《馬卡道狂想曲》Makatoo Rhapsody - 2024臺灣的聲音新年音樂會

《#馬卡道狂想曲》
作曲｜#李哲藝
馬卡道狂想曲為1999年高雄市立國樂團之委託創作，首演後因其充滿濃厚的草根味及旺盛的生命力而受到歡迎，並於2007年1月改寫成管弦樂演奏曲。
臺灣原住民屬南島語系，依來臺先後有『高山族』及『平埔族』的分別；高山族多居住於高山地區或丘陵，而平埔族則居住於平地及丘陵地，接受漢化的程度也不同，於是早期有『生番』及『熟番』的區別。目前臺灣的高山族共分16族，而平埔族則眾說紛紜，未能有比較肯定的族群分類，不過每一族都有自己的語言及文化，尤其是音樂更是獨具一格，大多由族中長老以口耳相傳的方式傳承。本曲之創作取材自臺灣平埔族的兩段傳統旋律，分別是用於祈禱及祭祀，在作曲手法上除了保留原有的旋律美感並加以管弦樂化之外，更加入世界音樂的節奏。
Makatoo Rhapsody
Composer：Che-Yi, Lee
Commissioned by the Kaohsiung Chinese Orchestra in 1999, “Makatou Rhapsody” was well received at its premiere due to its vitality and strong grassroots flavor. It was rewritten as an orchestral performance in January 2007.
Taiwan’s indigenous peoples include communities that have traditionally lived on mountains, and those that have lived on plains and other low-lying areas of Taiwan’s islands. Many plains-dwelling indigenous peoples who lived near the coastline when early Dutch and Han immigrants arrived adopted the practices of those settlers.
Today, there are 16 officially recognized mountain-dwelling indigenous peoples in Taiwan. However, due to the history of assimilation the exact number of Taiwan’s plains-dwelling indigenous peoples is debated. There are believed to be anywhere from eight to twelve distinct plains peoples, and each community has its own language, songs and other cultural traditions, which are passed down orally by community elders.
This composition is based on two traditional songs used for prayer and sacrifice by plains indigenous peoples. It builds on the beauty of the original melody through orchestration and the integration of worldly rhythms.