HelgaPetson
В субботу была беседа на радио.
Я ограничила хождение в тред, заходила в субботу вечером, дамы там расчувствовались до рыданий.
А мне интервью показалось каким-то странным. Вряд ли это импровизация, т.е. Ричард знал заранее, о каких музыкальных произведениях будет идти речь, но мне его рассказ показался каким-то неподготовленным.
И что-то с ним все-таки не так, с его душевным состоянием. Раньше он все о матери вспоминал, а теперь очень часто говорит об отце, с которым он 2 года (или даже больше) вообще не общался.
С Аней очень редко общаемся, у нее много работы к концу года, сильно устает.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0918025
Announcer: BBC Sounds – Music, Radio, Podcasts.
Actor and movie star, Richard Armitage began his career in the world of musical theatre. He performed in the ensembles of 42nd Street, Annie Get Your Gun and Cats. You may know him for his body of work on stage. His John Proctor in the 2014 Old Vic production of The Crucible was hugely acclaimed. Or, maybe you’ve caught him on the small screen as Lucas North in Spooks, Guy of Gisborne in Robin Hood or as Harry Kennedy in The Vicar of Dibley. But it was his role as Thorin Oakenshield in Peter Jackson’s trilogy of Hobbit films that brought him international stardom. Let’s hear the Inheritance Tracks of Richard Armitage.
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(Dance of the Blessed Spirits, plays in the background)
RA: My Inheritance Track is The Dance of the Blessed Spirits from Act II of Orpheus and Eurydice by Christoph Gluck and this is the Academy of St Martin’s in the Fields conducted by Philip Ledger.
When I was a teenager I had been a cellist, initially, but I always struggled because the size of the cello was so clumsy and when I started to get on the school bus it became really difficult to get to school and I was bullied a little bit. So, I then switched and decided to choose the smallest instrument that I could find which was the flute because I’d heard this piece of music. So, I picked up the flute and learned how to play this one piece. And it became a kind of family favourite and my Mum and Dad would always – they could hear me upstairs practising and my Dad would always say, “Oh, play Dance of the Blessed Spirits, again!”. My Dad was always a huge fan of classical music and I think most of my influences came from that and I played in the local school’s orchestra; I played in the Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra and my Mum and Dad would come and see me play and it was a big part of my life and even now, I think music is such an important tool for me as a person but also for me as an actor but that all comes from my father, really. I mean my Mum also had an appreciation of it. She was much more into kind of TV theme tunes that really triggered her but my Dad was – I remember sitting and listening to the Mozart requiem with my Dad and it was – had – [a] big impression on me. They really liked the sort of first section which is the major section. But I was really into the minor key; the sort of slightly melancholy section and it’s the part that I used to really want to play fast but my teacher would always pull me back and say, “No-no-no. You have to obey the time signature (little laugh).
Now, as an actor, I have so much resource to call on because of my musical knowledge and the eclectic, broad spectrum of choice that I have; I sort of know where to go to, to find pieces of music that I think will be appropriate. So, I can go to someone like Arvo Pärt, who I’ve used so many times for different characters and then, you know, Nick Cave. Nothing’s off limits and it’s such a great resource for triggering emotion.
I do sing. Usually in private (little laugh). But, yeah, I mean there was a time when, you know, I got paid to be on stage in various musicals and I did knock out a tune in The Hobbit as the character but, yes, I do, I do sing.
Unfortunately, I haven’t played the flute for, probably, 20 years which is a shame. Although, I think my Dad thinks that I still, I’m up in my bedroom playing my flute but it’s still a family favourite. My Dad still asks me to play it.
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(On the Nature of Daylight, plays in the background)
The track that I would like to pass on to future generations and, maybe, to people right now, is ‘On the Nature of Daylight’ from ‘The Blue Notebooks’ by Max Richter.
I found it when I was investigating a sound-track to play a role; which I often do. I build a sound-track with each character than I’m playing. But I was doing Uncle Vanya which was my last piece of theatre at the Harold Pinter in London and I was building a sound-track for the character of Astrov. I think you can get about two seconds into this track and I freeze dead-still and the hairs on my arms stand up. The emotional response to the music is so immediate. I couldn’t work out what it was and so I started doing a little bit of research into the history of why he wrote ‘The Blue Notebooks’ and what the pieces were all about and it was a response to the invasion of Iraq in 2003, I think it was. And it was an extraordinary mission that he was making – to somehow bring music to comment on something political and to calm and I dare you to listen to it and not feel something when you hear this piece.
There’s usually something in a character that you find is like you and something that you find is very unlike you; it’s the thing that draws you to the character and repels you at the same time and makes you want to play them. So, for example, with The Hobbit there was something about the mission statement that, that character had, Thorin Oakenshield, that I related to. But it’s also a book that I was very familiar with as a kid. The Hobbit was one of the first books that I had read to me, so I instantly related to it.
When Marvel comes and says, “Do you want to play this character in Captain America? It’s all under water,” you know, I was reluctant to say, “No” but it wasn’t the most comfortable place for me to be. Water is not my friend, really, to the point where I really dislike even getting into a swimming pool and just swimming with my head above the water. I think it comes from when I was little. I had, probably, two incidents where I was in a pushchair and I was in a back – a neighbour’s back garden and I think I just sort of leant forward and fell into a duck pond out of the pushchair and I think it was quite traumatising cause I couldn’t get out and I had an incident in a canoe as well when I was in the Scouts so you had to capsize the canoe and bang on the bottom and they’re supposed to turn you back over but they didn’t, they were kind of having a joke on me. Maybe in time, I’ll get over it and conquer my fear but I’d rather sit on the beach than swim in the sea, if you understand what I mean (little laugh).
So, the reason I’m passing on this piece of Max Richter, apart from the fact that I would love everybody that hears this to immediately go and find out everything they can about Max Richter and his music because I think he is one of the most talented musicians and composers of our time. But I hope that it gives everybody a sense of calm and peace and I think pieces of music like this can really help your state of mind and give you some hope.
Я ограничила хождение в тред, заходила в субботу вечером, дамы там расчувствовались до рыданий.
А мне интервью показалось каким-то странным. Вряд ли это импровизация, т.е. Ричард знал заранее, о каких музыкальных произведениях будет идти речь, но мне его рассказ показался каким-то неподготовленным.
И что-то с ним все-таки не так, с его душевным состоянием. Раньше он все о матери вспоминал, а теперь очень часто говорит об отце, с которым он 2 года (или даже больше) вообще не общался.
С Аней очень редко общаемся, у нее много работы к концу года, сильно устает.
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0918025
Announcer: BBC Sounds – Music, Radio, Podcasts.
Actor and movie star, Richard Armitage began his career in the world of musical theatre. He performed in the ensembles of 42nd Street, Annie Get Your Gun and Cats. You may know him for his body of work on stage. His John Proctor in the 2014 Old Vic production of The Crucible was hugely acclaimed. Or, maybe you’ve caught him on the small screen as Lucas North in Spooks, Guy of Gisborne in Robin Hood or as Harry Kennedy in The Vicar of Dibley. But it was his role as Thorin Oakenshield in Peter Jackson’s trilogy of Hobbit films that brought him international stardom. Let’s hear the Inheritance Tracks of Richard Armitage.
***
(Dance of the Blessed Spirits, plays in the background)
RA: My Inheritance Track is The Dance of the Blessed Spirits from Act II of Orpheus and Eurydice by Christoph Gluck and this is the Academy of St Martin’s in the Fields conducted by Philip Ledger.
When I was a teenager I had been a cellist, initially, but I always struggled because the size of the cello was so clumsy and when I started to get on the school bus it became really difficult to get to school and I was bullied a little bit. So, I then switched and decided to choose the smallest instrument that I could find which was the flute because I’d heard this piece of music. So, I picked up the flute and learned how to play this one piece. And it became a kind of family favourite and my Mum and Dad would always – they could hear me upstairs practising and my Dad would always say, “Oh, play Dance of the Blessed Spirits, again!”. My Dad was always a huge fan of classical music and I think most of my influences came from that and I played in the local school’s orchestra; I played in the Leicestershire Schools Symphony Orchestra and my Mum and Dad would come and see me play and it was a big part of my life and even now, I think music is such an important tool for me as a person but also for me as an actor but that all comes from my father, really. I mean my Mum also had an appreciation of it. She was much more into kind of TV theme tunes that really triggered her but my Dad was – I remember sitting and listening to the Mozart requiem with my Dad and it was – had – [a] big impression on me. They really liked the sort of first section which is the major section. But I was really into the minor key; the sort of slightly melancholy section and it’s the part that I used to really want to play fast but my teacher would always pull me back and say, “No-no-no. You have to obey the time signature (little laugh).
Now, as an actor, I have so much resource to call on because of my musical knowledge and the eclectic, broad spectrum of choice that I have; I sort of know where to go to, to find pieces of music that I think will be appropriate. So, I can go to someone like Arvo Pärt, who I’ve used so many times for different characters and then, you know, Nick Cave. Nothing’s off limits and it’s such a great resource for triggering emotion.
I do sing. Usually in private (little laugh). But, yeah, I mean there was a time when, you know, I got paid to be on stage in various musicals and I did knock out a tune in The Hobbit as the character but, yes, I do, I do sing.
Unfortunately, I haven’t played the flute for, probably, 20 years which is a shame. Although, I think my Dad thinks that I still, I’m up in my bedroom playing my flute but it’s still a family favourite. My Dad still asks me to play it.
**
(On the Nature of Daylight, plays in the background)
The track that I would like to pass on to future generations and, maybe, to people right now, is ‘On the Nature of Daylight’ from ‘The Blue Notebooks’ by Max Richter.
I found it when I was investigating a sound-track to play a role; which I often do. I build a sound-track with each character than I’m playing. But I was doing Uncle Vanya which was my last piece of theatre at the Harold Pinter in London and I was building a sound-track for the character of Astrov. I think you can get about two seconds into this track and I freeze dead-still and the hairs on my arms stand up. The emotional response to the music is so immediate. I couldn’t work out what it was and so I started doing a little bit of research into the history of why he wrote ‘The Blue Notebooks’ and what the pieces were all about and it was a response to the invasion of Iraq in 2003, I think it was. And it was an extraordinary mission that he was making – to somehow bring music to comment on something political and to calm and I dare you to listen to it and not feel something when you hear this piece.
There’s usually something in a character that you find is like you and something that you find is very unlike you; it’s the thing that draws you to the character and repels you at the same time and makes you want to play them. So, for example, with The Hobbit there was something about the mission statement that, that character had, Thorin Oakenshield, that I related to. But it’s also a book that I was very familiar with as a kid. The Hobbit was one of the first books that I had read to me, so I instantly related to it.
When Marvel comes and says, “Do you want to play this character in Captain America? It’s all under water,” you know, I was reluctant to say, “No” but it wasn’t the most comfortable place for me to be. Water is not my friend, really, to the point where I really dislike even getting into a swimming pool and just swimming with my head above the water. I think it comes from when I was little. I had, probably, two incidents where I was in a pushchair and I was in a back – a neighbour’s back garden and I think I just sort of leant forward and fell into a duck pond out of the pushchair and I think it was quite traumatising cause I couldn’t get out and I had an incident in a canoe as well when I was in the Scouts so you had to capsize the canoe and bang on the bottom and they’re supposed to turn you back over but they didn’t, they were kind of having a joke on me. Maybe in time, I’ll get over it and conquer my fear but I’d rather sit on the beach than swim in the sea, if you understand what I mean (little laugh).
So, the reason I’m passing on this piece of Max Richter, apart from the fact that I would love everybody that hears this to immediately go and find out everything they can about Max Richter and his music because I think he is one of the most talented musicians and composers of our time. But I hope that it gives everybody a sense of calm and peace and I think pieces of music like this can really help your state of mind and give you some hope.
14.12.2020 в 19:00