Andrew Lloyd Webber: A Concert Celebration

安德魯·洛伊·韋伯(Andrew Lloyd Webber)是當代最受歡迎的音樂劇作曲家之一，獲獎無數，擁有許多代表作。以他創作的13部音樂劇中，不論是年輕時期的創作：約瑟夫的神奇彩衣、萬世巨星，以及接續的經典大作：艾薇塔、貓、歌劇魅影，均贏得出色的口碑與票房。許多源自音樂劇的歌曲更是傳唱海内外，其知名度甚至超越了原本的音樂劇。

本合唱團將在12月1日演唱由 Mark Brymer和 Calvin Custer針對其中六首重新編寫的合唱組曲，包括The Phentom of the Opera、The Music of the Night、Dont Cry for me Argentina、Superstar、Memory及 Go Go Go Joseph，分享韋伯的不朽傳唱經典，重現劇力千軍萬馬的舞台音效。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vjI9uV4Oks 

一些如夢似幻的歌詞抄錄於下，與格友共賞，引發共鳴。

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA

In sleep he sang to me.

In dream he came.

That voice which calls to me and speaks my name.

And do I dream again for now I find the phantom of the opera there inside of my mind.

He is there, the phantom of the opera.

Beware the phantom of the opera.

THE MUSIC OF THE NIGHT

Night time sharpens, hightens each sensation;

Darkness stirs and wakes imagination.

Silently the senses abandon their defences.

Slowly, gently, night unfurls its splendour, grasp it, sense it, tremulous and tender.

Turn your face away from the garnish light of day.

Turn your thoughts away from cold unfeeling light and listen to the music of the night.

MEMORY

Midnight, not a sound from the pavement.

Has the moon lost her memory? She is smiling alone.

In the lamplight the withered leaves collect at my feet and the wind begins to moan.

Burnt out end of smoky days, the stale cold smell of morning.

The street lamp dies.

Another night is over; another day is dawning.

Touch me.Its so easy to leave me all alone with the memory of my days in the sun.

if you touch me youll understand what happiness is.

Look a new day has begun.

這些歌詞的意境詩畫兼具，而且歌曲旋律悠揚，顫動人心，所以唱畢，餘音繚繞，令人終日沉浸在文字與旋律的氛圍。

（2019年10月20日馬里蘭州珀多瑪克）