跨越生死的永恒——解读叶小纲《最后的乐园》

On the Eternity across the boundary of Life and Death——Interpretation of Ye Xiaogang's the Last Paradise

叶小纲《最后的乐园》作于1992年留美期间,反映了作曲家在音乐语言上的个性化特征,与其之前的国内创作相比,表达上更为自由。半音动机成为作品最重要的结构力量,也是音乐展开的重要因素。这部作品折射出作曲家作为一位中国人身处他乡的精神困境。这种困境由个人的生活经历和中国第五代作曲家们所处的特殊时代背景所致。

Ye Xiaogang's the Last Paradise was composed in 1992 s while he studied in America, which reflects the composer's personalization features on the musical language, the expression is free more when compared with his previous domestic works.Semitone motive becomes the most important structural force; moreover, it is an important factor to the musical development. The work reflects the composer's spiritual dilemma being a Chinese who lives away from home. This dilemma caused by personal life experiences and the special historical background of China's fifth generation of composers.