High Life

维也纳儿童合唱团被誉为「奥地利最年轻的大使」，可爱的小团员 们更是古典音乐及歌剧界的明日之星。香港是维也纳儿童合唱团 巡回音乐会 2018 的其中一站，屡获殊荣的指挥路易斯·德·戈多 伊与合唱团心有灵犀，为观众们呈献了一场妙不可言的音乐会， 余韵令人回味再三。 Dubbed “the youngest ambassadors of Austria”, the Vienna Boys Choir is gifted and adorable inequalmeasures. Conducted by award-winning Choirmaster Luiz de Godoy, the Choir delivered a sublimely beautiful and emotively memorable concert in Hong Kong during its Concert Tour 2018. 维 也纳儿童合唱团是全球最享负盛名的童声合唱团之一，更于去年获联合国 教科文组织列入世界非物质文化遗产名录。合唱团的辉煌历史，可追溯至 1498年。神圣罗马帝国皇帝马克西米利安一世刚刚将朝廷从奥地利西部重镇因 斯布鲁克，迁移至维也纳，旋即下诏在帝都成立一宫廷乐团及唱诗班，是为合唱 团之由来。维也纳儿童合唱团的皇室传统尤为厚重：从创立至1918年间，合唱 团只为哈布斯堡皇室、教堂弥撒及国事场合演唱。二次大战结束后，合唱团开始 以位于维也纳第二区利奥波德城的十七世纪巴洛克宫殿奥嘉登宫为家。时至二十 世纪下半叶，维也纳儿童合唱团在其经典蓝白色水手装制服左胸位置，增添了奥 地利第二共和国国徽。其气派底蕴之深厚，无法尽书。 O f all boys choirs in the world, the Vienna Boys Choir is probably the most renowned, having been added to UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list last year. Its origin can be traced back to 1498, when Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I decreed that a court orchestra and choir be founded in Vienna, whereto he had recently relocated his court from Innsbruck. The imperial legacy of the Choir is lingering – until 1918 it used to perform exclusively for the Habsburg court, at masses and on state occasions. Since the second half of the 20th century, the Choir’s blue-and-white sailor suit is added with the coat- of-arms of Austria. PLAY