| 作曲者 | Bert Appermont（ベルト・アッペルモント） |
| シリーズ | 輸入オリジナル |
| 編成概要 | 吹奏楽 |
| 解説 | ベルト・アッペルモントは吹奏楽や管弦楽作品で知られる現代オランダの作曲家です。本作は彼による吹奏楽作品で、壮麗な大聖堂の雰囲気を音楽で表現しています。荘重かつ華やかな旋律と豊かな和声、管楽器群の掛け合いにより、音楽に深みと空間的広がりをもたらします。演奏会で聴衆に神聖で感動的な印象を与え、管楽器の色彩感や表現力を活かす一曲です。荘厳さと美しさを兼ね備えた音楽世界を体験できる作品となっています。 (出版社のオリジナル解説） Cathedrals have always appealed to the imagination. Hundreds of years of manpower have been invested in their building and it is not for nothing that today they represent imposing symbols of architecture and history. The cathedral is also a great source of inspiration for compositions， drawing on a full palette of acoustic echo effects， Gregorian melodies and organ based choral themes. The work “Cathedrals” opens with a five tone motif using double tonguing which resonates through space. Then comes a Gregorian antiphonal theme “Salve Regina” which is heard in the euphonium and later combines with the opening motif. The quicker passage that follows is based entirely on the intervals in the motif which by now has added rhythmic variations and develops in different forms， including a fugue. The work then builds towards its first climax， from which unusual muted sounds emerge creating an atmosphere shrouded in mystery. Gradually， more melodious fragments are added to the Gregorian antiphonal theme which develops into an expansive choral， emulating the organ and which rises above the sound mass. The work grows more powerful and brilliant in sound until it culminates in a short and explosive finale wherein elements from the whole work come together. |