musicians of old

Chapter 281 How Obscene! (4K [-]-in-[-])

At nine o'clock in the evening, the first day of the Impressionist Art Exhibition was closed, and the symphony hall was brightly lit.

The 2040 seats were packed, and the decor, featuring Banff porcelain, gold leaf and brass as key elements, was fascinating.

The layout here follows the mainstream shoebox style of the current era, and belongs to the same category as the famous Golden Hall in Vienna in the previous life.

Its main acoustic feature is "balance". Six groups of reflections on relatively flat surfaces make the dynamic changes of music interpretation extremely clear.

If we have to talk about shortcomings, it may be that a batch of shoebox-style concert halls built by Tiolein two centuries ago are relatively small in size and the seats are relatively "crowded". Improvements, for example, the Turner Art Hall has set up seats on the second and third floors surrounded by three sides, and several better locations have staggered and forward-extending boxes.

The only regret may be that its acoustic design is only "professional" and not at the level of "work of art". The main reason is that time does not allow it. If it expands its territory in the future, Fan Ning will visit those acoustic masters earlier.

There was a wave of applause, and the musicians entered the arena one after another.

The initial tuning process for piano concerto performances has changed slightly.The chief violinist got up, played the standard A sound on the piano, checked with the chief oboe, and then returned to the normal process, and the oboe guided the tuning of the woodwind, brass and strings in turn.

Of course, in fact, every musician should solve the tuning problem by himself in advance, and it is just a final check before the performance, in case accidents are caused by unintentional light touches or changes in temperature and humidity.

In order to take into account the commanding status and show respect, Fanning chose to enter the arena almost at the same time as Viadrin, but took a few steps away, so that he was still in the formal final appearance.

"Why is the second-price area full of female music fans?" Amid the sudden applause, Fan Ning waved his hand sideways and responded to the audience with an elegant smile, but he began to feel a little puzzled.

The position of the honor ticket is the 7th to 12th row in the middle area, and the second price is the front row. At a glance, the ratio of men and women in the first few rows is seriously unbalanced. The hostesses in colorful evening dresses are eagerly looking forward to it. There are mainly ladies in their thirties and forties, and there are quite a few younger girls.

Amidst the excited cheers, Fan Ning's spiritual sense felt the rapid breathing and heartbeat, and even revealed a state of dry mouth and flushed skin.

"This is obviously not directed at me, but why do you have such a cold look towards the music fans? I remember that you were not like this before. When you came back, you still blew kisses, and they even used personal jewelry to greet you. Throwing it on the stage, these ladies now are likely to be the same group as the girls at that time." Fan Ning kept a smile on his face, but looked at the back of Lee Viadlin in front of him and secretly slandered.

The New Year's concert at the turn of the century when I was a child left an impression on Fan Ning, and I still feel dumbfounded when I think about it.

Fan Ning, who was on the podium, watched everyone take their positions, and the distracting thoughts in his heart quickly calmed down. He adjusted his breathing state for a few times while turning over the score, held the baton, and started to shoot.

"fa, (b)re, do, (b)xi--fa, (b)re, do, (b)xi--"

Under his instruction, the four French horns played the introduction of "Chai Yi" in B-flat minor with a resonant breath.

Magnificent, solemn, and with a hint of heavy and desolate theme unique to the North, it instantly lifted the hearts of the audience.

"Boom!—boom!—boom!—"

Like steel smashing against gold and stone, Viadrin lowered his arms, grasped the keys with his ten fingers, stepped on the pedal deeply and released it, and played a brilliant and brilliant column chord in D-flat major.

The firm 3/4 rhythm pattern gradually fades into a solid sound foundation, on which the violin and cello play a broad and melodious band theme.

At a certain moment when the band's breath was going downhill and the emotional tension seemed to be about to be released, Viadrin finally returned to the main position and began to present the theme with a more passionate momentum.

The musical character here coincides with the Hoffmann-style national spirit of Tiolein, the intervals and lines appear a bit "thick", and there is no complicated rhythm texture.

Also throughout the whole story, the big chords of both hands are played in unison, like a strong wind facing the face, and the scorching sun is shining directly, it is extremely joyful and refreshing.

Just like the broad and magnificent scenery of the Northland.

The brilliant technique and domineering aura of the legendary pianist "Li" made some loyal fans of the past fall into a frenzy again, and it also made young music fans who only entered the concert hall after an era finally understand the meaning of the previous generation of musicians. The words of the critics are by no means exaggerated——

People who listen to "Li" playing live can't have their own emotions at all, and they can't breathe on their own!
Like the theme of the first movement, your mouth will dry up when you play the passage with high enthusiasm; when it comes to the subtitle and some passages full of contemplation and confusion in the connecting part, you will also cry.

As for some dramatic or scherzo music ideas, you can only follow the rhythm with which breathing method he chooses to process the phrases, and you cannot breathe at different ups and downs from the pianist!

It's no wonder that in some consecutive octave cadenzas like a storm, there will be girls or ladies with weak lungs who suffocate and faint due to excessive emotion.

"Extreme musical appeal. There is the inspiration of 'chi' and also 'candle', but in this way, I seem to realize for the first time that if the creation and theory tend to be 'candle', and the conductor tends to be 'key', Then the performance is more inclined to "pool". The function of fingers, the way of exerting force, how to maintain physical fitness, how to breathe scientifically, how to listen to your own vocal effect and how to make adjustments at the tactile level are all sensory methods. If I If you want to have higher attainments in the piano in the future, maybe you should take the secrets of blood and senses as the third research direction."

When it came to the second movement, in the tender, sweet, dreamlike wandering warmth, Fanning had a small amount of energy to think about the deduction techniques shown by Viadrin before. Although he took on a different role tonight, he The harvest in the piano class undoubtedly deepened his overall understanding of the work.

The delicate and graceful ending of the Andante was broken by the sound of drums, and the very short orchestral prelude in the third movement instantly brought the audience into a folk song and dance scene.

In the fifth section, the piano played the theme of the roundabout, and Viadrin showed a cheerful and fiery dance through the third-degree jump of both hands, the accentuated and playful ornamentation on the second beat.

The use of a large number of staccato rhythms makes the music as light and wild as tap dancing.

The melody of the subtitle is more lyrical and melodious, like a pastoral carol filled with the fragrance of soil and grass during the busy farming season.

"The chairman is right. What I can do in a solo may not necessarily be able to do the same in a concerto. This is not only about competing with the band in terms of acoustics, but also about how to maintain cooperation and competition with the will of the conductor. relation"

"Now my work on these three steel associations is a state of wandering between the first-rate scene and the second-rate scene depending on the state. The practice and thinking need to be further deepened. Well, the finale of the New Year's concert, my The choice is quite good, you can drag the choir to practice, and you can also test the effect of your own piano, who will the conductor of the orchestra invite to cooperate?"

For Fan Ning, cooperating with Viadrin to conduct the Piano Association at this time is undoubtedly another vivid perspective of piano lessons. While performing, he has been feeling and thinking about various details.

There are many climaxes at the end, and finally the band and the piano push the music to a bright peak, and the theme of the rondo sonata reappears, forming a torrent of joy and enthusiasm at the end of the song.

The opening effect of "Chai Yi" is undoubtedly explosive. Fan Ning and Viadlin took the curtain call amidst the applause that almost overturned the ceiling of the hall. Bow twice.

Although he received flowers very frequently, and his hands were full in an instant, Fan Ning found that the pianist's flowers were mixed with private goods, such as accessories with the residual warmth of a lady's body wrapped around the flowers.

These accessories are not cheap, how did he deal with them before?If it weren't for the attention to form on the stage, Fan Ning would definitely make small movements to support his forehead.

The screams of "Lee! Lee!" were mixed with applause and bravo at a very high frequency. He suddenly understood why there were so many sarcastic comments from conservative music critics at the end of the last century. Aficionados should go to live operetta singers, not profusely expressing infatuation at serious concerts.

However, another group of vocalists will always use the applause and huge box office revenue that "Li" has won to laugh at these conservative music critics.

"Now it's almost 914, and the artistic atmosphere must be more open. It's okay to engage in a little 'idol worship' in the Turner Art Hall." Fanning continued to smile and nodded in response to the audience's burning gaze.

The audience who entered the venue in the second half found that there were some novel changes here.

More than [-] impressionist works from previous art exhibitions appeared on the corridor of the outer wall as an artistic atmosphere.

And in the symphony hall... "Shoal with Steam Ferry", "Dense Fog on the Pier in Winter", Clovelde's "Fountain of Fontaine Egret Palace", "Waterfall and Reflection", Marais "Playing Pool", Courmier "The Most Foggy Window in the Cold. A total of ten paintings were moved to the stage at some point.

Four of them were placed in the front of the stage and displayed on easels, while the other six were detached from the frame and hung on the potholed wall behind the symphony orchestra, forming a patchwork arrangement that is convenient for observation.

Many music fans realized that this is the "combination of sound and picture" method mentioned in the previous promotional content that made them unclear.

The second half of the repertoire is a new work by the Impressionist female composer Lausanne: the orchestral suite "Water Image Collection".

At the beginning of the music, the harp boldly plucked up and down to produce a diatonic cadenza with vague tonality, and then quietly disappeared after two bars, and then the flute and clarinet ensemble played a moving and dreamy theme, which was connected as the original image of water. The whole song, and organically combine ten sets of fragments that metaphor the content of different paintings.

Fanning's unique guiding methods obviously greatly accelerated the audience's acceptance of impressionist music.

The blurred changes of tone, light and shadow in "Water Image Collection", together with the free skills, flowing colors, and straightforward and indulgent brushstrokes shown in those paintings, quickly brought the audience into a kind of detachment and spirituality. The state of swimming in light and water.

The performances of the opening season had a great impact. Of course, Impressionism is still controversial, but as a new trend of thought, it has completely entered the mainstream art world.

The performance was postponed for an hour. When Fan Ning returned to the corridor and arranged for the staff to transfer the paintings, it was already close to the early morning, and the stage backstage was still cleaning and unloading.

"Hey, Caroun, what is this? When did you arrange it?" Joan suddenly exhaled softly.

She set her sights on the starting position of the moving line outside a symphony hall.

On a slightly higher place on the wooden wall, there are posters of ten performances that are currently scheduled. They are arranged in a timeline. In such an open corridor, it seems that the organizer wants to make a record and put the posters of future performances all the way to the back row. go down.

What really attracts attention is that under the poster of today's performance at the very beginning, there are densely packed sticky notes, and there are more than a hundred sheets at a glance.

Sheeran first found the special paper and marker pen locked in the counter in a nearby place.

"It's called a message wall," Fanning said.

"Hey, this is really written by music fans!" Joan, who had already walked near the wall, exclaimed in surprise.

Sheeran also followed quickly curiously, and immediately read a few paragraphs.

"Wonderful opening night. Facts have proved that whether it is elegant academic style or romantic music with national characteristics, the conductor Fanning can write eye-catching at the beginning." - Kent owner XXX (each There is some kind of uniform stamping signature on the back)
"Impressionism, a controversial new trend of thought. But with the great pianist "Li" and the equally great "Piano Concerto No. [-] in B Flat Major" as the ballast, even those conservatives of the academic school cannot Use criticism to overturn the opening season of the Turner Art Hall."

"Secondly, if it is put into any academy to be born, it will make its master famous, and even the meanest music critics have to keep their mouths shut in the face of it."

"Ms. Lausanne's works are a bit shocking at first glance, but they are so beautiful and reasonable when they complement the paintings. Looking back at Mr. Fanning's "First Symphony" in this way, those orchestration methods appear mature and steady."

"Caron, why do you always come up with novel ways of playing that I've never seen before? What's the purpose of this message wall?" Sheeran asked after reading a few lines.

"It's a form of media," Fanning said.

"Media?" The two little girls were puzzled.

"Well, unlike traditional media that is organized, programmed, with strict content requirements and regular contributors..." Fanning explained, "they are forms of media that are spontaneously generated by our guests, which can be rational discussions, can be Emotional, it can be a penetrating systematic discussion, or a few words of insight, it can be posted separately, or it can be attached to other people's comments... Afterwards, we will also consider publishing some selected content in a collection. The content of these publications Generating logic will be unprecedented."

Speaking of this, he smiled; "In the future, this place will become a unique and beautiful scenery of Turner Art Hall, and it will also be an important place for the public to understand the latest trends in the art world...Of course, it needs to accommodate positive and negative views, but everyone needs to Be responsible for your own words and deeds, and only responsible words can get everyone's attention..."

"The current plan is that when receiving the special pen and paper, you will be required to sign your identity and keep a record. I believe that under such a mechanism—"

"Caroun, why are people swearing here!?" Before Fanning's eloquent narration came to an end, Joan suddenly covered her mouth in surprise.

A few people went over to take a look, and found that this comment had nothing to do with the performance, but a criticism of Today's Impressionist Art Exhibition.

The first to bear the brunt is Marley's "The Concert After Lunch", which was collected by Fanning.

"My God, how obscene! It's unheard of for a lady's body to sit naked next to two serious gentlemen!" - Macaulay, editor-in-chief of The Hustle
(End of this chapter)