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Chapter 399 The G String Song

Although he was facing a virtuoso player, Sagawa Taro did not waver in his heart. He always insisted on following his own path and became a professional "storyteller".

Every piece of his music must tell a beautiful story.

This time is no exception.

He played the famous "Aria on the G String", also known as "The Song of the G String", which is the theme of the second movement of Bach's "Orchestral Suite No. [-]". This song has become a popular popular song.

This piece is one of Bach's representative works.

It is worth mentioning that this piece of music did not become popular until decades after Bach's death, that is, in the nineteenth century.

When Taro Sagawa, who is short and fair-faced, sat on the piano and began to play attentively, people listened to the soothing tune, as if they had entered the story hall of "Father of European Music" Bach.

Bach was born in a famous European musical family. His father and grandfather were both excellent musicians and talented composers. He had an innate musical talent.

However, Bach was unfortunate. In his childhood, his parents died. It was his elder brother who brought him up and guided his music study.

Bach spent most of his life as a court and church musician and band conductor, enduring the oppression and exploitation of the church and the feudal aristocracy. He was often punished and blamed for violating the strict precepts of the church.

Bach couldn't get rid of the troubles of bad luck all his life. His creative environment was very depressing and his working conditions were very bad.

The situation in his later years was even more tragic. He was blind and died in pain.

Like many talented artists in history, Bach was not taken seriously during his lifetime, and his works were rarely published.

Even after Bach's death, he and his music were quickly forgotten.

Just as Van Gogh's paintings are used to make chicken coops, Bach's works have also become waste paper and used to wrap various sundries.

One day more than 50 years later, the famous German musician Mendelssohn went to the butcher shop to buy meat, and found that the paper wrapped in the meat was actually a sheet of music. Out of the instinct of a musician, he read the sheet of music carefully and was pleasantly surprised. I found that the creation level of this score is extremely high...

A generation of music masters who have been lost in history are rediscovered.

At that time, the bourgeois democratic revolution movement in Europe was in the ascendant. After Bach's works were rediscovered, because of their secularity and people's nature, they immediately attracted the attention of emerging bourgeois intellectuals, especially Romantic musicians represented by Mendelssohn. their admiration.

The artistic conception of this work is broad and deep, which makes people daydream.It is like a thinker meditating, and like a poet singing in a low voice.

Legend has it that Mendelssohn made Bach's existence known.

However, the "Song of the G String", composed between [-] and [-], caused a sensation when it was adapted into a violin solo by the famous German violinist Wilhelm in the [-]th century.

Because the lead violin must play all the melody on the G string (the thickest string among the four strings of the violin), hence the name.

Once the song was performed, it was widely welcomed by the public and became a widely spread and immortal classic.

However, after tracing back to the source, people realized that this was originally Bach's masterpiece.

For more than a hundred years, this "Aria on the G String" has been loved by violinists and enthusiasts for its simple and elegant melody combined with the unique thick and full timbre of the G string.

Of course, "Song of the G String" also has its own story.

Legend has it that at a court ball, Bach's cello was tampered with, breaking all the strings except the G string.

When everyone was about to see Bach's embarrassment, Bach improvised an "Aria" with only one G string. Song".

In the middle and early nineteenth century, when Mendelssohn played the "Song of the G String" to the great writer Goethe on the piano, Goethe once said: "The opening is so gorgeous and solemn that one can imagine a group of dignitaries." , the picture of filing down the long stairs."

"It doesn't seem to be weaker than the violin version's emotional expression."

A soothing movement sounded in Lin Weiyin's ear, and he said in a low voice: "His inner world is extremely rich, and he can almost interpret every intonation into a complete story. He really deserves to be a 'storyteller'..."

Hearing this, Liao Yuan didn't speak, but just listened intently to the music.

Wu Di and Zuo Chuantaro are two pianists with completely different styles, so it is not easy to compare in this respect, but what is certain is that throughout the Queen Elizabeth Competition, the judges are very fond of the virtuoso players. So Wu Di has a very high winning rate in this event.

However, the stories told by the storyteller are really touching.

The entire concert hall was silent at this moment, and a needle could be heard.

Only the melody of "Song of the G String" is constantly pouring into the sea of ​​people, becoming one beautiful story after another.

"It reminds me of my grandmother's manor, where my grandmother is playing the piano, and the smooth crystals I'm looking at under the grape trellis, they slowly rotate under the night, shimmering, so that I can hold them in the palm of my hand Here, watch carefully."

"Now, my grandmother has passed away, time has changed, and I have left the manor and embarked on a path of pianist in classical music."

Russian-American pianist Laura looked at Taro Sagawa who was playing on the stage. His short figure seemed to exude a majestic and tall aura.

Youth is too short, and the people in the story have already left.

At the end of the song, Sagawa Taro left the piano bench with some difficulty and bowed to the audience.

"As expected of the contestant who defeated Li Shijiang, Taro-kun is qualified to win the gold medal!"

Many Japanese viewers couldn't hide their excitement.

Then there was applause.

Everyone is applauding.

Including Zuo Chuantaro's opponent, Wu Di.

Although he is not as good at emotion as Sister Weiyin, Wu Di also understands at this moment that Zuo Chuantaro is a respectable opponent, and his ability to express emotions can definitely rank among the top three contestants in the competition.

This is a height that Wu Di is currently unattainable to reach. After all, he has just grown up, and his emotional and social experience is not as rich as Taro Zuochuan.

Therefore, he did not find another so-called strange path, but resolutely embarked on his own path.

The music he played was Liszt's "The Bell".

This is a piece of music that often appears in major competitions, but there is no doubt that its classic and difficulty are recognized worldwide.

It is precisely because it appears too many times that people are more demanding on "The Bell" than other pieces of music.

People looked serious, seeing Wu Di's various dazzling skills, such as three-finger tremolo and multiple gorgeous chord jumps in succession, many audience members couldn't help swallowing their saliva.

"Worthy of being the champ of Chai Academy, his understanding of virtuosity has reached perfection. Given time, his achievements will be immeasurable. In the whole world, among pianists, he is expected to enter the top five."

At the judges' table, the famous composer John Philips said with appreciation.

The other judges nodded in agreement when they heard the words.

"Indeed, he is, really, a young genius."

"Maybe he is very powerful, but I don't know why, the music of "Song of the G String" always rings in my ears."

"Terrifying Zuo Chuan, the emotion in his piano sound has actually affected the present."

"If Wu's performance is a gorgeous visual feast, then Zuo Chuan's performance is like the sound of nature in the heart, which makes people have endless aftertastes."

(End of this chapter)