師大附中校友管樂團 HSNU Alumni Wind Band

施瓦茲1967年生於奧地利，在維也納音樂學院完成小號以及作曲的學業
後，積極投入作曲事業。施瓦茲為各類商業廣告、電視影集、電影等譜寫各式
配樂，至今超過千首。至2003年為止，收錄施瓦茲作品的CD已銷售超過一百七
十萬張，其電視影集配樂更曾獲得多項大獎。除了影視配樂，他廣為人知的管
樂作品還有《大預言家(Nostradamus)》、《浪漫輪旋曲(Rondo Romantica)》等
等。

合恩角(Cape Horn)為世界五大海角之一，位於南美洲的最南邊；在南極大陸未被發現前，合恩角被認為是陸地的最南端。1616年，荷蘭航海家威廉‧史旺騰(Willem C. Schouten)成為歷史上首位通過合恩角的歐洲人，因此史旺騰以他的家鄉合恩(Hoorn)為這個海角命名。幾世紀以來，合恩角是來往大西洋及太平洋的必經航道，但終年強風不斷，加上嚴寒的氣候及崎嶇的地形，使得歷史上
共有八百多艘船隻、一萬餘人沉殞於此，因此合恩角又有「海上墳場」之稱。

施瓦茲嘗試用音符勾勒合恩角的壯闊與險峻，因此他選擇法國號來擔任獨奏樂器，法國號時而澎湃、時而低迴的音色，最適合詮釋海洋的變化萬千。

施瓦茲於2007年發表了此部作品，首先出版法國號與鋼琴，隨後重新編曲給法國號與管樂團。曲子為A-B-A的形式，開頭以緊湊的節奏營造波濤洶湧的海上景象，聽者彷彿乘著法國號的大跳音程及滑音在充滿巨浪礁岩的海面上冒險航行；B段則描繪了海面平靜之美，木管伴奏的16分音符製造了波光粼粼的效果，搭配優美的法國號獨白，呈現開闊的海天景緻，在美麗到令人屏息的瞬間，A段突然再現，曲子於是結束於驚濤駭浪之中。

Otto M. Schwarz was born in Neunkirchen, Austria, in 1967. He grew up in Wimpassing (Lower Austria - south of Vienna), where he still lives today. Otto M. Schwarz received his music education at the Academy of Music in Vienna, where he studied trumpet with Professor Josef Pomberger of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and composition with Professor Heinz Kratochwil. During this period he created his first compositions in the area of light music. In 1992, his own recording studio was installed, where he has produced more than 1000 titles. Currently, he composes music for commercials, films and signations for the Austrian network ORF and various other Radio & TV channels. With the cooperation of several background music companies, Schwarz´s CDs are played an distributed in more than 80 countries worldwide. Up to the year 2003, more than 1.7 million CDs containing titles by Otto M. Schwarz have been sold. He has been presented “golden” CDs by international companies. Since 2001 Otto M. Schwarz produces almost exclusively film music for international film productions. His first three films were made with internationally known film Director Peter Patzak. The episode “To risk one’s neck” of the TV series “Police call 110” achieved an audience rating of six million in Germany.

Since autumn 2001, he works together with LISA film. (Productions for the German Broadcasting Organisations ARD and ZDF, the Austrian Broadcasting Organisation ORF and the Italian television RAI). In March 2002 the film version of the novel “The cascades of Slunj” achieved an award at the TV festival in Venice. Films with the German actor Horst Tappert (“Heart without a crown”) and Franco Nero followed. Since 1995 Otto M. Schwarz has published compositions for concert band with the Dutch music publisher, De Haske, and the Swiss Music publisher, Mitropa. Titles like “Nostradamus”, “For the next Thousand”, “Roller Coaster”, “A Song for You” or “Jazz Waltz” are performed all over the world. Well kown bands like “The Johan Willem Friso Military Band” (Netherlands), “Symphonic Winds” (Italy), “The Band of the Belgian Navy” (Belgium), the “LBO Baden-Wuerttemberg” (Germany), Brighouse & Rastrick Band (Great Britain), Soli Brass (Netherlands) and many more have recorded works by Otto M. Schwarz.

http://www.schwarz-ottom.com/en/