拍性不足，樂團的音量過大了，尤其是在 Bach Harpsichord Concerto，古鍵琴本身就音量不高，樂團應多加遷就。還有，樂團欠缺領導，各部的節拍或速度有時不統一、不夠齊整。其實可以參考 Baroque 時期的做法，以古鍵琴為領導，好讓樂團有個指標。
我明白這篇文章得罪了不少香港樂壇「名人」，但最終還是想多說一句：正所謂「面係人地俾的」，「名家」二字只有是別人說你是名家才有意義，自己說自己是名家又有何意義呢？
P.S. 剛才發現，場刊封面寫錯了他們的名字… 「Virtousi」?!
I was in that concert. I must say, in certain degree, this is not a perfect concert. However, is there any concert in the world perfect?
Prof. Ma was out of tune, yes, does Sir Menuhin, Stern played in tune all the time? I think in their older age, they played more out of tune than Prof. Ma. Did you notice he got a fantastic bow arm? I bet you are still in a student level and could not notice it. Nevermind.
Do you think it is easy for an orchestra to accompany the harpsichord? No! Harpsichord was an 17th century instrument, and all the other intrustruments which were used at that night were the “modified version”. They all are designed for big halls, so that they all projected much better than the harpsichord. They already cut down the orchestration to 3 first violins, and 3 second violins (origianl should be 4, 4). No way to cut down more or asked them to play softer, if so, that is not a concerto then.
Secondly, I don’t think the guy playing on the right side got that problem. I would say the problem is his violin man! What’s more, I am dare to say, there is not so many guys in Hong Kong play better than him at some point. I guess including you! For a guy who doesn’t have any appreciation to other performers and lack of knowledge, I won’t expect he/she plays well.
P.S.: Virtuoso (Single form), Virtuosi (plural form), for example: we say one conerto, and two concerti. concertos is a fusion version of Italian and English.
說不是完美與不完美的問題，而是更基本的，是否達到演出水準的問題。
年紀大，就等同於走音問題嗎？多年前 Perlman 來港，年紀一樣很大，但沒有這個問題。跳弓教授是做到了，但是否特別好呢？他的手臂活動比一般人大，比較費力，我不認為是好的做法。 (如果你認為「fantastic bow arm」是這臂力的表現，則應該成立的)
我認為，演出的樂隊規模，應以音樂的效果為首要考慮，而不是說「人數再少就不像樣了」。而且，樂除音量過大的問題不單止在古鍵琴協奏曲存在，而只是說在這首歌時最明顯而已。
尾曲那人的音量不穩，是琴還是技巧的問題，相信只有當時人才最明白。但我認為，他的琴再差也不致如此。
在評論音樂會的表現時，借機踩一踩我的拉琴技巧，不知用意何在呢？他們的技巧與我的技巧有關連嗎？
至於我是否「doesn’t have any appreciation to other performers」，看倌們看我其他的樂評就可知一二，毋需多言。
P.S. 場刊上的「Virtousi」，既不是「Virtuoso」，亦不是「Virtuosi」。
Did you notice he got a fantastic bow arm? I bet you are still in a student level and could not notice it. Nevermind. —–> 拉琴不是用臂…卻是用手腕…
Bow arm = right hand. In english, we say bow arm, we don’t mean we play the violin by using the arm only. This is a universal musical language.
In that case, what do you think of the fundamental tech. of the old masters? Ricci has the most brilliant tech and fundamental, but if you listen to his middle age recording, he could not even play the paganini no. 13 caprice in tune. Do you think they didn’t have fundamental? Do you know why Perlman shifted to conducting rather than keep playing the violin? i have listened to his live recently, his playing was still good, but he just simply couldn’t do as well as he could do in his young age. He also played out of tune. Who doesn’t?
If in that case, I think we should cut out the whole orchestra, since the harpsichord is too soft in that hall even playing on his own.
I would say, if the guy really play not well, I don’t think he will be worse than those people who doesn’t have ears. If you can’t tell what is the problem, please don’t critize people harshly!
For a critic, of course you have to have the right knowledge about the subject. If you can’t tell it is the instrument problem or the player own problem, I don’t see you should have this attitude to critize people.
The reason why I say in this way, I don’t mean to hurt people, but I am trying to make you understand how you feel when people say something harsh to you. I know people have his or her own point of view. You can choose like it or dislike it. But there are several ways of saying it. Do you think a negative thinking does you anything good? If you only can pick on people’s negative things, you will never be a good learner. There is always a reason why they are on the stage and people arraging concerts for them, offering jobs for them, but not us. If we do not know the reason, we can only say we are not good enough, and have to learn from those people.
PS: you are right, they made a serious mistake. This is a mock. Shame on it.
拉 Paganini Caprice 走音與拉 Bach Concerto 走音是兩回事；兩者走音的程度又是兩回事；教授與 Perlman的年齡亦是兩回事。事件有相似，但程度有不同。
關於 Vivaldi four violin，我是認為是技巧問題高於琴的問題，而且提出我認為是運弓問題的理據，只是你不同意而已，請不要認為意見不同就等於錯誤。我說的是現在沒有人能夠拿出 100% 肯定的證據證明問題在那一方面。
作為是次音樂會的一個觀眾、一個消費者，我認為我所得到的與我所付出的不符，並以較客觀的角度寫出我的見解，當中我並沒有發覺甚麼問題。我的文筆不客套、不轉彎，但這個我的寫作風格。反而，我認為不斷將問題訴諸感情、訴諸人身，就不甚妥當。
至於別人為何能夠登台，這不是我想寫的內容，亦與是次演奏的質素無關，故無意深究。
我都有聽e個concert, 如果唔係你講左de錯處出黎, 我都發覺唔到= =
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歡迎光臨
來年有不少猛人來港，值得一聽：2007上半年頂級音樂會推介。
The name list of the Virtuoso or Virtuosi
Virtuoso is a person highly skilled in the technique of a fine art, esp. music
Virtuosi or Virtuoso pl.
i dun think that finishing dip ABRSM is worth to be BLOCKED and HIGHLIGHTED lor…. i’m eleven and i’ve finished the LRSM. DIPLOMA isnt everthing. dun u think that those performing that night hv finished their diploma?? they hv their degrees, hv their masters in juliard wteva. can a normal person who hv proudly finished the DIPLOMA criticize the masters?? hv u ever been criticized on ur skills by a 5 grader,dr diploma? i think my words may hurt u but after reading ur ‘opinions’ about the concert, especially on MY teacher(i wont tell u who) i feel very disappointed in the foolishness of musicians in hk and i think i shud say sth about this. this cant be seen by any professionals in other countries, or else I’d never tell people i live in hk again!
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