“土樓南行”——大型交響音樂會《土樓回響》澳大利亞巡演于12月10日晚在最后一站悉尼圓滿落幕。
????As the last station of “Sounds from Fujian” Concert program in Australia, The symphonic concert “The Echoes of Hakka’s Earth Buildings” was performed by Fujian Symphony Orchestra, at Sydney City Hall on December 10.
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東南網12月11日訊（本網記者 鄧春花 黃藝 林佳慧 劉暢 鄭思源 鄭皓天 圖/文） 福建交響樂團攜《土樓回響》大型交響音樂會澳大利亞巡演最終站于當地時間12月10日晚在悉尼市政廳震撼上演。至此，“土樓南行”之旅圓滿收官。同時，2016年澳大利亞“中國·福建周”落下帷幕。
今年是福建省與澳大利亞塔斯馬尼亞州結好35周年，作為2016年澳大利亞“中國·福建周”的重頭戲，福建省文化藝術代表團帶來的《土樓回響》此前還舉行了12月6日墨爾本首演，以及12月8日霍巴特匯演。三場演出場場爆滿。由著名交響樂指揮家鄭小瑛擔任指揮的福建交響樂團除《土樓回響》外，還為此次巡演準備了鋼琴協奏曲《黃河》、《三坊七巷》等充滿中國氣派和福建文化特色的演出曲目。值得一提的是，澳籍鋼琴家卡羅蘭·艾爾芒娣也加入該次巡演。
“客家自古出中原，斗轉星移往南遷，心齊同把土樓建，勞動號子穿云天。”由著名作曲家劉湲創作的交響樂《土樓回響》曾獲首屆中國音樂“金鐘獎”唯一器樂類金獎，被認為是迄今為止“世界上第一部專門為客家人創作的交響樂”，是客家文化與當代音樂結合的經典。
《土樓回響》將西方交響樂演奏與客家山歌、民間藝術樹葉吹奏等相結合，為澳洲觀眾獻上了極具東方特色的西式交響樂視聽盛宴。在主持人中英雙語的介紹下，澳洲觀眾了解了《土樓回響》樂章中展現的客家人奮勇拼搏的故事，從音樂中感受到客家人堅韌不拔、開拓進取、勇往直前的精神。每到一地，演出結束，觀眾紛紛起立向臺上演職人員致敬，雷鳴般的掌聲經久不息，全體演出人員多次返場，再獻曲目。
“31年前，我第一次到澳大利亞堪培拉演出，發現當地的觀眾對中國了解不多，只知道中國有京劇，不知道中國也有交響樂。31年后，我們再次來到澳大利亞，希望能夠再次把中國好的音樂，中國的文化帶出國門，讓更多的觀眾聽到。”出身客家的指揮大師鄭小瑛，今年已87歲高齡，但在舞臺上揮棒依然激情滿懷，談起音樂來仍是滔滔不絕。她希望通過自己的力量，把《土樓回響》所展現的中國文化魅力傳到世界各地，讓各國人民了解中國文化，聽到中國獨特的交響樂。
“《土樓回響》太震撼了，土樓真壯觀，客家人的拼搏精神令人贊嘆！”不少觀眾都激動地表示。在悉尼生活多年的僑胞楊老太太激動地告訴記者，雖然是晚上時間，出門不便，但她還是約了幾位老年朋友一起來現場觀看演出。她說：“聽說鄭小瑛教授要來，我很激動，我今年也80歲了，她比我還大7歲，祝她健康長壽。在悉尼看到來自祖國的交響樂團演出，這么震撼，我為祖國感到自豪。”悉尼觀眾Paul表示，自己也是小提琴手，他從來沒有聽過這么震撼、精彩的中國交響樂演出。吹奏樹葉、唱山歌，這與以前聽過的西方交響樂不同，在這里他感受到了中西方的文化碰撞，非常棒。
據了解，作為客家文化與當代音樂結合的經典篇章，《土樓回響》至今已走過全球12個國家，海內外共演出了66場。本次巡演亦是中國國家藝術基金國（境）外傳播交流推廣項目之一。東南網澳大利亞站對《土樓回響》澳洲巡演進行了全程雙語跟蹤報道。
Cultural heat wave set off, “The Echoes of Hakka’s Earth Buildings”tour in Australia
By Deng Chunhua, Huang Yi, Lin Jiahui, Liu Chang, Zheng Siyuan, Zheng Haotian
December 11, 2016
As the last station of “Sounds from Fujian” Concert program in Australia, The symphonic concert “The Echoes of Hakka’s Earth Buildings” was performed by Fujian Symphony Orchestra, at Sydney City Hall on December 10, bringing down the curtain of 2016 China, Fujian Week in Australia.
This year is the 35th anniversary for Fujian province in China and Tasmania in Australia, for their sister province/state relationship. As the main event 2016 China, Fujian week in Australia, artists in Fujian Culture and Arts Delegation also provided two concerts on December 6 and 8, respectively in Melbourne and Hobart, turning out full house for every single event. Besides “The Echoes of Hakka’s Earth Buildings” conducted by Maestro Zheng Xiaoying, songs with Chinese style and Fujian cultural Characteristics, such as “Three Lanes and Seven Alleys”, Piano Concerto “Yellow River”, were also performed. It is worth mentioning that pianist Caroline Almonte was also invited to join this tour.
“Originated in the middle China, Migrated toward south during a long period, the Hakka people built earth buildings shoulder to shoulder, with their work songs loud through the sky.” Symphonic epic “The Echoes of Hakka’s Earth Buildings” written by famous composer Liu Yuan was awarded Gold Medal Winner of the first “Golden Bell Award”. As a classic combination of Hakka culture and contemporary music , this masterpiece is also regarded as the first symphonic song especially for Hakka people in the world.
“The Echoes of Hakka’s Earth Buildings” is a mix of Western symphony performing, Hakka folk song and leaf playing, which performing a great western symphonic audio-visual feast with oriental features for audience in Australia. With bilingual introduction, the audience learnt the story in this song, how Hakka people struggling and fighting. The Australian people also feel the Hakka spirit, which is perseverance, forging ahead and marched forward bravely. At the end of each event, the audience always showed their respect with standing ovation and long-lasting applause. The artists presented several songs as encores.
“When I first performed in Canberra 31years ago, I realized that the local people didn’t know much about China. The only thing they had heard of was the Chinese Opera. Few people thought China also had its own Symphony songs and bands. Now 31years passed, we were here back to Australia again, hoping to bring our outstanding music, our traditional culture overseas, heard by more and more people.” Said by 87-years old Maestro Zheng Xiaoying, the great conductor from Hakka. Once holding the baton, talking about music, this old lady will become full of passion. Maestro Zheng said that all she dreamt about is bringing “The Echoes of Hakka’s Earth Buildings”, the charming Chinese culture to every single corner of the world. She hopes that people all over the world would become familiar with Chinese culture, and hear the unique Chinese symphony.
“The Hakka symphonic song was amazing! I can imagine how grand the earth buildings are. How Hakka people strived is so impressive!” a large number of audiences had this same feeling. Mrs Yang, overseas Chinese aging 80, told us that although the event end late in the night, she still came with a few friends, ”I was so excited when I heard that Zheng Xiaoying was coming to Sydney. She is 7 years elder than me, but she?looks full of inspiration! I wish her all the best. I’m so proud that symphony orchestra from our motherland can bring such a wonderful show to Sydney.” Paul, who is a local violinist, said that he had never heard such powerful and amazing Chinese symphonic concert. He also mentioned that the Hakka fold song, as well as the leaf playing, was quite different from traditional western symphony,”I can feel the clash between Eastern culture and Western culture. Bravo!”
According to information, “The Echoes of Hakka’s Earth Buildings” has been performed a total of 66 times, in China and 12 countries so far. This tour is also one of the spreading and communication promoting programs of China National Arts Fund in 2015. “Sounds from Fujian” concert tour in Australia was bilingually follow-up reported by Fujian Southeast Net Australia.
Translated by Huang Yi
