Grant Them Eternal Rest

Dedicated to those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001. The five movements, Introit, Kyrie, Dies Irae, Sanctus and Angus Dei, outline the general form of a Requiem Mass. Boysen transforms the first seven notes of the somber Gregorian Chant melody, the "Dies Irae," throughout the piece.  The chant makes a full and frightening appearance at the end of the third movement, only to be disguised in the fourth movement by the enchanted sounds of the mallet percussion.  Grant Them Eternal Rest is a monumental addisiton to the canon of wind literature.

此曲是作曲家Boysen先生創作獻給911不幸身亡的人們；他以五個樂章：Introit, Kyrie, Dies Irae, Sanctus 以及 Angus Dei,試圖描繪出這壯烈的安魂景象。他以卓越的技巧將代表死亡的旋律貫穿全部樂章。第一樂章除了主題之外，其實沒有表達出任何死亡迫害的氣息，第二樂章的劇情急轉直下，瑣碎卻急促的小鼓透露出即將爆發的戰爭。從第三樂章死亡降臨的小號以及長號殘忍的宣示著不幸，可說是全曲最高潮的樂章。以乾淨俐落留有殘響的收尾，接續第四樂章。由鋼琴從寧靜中緩緩升起的樂音藉由長笛加入的獨奏，祝福亡者的安息。第五樂章彷彿人們發自內心的祈禱與祝願，安魂曲的主題不再殘忍冷漠，而是充滿和平與安詳。

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