No arrangement is more beautiful...
or more complicated.
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We begin with Beethoven's Opus 131, said to be his personal favorite.
It has seven movements, at a time when the standard was four.
And they're all connected.
You're not allowed to stop between movements.
No resting, no tuning.
Beethoven insisted it be played attacca, without pause.....
For us, it means that playing for so long without pause, our instruments must in time go out of tune, each in its own quite different way.
It's a mess.
What are we supposed to do, stop?
Or, struggle, to continuously adjust to each other up to the end, even if we are out of tune?
I don't know.
Let's find out.
我們來談談貝多芬的Opus 131，據說這是他最愛的作品。
這首曲子總共有七個樂章，當時的標準弦樂四重奏只有四個樂章。
這七個樂章環環相扣。
演奏者不能在樂章之間停下。
不能休息，不能調音。
貝多芬堅持這首曲子必須以attacca的方式演奏，不能中斷.....
對身為演奏者的我們來說，演奏那麼久而不能中途暫停，彼此的樂器必定會慢慢走調，往不同的方向漸行漸遠。
這簡直就是一團混亂。
我們該怎麼辦? 停下來嗎?
或者，不斷努力地調適自己直到曲終，即使彼此都已走了調？
我不知道答案。
讓我們一起想想看該怎麼辦。
The Juilliard String Quartet
and so is life...