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樂曲解說

火神「祝融」的故事來自中國神鬼地理志《山海經》，是教導人類使用火源的神祈。樂曲初始時，人類因無法掌控火勢，引發燎原之火，人心惶惶。接著祝融登場，控制住火勢，並將農耕與用火知識傳授給人們。沒想到穩定的日子並不長久，祝融與水神共工引發爭戰，共工因妒忌祝融受到人們愛戴歡迎，遂匯集五湖四海熄滅聖火。激烈的大戰後，祝融最終贏得勝利，共工隨氾濫的洪水傾瀉而下，世界恢復和平，也在祝融的領導下邁向文明未來。

本曲由下田和輝所作，運用不同音樂手法—尤其以大量的即興拍法，來描繪火的各種形象。樂曲以隨興弱音開頭，如神秘不可控的星星之火在大地中搖曳。待祝融控制火勢之後，進入一段穩順的節奏，象徵人們的生活變得安逸穩定。接著再次以隨興弱音展開祝融與共工之戰，管樂器有大量自由發揮的滑音片段，與打擊樂急進的節拍搭配，彷彿被急竄而上的火焰包圍，而共工最後於上低音號悵然的樂音中倒下。世界在悠然的旋律中恢復生機，樂曲末段以木管與鍵盤樂器的六連音作為基底，在強而有力的小號聲中迎來勝利。

The story of Zhurong, who is the god that teaching people to use fire, is from “The Classic of Mountains and Seas”. At the beginning of the piece, people could not control the fire, causing a huge blaze and made everyone apprehensive. Zhurong appeared at this time, imparting the methods of farming, and controlling fire. Shortly afterwards, Gonggong, the god of water, caused a war with Zhurong. Because he envied Zhurong was beloved by people, he convened the flood to put out the holy fire. After an intense fight, Zhurong won the war while Gonggong poured out with the flood. The world recovered to peace and left for a brighter future.

The piece is composed by Shimoda Kazuki. He uses various musicianship, especially many improvisations to describe the images of fire. The music started with random p.p., like the mysterious, uncontrollable flame waving on the ground. As Zhurong controls the fire, it goes to a smooth tempo which means the stable life of human. It comes with random p.p. again when the war starts, basing on the aggressive rhythm, tone-risings, and tone-droppings present the appearance of rush fire. At the end of this section, Gonggong falls under the disconsolate sound of euphonium. Accompany with the sextupulet by wood and mallet, and the strong trumpet sound, Zhurong brings the world to the brink of triumph.

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