musicians of old

Chapter 726 "Night Duet"!

"My love!" "My beloved!"

The two ran towards each other with their arms open!

When they were about to hug each other, their movements paused.

Hands facing each other in the air, with expectation, fear and anxiety, they turned away from each other and asked anxiously:

"Do you belong to me now!?" "Do I have you again!?"

"Can I have you!?" "Can I trust you!?"

"Finally! Finally!" "Ah, my chest!"

“Do I really feel you?” “Do I really see you?”

Behind the compact counterpoint passages, the orchestra created an unprecedented suspended harmony field in the history of music - all the string instruments were muted, playing continuous semitone glissandos with a ppppp (five-layer muted) force, while the oboe sounded the "torch motive" again in the high pitch!

Then, the "Death and Redemption Motive", which is mainly based on jumping, briefly appears with the two people's excited singing -

"This is not an illusion, this is not a dream!" "Oh, the joy of the soul!"

"Oh, sweet, most sublime, boldest, most beautiful, most divine ecstasy!"

When the forbidden tryst plan came to fruition, a deep red fluorescence oozed out of the stage floor, as if the entire garden scene was infused with spiritual blood!

Afterwards, the orchestra immediately connected to the "Last Comfort" motive played by the flute and oboe in the high pitch, making the music gradually calm down, and then turned to the "Night Calling Motive" with a relatively clearer tonality, jumping upward three times in a third-degree step-by-step manner -

"Oh, night of love, come upon us,

Let me forget that I still have breath;

Please take me into the depths of your heart,

Please take me away from this noisy world!"

It starts in A flat major, and after one bar, the notes incorporate F flat and C flat from A flat minor, forming an ambiguous alternation of major and minor keys with the same tonic, and the two voices intertwine and linger together.

When Tristan sang "Let us sink into the kingdom of night, eternal unity", the resonance of his chest was like the surging of underground lava, forming a perfect counterpoint with Isolde's crystal high voice!

"The sun is in our hearts, and the stars of joy smile upon us."

After 31 bars, Isolde sings the "Night and Revealer Motive" again, and then the two sing a canon-style round-robin:

"There will never be any fear, we will embrace each other in nameless joy, we live only to love!"

"Never wake up, never be afraid, hug each other, nameless joy, we live just to love!"

"This kind of happiness must be grasped and retained." "This kind of happiness must be grasped and retained!"

After the two sang the "Night and the Revealer" motive in turn, they immediately introduced the "Peace of Love Motive" -

"Endless eternity!" "The only obsession!"

"Eternal and endless!" "Warm and burning heart!"

The "peace motive of love" in turn leads to the prototype of the "death motive of love".

It begins with a very clear and firm "dominant-tonic" fourth ascending, but immediately turns into a difficult movement of semitones.

Overall, it’s slow, soft, and warm, but the sense of poignancy and danger hanging in the air lingers throughout.

Especially in the process of wave-like reciprocating advancement, the duration of the motive is stretched and extended, "suppression" and "release" continue to cycle, and the former increasingly prevails!

first.

the second time.

The fifth time!!

The sixth time!!!

Fanning instructed the band to make undercurrents of tremolo, and the semi-toned lyrics rose layer by layer, presenting an upward extension of the "desire motive" in the original prelude!

The tonality keeps changing upwards by semitones!

The audience was driven into cold sweats by the wave after wave of chromatic advancement of the "Tristan Chord" - even many music masters felt that they were like drowning people swept away by huge waves, but were willing to never surface!

"The most extreme ecstasy of love!"

"The most extreme ecstasy of love!!"

Preparation for the dominant seventh chord.

Preparation for the dominant ninth chord.

Preparation for the dominant thirteenth chord! .

The climax of "Night Duet" has finally arrived! The conflict has been accumulating for more than two hours, and it seems that the conflict is about to be resolved! It will be resolved soon!

The vocal ranges of both of them have soared to the limit. No other composer could drag on a "dominant-dominant-tonic" harmonic cadence for more than two hours. It must have reached a point where it needed to be resolved!

Must! Must!

“Buzz!!————” Fanning opened his arms and leaned back, and the nightmare-like, catastrophic “Tristan Chord” burst out from the middle of the orchestra pit again! !

The cold light goes out, the stage lights up, and the world returns to daylight!

"Run for your life, Tristan!"

The lovers' passionate confession and desire were broken by a terrified scream from the maid, Brangany!

The music suddenly dropped to a sudden stop!

King Mark, the informer Mellot and others led the guards to the garden!

The secret of the tryst was exposed!

"This is the last time of the desolate day!

Now, my Lord, tell me,

Have I accused him correctly?

May I keep my head as a guarantee for you?

I have revealed him to you, right before your eyes!

Your name and honor, I have faithfully protected it from this disgrace!"

With a gleam of conspiracy in his eyes, the informer Melotte sang the first melody of the last scene of Act II, Scene III “Confrontation”!

The stage fell into absolute silence in an instant.

There were long, eerie silences.

"You really did that?"

"Do you really think so?"

King Mark, chanting in the Phrygian mode, with anger in his eyes, questioned Tristan.

This is the aria "Why betray?"

Every majestic syllable of the king strikes the soul like the hammer of judgment!

"Look here he is, the most loyal of men!

Look at him, the most reliable friend!

My loyal friend, with the most hostile betrayal, pierces my heart! "

"If Tristan can betray me,

Should I expect

His ungrateful behavior towards me,

Do you need Mellot's words to prove it to me?"

Bright daylight, solid evidence.

A love that is not tolerated by the world is a mistake that ruins one's reputation!

The two people in the garden had no choice but to admit it and knelt down to each other in farewell.

"I betrayed! Draw your sword, Melotte!" Tristan was completely desperate.

"Ha, traitor!

Take revenge, my lord!

Do you tolerate this shame?

Who dares to risk his life against me?"

Mellot took out the snow-white and sharp scabbard and stabbed towards Tristan!

There was a cry of surprise from the audience!

The horrified sound had drowned out Isolde's scream, and Tristan was heartbroken. He had completely decided to use death to find relief, and did not fight back or block at all!

"Pfft-"

The next moment, the sharp sword pierced Tristan's body, and realistic "blood" splashed out!

Act Two, the curtain falls!