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Malcolm Sargent

"He liʻiliʻi, lean, ʻo Sargent, me he mea lā, ʻaʻole ia e hana. He ʻoʻoleʻa kāna mau neʻe. ʻOi aku ka ʻoi aku o ka hōʻike ʻana mai o kona mau manamana lima lōʻihi me ka makaʻu i kekahi manawa ma mua o ka pahu alakaʻi. ʻEhia ka nui o nā "hewa" o ke alakaʻi! A me kēia ʻano ʻano "kūpono ʻole", hoʻomaopopo mau ka orchestra i nā manaʻo liʻiliʻi o ka mea alakaʻi. ʻO ka hiʻohiʻona o Sargent e hōʻike maopopo ana i kahi wahi nui kahi manaʻo i loko o ke kiʻi mele a me ka paʻa o nā manaʻo hoʻomohala i loko o ke akamai o ke alakaʻi, a he aha ka mea haʻahaʻa, ʻoiai he wahi koʻikoʻi e noho ʻia e ka ʻaoʻao o waho o ke alakaʻi. ʻO ia ke kiʻi o kekahi o nā alakaʻi alakaʻi Pelekane, i pena ʻia e kāna hoa Soviet Leo Ginzburg. Hiki i ka poʻe hoʻolohe Soviet ke hōʻoiaʻiʻo i ka pono o kēia mau ʻōlelo i ka wā o ka hana a ka mea pena kiʻi ma ko mākou ʻāina i ka makahiki 1957 a me 1962. ʻO nā hiʻohiʻona i loaʻa i kāna hiʻohiʻona hana ma nā ʻano he nui ke ʻano o ke kula alakaʻi Pelekane holoʻokoʻa, kekahi o nā ʻelele kaulana loa. nona no kekahi mau makahiki.

Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Sargent i kāna ʻoihana alakaʻi, ʻoiai ua hōʻike ʻo ia i ke kālena a me ke aloha i nā mele mai ka wā kamaliʻi. Ma hope o kona puka 'ana mai ka Royal College of Music i ka makahiki 1910, ua lilo 'o Sargent i mea hookanikani halepule. I kona manawa kaʻawale, ua hoʻolaʻa ʻo ia iā ia iho i ka haku mele, ua aʻo pū me nā mea hoʻokani pila a me nā mele, a ua aʻo i ka piano. I kēlā manawa, ʻaʻole ʻo ia i noʻonoʻo koʻikoʻi e pili ana i ke alakaʻi ʻana, akā i kekahi manawa pono ʻo ia e alakaʻi i ka hana o kāna mau mele ponoʻī, i hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o nā papahana ʻaha mele ʻo London. ʻO ka ʻoihana o kahi alakaʻi, e like me ka ʻae ʻana a Sargent ponoʻī, "ua koi iā ia e aʻo iā Henry Wood." "Ua hauʻoli wau e like me ka wā ma mua," wahi a ka mea pena. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻike ʻo Sargent iā ia iho. Mai ka waena o 20s, ua hana mau ʻo ia me nā orchestras a alakaʻi i nā hana opera, i ka makahiki 1927-1930 ua hana ʻo ia me ka Russian Ballet o S. Diaghilev, a i kekahi manawa ma hope ua hoʻokiʻekiʻe ʻia ʻo ia i nā kūlana o nā mea pena kiʻi Pelekane kaulana loa. Ua kākau ʻo G. Wood: “Ma koʻu manaʻo, ʻo kēia kekahi o nā alakaʻi alakaʻi maikaʻi loa o kēia wā. Hoʻomanaʻo wau, me he mea lā i ka makahiki 1923, hele mai ʻo ia iaʻu e noi ana i ka ʻōlelo aʻo - inā paha e komo i ka alakaʻi. Ua lohe au iā ia e alakaʻi ana i kāna Nocturnes a me Scherzos i ka makahiki ma mua. ʻAʻohe oʻu kānalua hiki iā ia ke lilo i alakaʻi alakaʻi papa mua. A hauʻoli wau i ka ʻike ʻana ua pololei wau i ka hoʻohuli ʻana iā ia e haʻalele i ka piano.

I nā makahiki ma hope o ke kaua, ua lilo ʻo Sargent i hope maoli a me ka hope o ka hana a Wood ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi a hoʻonaʻauao. Ke alakaʻi nei i nā orkestra o ka London Philharmonic ma BBC, no nā makahiki he nui i alakaʻi ʻo ia i ka Promenade Concerts kaulana, kahi i hana ʻia ai nā haneli o nā mea haku mele o nā manawa āpau a me nā lāhui ma lalo o kāna alakaʻi. Ma hope o Wood, ua hoʻolauna ʻo ia i ka lehulehu Pelekane i nā hana he nui a nā mea kākau Soviet. "I ka wā e loaʻa ai iā mākou kahi hana hou na Shostakovich a i ʻole ʻo Khachaturian," i ʻōlelo ai ka mea alakaʻi, "ʻimi koke ka mea hoʻokani pila aʻu e alakaʻi nei e hoʻokomo iā ia i kāna papahana."

Nui ko Sargent hāʻawi i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i nā mele Pelekane. ʻAʻohe mea kupanaha i kapa ʻia ʻo ia e kona mau hoa ʻāina ʻo "ka haku mele Pelekania" a "ka ʻelele o ka ʻoihana Pelekane." ʻO nā mea maikaʻi a pau i hana ʻia e Purcell, Holst, Elgar, Dilius, Vaughan Williams, Walton, Britten, Tippett i loaʻa i kahi unuhi ʻōlelo hohonu ma Sargent. Ua kaulana ka hapa nui o kēia mau haku mele ma waho o ʻEnelani i kahi mea pena kiʻi kupaianaha i hana ma nā ʻāina āpau o ka honua.

Ua kaulana loa ka inoa o Sargent ma ʻEnelani a ua kākau kekahi o nā mea hoʻohewa i ka makahiki 1955: “No ka poʻe i hele ʻole i ka ʻaha mele, ʻo Sargent i kēia lā he hōʻailona o kā mākou mele. ʻAʻole ʻo Sir Malcolm Sargent wale nō ke alakaʻi alakaʻi ma Beretania. Hiki i nā mea he nui ke hoʻohui, i ko lākou manaʻo, ʻaʻole ia ka maikaʻi. Akā, he kakaikahi ka poʻe e hoʻoholo e hōʻole ʻaʻohe mea hoʻokani pila ma ka ʻāina e hana hou aku i ka lawe ʻana i ka poʻe i ke mele a hoʻokokoke i ke mele i nā kānaka. Ua lawe ʻo Sargent i kāna misionari hanohano ma ke ʻano he mea pena a hiki i ka hopena o kona ola. "I koʻu manaʻo e lawa ka ikaika a me ka lōʻihi o koʻu kono ʻia e alakaʻi," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia, "e hana wau me ka hauʻoli. ʻO kaʻu ʻoihana i lawe mau mai iaʻu i ka ʻoluʻolu, lawe mai iaʻu i nā ʻāina nani he nui a hāʻawi mai iaʻu i ka pilina mau loa a waiwai.

L. Grigoriev, J. Platek