想要放弃?不!

Jun 18, 2024

你们务要坚定不移。(哥林多前书15:58)

亨德尔(George Frideric Handel)是个音乐天才。21岁时他已经是管风琴演奏家。当他转向作曲时,立即声名鹊起,并且很快被指派为汉诺威选帝侯(后来成为乔治一世国王)的管弦乐队指挥。亨德尔移居英国后,他的名气越来越大。到40岁时,他已经是名闻天下了。尽管他才华横溢,名声在外,还是命运多舛。他与英国作曲家之间的竞争非常激烈。听众变化无常,有时他们不去捧场。同时,政治风云变化莫测,他也牵连受害。好几次他发现自己濒临破产,健康又每况愈下,真是雪上加霜。他中风导致右臂无力,及右手四指功能受损。尽管后来康复,但仍要与抑郁症做斗争。最后,在56岁时,亨德尔决定退休。心灰意冷、痛苦不堪,加上负债累累,他确信自己必身陷囹圄了。因此,1741年4月8日,他举办了一场自认为是告别音乐会。失望和自怜,他几近放弃。。然而,那年发生了不可思议的事情,一位很富裕的朋友,名叫查尔斯·詹宁斯(Charles Jennings),为了鼓励亨德尔就去探访他,并送给他一本根据基督的生平编写的歌剧剧本。这部作品激发了亨德尔,由此他开始写作。灵感才思泉涌,他写了整整三个星期,废寝忘食,接下的两天时间谱写乐曲。他只用24天就完成260页《弥赛亚》的初稿。想要放弃?不!务要坚定不移。

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