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Met Opera Carnegie Hall Contemporary Classical Music Period

Bach x YMO: Space Travelers バッハとYMOの宇宙旅行

Kentaro Ogasawara August 15, 2024

Bach’s son and Hosono resemble each other in appearance, and their music is similar as well.

Released in ’79, Technopolis by YMO features synthesizers mainly handled by Sakamoto, with Hosono on bass. In the middle section, Hosono adds a wriggling, almost octopus-like obbligato over Sakamoto’s part—and it’s incredibly skillful! As you’re marveling at Sakamoto’s playing too, the musical scene shifts, and that wriggling line seems to run through your body.

Moreover, amid the solemn electronic programming, certain passages emerge with restraint and subtle expression—this controlled nuance calls to mind the harpsichord music of Bach’s son in the 17th–18th centuries.

バッハの息子と細野さんは顔が似ている。そして音楽も似ている。

79年にリリースされたテクノポリス。YMO、シンセサイザーは坂本さんが主で、ベースを細野さんが、中間部で坂本さんにタコ踊りみたいなうねうねしたオブリガートをつけているが、めっちゃうまい!もちろん坂本さんもうまいなーと聴いていると音楽の場面が変わり、うねうねが体を駆け抜ける。そして、粛々とした打ち込みの中に浮かぶ、パッセージ、この抑揚を出し切らなさは、17-18世紀チェンバロの、例えばバッハの息子に通じる。

Concerto No. 1 in F Major, H. 471: III. Prestissimo

The airy Baroque music feels as if it’s floating in a zero-gravity universe. Andreas Staier, performing on the harpsichord, is a star in that world. I experienced it long ago at Casals Hall—it was like being in space. Even if Sakamoto were to use a harpsichord in Technopolis, that too would be its own universe.

フワフワしたバロックはまるで無重力の宇宙に浮かんでいるようだ。チェンバロを演奏するアンドレアス・シュタイアーは、その世界ではスターだ。大昔カザルスホールで体験した。宇宙だった。仮に坂本さんがテクノポリスでチェンバロ用いたとしてもそれもまた宇宙。

Concerto No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1054: III. Allegro

This dead, dense, and confined sound is precisely the charm of period performance. The solo harpsichord races through the jagged accompaniments of the tutti, slipping in and out—a scenario unimaginable with a modern orchestra and soloist. This irregular scattering of sound now carries us straight into the abstract world of Gagosian.

The combination of synthesizer and harpsichord, meanwhile, created an entirely different, fresh space to enjoy.

このデットな広がりのない詰まった響きがピリオドの魅力だ。ソロチェンバロはいびつに出入りするトゥッティの伴奏の中を潜り込むように駆け巡る。現代のオケとソロでは考えられないことだが。このいびつな音の散らばりが、今まさに私たちをガゴシアンの抽象性に連れて行ってくれる。

シンセサイザーとチェンバロの共通点はまた違うフレッシュな空間を楽しませてくれた。

Bach x YMO: Space Travelers バッハとYMOの宇宙旅行

C.P.E Bach: Concerto No. 1 in F Major, H. 471: III. Prestissimo

J.S. Bach: Concerto No. 3 in D Major, BWV 1054: III. Allegro

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