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悉尼开幕式音乐，特别是上长达７分钟的"Tin Symphony"，受到极大的赞扬，当时现场
“演奏”气势澎湃的开幕式音乐的悉尼交响乐团实际上不过是照着事先录好的录音带集
体现场摆样子；而该录音演奏者并非悉尼交响乐团而是墨尔本交响乐团（Melbourne
Symphony Orchestra），录音带是在开幕式数月前由墨尔本交响乐团的表演、录制好的。
由于所有参与人员，－从乐团指挥到演奏者－，都签署了保密协定，这个秘密对外界居
然保持了8年之久。但是，墨尔本音乐人中则是公开的秘密。
http://www.theage.com.au/nationa ... -20080823-40z9.html
SYDNEY has its Opera House - but has it got a real orchestra? Within days of
NSW Premier Morris Iemma making unwise cracks about Melbourne being left
off the World Monopoly board, The Sunday Age can reveal that the Sydney
Symphony Orchestra mimed key parts of its performance at the opening of the
Sydney Games in 2000.
And it gets better - it was, in fact, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra whose
brilliant playing was heard by millions around the world at the Sydney
Olympic opening ceremony.
The MSO's superior sounds (pre-recorded just for the ceremony) were played
as the orchestra went through the motions - the showbiz short cut of using "
backing tapes", usually done to carry ageing or incompetent performers.
Remember Milli Vanilli?
So, when everyone was tut-tutting about seven-year-old singer Yang Peiyi
being replaced by the "prettier" Lin Miaoke for the Beijing Games opening
two weeks ago, there must have been much squirming at the SSO's Pitt Street
headquarters.
For eight years it has been one of the best-kept secrets in Sin City.
When The Sunday Age contacted SSO conductor George "The Big G" Ellis last
week, he was not overjoyed.
"I am unable to comment because I have signed a confidentiality agreement,"
Ellis said after an uncomfortable pause.
It is believed that all the orchestra's musicians also had to sign
confidentiality agreements, but the miming was common knowledge among
Melbourne musicians whose work had been recorded to help out their Sydney
counterparts.
SOCOG officials had ordered pre-recorded backing tapes for the entire
ceremony to ensure nothing could go wrong on Sydney's big night.
This included Nikki Webster's solo, Under Southern Skies and Human Nature
and Julie Anthony singing the national anthem.
"You simply can't embarrass yourself on the world stage - you must do
whatever you can to make it perfect," the source said.
Nikki Webster's piece was recorded in July, almost three months before the
ceremony.
At the same time, south of the border, the MSO, conducted by Paul Grabowsky,
was recording much of the program. This included one of the centrepieces of
the night, the Tin Symphony, a seven-minute extravaganza described by the
American television networks as a celebration of Australia's larrikinism.
The piece was inspired by windmills and water tanks and drew rapturous
applause in the packed stadium.
It is not uncommon for major events to have their "live" music beefed up
with backing tapes, according to music industry sources.
SOCOG officials' cautious "belt-and-braces" approach was vindicated when the
prematch entertainment at the NRL 2002 grand final fell into a heap after a
power failure forced rocker Billy Idol to abort his performance.
But for one elite orchestra to mime another? That's a different story. One
with added piquancy because the unashamedly Sydney-centric former prime
minister Paul Keating ("If you're not in Sydney, you're camping out")
dreamed up the idea of trying to make the Sydney Symphony the nation's
flagship orchestra in 1995 - much to the chagrin of the MSO.
Interstate rivalry boosted the fortunes of classical music. Jeff Kennett,
then premier of Victoria, replied by substantially boosting funding for the
MSO, and the race was on. For a while, the serious money backing Sydney led
some to believe it would leave the MSO behind. But, by 2000, the
SOCOG brains trust had its doubts.
Only last week, Premier Iemma boasted of Sydney's inclusion on the new World
Monopoly board: "Eat your heart out - Melbourne nowhere to be found. How
pleasing it is that Sydney scored the red square right next to New York and
London." Now, it's more like red faces than red squares. |
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发表于 2008-8-25 19:20
