听到德国的“The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra”，要光顾新泽西，她可以说是世界最老的交响乐团，300多年的历史。因此早早就定了票，昨晚如愿以偿。这个德国交响乐团的出名有一个很大的原因，Felix Mendelssohn门德尔松 曾在1835--1847年担任这乐团的指挥the orchestra's music director。[Felix Mendelssohn was a German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early romantic period.]
昨晚聆听了这有着古老传统乐团的演奏，其中他们演奏了门德尔松的 VIOLIN CONCERTO in E minor，很过瘾，classic music 的经典总是不朽的。他是早期的浪漫主义派. 听来明快，轻莹，很comfort。特别第二章，委婉的低语，一时觉得耳熟的很，那不是老电影《百万英镑》里格利高里。派克和情人在月下娓娓倾述。。。。。
音乐是艺术的至高，其他文字，绘画，雕塑，歌曲，都不会如此地唤起心灵的感应。
在youtube 上有不同的版本，竟发现DAVID GARRETT早年的演奏，那时他还是一位英俊，可爱的小伙子，一脸的innocent, 演奏的技巧已很娴熟，而且他对音乐演绎的驾驭已沉浸在enjoy艺术的完美世界，记得他曾在被inteview时问到，“练小提琴是很幸苦的，你一定很喜欢小提琴吧”，他的回答是；"I like music!"，他理解了音乐和艺术，小提琴和音符只是表达工具，手段而已，这和写字一样，文字本身也只是工具，没有意义和情感的文字只是为写而写，涂鸦而已。
门德尔松作曲里技巧很多，记得那本学小提琴必用的《门德尔松小提琴练习曲》。
From youtube ----DAVID GARRETT 1997
MENDELSSOHN VIOLIN CONCERTO in E minor
The Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra (Gewandhausorchester Leipzig; sometimes
simply referred to as Gewandhausorchester) is a German symphony orchestra
based in Leipzig, Germany. The orchestra is named after the concert hall
in which it is based, the Gewandhaus (Cloth Hall or Textile Hall).
The orchestra's origins can be traced to 1743, when a society called the
Grosses Concert began performing in private homes. In 1744 the Grosses Concert
moved its concerts to the "Three Swans" Tavern. Their concerts continued
at this venue for 36 years, until 1781. In 1780, because of complaints about
concert conditions and audience behavior in the tavern, the mayor and city
council of Leipzig offered to renovate one story of the Gewandhaus (the
building used by textile merchants) for the orchestra's use. The motto Res
severa est verum gaudium ("a serious concern is true pleasure", or "true
pleasure is a serious business" ━ from the Roman author Seneca) was painted
in the hall, suggesting the priorities of the sponsors. The orchestra gave
its first concert in the Gewandhaus in 1781. The orchestra thus has a good
claim to being the oldest continuing orchestra in Germany founded by the
bourgeoisie, while older orchestras were part of royal suites.
In 1835, Felix Mendelssohn became the orchestra's music director, with the
traditional title of Gewandhauskapellmeister, and held the position with
only one year's interruption until his death in 1847. In 1885, the orchestra
moved into a new hall. This was destroyed by bombing in 1944. The present
Gewandhaus is the third building with the name. It was opened in 1981. The
large organ in the hall bears the original Gewandhaus hall's motto "Res
severa verum gaudium" .
