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Charles Hazlewood + British Paraorchestra: The debut of the British Paraorchestra
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There are millions of prodigiously gifted musicians of disability around the world, and Charles Hazlewood is determined to give them a platform. Watch the debut performance of the British Paraorchestra.
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British Paraorchestra - Contemporary music ensemble
The British Paraorchestra is the first orchestra for world-class musicians of disability Full bioCharles Hazlewood - Conductor
Charles Hazlewood dusts off and invigorates classical music, adding a youthful energy and modern twists to centuries-old masterworks. At TEDGlobal, he conducts the Scottish Ensemble. Full bio
The British Paraorchestra is the first orchestra for world-class musicians of disability Full bioCharles Hazlewood - Conductor
Charles Hazlewood dusts off and invigorates classical music, adding a youthful energy and modern twists to centuries-old masterworks. At TEDGlobal, he conducts the Scottish Ensemble. Full bio
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00:07
Music is the most universal
language that we have,
language that we have,
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音樂是我們最通用的語言，
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way more so than any dialect or tongue.
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遠比任何方言或語言更普遍。
00:15
You can play a melody to a child in China
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你可以對中國的孩童
演奏一首曲子，
演奏一首曲子，
00:18
and the same melody
to a child in South Africa.
to a child in South Africa.
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並對南非的孩童演奏同樣的曲子。
00:22
And despite the huge differences
between those two children,
between those two children,
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儘管這兩個孩童非常不同，
00:25
they will still draw some of the same
truths from that melody.
truths from that melody.
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他們仍然會從那曲子中
得到同樣的事實。
得到同樣的事實。
00:30
Now, I think the reason why
music has this universality,
music has this universality,
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我認為音樂能有這種通用性、
00:34
this way of speaking
to each and every one of us,
to each and every one of us,
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這種能對我們每個人說話的方式，
00:37
is that somehow it's capable
of holding up a mirror to us
of holding up a mirror to us
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是因為音樂能夠
拿著一面鏡子給我們看，
拿著一面鏡子給我們看，
00:41
that reveals, in some small or large way,
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這面鏡子會或多或少揭露出
00:44
a little bit of who or what we are.
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我們的一些本質。
00:49
By logical extension of this,
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從這來做邏輯延伸，
00:51
if music is this universal force,
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如果音樂是種通用的力量，
00:54
then surely groups of musicians --
let's call them orchestras --
let's call them orchestras --
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那麼音樂家的團體
──就稱之為管弦樂團吧──
──就稱之為管弦樂團吧──
00:58
should reflect every aspect
of the community.
of the community.
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應該會反映出社群的每個面向。
01:02
Logical, but not necessarily true.
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很合邏輯，但不見得是真的。
01:06
At TEDxBrussels today, we've been looking
forward to the future --
forward to the future --
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今天在 TEDxBrussels，
我們在展望未來──
我們在展望未來──
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50 years from now.
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五十年之後。
01:10
Well, I'm going to ask you
to go in the other direction for a minute,
to go in the other direction for a minute,
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我要請各位暫時
朝另一個方向去一下，
朝另一個方向去一下，
01:14
to come back with me
50 years into the past,
50 years into the past,
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和我一起回到五十年前，
01:16
the early 1960s to be precise.
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精確來說，是六〇年代初。
01:18
And if you took a look
at all the great orchestras
at all the great orchestras
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如果你看看那時世界上所有
01:21
of the world at that time, a snapshot,
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偉大的管弦樂團，快速看過，
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how many women do you think you would find
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你認為能找到幾位女性
01:26
playing in those orchestras?
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在那些管弦樂團中演奏？
01:28
The answer: virtually none.
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答案：實際上，一個也沒有。
01:32
Well, here we are 50 years on, in 2011,
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五十年後，2011 年，
01:36
and pretty much
every orchestra on the planet
every orchestra on the planet
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幾乎地球上的所有管弦樂團
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has a fantastic and healthy balance
between the sexes.
between the sexes.
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在團員性別上都有著
很健康很理想的平衡。
很健康很理想的平衡。
01:41
"Of course!" I hear you
say, "Totally logical."
say, "Totally logical."
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「當然！」我聽到你們說：
「完全合邏輯。」
「完全合邏輯。」
01:46
But how about another aspect
of the community?
of the community?
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但社區的另一個面向又如何呢？
01:49
The disabled community.
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身心障礙者的社群。
01:51
Do we find them well-represented
in the great orchestras of our world?
in the great orchestras of our world?
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在我們的世界中，偉大管弦樂裡
身心障礙者人數是否有代表性？
身心障礙者人數是否有代表性？
01:56
Well, I can tell you as a conductor,
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我可以告訴各位，身為指揮，
01:58
I work with orchestras
around the world all the time,
around the world all the time,
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我總是在和世界各地的
管弦樂團合作，
管弦樂團合作，
02:01
and I can count on the fingers of one hand
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我可以用一隻手的手指就算出
02:05
the number of disabled
musicians I've encountered
musicians I've encountered
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我在任何地方、任何管弦樂團中
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in any orchestra,
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遇過的身心障礙音樂家
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anywhere.
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總共有幾個。
02:10
Why is this?
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為什麼會這樣？
02:12
You can't tell me that there
aren't millions upon millions
aren't millions upon millions
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你不能告訴我說，
世界上沒有數百萬個
世界上沒有數百萬個
有著驚人天賦的身心障礙音樂家。
02:16
of prodigiously gifted musicians
of disability around the world.
of disability around the world.
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02:23
Where is their platform?
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他們的平臺在哪裡？
02:24
Where is the infrastructure
that creates a space for them
that creates a space for them
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哪裡有能夠為他們
創造空間的基礎設施，
創造空間的基礎設施，
02:28
so that they can collaborate
with other great musicians?
with other great musicians?
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可以協助他們
與其他偉大音樂家合作？
與其他偉大音樂家合作？
02:33
So, ladies and gentlemen,
as you can probably tell,
as you can probably tell,
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各位先生女士，你們可能看得出來，
02:35
I'm on a bit of a mission.
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我在進行一項使命。
02:36
And this mission has
a personal root to it.
a personal root to it.
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這項使命有很個人的淵源。
02:38
I have four children, the youngest of whom
was born with cerebral palsy.
was born with cerebral palsy.
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我有四個孩子，最小的那個
出生時就有大腦性麻痺。
出生時就有大腦性麻痺。
02:42
She's now five, and through
her glorious existence,
her glorious existence,
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她現在五歲，透過她光榮的存在，
02:45
I suppose I have now become
a fully paid-up member
a fully paid-up member
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我想我現在已經變成了
非常美好的身心障礙社群的
忠實成員。
忠實成員。
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of the amazing, dizzyingly wonderful
disabled community.
disabled community.
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02:54
And I find myself looking
at the Paralympics
at the Paralympics
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我發現我自己會看帕運，
02:56
and thinking what
an incredible model that is.
an incredible model that is.
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心想那是多了不起的模範。
02:59
It's taken a good five decades, actually,
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其實它花了五十年的時間，
我可以打從心底發誓，
03:02
but I can say with hand on heart
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03:04
that when the Paralympics
comes to London next year,
comes to London next year,
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當明年帕運來到倫敦時，
03:06
there will not be an intelligent
person anywhere on the planet
person anywhere on the planet
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在地球上任何地方，
只要是有智慧的人類，
只要是有智慧的人類，
03:11
who does not absolutely believe
in the validity of disabled sportspeople.
in the validity of disabled sportspeople.
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都會絕對相信
身心障礙運動員的正當性。
身心障礙運動員的正當性。
03:17
What an amazing position to be in!
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能在這樣的位置有多棒！
03:19
So, ladies and gentlemen,
where the hell is music in all this?
where the hell is music in all this?
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所以，各位先生女士，
在這一切當中，音樂到哪去了？
在這一切當中，音樂到哪去了？
03:23
Apologies to any of you
who are sports fans,
who are sports fans,
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對所有的運動迷要說聲抱歉，
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but music is far more
universal than sport.
universal than sport.
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但音樂比運動還要更普遍。
03:29
Where is the platform?
Where is their voice?
Where is their voice?
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平臺在哪裡？他們的聲音在哪裡？
03:32
So, we in the UK are at the very early
stages in forming what will be
stages in forming what will be
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所以，在英國，要組成
第一個國家身心障礙管弦樂團，
第一個國家身心障礙管弦樂團，
03:37
Britain's first-ever
national disabled orchestra.
national disabled orchestra.
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我們還算是處於非常早期的階段。
03:41
We are going to call it
the British Paraorchestra,
the British Paraorchestra,
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我們要稱它為英國帕拉管弦樂團，
03:43
because with the world's eyes
on London next year
on London next year
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因為明年全世界的眼睛
都會看著倫敦，
都會看著倫敦，
03:46
and particularly on the Paralympics,
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特別是看著帕運，
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we want to throw down the gauntlet
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我們想要去挑戰，
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to every single other country
that is represented there,
that is represented there,
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向每一個有代表出席的國家挑戰，
對他們說：
「這是我們的帕拉管弦樂團。
「這是我們的帕拉管弦樂團。
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to say to them, "Here's our paraorchestra.
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03:56
Where's yours?"
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你們的在哪？」
03:58
Every country should have
a multiplicity of paraorchestras
a multiplicity of paraorchestras
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每個國家都應該要有
多個帕拉管弦樂團，
多個帕拉管弦樂團，
04:02
of all shapes and sizes,
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各種形狀大小，
04:04
no question.
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不用質疑。
04:05
Now, today is a very special day for me,
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今天對我來說是很特別的一天，
04:08
because it is the first time
that the first four members
that the first four members
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因為我初生的小小帕拉管弦樂團中
04:11
of my little embryonic paraorchestra
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最早的四名成員，將要第一次
04:14
are going to play in public;
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做公開演出；
04:16
four extraordinary musicians
of which the number will grow and grow.
of which the number will grow and grow.
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四位不凡的音樂家，
這個數字一直在成長。
這個數字一直在成長。
04:21
I hope in the end the Paraorchestra
could even be as big as 50 musicians.
could even be as big as 50 musicians.
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我希望最終帕拉管弦樂團
能夠大到有五十名成員。
能夠大到有五十名成員。
04:25
We present to you today
a little sonic adventure,
a little sonic adventure,
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今天我們要呈現給各位的，
是個小小的聲音冒險，
是個小小的聲音冒險，
04:28
a little piece of improvisational
whimsy, if you like,
whimsy, if you like,
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你們也可以說它是
一場即興的古怪表演，
一場即興的古怪表演，
04:32
a piece on which, of course,
the ink is still wet,
the ink is still wet,
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當然，這作品的墨都還沒乾，
04:35
the clay is still wet.
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黏土都還沒乾。
04:36
After all, improvisation
is never a fixed thing.
is never a fixed thing.
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畢竟，即興從來就不是固定的。
04:39
We decided what we wanted
to share with you,
to share with you,
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我們決定要與各位分享，
04:41
at the heart of our improvisation,
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我們即興演出的中心，
04:43
was a tune which is beloved
of British people.
of British people.
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是一首英國人深愛的曲子。
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It's one of the only folk melodies
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是我們的文化當中少數
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that we still recognize in our culture.
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我們還認得的民俗曲。
04:50
And here's an interesting thing:
folk music can tell you an awful lot
folk music can tell you an awful lot
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有趣的是，民俗音樂能
告訴你很多很多
告訴你很多很多
04:54
about the cultural DNA of the country
from which it originates.
from which it originates.
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關於一個國家發源的
文化 DNA 的資訊。
文化 DNA 的資訊。
04:58
You see, we in Britain
are quietly melancholic.
are quietly melancholic.
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在英國，我們是很安靜地憂愁著的。
05:02
You know, the rain ... it does rain.
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你知道的，下雨……確實會下雨。
05:04
The food's not so good.
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食物也沒很好。
05:05
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
05:06
Quietly melancholic.
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安靜地憂愁著。
05:08
Not blackly so, just quietly so.
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不是抑鬱地，只是安靜地。
05:11
And as Shakespeare put it so
brilliantly in "Twelfth Night,"
brilliantly in "Twelfth Night,"
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在《第十二夜》中
莎士比亞有絕妙的說法，
莎士比亞有絕妙的說法，
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he loves music that has "a dying fall."
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他喜愛的音樂有著
「漸漸消逝的下沉」。
「漸漸消逝的下沉」。
05:19
So this melody, "Greensleeves,"
is chock-full of "dying fall."
is chock-full of "dying fall."
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這曲子〈綠袖子〉滿滿
都是「漸漸消逝的下沉」。
都是「漸漸消逝的下沉」。
05:23
You may know this tune.
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你可能知道這弦律。
05:25
(Singing) Da, da, da da da da, dying fall.
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（唱）答答答答～漸漸消逝的下沉。
（註：漸漸消逝發音開頭似「答」）
（註：漸漸消逝發音開頭似「答」）
05:27
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
05:28
Da da da, da da da da, dying fall.
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答答答答～漸漸消逝的下沉。
05:31
Da dee, da da na na ... dying fall ...
na na nee, na ah ah ah ah.
na na nee, na ah ah ah ah.
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答答答答～漸漸消逝的下沉。
哪哪呢，哪啊啊啊啊。
哪哪呢，哪啊啊啊啊。
05:34
Brief burst of sunshine, ladies
and gentlemen, the chorus --
and gentlemen, the chorus --
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陽光突然露臉，
各位先生女士，齊唱──
各位先生女士，齊唱──
05:37
(Singing) Ya da da da, dying fall ...
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（唱）呀答答答～漸漸消逝的下沉。
05:40
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
05:41
(Singing) Da da dee,
da da da da, dying fall ...
da da da da, dying fall ...
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（唱）答答滴，答答答～
漸漸消逝的下沉。
漸漸消逝的下沉。
05:43
Ya da da da, dying fall ...
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呀答答答～漸漸消逝的下沉。
05:47
OK?
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好嗎？
05:48
It's like we need some melodic Viagra
in our culture, ladies and gentlemen.
in our culture, ladies and gentlemen.
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好像我們的文化需要一點
曲子的壯陽藥，各位先生女士。
曲子的壯陽藥，各位先生女士。
05:52
(Laughter)
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（笑聲）
05:54
(Applause)
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（掌聲）
06:00
It goes without saying
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不用說，
06:01
that we are very much
at the starting gates with this project.
at the starting gates with this project.
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我們都才剛開始進行這個計畫。
06:04
We need your help, we need
the global community
the global community
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我們需要你們的協助，
我們需要全球社群
我們需要全球社群
06:07
to help us deliver this dream,
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來協助我們完成這個夢，
06:09
so that this orchestra
can be full steam ahead
can be full steam ahead
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讓這個管弦樂團能在 2012 年夏天
06:12
by summer 2012.
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全速向前衝。
06:14
If you think there's any way
that you can help us,
that you can help us,
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如果你們認為有任何方式
可以協助我們，
可以協助我們，
06:17
please, please, get in touch.
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拜託，拜託，請聯絡我們。
06:19
And so, ladies and gentlemen, it gives
me enormous pride, pleasure and joy
me enormous pride, pleasure and joy
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所以，各位先生女士，
我很驕傲地帶著喜悅的心情，
我很驕傲地帶著喜悅的心情，
06:24
to introduce to you,
with a short improvisation
with a short improvisation
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向各位介紹用最憂愁的曲子
06:26
upon that most melancholic
tune, "Greensleeves,"
tune, "Greensleeves,"
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〈綠袖子〉來表演的簡短即興演出，
06:29
the first four members
of the British Paraorchestra.
of the British Paraorchestra.
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ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
British Paraorchestra - Contemporary music ensembleThe British Paraorchestra is the first orchestra for world-class musicians of disability
Why you should listen
Charles Hazlewood is a conductor founded the British Parorchestra to give musicians of disability a platform to collaborate and perform.
Credits for the debut British Paraorchestra performance: Dhanoday Srivastava (Baluji), James Risdon, Clarence Adoo, Lyn Levett. Alison Roberts tell a few of their stories in her Evening Standard piece on the Paraorchestra:
Clarence Adoo, for example, who used to play trumpet with Courtney Pine, suffered a devastating car accident in 1995 and is now paralysed from the shoulders down. He plays music on a laptop, using a specially designed blow tube as a computer mouse. Adoo says he'd rather be able to play an instrument again than walk.
Lyn Levett has severe cerebral palsy and can only communicate by pressing an iPad with her nose, yet makes the "most dizzyingly brilliant electronic music", says Hazlewood. Levett herself, through her iPad, tells us that when she's creating music, it feels as though she's in a cockpit, flying a plane. Sitar player and composer Baluji Shrivastav has been blind since the age of eight months, and Lloyd Coleman is both deaf and sight-impaired. All four make their living solely from music.
British Paraorchestra | Speaker | TED.com
Charles Hazlewood - Conductor
Charles Hazlewood dusts off and invigorates classical music, adding a youthful energy and modern twists to centuries-old masterworks. At TEDGlobal, he conducts the Scottish Ensemble.
Why you should listen
Charles Hazlewood's fresh presentations of classical music shake up the traditional settings of the form -- in one performance he’ll engage in a conversation with the audience, while in another he’ll blend film or sculpture into a piece -- but his goal is always the same: exposing the deep, always-modern joy of the classics. He's a familiar face on British TV, notably in the 2009 series The Birth of British Music on BBC2. He conducts the BBC Orchestras and guest-conducts orchestras around the world.
Together with Mark Dornford-May, he founded a lyric-theatre company in South Africa called Dimpho Di Kopane (which means "combined talents") after auditioning in the townships and villages of South Africa. Of the 40 members, only three had professional training. They debuted with Bizet's Carmen, which was later transposed into a movie version called U-Carmen eKhayelitsha, spoken and sung in Xhosa, that was honored at the Berlin Flim Festival. He regularly involves children in his projects and curates his own music festival, Play the Field, on his farm in Somerset. His latest project: the ParaOrchestra.
He says: "I have loads of issues with the way classical music is presented. It has been too reverential, too 'high art' -- if you're not in the club, they're not going to let you join. It's like The Turin Shroud: don't touch it because it might fall apart."
Charles Hazlewood | Speaker | TED.com