Ballet: "The Little Match Girl" - Rossia 2001

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Ballet,  “THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL” ,

AN-LUN HUANG, Op.24, (1977)

Based on the fairy tale “The Little Match Girl” by Hans Christian Anderson (1805-1875), the famous Danish writer,  the Beijing Ballet School of China commissioned An-Lun Huang to compose this ballet in 1977.  The play was written by Zhang Dun-yi, and the choreographers were Wu Fu-kang and Huang Buo-hong.  The premiere took place in Beijing in 1977.  It was performed by the school and the Central Opera House Orchestra, conducted by Zheng Xiao-ying.  The music is written in Nineteen Century-Romantic style with some strong Scandinavian flavor.  Margot Fonteyn, one of the most important ballet dancers of our age, claimed that “the composer has composed the very, very, very good music for this ballet ! “  She then produced a movie of it, which has been broadcasted by the PBS of U.S.A. in early of eighties.  Since the  great success of the premiere, this ballet and its music have been widely performed and warmly received.  A tape of it was also released in China.

This is the story of the ballet:

In a little Danish town  in the nineteenth century, Betty, a little girl who lost her mother, was selling matches along the street during Christmas time.  The sound of the church bell reminded her that the time was quite late, but she was unable to go home until she completed her job.  An old man came to light the street lights.  He gave her some money and left.  Betty tried to sell her matches to a carriage, but the carriage just ran away.  Snow fell, cold and hungry, she lit a match on the wall to warm herself. A group of  “Fire Fairies” appeared.  They danced around her and got her warm.  Since they disappeared so quickly, Betty lit another match.  She saw a big dining room with a beautiful Christmas tree and a lot of food.  While some bus boys were handing her a piece of roasted goose, the typical Danish Christmas food, a nobleman in a portrait hanging on the wall suddenly moved.  Everything disappeared again.  Betty immediately lit the third match, a “Swan Lake” with a beautiful garden appeared.  She met her mother with tears because the mother had passed away for years.  Mother got a pair of little red shoes for her as the Christmas gift and danced with her.  The “Portrait nobleman” brought the mother out of the scene.  Everything was gone but the snow storm.  The church bell sounded again, with the morning dawn, the old man came to extinguish the street lights.  He found the frozen body of the little girl. 

The video is the 2001 Russia performance

English Text by Rebekah Wong

Orchestration:

Flauto Piccolo ( Flauto III), 2 Flauti, 2 Oboi (Corno- inglese), 2 Clarinetti in B flat, 2 Fagotti; 4 Corni in F, 2 Trombe in B flat, 3 Tromboni, 1 Tuba; 4 Timpani, Piatti, Tamburo, Trianglo, Companelli, Celesta, Campana, Wood Blocks ,Sonagliera; Violini I, Violini II, Viole, Violoncelli e Contrabassi

芭蕾舞劇《賣火柴的小女孩》

黃安倫，作品二十四號（一九七七）

芭蕾舞劇《賣火柴的小女孩》乃是黃安倫一九七七年的作品。劇本由張敦意改編自偉大的丹麥作家安徒生的著名同名童話，音樂也因此以純粹的十九世紀北歐風格寫成。全劇於一九七八年由北京芭蕾舞學校和中央歌劇院樂團在北京首演，

編導：鄔福康、黃伯虹，

舞美：鄭捷克，

指揮：鄭小瑛。

小女孩：陈兵

点街灯老人：鄔福康

这款1978年首演的录像带本来以为已经丢失了，却在2005年一次打扫除时意外地在图书馆角落的一个饼干铁盒中被重新发现。

北京舞蹈学院附中校长林洋评论说：“新中国排出了约500出舞剧，只有一部够格的称得上芭蕾舞剧，这就是《卖火柴的小女孩》！”

當代偉大的芭蕾舞大師瑪克‧芳汀曾含淚盛讚此劇音樂“非常、非常、非常的好 ！”以至於立即將此劇納入她正在拍攝之關於芭蕾舞史的影片中，並透過美國公共電視台於八十年代初在歐美廣泛放映。全劇音樂除透過中央台在全國廣播外，並被廣泛演奏，包括黃飛立指揮北京、台灣交響樂團的演出。帶有解說的音帶於一九八八年在北京推出，香港芭蕾舞團亦在次年再次推出全劇，全劇之CD碟則於一九九六年由莫斯科俄羅斯交響樂團錄製。

劇情一如安徒生之原作，發生在十九世紀初丹麥一座小城風雪交加的街道。教堂的鐘聲報道了聖誕夜的降臨，但小女孩佩蒂仍然得在街上賣完她的火柴。點街燈的老爺爺硬塞給她一些錢，勸她快些回家。一輛馬車滿載歡樂的人們疾馳而來，小佩蒂向他們售賣火柴，但車上的人們沒有理會。馬車揚長而去，並將小佩蒂擦倒在地。寒冷之下，她在牆上划著一根火柴取暖。一群“火燄姑娘”出現，她們環繞著小女孩起舞，給她帶來了溫暖。隨著火柴的熄滅，“火燄姑娘”很快消失了。又冷又餓的小佩蒂趕忙又划著一根火柴。這次她見到一個豪華的大餐廳，雖然牆上掛了一幅面目兇狠的大老爺畫像，但聖誕樹上五彩繽紛的糖果和桌上的美食卻都令她饞灩欲滴。好心的小侍者切下一大塊烤鵝﹝丹麥傳統的聖誕食物﹞送給小佩蒂。正在這時，牆上畫像突然冒出一陣白煙，畫像中兇狠的老爺發出狂笑，使甚麼都消失不見了，小女孩還是呆在冰冷的街道上。情急之下，小佩蒂把手中所有火柴一下全划著了，一個美麗的大花園出現，更令她驚喜的是去世多年的媽媽正在向她走來。“媽媽！”小佩蒂撲到媽媽的懷中。媽媽不僅給她帶來一雙小紅鞋作為聖誕禮物，更教她跳天上的舞蹈‧‧‧‧一陣狂風捲著雪花襲來，一陣狂笑聲，小女孩發現抓著她的竟是那畫像上兇狠的老爺，一切又都消失了，小佩蒂呼喚著“媽媽！”倒在雪地上。晨曦重臨小城，點燈老人來熄滅路燈。他看見小女孩已蓋滿雪花永遠地睡著了，手邊散落著一地燒盡的火柴。教堂的鐘聲宣示著聖誕節的來臨。

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[Duration: 42 Min.]