musicians of old

Chapter 214 The Poet's Funeral (4K [-]-in-[-])

The condolence activities began, and Bishop Mill, who was in charge of the churches of St. Janin's Scorching Sun and dressed in plain and solemn clothes, came to the stage to deliver a speech.

He expressed his honor to host the condolence event as the host, and welcomed the arrival of the seven "Boethius Artists" nomination delegation members.

In his short speech, he especially emphasized that the form of today's event is what Bassani would like to see. The great poet hopes to complete the last journey of his life in the collision and comfort of artistic inspiration.

This is not a funeral full of monotonous mourning like ordinary people.

The second item on the program of condolences was to showcase the creative themes that were in the pipeline for the nomination of the "Boethius Artist" today.

Bishop Mill's solemn and old voice echoed in the church: "The initial range of creative themes was delineated by the discussion group, but on top of the final selection, the discussion group entrusted Bassani to select a 'Boethius artist' from 11 themes. 'Passing away, a new nomination is born, starting with the road of the former, which is the inheritance of art and civilization for future generations"

It seems that Vassius is right, did you really use the audio sequence fragments as the theme of your creation?Fan Ning thought to himself.

The Special Inspection Office is really tirelessly looking for artists who can interpret the fragments of the sound series, or have stronger inspirational resonance for the fragments of the sound series.

After participating in the United Dreams meeting of the Special Patrol Office, Fanning also knew some of Poglerich's attitudes towards "Boethius artists" or people with high-level "character".

Creating with its materials is not an exposure of the mysterious side of the secret, but if I want to enter the field of vision of the world's top art circles, or find out about the Harvest Art Festival, this road must be taken——Since crossing The guidance on "reproducing classical music" received at the beginning is also in line with the current direction.

There are also several acquaintances sitting below, which is good for wind evaluation, isn't it?

Fanning, who was sitting in the back row of the parlor, couldn't help but wonder what fragment number Bassani had chosen.

With my current inspiration and improvisational ability, even if I randomly designate a series of four chords, I can improvise something meaningful, but with the title of the sound series fragments, no matter how much I improvise, it is naturally not as good as the original works behind them. .

You won't wait for yourself to go up and play the piano abbreviated score of "Violin Concerto in E Minor" again in advance, right?

It’s not impossible that the whole song has not been heard by the audience. Orchestral works can be played by themselves on the piano, but it must be accompanied by the fragmentation of parts, especially the hasty and instantaneous adjustment is not as good as the well-designed adaptation, whether it is It is difficult to reflect the exquisite polyphonic texture or the composer's ingenious orchestration, and the effect will be compromised.

What Fanning hoped for most, or Bassani's favorite material during his lifetime, was a piano piece.

"The man will hesitate, tremble, be frightened, shrink back, and finally faint." Bishop Mill, the researcher, took a few steps back and stood on the edge of the sacristy, "But Saint Sebastian will support him, He supports him with the sixty-three archbishops and all of them who are bathed in the light will support him and sing his praises in unison."

Bishop Mill raised his hand towards the rear of the coffin flowers, where there were long steps for the choir to stand on, and behind it was a stone wall carved with series of reliefs to divide the corridors of different heights.

In the low but strangely rhythmic chants, Fan Ning felt the inspiration of the "candle" flooding in like a tide, the light projected from the dome of the church changed, and the interweaving of light and dark began to be broken up and reorganized.

".So doubt not, fear not, for the man is the beloved, the baptized, the secret is in the man, he shall enter, to behold the king in whose splendor he has not Destroyed, not burned."

On the row of reliefs on the stone wall, a large number of bright lines darkened, and the details that were originally in the shadows began to be seen. After several changes, the original delicate and complicated patterns became a whole row of simple symbols.

Bass clef, five horizontal lines, the notes start from the beginning of the G sound in the fourth small group, first the downward progression of sharp F, E, D, then the upward progression of B, C, D, and finally fall to the lower octave The big character G sound.

"There are at least two times in a person's life that he is closer to the glory." When everyone's eyes were focused on these eight notes, bishop Mill's old face showed a look of reminiscence, "This note is Bassani's dying In my opinion, the one of the eleven themes is the closest to divinity, and the transcendental revelation born by the poet in this situation is undoubtedly the closest to the truth.”

Fragment No. 3, the first eight bars of the theme of Bach's Goldberg Variations (Op. BWV.988) Bass?Fanning thought to himself.To say that it is the closest to "divinity", Bach's works are really the closest among the fragments. How accurate is Bassani's feeling?

When the theme was announced, Roy, who was sitting in the second row behind Marquis McAdam, turned his head.

She glanced through more than a dozen rows of mourners, briefly intertwined with Fanning, and smiled and blinked, as if asking herself if she had any good ideas.

The girl's moving glance back caused many mourners around to look at her. Fan Ning responded with a helpless look, then lowered her head and closed her eyes.

It is a good thing that Bassani chose the material for the piano piece, but what Fanning hoped most was that he could choose the two Beethoven sonatas—for many reasons: moderate length, rich stage experience in his previous life, and outstanding dramatic expressiveness , I also practiced alone after time travel...

"Gothenburg Variations"... If you can play it well, it will definitely kill the audience, but the problem also lies in "if you can play it well"... This piece is really too difficult, and I have been wasting it for a while.

It is a keyboard work of Bach's late period. It was neglected for a long time, but hundreds of years later, it is regarded as one of Bach's most important keyboard works by later generations, and it is generally recognized as the largest in the history of music. , the most magnificent structure, the highest status and the greatest variation.

It consists of a beautiful aria theme at the beginning and at the end, plus [-] superb variations in the middle. Almost all difficult polyphonic performance skills are included in the huge space.

Fanning has practiced it, but he has never played it in full in the presence of appreciators in previous lives—in terms of psychological pressure, he would rather play a dozen etudes by Chopin or Liszt.

In some private music gatherings, Fan Ningxing would only pick a few variations he liked to play for his friends wherever he went.

This is no better than those virtuoso works. When encountering any flaws, you can fool them by smoothing your fingers, stepping on the pedals, or smashing a little louder.

When playing Bach's music, as long as you play one or two wrong notes, or even just the duration of a certain long note is different, or the fingering string of a certain unison is changed, the muscle memory of the part alignment relationship will be completely collapsed , and then the brain is also broken.

What's even more frightening is that there was a mistake in playing Liszt, and people who know a little piano may not be able to hear it, but there was a mistake in playing Bach? …I'm sorry to say that there are no mistakes in playing Bach. Either it ends smoothly or there is a big car accident. If there is a problem, a layman can hear it.

A student Fan Ning once taught in his previous life, when he played a certain well-tempered song on stage, he made a mistake and immediately stopped at the same place, and had to start over. The audience was stunned... Fanning failed to heal the psychological shadow caused by it for a year.

For such a huge polyphonic work, it is a dangerous challenge to the pianist's mental, physical and psychological qualities to maintain a full performance on the stage, and even requires a little luck.

It's all coming, Fanning put his hands on his knees, flicked his fingers lightly, and began to recall the sound effect of "Goldberg Variations".

It’s okay to play some variations.

In the process of recalling, Fan Ning gradually discovered the magic.

Although I always feel that the muscle memory of a certain section will be broken soon, but when the fingertip movement actually reaches there, I can always continue naturally.

The revelation of "Endless Fugue" in spirituality is like a searchlight, constantly illuminating the missing dead corners in memory, and re-presenting all the dim polyphonic textures in the mind.

Fan Ning, who had a little confidence in his heart, finally calmed down and looked around for a few moments. He was also quite curious about how these eight musical notes would be interpreted to different effects by these famous musicians present.

Similar to Fanning's expressions and movements, many musicians present also showed conceived expressions, and many of them started to move their fingers or sing softly in secret.

After the display of the creation theme, the condolences entered the third agenda, where the narrator of the church narrated the life of the poet Bassani, and some representatives present read the sacrificial rites.

The time for the third item on the agenda also plays a role in facilitating the conception of the presenter.

Although everyone is a musician full of inspiration and solid skills, it is definitely better to give some time than to improvise directly. Everyone has more room to plan the big structure of their next music and ensure logic and ideological.

However, most people's attention is now immersed in the narrator's narration and the following sacrificial texts.

People in this world place great value on death, their own or someone else's.

People have an almost instinctive listening respect for the narration of the life of the deceased at a funeral, even if it is the funeral of a homeless man.Life is short, but why not spend more time understanding the past of each deceased person's life? When I lie in the coffin and flowers, why don't I hope that more people can remember me, or just recall it for a moment.

The narrative perspectives of different mourners are combined with each other. So far, some glimpses of Bassani's life have gradually become clear in Fanning's mind, and he also knows more old events that he has never known.

This great mystic, poet, and cellist was born in 825, a year earlier than the old organist Viern. The comparison is because they knew each other.

——They have worked together. In the last few years when Viern served as a full-time organist at the Royal Academy of Music, Bassani worked as a choir conductor for a period of time in order to explore the connection between poetry creation and vocal performance.When Vienne resigned and settled in Uflandsel, the two seldom met until Vienne died.

However, two of Bassani's students, Viadrin and Marquise McAdam, mentioned the art discussion letters between Bassani and Viern in their speeches.

So it is not difficult for Fan Ning to know why Viadrin and Mr. Anton are old friends, because one is a student of the poet Bassani, and the other is a student of the organist Viern. Both seniors must have made some introductions.

Bassani was not an intellectual at first, but he was a gifted poet. At the age of 16, he publicly declared that "poetry is a rebellion against language".

His early works had a strong romantic atmosphere, and he was good at creating a dreamy and blurred atmosphere, but he was gradually influenced by mysticism and symbolism in his middle age. After he was promoted to a wise person at the age of 40, it took only nine months When he was promoted, he broke through the realm of the comprehensible, and his 41st birthday had not yet arrived when he was promoted.

This shocked Fan Ning, as it seemed to violate his previous understanding of the law of promotion on the mysterious side.

And he gradually understood why the discussion group mourned Bassani so grandly this time.

When the Special Patrol Office began to recover the keys, and the mysterious interests involved in the "Boethius Artist" became more direct, today's event was indeed a discussion group to coordinate the conflicts between the Special Patrol Office and the other three forces in Tiolein. tentative changes made.If the conflict is not cooled now, the scope of key recovery will be further expanded in the future, and the forces of the western and southern continents will also be involved, and the situation will only become more and more difficult to deal with.

——Bassani is undoubtedly a suitable person who can ease the conflicts between all parties.

He was born in a small traditional aristocratic family in Fort Santaram. His ancestors all believed in "fire that never falls". Thanks to the business acumen of several generations of family members, he just caught up with the industrialization trend of the empire and completed the accumulation and refinement of wealth. With the change of stratification, he has a wide reputation in the art and literature circles, and has taught a group of younger generations.

So first of all, he is religious.

Secondly, he has noble blood in the traditional sense, and the size of the title is not a problem.

Thirdly, the descendants of his family belong to the industrial aristocracy with the same interests as the authorities.

Finally, he was the teacher of two high-ranking members of the Bolognese School and the Guiding School.

When his official title of "Boethius Artist" was vacated, the discussion group added three nominations for musicians according to an approximate proportional relationship, and invited various forces to form a delegation to jointly select potential candidates...

Although today is only the first stop of the investigation and the result cannot be determined immediately, it undoubtedly conveys a signal that "all official organizations are still in the relationship stage where there is something to discuss."

The third item on the agenda was quite long, and after its conclusion, today's most critical link came.

The four masters and three masters of music who sat in the front row of the parlor had been introduced, and now, the host, Bishop Mill, read out a list of famous artists present and their corresponding titles.

Although no specific explanation was given, the mourners present were either people with knowledge, or people from upper-class circles who were inextricably linked with Extraordinary organizations. round of contestants.

There are ten people in total, including three music directors (chief conductors) of the upcoming "Big Three" Conservatory Symphony Orchestra - "Royal Academy of Music", "Tioline National Academy of Music", and "Santa Rambo University" , also includes 3 soloists who performed concertos with several symphony orchestras.

The supporting forces behind them must include the four organizations of the wise who were present.

It does not include Fan Ning, because Fan Ning is in the category of "young musicians" rather than "famous musicians", regardless of his status in the art world or in the perception of the general public.

The proposal that the Marquess McAdam promised in order to express his gratitude to Fanning for everything ahead, will wait until the end.

After reading the list of candidates, Bishop Mill smiled slightly: "Before the exhibitions of the famous artists, we are honored to have invited two of the seven delegations to use this theme for their creative demonstrations."

The eyes of everyone attending the ceremony lit up.

Of the previous masters, will someone give a presentation first?It's certainly rare to be in such a public place, which is great for being inspired.

"The two of them are—"

"'Boethius Nominated Artist,' the great pianist Lee Viadlin."

"The 'Boethius Artist,' the great composer and conductor Colin Nyman."

(End of this chapter)