走进牛津大学 第36期:赴华巡演的第一支英国大学合唱团

 In 2007, it became the first choir¹ from a British university to tour in China,

2007年，它成为了来中国巡演的第一支英国大学合唱团，

giving concerts in the Forbidden City Concert Hall in Beijing and the Oriental Arts Centre in Shanghai.

音乐会在北京中山音乐堂和上海东方艺术中心举办。

In 2008, the choir appeared as guest artist at the 43rd International Festival Wratislavia Cantans in Wroclaw, Poland.

2008年，合唱团作为客座艺术家出现在波兰弗罗茨瓦夫的第43届维洛提斯拉维亚国际合唱艺术节上。

In recent years, Schola Cantorum has given prestigious² and ground-breaking concert tours of many countries,

近年来，合唱团在很多国家都进行了声名远播的具有开创性的巡演，

such as Mexico(2004, 2006), Argentina(2005), Italy(2005), Japan(1992, 2001), Spain(2002), France(1991, 2000), and so on.

比如：墨西哥（2004、2006)、阿根廷（2005 )、意大利（2005 )、日本（1992、2001 )、西班牙（2002) 和法国（1991、2000)等。

Schola Cantorum of Oxford³ has released a large number of recordings⁴.

牛津大学合唱团发行了大量的唱片。

Hyperion has recently released Children of Our Time, a CD recorded by Jeremy Summerly in 1995.

亥伯龙唱片公司最近发布的唱片《我们的儿童时代》堤杰里米萨莫里于1995年录制的。

Other recent recordings include Laudate Pueri and Crucifixus,

其他最近的录音包括《乔瓦尼—罗维塔和十字架》，

as well as a disk of contemporary choral music, which includes works by Howard Goodall, Francis Grier and Thomas Ades.

还有一张当代合唱音乐的唱片，里面有霍华德.古道尔、弗朗西斯.格里尔、以及托马斯.阿德斯的作品。

Schola Cantorum has also frequently appeared on radio and television in the UK and abroad.

合唱团还频频出现在英国和海外的电台和电视上。

In 2006，the choir performed The Oxford Blues⁵ Service, the work of modem⁶ composer Roderick Williams, which was live broadcast on BBC Radio 3.

2006年，英国广播公司第三广播电台就直播了牛津合唱团演唱的《牛津蓝调巴士》,这是现代作曲家罗德里克.威廉姆斯的作品。

This piece provides both singers and audience a new perspective to experience the church music.

这件作品同时为歌者和听众提供了一种全新的方式去体验教堂音乐。

In 2008 the choir with featured in John Bridcut's BBC film The Passions of Vaughan Williams in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the composer death.

2008年，合唱团在约翰.布里德卡特的BBC电影《沃恩.威廉斯的激情》中充当重要角色，该电影是为了纪念作曲家沃恩.威廉斯逝世50周年而创作的。

1 choir   

n.唱诗班，唱诗班的席位，合唱团，舞蹈团；v.合唱

参考例句：

• The choir sang the words out with great vigor.合唱团以极大的热情唱出了歌词。
• The church choir is singing tonight.今晚教堂歌唱队要唱诗。

2 prestigious   

adj.有威望的，有声望的，受尊敬的

参考例句：

• The young man graduated from a prestigious university.这个年轻人毕业于一所名牌大学。
• You may even join a prestigious magazine as a contributing editor.甚至可能会加入一个知名杂志做编辑。

3 Oxford   

n.牛津（英国城市）

参考例句：

• At present he has become a Professor of Chemistry at Oxford.他现在已是牛津大学的化学教授了。
• This is where the road to Oxford joins the road to London.这是去牛津的路与去伦敦的路的汇合处。

4 recordings   

n.记录( recording的名词复数 )；录音；录像；唱片

参考例句：

• a boxed set of original recordings 一套盒装原声录音带
• old jazz recordings reissued on CD 以激光唱片重新发行的老爵士乐

5 blues   

n.抑郁，沮丧；布鲁斯音乐

参考例句：

• She was in the back of a smoky bar singing the blues.她在烟雾弥漫的酒吧深处唱着布鲁斯歌曲。
• He was in the blues on account of his failure in business.他因事业失败而意志消沉。

6 modem   

n.调制解调器

参考例句：

• Does your computer have a modem?你的电脑有调制解调器吗？
• Provides a connection to your computer via a modem.通过调制解调器连接到计算机上。