musicians of old

Chapter 754 "Heaven" (Part )

"Dream of Summer Noon" finally ended in an atmosphere of warm tribute and congratulations.

The performance was a great success and the audience was deeply moved.

The afternoon schedule is relatively less tight and the content is richer.

There will be two concerts scheduled on the main stage: from 15:16 to 17:18, Maestro Nymann's Symphony No. ; from : to :, Maestro Schillings' Symphony No. .

In this way, citizens who want to attend the art festival will have some other flexible time arrangements.

For example, in addition to the main performance, you can also listen to the outstanding works of modern musicians who are performing on the last day.

They are mostly chamber music or solo performances, lasting 20-40 minutes, and are divided into several open-air venues located on different main roads adjacent to the square.

Solomon Hershey's piano cycle "Winter Fables"; Creed Hesse's chamber music works "Theory of the Lower Layer", "Ambiguity of Dreams" and "Antique Exhibition"; Impressionist composer Virgil's "Beats Under the Skin", Lausanne's "Ruins" and "Skyline", etc.

Furthermore, a number of paintings, sculptures, installation art, etc. that have received great response in the Holy City in recent months have also been transported to several areas distributed in the Sacrament Square for centralized display.

For example, there are paintings of the St. Paul Secession led by Klimt, paintings of the Southern Fauvism led by Fluder, and a considerable number of Impressionist paintings that emerged in the past few years.

The municipal government covered them with a layer of rain-proof curtain, divided the traffic flow slightly, and arranged several service points for VIPs to rest and have tea breaks, turning them into temporary outdoor galleries.

The atmosphere was still warm and the scene was packed with people.

The performances and exhibitions everywhere attracted a lot of attention, with flash lights and sketchbooks everywhere, and the collision of thoughts and spirituality all around.

The overall order is also very stable.

However, there were some more interesting incidents that happened that afternoon, which made people want to find out more.

It is related to the "results" that will be revealed soon.

In fact, this is normal. As the Harvest Art Festival with the highest level, the most profound influence and the most intense competition in art history, who would not care about the final outcome of this session?

Although those journals that produced a variety of "list reviews" have all quietly stopped updating, it is clear that people have not stopped speculating about the "lists" in their minds.

There are three levels of results: those who are recorded in the list/the top 10 who are awarded the "Harvest Award"/the top 3 who ultimately win the gold, silver and bronze medals.

The most popular and discussed issues are, of course, the top 10, top 3, or even the ones who reach the top.

In the past, the heated discussions never stopped.

Now, since many unexpected variables have occurred and many strange rumors have been leaked, the "predicted version" has become more and more confusing and controversial.

For example, didn’t Scheler’s “Dream at Summer Noon” bring great shock?

But there were also people who poured cold water on him, saying that this time Scheller might not even make it into the top 3!

Because according to the rule of "the more important, the later", Scheler still had four home performances to go! Even Master Niemann and Master Schillings were put behind him. This shows that Scheler and the authorities were indeed unhappy about the comeback, and the impression of all southern artists was lowered.

But if that’s the case, what about the “big shot” who took the lead in applauding just now?

——Didn’t you see the strange situation during the flag-raising ceremony? First, the southern flag was raised, but later, more and higher flags of the authorities were raised! This detail shows that the authorities “appreciated it”, but also gave warnings!

One side praised Scheler as if he was destined to be the top, while the other side said that he was not even sure about being in the top three. Now the two sides have different opinions, and there is a lot of argument.

And then there were actually many people secretly spreading the rumor that “The Light Bather” Lavoisier would not be able to reach the top this time!

You know, until the last issue before the major journals “stopped updating”, Lavoisier was still ranked first in most of the “lists”! The preaching footprints of “The Art of Fugue” and “Twenty Meditations on the Infants” were simply unprecedented feats! Why did they suddenly say that it might not work?

"The church failed to reach an agreement with the organizing committee on a recent major event" - I don't know when the most popular version became like this - in short, it is rumored that Janus, who has always been determined to win as the host, may be disappointed this time.

"Just look at the changes in the schedule. It is said that Saint-Lavoisier's performance was originally scheduled to be the last one! But it was temporarily adjusted to the second to last, and Fanning's performance was put last."

"Wait, you mean to say that the one who reached the top this time might be Fanning? But didn't you just say that the reason Viadrin was ignored was because of Fanning's involvement? Did Fanning reach the top or fall? Aren't you contradicting yourself?"

"Fanning's work was put last because Tristan and Isolde was such a big hit! The organizing committee couldn't do anything about it! In fact, Fanning had offended the authorities several years ago! The order of performances is one thing, and the final selection result will be another matter!"

“Tsk tsk tsk, this one offended the authorities, and that one also failed to reach an agreement with the authorities. Are all artists hornets? Are the authorities fans of stirring up hornets’ nests?”

Anyway, these things are completely incomprehensible.

Music fans, stakeholders, and the forces at work have always been competing against each other secretly. This time, there were many arguments over the issue of "predicted results", and even verbal or physical conflicts!

In fact, arguments and conflicts are not a big deal.

What is there to argue about? Anyway, it's the last minute. If you don't accept it verbally, just wait and see the real result in the evening. Whoever is stubborn should remember to slap himself! But when time passed to five or six in the afternoon, this argument gradually became more distorted.

There is a saying that is popping up more and more frequently.

"Internal appointment".

Some people, in the debate, either just to show off their eloquence or because they really know something, said things like "The result has actually been decided long ago!", "If you don't believe it, you'll know when the time comes", "Oppression and so on", "Obedience test and so on", and so on.

Such remarks have aroused the anger of more people.

In particular, there is anger among those who believe in "artistic purism" or those who truly believed in the "internally decided" decision and heard that the result was the opposite of what they supported.

If it is an "internally decided" decision, why spend huge amounts of manpower and resources and carefully prepare for such a long festival?

Why invite the most outstanding living people, the more than one hundred "Boethius Nominated Artists" and "Boethius Artists", to initiate an anonymous referendum?

Soon, something really happened.

".No wonder the smiles of this generation of artists are like mass-produced gears, haha, playing such tricks." During dinner, in the open-air teahouse, a music critic expressed his opinion.

The sculptor sitting opposite nodded and was about to express his opinion, but the silver spoon that was about to pierce the pudding suddenly stopped.

The metal surface reflected a plainclothes policeman in a bowler hat ten meters away. He was using the cover of his pocket watch to reflect the sunlight, casting the beam of light onto the tin sugar bowl in the middle of the tea table.

Perhaps it was this warning that made the music critic feel that his "free personality" was offended, and he raised his voice in dissatisfaction:

"Hey! What's the use of this! I'm not afraid to speak frankly! Internal decision! The inevitable atmosphere of internal decision."

Then, the music critic was taken away by the police.

Before leaving, one of the plainclothes officers turned his head and gave the sculptor, who was sitting in his seat like a fool, a warning look.

Just from what I witnessed, between 6:00 and 7:00 in the evening, for various reasons, at least a hundred citizens who expressed their intention to "be appointed" in various ways, and in quite radical ways, were taken away.

Debate continues over predictions of the final outcome.

But later on, no one dared to spread such disturbing rumors.

In this atmosphere, time passed until 7:30 in the evening.

The fountain show in the square after dark is chilly and the colorful spotlights dye the water jets into the color of industrial dyes.

Flags are flying everywhere.

The crowd seemed to be sitting in a more even line than usual.

Applause and cheers rang out as usual.

"Saint Lavoisier!!" "God bless Janus!!"

The St. Pereulok Philharmonic Orchestra, which has been ranked among the world's top orchestras for a century and has countless glorious traditions and glorious deeds, began to take the stage at this moment.

After the musicians took their seats, they waited for the fifth-generation "Bather of Light" to appear on stage.

He is still the same majestic image that has left a deep impression on people - a middle-aged priest who is politely dressed and respectable, but always looks a little old-fashioned, conservative and dusty.

The penultimate celebration.

Premiere piece: Antoine Lavoisier, Symphony No. 1 in G major, “Heavenly”.