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Chapter 226 Sheeran's Fame Debut (4K [-]-in-[-])

The first movement, passionate allegro, 2/2 time, sonata form.

Fan Ning's commanding movements are extremely simple, only maintaining the natural rhythm of the music.

When the elegant and melancholy theme of E minor progressed to the second sentence, and there was a repeated development of the material, he raised his left hand and gently gave the woodwind group a hint to superimpose the ethereal sound.It wasn't until the violin climbed to la, the emotional high point, that it finally opened its body slightly, relying on the beat line drawn up and down, and brought out the band's strong performance of several column chords.

In the gap between the column chords of the band's solemn march, Sheeran pulled out a series of imposing roundabout descending triplets, and finally turned into a tense diminished seventh chord progression in the midrange.

The decomposed octave bow starts from the tip of the bow, and gradually moves down and widens as the strength increases, and the emotion becomes more and more intense. At the moment when she rushed to the apex, she lifted the bow and closed the sentence, watching Fanning instruct the band to explode A summary of the theme unison.

"It's so beautiful, the extremely casual but extremely precise control and restrained command technique not only just shows the reserved and noble characteristics of the music, but also leaves Miss Sheeran with a very high degree of freedom of interpretation." What is Master Nieman's vision? Vicious, the theme of the presentation department has just finished 24 bars, and he discovered the ideological intention of Fanning's command.

"This is the core purpose and essence of conducting. It is a good criticism of the current tendency to blindly emphasize superficial enthusiasm and passion. Any style period does not mean that rationality can be abandoned." Master Swellink nodded secretly.

"The simple orchestration creates an extremely intense and full-bodied effect. When writing a concerto, it is naturally good to be able to write such an easy-to-control orchestra part, but the difficulty lies in not being able to write it. Subtraction is not an easy task." Many composers who are conceiving similar genres have also begun to think about it.

There are too many experienced musicians here, and they have seen many, many things just from this beginning.

The connecting part appears, which is a melody that listeners have never heard on the radio. It follows the tonality and interval of the theme material, but it is displayed in a chromatic way, which adds a touch of tenacity and resistance to the melancholy character of the music .

Next came the subtitle in G major played by the flute and clarinet first. Sheeran and Fanning looked at each other breathlessly, and the two clarified the delicate color and emotional changes through eye contact.

The sentimentality here is temporarily absent, replaced by a sweet idyll.Sheeran starts with a repetitive sound, first drawing a quiet and peaceful lyrical picture, and then gradually turning into the passionate up and down sixteenth notes in the opening part, leading to the band's alternating strong playing with tremolo.

At a certain moment, the sound of the orchestra suddenly disappeared, and the violin quietly entered the solo cadenza.Here the stage belongs to the soloist alone, Fan Ning stopped his movements, turned slightly sideways, admiring the bowstring flying in the girl's hand.

"The extraordinary skill of this Miss Hiran is nothing short of a miracle!"

"So mind-swaying, I feel like I'm overwhelmed"

Most of the music fans were immersed in the beauty of the music itself before, but when the solo cadenza came out, they realized that this 17-year-old violin soloist is simply a talented girl with natural skills.

From time to time, she poured out sparkling decomposition chords, and sometimes played deep and dynamic tremolo and arpeggio groups, which dazzled people, but there was no trace of reluctance in bowing and pitch. The audience breathes carefully, but lands perfectly without any risk every time. This feeling is really refreshing.

At the end of the cadenza, Sheeran began to repeatedly break down the chords and dance the bow on the four strings.

This is a very expressive violin technique favored by composers. The whirlwind sound effect slowly stretches the emotions and colors to a tense state, as if something the audience desires to appear will be born in the next moment. out.

Fan Ning, who had been staring at her all the time, had a smile on his face again, and raised the baton in his hand again. The musicians who were resting raised their instruments and returned to the state of preparation for playing.

Perhaps the most touching moment of the first movement is the transition from the solo cadenza to the recapitulation.

With a deep and enthusiastic expression, Fan Ning gave instructions to the band that had been silent for a long time, "This is the reunion we have been waiting for."

Under the splendor of Sheeran's disintegrating and dancing bows, the melancholy and elegant theme at the beginning of the music was reproduced in the band, and the playing of the flute and oboe was like the moonlight shining through the clouds, and once again sprinkled in the quiet and fragrant rose garden.

"I can't do it anymore, how could there be such a poignant and gentle reproduction department."

"Fortunately, this clip can be played back. I must play it back twenty times when I get the record."

"It meets my expectations. This theme, which is difficult for an ordinary composer to find in his life, and with such an ingenious way of reproduction, almost meets all my expectations!"

The audience seemed to be fed a delicate and sweet snack, and they couldn't help but want to cry while tasting it. There was no other reason, just a pure human instinct.

After the theme reappeared, the band and the solo used a question-and-answer method to lead out the chromatic, weak yet tenacious connection materials. Sentences and climbing doublets bring the first movement to a glorious conclusion.

Interestingly, the music here has never ended. In the last chord of the coda, the deep B sound blown by the bassoon is directly connected to the elegant and gentle new beginning, and climbs up a semitone, becoming the opening of C major.

The second movement, Andante, in 6/8 time, after the quiet and soothing prelude of woodwind and string group, a clear and clear violin melody flows out slowly under Sheeran's bow.

In order to express her unique singing quality, she obviously thought about the pronunciation of each note of the theme. The bow movement of her right arm was smooth and continuous, without any pause or stress, and there was no string pressing in terms of strength. The best effect, let those beautiful melodies flow from the fingertips as much as possible.

"The battle of the Hiran should also come into public view. If Anton knows that this student, this daughter, can achieve such an achievement today, I don't know how happy he would be." Listening to the soothing Andante, the audience Viadrin at the table shook his head comfortably.

The two extremely outstanding young members of the Guiding School in the past year or so undoubtedly relieved his complicated mood due to the past.

"Among all the violin concertos, there is no slow movement that can perfectly match the pure and noble temperament of the little girl. It really took Fanning's thought to dedicate it to her creation."

The Marquis MacAdam in the other place, watching the two masters of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Asher and Mayella, stretching their right hands to follow the rhythm of the Andante, could not help sighing and thinking deeply.

The first part of the Andante ends with tremolo. At this time, the timpani rolls like an undercurrent. The French horn and the trumpet seem to break the previous tranquility. The firm and solemn sound presents a different atmosphere. Then the band's oboe, violin and double bass played the second theme first.

Sheeran paused briefly here for 5 bars. She clamped the violin around her neck and adjusted the elastic knob of the bow with both hands, while quietly brewing the delicate changes of emotions.

Fanning felt her gaze, and remembered that during the ensemble that night, she said that this was her favorite segment except for the theme of the first movement.
So when he signaled the girl to take the shot, he blinked his eyes, as if to say "I feel it too".

With a smile on her face, Sheeran played the notes of the answering band. Here is the two-part texture of the violin. The bass part is composed of flowing thirty-second notes, like dead leaves swirling and falling in the air. It is the second theme of this sad and solemn, just like "gazing at the autumn scenery in the back garden of a gorgeous palace on a gloomy afternoon".

After a little emotional depression, the music returns to the first part of Andante, but here is a reduced reproduction, presenting to the audience only the section with more changes in intensity and the highest range, as if reminiscing and telling about the most precious memory.

At the end of the Andante, Xilan made a few tactful and roundabout legatos under his bow, and then the strength gradually weakened.

At this time, Fan Ning gave instructions to the woodwind group, brass group, and percussionists in the back to take a break, and then his eyes swept over the nearby sides, and the movements of his hands did not stop, and they started to beat one after another.

The third movement, labeled "Very Vigorous Allegro", is in rondo sonata form.

But what is played from the string group is a slow, quiet and elegant sound group with a broad and vast artistic conception.

"This should be the final chapter. I didn't expect that the first two movements and the second and third chapters of this work are played continuously. This is really an innovative design." Nyman thought to himself.

The other two masters beside him were a little puzzled for a while: "Why is it in E minor again? And it's still at this soothing speed?"

Logically speaking, the three movements should follow the contrast of fast-slow-fast?
When the music progressed leisurely to the 14th bar, Fan Ning finally signaled the wind players behind to lift up their instruments, and the timpani also raised their drumsticks, bowed their bodies, and waited with bated breath.

Fanning's facial expression became slightly agitated, and with the quick swing of the baton, the band's dynamics went from pp to ff without a crescendo process, and the gloomy E minor instantly changed to a bright E major.

The timpani began to roll happily, and then stroked the drum head continuously to stop. The wind group also issued a passionate and loud horn sound, and Sheeran responded with a playful and rising sound pattern, and several rounds of dynamic responses , finally leads to the theme of the presentation of the final movement.

"I didn't expect him to write such a long introduction in the final chapter, and it was in a minor key first." The musicians and music critics who were a little puzzled in the auditorium before laughed dumbfounded at this moment.

But they suddenly realized: for the connection between the first and second movements, Mr. Fanning used the B and C notes of the bassoon to connect and transpose them very casually; way to make a seamless transition.

——The introduction of the slow speed is to connect the second movement, the E minor is a review of the first movement, and with the arrival of the sunny E major, the final chapter must be attributed to joy and wild dancing.

The three movements have their own personalities and are integrated into one. This is really a genius-like ingenuity that no one has ever thought of!
Sheeran fully revealed the cheerful and jumping music character of the third movement with the bow flying up and down. The fast sixteenth notes filled with the whole piece made her hands have no chance to stop, but each group of her bow jumps is extremely rich. Elasticity, the left hand always maintains accurate and clear granularity, and the right hand changes the bow and strings cleanly and without noise.

At this time, Fan Ning's state also became "busy". While maintaining the rhythm and prompting expression terms, he continued to use subtle gestures, body movements and eyes to guide, so that the short motives that appeared in the main part of the presentation were constantly on the scene. The transfer of development between the various voices until the music is pushed to a more intense atmosphere.

"Brilliant timbre, high enthusiasm, and perfect balance are great!" Kaplan under the stage clenched his fists excitedly.

If the performance of the first and second movements can be achieved mostly by relying on the level of a solo violinist, then the third movement undoubtedly requires the close cooperation of the band and the soloist.

Kaprun is very clear that the rhythm here is too fast, and the texture is more complex, and a little carelessness will break the balance and cause chaos, and he saw that more than a month of polishing has finally achieved the most perfect effect.

At this time, under Fanning's control, Sheeran and the band's concerto were completely integrated, while maintaining a relatively independent sense of power. In an unobtrusive atmosphere, the band played a vigorous and energetic sub-theme , the key is also changed from E major to B major.

Both in terms of strength and music image, it is in contrast to the previous playful and lively music image. Sheeran's melody is a little slower, with rests and syncopated rhythms, adding a touch of eccentricity .

"She's so cute, I think I'm hopeless."

"In the past, her temperament in performing the first and second movements was too elegant and melancholy. She always felt that besides being noble and pure, she exuded an aura that people dare not approach, but the final chapter let me know that although she is very strong, she is also a cute little girl. girl"

As the performance progressed, more and more people in the audience felt themselves trapped.

With the arrival of the expansion part, a large section of tense and dense sixteenth notes was reproduced from Sheeran's hands again, and the band has been using the motives of the sub part to create endless motion.

Her state has not slipped in the slightest, and her voice still has an extremely clear texture and penetrating power. The familiar theme of the main part, like an elf dance, flashes past, and the music gradually transitions to the reappearance part.

Here, at first, the form of the expansion is imitated, and while Sheeran plays the passage quickly, the band reviews the motivation of the subtitle, which also heralds the enthusiastic ending.The most exciting moment is coming soon. Fan Ning breaks through the previous restrained commanding style, opens and closes his arms, and almost jumps off the ground.

Sheeran played the decomposed main chord of E major with a firm long tremolo, jumped all the way from the B sound of the small letter group to the E sound of the small letter group three, and then stood firmly on the higher letter four group C sharp , and then slide down like a roller coaster, bringing out a hearty tremolo group.

Then the band broke out an overwhelming strong performance, and ended cleanly and neatly in the most enthusiastic and uplifting music atmosphere, drawing a successful conclusion to this work.

"Bravo!" "Bravo!"

The auditorium erupted into warm applause, accompanied by loud applause from the Hoffman version.

Including the rows in the middle of the VIP seats, the audience stood up one after another, slapping their hands vigorously without stopping.

Fan Ning swung his arms upwards, and all the musicians stood up. At this moment, he stepped down from the podium, and gently hugged Sheeran with the standard movements and strength of a gentleman's etiquette.

"Yeah." Fan Ning, who leaned his head on the girl's shoulder, heard her childish and triumphant whisper amidst the faint fragrance.

The next moment, Fan Ning smiled and let go of his arms, then took her hands and raised them together, walked to the forefront of the stage, and led all the musicians to salute the audience.

(End of this chapter)