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ʻO Adrian Boult

ʻO kekahi mau makahiki i hala aku nei ua kapa ʻia ʻo Adrian Boult ka puke Pelekane ʻo Music and Music "ʻo ia paha ka mea alakaʻi hana ikaika loa a hele nui i ko mākou manawa ma UK". ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻoiai i ka wā ʻelemakule ʻaʻole ʻo ia i haʻalele i kāna ʻoihana noʻeau, hāʻawi ʻo ia i hoʻokahi a me ka hapa haneli mau ʻahamele i ka makahiki, ʻo ka hapa nui o lākou ma nā ʻāina like ʻole o ʻEulopa a me ʻAmelika. I loko o kekahi o kēia mau huakaʻi, ua kamaʻāina pū nā mea aloha mele Soviet i ke ʻano o ke alakaʻi hanohano. I ka makahiki 1956, hana 'o Adrian Boult ma Moscow ma ke po'o o ka London Philharmonic Orchestra. I kēlā manawa ua piha ʻo ia i 67 mau makahiki ...

Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Boult ma ke kaona Pelekane ʻo Chichestor a loaʻa iā ia kāna kula mua ma ke kula ʻo Westminster. A laila ua komo ʻo ia i ke Kulanui ʻo Oxford a ma ia manawa ua nānā ʻo ia i ke mele. Ua alakaʻi ʻo Boult i ka hui mele haumāna, ua lilo ʻo ia i mau hoaaloha pili me ke kumu mele ʻo Hugh Allen. Ma hope o kona puka 'ana mai ka papa 'epekema a loa'a ke kēkelē laepua ma ka hana 'oihana, ua ho'omau 'o Boult i kāna a'o mele. I ka hoʻoholo ʻana e hāʻawi iā ia iho i ka alakaʻi, hele ʻo ia i Leipzig, kahi i hoʻomaikaʻi ai ma lalo o ke alakaʻi ʻana a Arthur Nikisch kaulana.

I kona hoʻi ʻana i kona ʻāina hānau, ua hoʻokō ʻo Boult i nā ʻaha mele symphony wale nō ma Liverpool. Ma hope o ka puka ʻana o ke Kaua Honua Mua, lilo ʻo ia i limahana o ka ʻoihana koa a me ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka maluhia e hoʻi i kāna ʻoihana. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole i poina ka mea pena kiʻi makana: ua kono ʻia ʻo ia e alakaʻi i kekahi mau ʻahamele o ka Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Ua hoʻoholo kahi hoʻomaka kūleʻa i ka hopena o Boult: hoʻomaka ʻo ia e hana mau. A i ka makahiki 1924, aia ʻo Boult ma ke poʻo o ka Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.

ʻO ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka moʻolelo o ka mea pena kiʻi, ka mea i kaulana nui iā ia, hiki mai i ka makahiki 1930, i ka wā i koho ʻia ai ʻo ia i alakaʻi mele no ka British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) a me ke alakaʻi alakaʻi o kāna orchestra hou. No kekahi mau makahiki, ua hiki i ka mea alaka'i ke ho'ololi i kēia hui i mea ho'okani pila 'oihana. Ua hoʻopiha hou ʻia ka orchestra me nā mea hoʻokani pila ʻōpio, i hānai ʻia e Boult ma ke Royal College of Music, kahi āna i aʻo ai mai ka makahiki iwakālua.

I ka makahiki iwakālua, ua hele ʻo Adrian Boult i kāna huakaʻi mua ma waho o ʻEnelani. A laila hoʻokani ʻo ia ma Austria, Kelemānia, Czechoslovakia, a ma hope aku ma nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe. Nui ka poʻe i lohe mua i ka inoa o ka mea pena ma nā papahana mele BBC, āna i alakaʻi ai no iwakālua mau makahiki - a hiki i 1950.

ʻO kekahi o nā pahuhopu nui o nā hana kaʻapuni a Boult, ʻo ia ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka hana a kona mau hoa hou – nā haku mele Pelekane o ke kenekulia 1935. Ma hope o XNUMX, ua mālama ʻo ia i kahi ʻaha mele Pelekane ma ka Salzburg Festival me ka lanakila nui, ʻehā mau makahiki ma hope ua alakaʻi ʻo ia i kāna hana ma ka World Exhibition ma New York. Ua alakaʻi ʻo Boult i ka mua o nā hana koʻikoʻi e like me ka hui orchestral "Planets" na G. Holst, ka Pastoral Symphony na R. Vaughan Williams, ka Color Symphony a me ka concerto piano na A. Bliss. I ka manawa like, ʻike ʻia ʻo Boult ma ke ʻano he unuhi ʻōlelo maikaʻi loa o nā papa mele. Aia i loko o kāna papa mele nui nā hana a nā haku mele o nā ʻāina a me nā au a pau, me nā mele Lūkini, i hōʻike ʻia e nā inoa o Tchaikovsky, Borodin, Rachmaninoff a me nā mea haku mele ʻē aʻe.

ʻO nā makahiki he nui o ka ʻike e hiki ai iā Boult ke hoʻopili koke me nā mea mele, aʻo maʻalahi i nā ʻāpana hou; ʻike ʻo ia i ka loaʻa ʻana mai o ka orkestra i ka maopopo o ka hui, ka ʻōlinolino o nā waihoʻoluʻu, ka pololei rhythmic. Loaʻa kēia mau hiʻohiʻona i ka London Philharmonic Orchestra, a Boult i alakaʻi ai mai 1950.

Ua hōʻuluʻulu ʻo Boult i kāna ʻike waiwai ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi a me ke kumu i kāna mau hana moʻokalaleo a me nā mele, ʻo ia ka mea hoihoi loa ʻo ka Pocket Guide to Conducting Techniques, i kākau pū ʻia me V. Emery, ke aʻo ʻana o ka Matthew Passion, kā lākou loiloi a me ka wehewehe ʻana. a me ka puke "Thoughts on Conducting", ua unuhi ʻia nā ʻāpana i ka ʻōlelo Lūkini.

"Contemporary Conductors", M. 1969.