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あまり詳しくは書けないけど、ときどきお話をする大切な知人、仏国のGh先生。今回は3回目の面白い（中身の濃い、私の知らない、目からうろこの話。筋のとおった、深い教養に裏打ちされた話。世界情勢からLGBT, 食、言語、社交・生活様式、教育、音楽・芸術まで何でもありの）会話が楽しめる夕食会。
誘ってもらえることがもったいなくも嬉しく、「私が入ってもいいのかな？」と気にしつつ参加している。私はいつも真っ正直に自分の言葉で意見を言うようにしている（それしかできないけど）。その私の話を面白く思ってくれるのならとても喜ばしいことだ。だから仕事はやめられない！！かな？

“Kimuchi Gathering” at YCU

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50年ぐらい前、混声の定期演奏会で、指揮者だった武島先生が舞台でソロで歌われた時の美しい声とさわやかな歩き方の印象。今度英語の歌を歌うときがあったら挑戦したいな・・・。

アフトン川の流れ
Flow Gently Sweet Afton

静かに眠るメアリー　アフトンよ　彼女の夢を妨げたもうな
『アフトン川の流れ Flow Gently Sweet Afton』は、スコットランドの国民的詩人ロバート・バーンズの詩が用いられた19世紀アメリカの歌曲。なお、メロディにスコットランド民謡が用いられているかは不明。
発音が聞き取りやすい。でもアメリカンイングリッシュだ。

歌詞の一例

1.
Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes,
Flow gently, I’ll sing thee a song in thy praise;
My Mary’s asleep by thy murmuring stream,
Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream.
Thou stock-dove, whose echo resounds thro’ the glen,
Ye wild whistling blackbirds in yon thorny den,
Thou green-crested lapwing, thy screaming forbear,
I charge you disturb not my slumbering fair.
2.
How lofty, sweet Afton, thy neighbouring hills,
Far mark’d with the courses of clear winding rills;
There daily I wander as noon rises high,
My flocks and my Mary’s sweet cot in my eye.
How pleasant thy banks and green valleys below,
Where wild in the woodlands the primroses blow;
There oft, as mild Ev’ning leaps over the lea,
The sweet-scented birk shades my Mary and me.
3.
Thy crystal stream, Afton, how lovely it glides,
And winds by the cot where my Mary resides,
How wanton thy waters her snowy feet lave,
As gathering sweet flowrets she stems thy clear wave.
Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes,
Flow gently, sweet river, the theme of my lays;
My Mary’s asleep by thy murmuring stream,
Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream
Burns Robert
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Flow Gently Sweet Afton

 

Flow gently, sweet Afton! amang thy green braes

A Quick Bio of Robbie Burns
Robert Burns was born 25 January 1759 in the village of Alloway in Scotland. His poetry has been recognized to represent His poetic impulses were Alexander Pope, Henry Mackenzie, and Laurence Stern. He holds that title of Scotland’s national poet. His first poem was Handsome Nell written for a lady named Nellie Kitpatrick. As Robbie Burns progressed throughout his career, it became clear that he increasingly turned his attention to the passions of nature, alcohol, and women to inspire his writing. He fathered a total of 12 children by four different women.
www.youtube.com/watch?=N8g_NCIdeRE/
Analysis
Sweet Afton is a poem and song that was written in 1791 for Mrs. General Stewart of Slair and was featured in the Scots Musical Museum in 1972. Robbie Burns poems are often refereed to with more then one name. for example, Sweet Afton is also called River Afton and Afton Water. The song could have been referring to Mary Campbell, one of the many women whom inspired Robert Burn’s work. Sweet Afton however is more so about nature at the afton river in Ayeshire. When I read this poem, I think the tone is soothing, quiet, tranquility, safe, stillness and warmth. The poem is written in a rhymed scheme. The poem is a couplet: AA, BB. The first two verses in a stanza rhyme and the next two rhyme with each other as well. The rhythm scheme is closed which means that there is a fixed pattern clearly seen throughout the poem. Verse one and verse six are the exact same. Sweet Afton, disturb not her dream uses personification because Afton (a river) is being talked about as if it has feelings. There are four verses in each paragraph and it is written in 1st person. There is visual imagery such as, “Flow gently, sweet Afton! amang thy green braes.” There is Auditory imagery such as, “Thou stockdove whose echo resounds thro’ the glen, Ye wild whistling blackbirds in yon thorny den, and Thou green-crested lapwing thy screaming forbear.” An example of olfactory used in the poem is, “The sweet-scented birk shades my Mary and me.”
古いスコットランド民謡から取っているので、少々歌いにくいし、長すぎる！かな？
 ♫歌いたい歌
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3月は1回休みだったGTTのOuting。今日は連休初日のみなとみらいへ出かけました。
練習船日本丸の総帆展帆。建造1930年, 帆は29枚、すべて手作業。女性もいました。開始から約40分、力の入る作業のようでした。
桜木町駅方面からの美しい姿
大桟橋のDiamond Princess号！   Yokohama Green Fair
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こんなことが放っておかれていいのだろうか。FaceBookでコロンビア人の友人が警告する。正面から向き合い闘う人もいるが、多数は気づかない、または気づかないふりをする。または、忘れてしまう。
ワシントンポストの記事より　April 11, 2017
 Our world produces enough food to feed all its inhabitants. When one region is suffering severe hunger, global humanitarian institutions, though often cash-strapped, are theoretically capable of transporting food and averting catastrophe.
But this year, South Sudan slipped into famine, and Nigeria, Somalia and Yemen are each on the verge of their own. Famine now threatens 20 million people — more than at any time since World War II. As defined by the United Nations, famine occurs when a region’s daily hunger-related death rate exceeds 2 per 10,000 people.
The persistence of such severe hunger, even in inhospitable climates, would be almost unthinkable without war.
Each of these four countries is in a protracted conflict. While humanitarian assistance can save lives in the immediate term, none of the food crises can be solved in the long term without a semblance of peace. The threat of violence can limit or prohibit aid workers’ access to affected regions, and in some cases, starvation may be a deliberate war tactic.
Entire generations are at risk of lasting damage stemming from the vicious cycle of greed, hate, hunger and violence that produces these famines. Children are always the most affected, as even those who survive may be mentally and physically stunted for life. And while this article focuses on the four countries most immediately at risk, ongoing conflicts in Congo, the Central African Republic, Libya, Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan has left millions hungry in those places, too.
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今回のOutingは、川崎の工場地帯、といっても最新のMega Solar Power Plantやエコ技術を駆使した工場設備などの勉強ができる川崎市が誇る最先端Industrial Parkでした。今回は「かわさきエコ未来館」の人の説明を通訳する役目でした。初めてでしたので緊張しましたが、ほぼうまくいきました。75点ぐらいかな？2Fの展示室で川崎市の100年の歩みを紹介するところが自分でも「うまくいった」と思いました。どうだったかPyrrahに訊いてみたいです。途中で帰ってきてしまったのであまり写真がないのが残念。
 Ukishima Mega Solar Power Plant  (Closer Look)
   Tower of Wind
   

火力発電所（下見にて）
   
 

 
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今年も活動開始。BEは11人、CBは8人でした。少し寒い日でしたが空は晴れ渡り、 車窓から富士山も見えました。盆栽博物館で「盆栽鑑賞のポイント」を説明しました。 Ken とJohnから、楽しそうに説明していて聞きやすかったと言ってもらえました。 
コースは、鉄道博物館から。
　 　
　 　 　 




午後は盆栽博物館へ  世界盆栽大会開催を控え外国人の招致を進めている 博物館からの招待でなんと真柏の名品「青龍」 の前で写真撮影！！






　
　
　




　
　
　




　
　
　




　
　
　








 




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Ian さんはいつ日本に来てくれるのだろう。待ち遠しい。

それまではIanさんのインタビューを聞いて待ちましょう。英語の勉強も兼ねて。


 















Ian Bostridge & Netia Jones


THE DARK MIRROR


ZENDER’S WINTERREISE


A BARBICAN LONDON PRODUCTION WITH THE WEST AUSTRALIAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA


UNITED KINGDOM


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2017/01/16 に公開

Get inside The Dark Mirror: Zender’s Winterreise through the eyes of the world’s most famous tenor, Ian Bostridge, in this exclusive interview.


Perth Concert Hall

Fri 10 and Sat 11 Feb

More info: http://perthfe.st/2fgkVzO


Perth International Arts Festival: Fri 10 February–Sun 5 March 2017

Lotterywest Festival Films: From Mon 28 November 2016

Perth Writers Festival: Thur 23–Sun 26 February 2017


 




Interview with Ian Bostridge　（Script)











‘Elegant and inventive.’


Financial Times (UK)






‘Reveals the beauty and the timeless, philosophical qualities of Schubert’s music and Mueller’s poetry.’


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Celebrated tenor Ian Bostridge – the world’s leading performer of Franz Schubert’s DieWinterreise –combines forces with the West Australian Symphony Orchestra for this stunning music-theatre event.


Plunged into a stark wintry landscape, a wanderer embarks on an intense dramatic journey – his reflections on life moving between gallows humour and well-worn nostalgia, between love and loss.


Told through Bostridge’s impeccable performance, haunting visuals and Hans Zender’s delicately woven instrumentation, this Winterreise is a sublime interpretation of Schubert’s iconic song cycle.


Devised by leading opera director Netia Jones, this rare fully-staged production brings the shadowy world of Winterreise spectacularly to life.


Ian Bostridge explains why he agreed to approach a work he knows so intimately through the dark mirror of Hans Zender’s ‘composed interpretation’ in The Guardian (UK) here.


90mins no interval


No latecomers admitted.


Performed by members of the West Australian Symphony Orchestra conducted by Baldur Brönnimann.


Co-produced by Britten Sinfonia, Cal Performances at the University of California and National Taichung Theater


Post Show Discussion

Sat 11 Feb, 9pm






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