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UMalcolm Sargent

“Omncane, onciphile, Sargent, kubonakala sengathi akaqhubeki nhlobo. Ukunyakaza kwakhe kuyancisha. Amathiphu eminwe yakhe emide, enovalo ngezinye izikhathi aveza okuningi kakhulu naye kunenduku yomqhubi, ngokuvamile uqhuba ngokufana ngezandla zombili, akalokothi aqhube ngekhanda, kodwa njalo ephuma kumaphuzu. Zingaki “izono” zomqhubi! Futhi ngale nqubo ebonakala sengathi "ingaphelele", i-orchestra ihlale iziqonda ngokugcwele izinhloso ezincane zomqhubi. Isibonelo sikaSargent sibonisa ngokucacile ukuthi iyiphi indawo enkulu umqondo ocacile wangaphakathi wesithombe somculo kanye nokuqina kwezinkolelo zokudala ekhonweni lomqhubi, futhi yini indawo engaphansi, nakuba ebaluleke kakhulu ehlala ohlangothini lwangaphandle lokuqhuba. Leyo yisithombe somunye wabaqhubi besiNgisi abahamba phambili, esidwetshwe nguzakwabo waseSoviet uLeo Ginzburg. Izilaleli zaseSoviet zingaqiniseka ngobuqiniso bala mazwi ngesikhathi sokudlalwa komdwebi ezweni lakithi ngo-1957 no-1962. Izici ezitholakala ekubukekeni kwakhe kokudala ziyizici eziningi izici zesikole sonke esiqhuba isiNgisi, omunye wabameleli abavelele kakhulu. okwaba khona amashumi eminyaka ambalwa.

Umsebenzi wokuqhuba u-Sargent waqala sekwephuzile, nakuba wabonisa ithalente nothando lomculo kusukela ebuntwaneni. Ngemva kokuphothula eRoyal College of Music ngo-1910, uSargent waba i-ogani yesonto. Ngesikhathi sakhe sokuphumula, wazinikela ekuqambeni, wafunda nama-orchestra amateur namakhwaya, futhi wafunda upiyano. Ngaleso sikhathi, akazange acabange sina ngokuqhuba, kodwa ngezinye izikhathi kwakudingeka ahole izingoma zakhe, ezazifakwe ezinhlelweni zekhonsathi yaseLondon. Umsebenzi womqhubi, ngokusho kokwamukelwa kukaSargent ngokwakhe, “wamphoqa ukuba afunde uHenry Wood.” “Ngangijabule njengakuqala,” kunezela lo mculi. Ngempela, uSargent wazithola. Kusukela maphakathi nawo-20s, uye wadlala njalo nama-orchestra futhi wenza imidlalo ye-opera, ngo-1927-1930 wasebenza ne-Russian Ballet ka-S. Diaghilev, futhi ngemva kwesikhathi esithile wakhushulelwa ezinhlwini zabaculi baseNgilandi abavelele kakhulu. G. Wood wabe esebhala: “Ngokombono wami, lona omunye wabaqhubi banamuhla abangcono kakhulu. Ngiyakhumbula, kubonakala sengathi ngo-1923, weza kimi ecela iseluleko - ukuthi ahlanganyele yini ekuqhubeni. Ngamuzwa eqhuba i-Nocturnes yakhe kanye ne-Scherzos ngonyaka odlule. Ngangingangabazi ukuthi angaphenduka kalula abe umqhubi wesigaba sokuqala. Futhi kuyangijabulisa ukwazi ukuthi ngangiqinisile lapho ngimncenga ukuba ashiye upiyano.

Eminyakeni yangemva kwempi, uSargent waba umlandeli wangempela nomlandeli womsebenzi kaWood njengomqhubi nomfundisi. Ehola ama-orchestra eLondon Philharmonic ku-BBC, iminyaka eminingi wahola amakhonsathi adumile e-Promenade, lapho amakhulu emisebenzi yabaqambi bezikhathi zonke kanye nabantu benziwa ngaphansi kokuqondisa kwakhe. Elandela uWood, wethula umphakathi wamaNgisi emisebenzini eminingi yababhali baseSoviet. “Ngokushesha nje lapho sesinomsebenzi omusha kaShostakovich noma uKhachaturian,” kusho umbhidisi, “i-orchestra engiyiholayo ngokushesha ifuna ukuwufaka ohlelweni lwayo.”

Igalelo likaSargent ekwandiseni umculo wesiNgisi muhle kakhulu. Akumangalisi ukuthi abantu bakubo bambiza ngokuthi “ingcweti yomculo yaseBrithani” kanye “nenxusa lobuciko besiNgisi.” Konke okuhle okudalwe nguPurcell, Holst, Elgar, Dilius, Vaughan Williams, Walton, Britten, Tippett uthole umhumushi ojulile ku-Sargent. Abaningi balaba baqambi bathole udumo ngaphandle kwaseNgilandi ngenxa yeciko elimangalisayo elicula kuwo wonke amazwekazi omhlaba.

Igama likaSargent lathola ukuthandwa okukhulu eNgilandi kangangokuthi omunye wabagxeki wabhala emuva ngo-1955: “Ngisho nakulabo abangakaze baye ekhonsathini, uSargent namuhla uwuphawu lomculo wethu. USir Malcolm Sargent akuyena yedwa umqhubi eBrithani. Abaningi bangase bengeze ngokuthi, ngokombono wabo, akuyona into engcono kakhulu. Kodwa bambalwa abantu abazophika ukuthi akekho umculi wakuleli ongenza okuningi ukusondeza abantu emculweni nokusondeza umculo kubantu. USargent wathwala umsebenzi wakhe omuhle njengomculi kuze kube sekupheleni kokuphila kwakhe. “Uma nje ngizizwa nginamandla anele futhi inqobo nje uma ngimenyiwe ukuba ngiqhube,” esho, “ngizosebenza ngenjabulo. Umsebenzi wami ubulokhu ungilethela ukwaneliseka, wangiletha emazweni amaningi amahle futhi wanginika ubungane obuhlala njalo nobubalulekile.

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