A (belated) report of Wang Yameng and Su Meng's concert

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A Concert Report:

January 6, 2007 was a special day in the journal of guitar history. On this day, the first guitar concert of the year in Los Angeles was kicked off with a fizzing debut performance by two young guitarists Wang Yameng and Su Meng. They were prominent protégés of Professor Chen Zhi at Beijing and currently are pursuing advanced degrees in U.S.

The concert was held at Trilogy Guitar Center, a small but intimate and cozy venue with ideal acoustic for classical guitar without the need for amplification. The hosts of the event John and Ryan treated a full house of guests with excellent hors-d’ oeuvres and California red wines before the concert.  The guests are a mix of guitar personalities and general music lovers. One young student drove for eight hours all the way from San Francisco for this concert. Wang and Su walked onto the stage with sweet smiles as well as a touch of shyness and understated stage manners, a total antithesis to the famous Assad Duo. However, their playing soon proved to be on a par with Assad Brothers.

They started with a duo arrangement of Valses Poeticos by Granados. These lyrical, atmospheric pieces were treated with grace and clean phrasing. The next piece was a solo by Su. She chose to play the second and third movements of Sergio Assad’s Aquarelle. This technically daunting music, especially the fast, swinging perpetual motion in the third movement, was handled by Su with glittering ease, and at the end, she received a roaring applause. Next, the duo came back with Suite Retratos by Brazilian composer R. Gnattali. This suite comprised four characteristic movements, each based on a style of dance as homage to four past choro masters. It was originally written for bandoneon, guitar and orchestra. Later the composer arranged it for 2 guitars for Assad Brothers, who recorded the movements separately into three different albums. We were fortunate to have the whole suite delivered by this duo in a taut and vivid style at this concert.

After a brief intermission, the duo returned with the monumental Chaconne, this time a duo guitar arrangement from Busoni’s piano version of the famous solo violin piece by Bach. Busoni had expanded the piece with some grand Romanticism gestures. From the opening solemn chords to the galloping octaves, scales, and arpeggios, Wang and Su demonstrated to be impressively disciplined. Following that, Wang gave us a solo performance of Regondi’s Reverie. This piece featured probably the most extensive tremolo section predated Tarrega and Barrios. Wang showcased her impeccable tremolo skill full of clarity, dynamic and sonority that will be envied by David Russell. The concert ended with a tour de force performance of Piazzolla’s Tango Suite. From the very opening session with percussive effects, through the middle slow movement full of tender melodies, then to the final moment of intense rhythm and emotion, Wang and Su’s teamwork was simply splendid and captivating.

For Wang Yameng and Su Meng, and the rest of us guitar fans, this is a brilliant start for 2007.

沃尔夫岗

期待翻译家……

wangjianguo

建国快译：）

2007年1月6日是吉他历史上特别的一天。这天，洛杉矶本年度第一场吉他音乐会意想不到地由两位年轻的吉他演奏家王雅梦和苏萌的闪亮登场揭开序幕。她们是住在北京的陈志教授的优秀学生，目前正在美国攻读更高的文凭。

音乐会在三部剧吉他中心举办，地方虽小，但是亲切而舒适，对古典吉他来说不需要扩音便可达到理想的声效。音乐会主办者约翰和赖安在会前用非常好的餐前小吃和加州红酒款待了一大屋子的客人，客人们有吉他名家，也有普通音乐爱好者。一个年轻人是从遥远的圣富兰西斯科驾车八小时赶到这里。王和苏带着甜蜜的微笑走上舞台，同时有种羞涩和朴素的舞台风格，与著名的阿萨德二重奏完全不同。然而，他们的演奏不久表明与阿萨德兄弟不相上下。

她们的开场曲是格拉纳多斯《诗歌圆舞曲》的二重奏改编版，这些抒情而大气的作品被表现得优雅而干净。第二曲作品是由苏萌独奏，她选择了阿萨德的《水彩画》。这首技巧难度令人生畏的曲子，特别是第三乐章中快活飞跃的情绪速度较快，被苏萌处理的游刃有余。曲终迎来了一片掌声。紧接着又是二重奏，作品是巴西作曲家格那塔利的《肖像组曲》。组曲由四个特性鲜明的乐章组成，每一乐章源于一种舞蹈风格，献给献给过去四位合唱大师。曲子最初是为手风琴、吉他和管弦乐队而作，后来作品被改编为吉他二重奏献给阿萨德兄弟，他们俩在三张不同专辑中分别录制了这些乐章。我们很幸运地听到了二重奏的全部组曲，而且是在音乐会中以紧张而生动的风格呈现。


简短的中间休息后，二重奏开始演奏不朽的《恰空》组曲，这首作品是由 Busoni对巴赫小提琴独奏作品的钢琴版本改编而来。Busoni 已经将这首作品扩充了一些盛大的浪漫主义元素。从开始庄严肃穆的和弦到飞速的音阶、琶音，王和苏不愧为受过良好训练的演奏家，令人印象深刻。接着，王雅梦给我们演奏了一曲雷冈第的幻想曲，这首曲子有着塔雷加和巴黎奥斯最广泛使用的颤音手法，王雅梦表现了她完美、干净、动态而响亮的轮指技巧，这连大卫罗素都嫉妒不已。音乐会以皮亚左拉的动感十足的探戈组曲结束。从音乐会一开场的打击乐效果部分开始，到中间充满柔美旋律的慢乐章，再到最后充满强烈节奏和动感的一刻，王和苏的合作简直是辉煌而迷人。

对王雅梦和苏萌，以及我们这些吉他粉丝来说，这场音乐会是2007年的闪耀开场。

cavatina

那首雷岗蒂的幻想曲应该就是著名的Nocturne（夜曲）

chuiniuchen

congratulate ！;)