"阿尔罕伯拉宫的回忆"结尾的现场处理问题

cyberninja

这是我和一些朋友关于"阿尔罕伯拉宫的回忆"结尾的现场处理问题(观众提前鼓掌)的讨论. dinga是一位古典吉他演奏家, 到处开音乐会 PERF是一位资深十弦吉他职业演奏家, 到处开音乐会, 包括和管弦乐团合作吉他协奏曲, 出了不少CD segoviajr则拥有古典吉他学士和硕士学位, 正在到处开音乐会 cyberninja则是一位水平极低的古典吉他业余爱好者 About the cadence of Recuerdos de la Alhambra ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ cyberninja: As you know, the third and second last measurements of Recuerdos de la Alhambra contain a broken and a solid A chord, which are supposed to be play gradually slowly as part of the cadence. However, many audiences who do not familiar with this piece may think the second last measurement is the ending, and they begin the applause before the last measurement is played. When I attended Pepe Romero's concert with VSO early this year and noticed that thousands of audience started the applause when Pepe reached that measurement. Then, Pepe seemed a bit embarrassed and finished the last measurement quickly in the applause and stood up. Then in one of my performance last month, I encountered exact the same situation: the audiences began the applause in the second last measurement. Do you have the similar experiences? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ dinga: Yes I had experienced the same. I don't remember which performance, but at least two occasions. Actually one time I clapped before the ending of RDLA, and I was quite embarassed. I felt a difference in recent concerts I tended though. Majority of audience did not start clapping until the performer muted and lift his guitar up, and be ready to stand up to greet the applause. Some of pieces I knew where was the exact ending, when they were completely over I didn't bother wait until everybody else, and sometimes I was the first one starting clapping. I guess those who regualary perform RDLA may well know about the issue. I wonder how they cope with such premature clapping. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ PERF Two ways to do it: 1) I saw John Williams play and the audience applauded in the middle of Asturias. JW then proceeded to shush the audience then right after the piece, launched into a small lecture about when to applaud. 2) David Russell held a dramatic pause within a piece and a single audience member started clapping thinking it was over, which promptly died down as soon as he realized his mistake. David Russell looked up and said smilingly "Well, you can clap if you want". This broke the tension and the whole place applauded. After the applaude, Russell says "And now for the final movement.." then plays. Personally, I find the 2nd situation more graceful. If people wants to applaud you, just acknowledge it. However, to help avoid these situations, I usually include a note in the concert program that says "Please hold all applause until the performer acknowledges the audience". ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ segoviajr Best thing is to just smile and quickly look back at the guitar as you are about to play, wait for it to die down then carry on, they will figure it out. Always smile, ALWAYS be gracious, better they clap in the wrong place then toss overly ripe vegetables, yes? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ cyberninja Interesting replies, last time I actually did what segoviajr said, though I ended the piece in a bit hash...