09/27/2025
✨ 迎接十月,聖誕音樂會的準備也悄悄開始了 🎶
想跟大家分享我很喜歡的一本鋼琴曲集,由 Tom Fettke 編曲,把古典名曲與聖誕歌曲巧妙結合。
今天分享的是一首特別的作品:
將聖誕歌曲 〈It Came Upon the Midnight Clear〉 與 李斯特〈Liebesträume No. 3〉 融合在一起 💫 很巧合的是這兩首作品的作曲時間只差一年,1949年跟1950年,也就是說是在同一個時期,非常巧合。
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🎄 〈It Came Upon the Midnight Clear〉
• 作曲:Richard Storrs Willis(1819–1900,美國作曲家)
• 歌詞:Edmund H. Sears(1810–1876,美國牧師)
• 發表於 1849 年
• 歌詞描繪天使報佳音「地上平安」的畫面,不只聚焦耶穌誕生,更呼應世界和平與人類苦難的反思,詩意而深邃。
• 音樂風格:溫柔、平靜,如同抒情的聖詩。
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🎹 李斯特〈Liebesträume No. 3〉
• 1850 年發表,中文常譯為〈愛之夢第三首〉
• 靈感來自德國詩人 Freiligrath 的詩《愛的夢想》,傳達「愛的最高境界是犧牲」
• 音樂特色:
• 開頭夢幻琶音與溫柔旋律
• 中段熱情奔放,漸入強烈高潮
• 最後回到平靜沉思,充滿浪漫主義色彩
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🎶 Tom Fettke 的編曲巧思
把聖誕的莊嚴寧靜,與李斯特的浪漫深情交織,
讓人同時感受到節日的喜悅與音樂的詩意。
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💖 這音樂不只是一首曲子,更像是一份禮物 ——
帶來平安、浪漫,也帶來微笑。
🌟 也希望這音樂能帶給大家同樣的美好!
✨ As October begins, preparations for students’ Christmas concert are also quietly starting 🎶
I’d love to share one of my favorite piano collections arranged by Tom Fettke, who beautifully combines classical masterpieces with Christmas carols.
This time I’ve chosen something truly special:
a piece that blends the Christmas song “It Came Upon the Midnight Clear” with Liszt’s “Liebesträume No. 3” 💫
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🎄 “It Came Upon the Midnight Clear”
• Composer: Richard Storrs Willis (1819–1900, American composer)
• Lyrics: Edmund H. Sears (1810–1876, American minister)
• First published in 1849
• The lyrics portray angels proclaiming “Peace on Earth.” Beyond the Nativity, it reflects on peace and the struggles of humanity—poetic and deeply thoughtful.
• Musical style: gentle, lyrical, and hymn-like.
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🎹 Liszt’s “Liebesträume No. 3”
• Published in 1850, often translated as “Dreams of Love No. 3”
• Inspired by poet Ferdinand Freiligrath’s Dreams of Love, which conveys that “the highest form of love is sacrifice”
• Musical features:
• Dreamlike arpeggios and tender melody at the opening
• Passionate, fiery climax in the middle
• Returns to calm reflection at the end, full of Romantic lyricism
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🎶 Tom Fettke’s Arrangement
Weaving together the solemn stillness of Christmas with Liszt’s romantic depth,
this arrangement lets us feel both festive joy and poetic beauty at the same time.
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💖 For me, this music is more than just a piece—
it feels like a gift 🎁 —bringing peace, romance, and smiles.
🌟 I hope that it brings the same beauty to you too!