Please, come home and practice the piano

Chapter 1159 419. The inevitable expansion plan for the repertoire [Part ]

In the evening, Lao Li made beef noodles and Li An ate two bowls.

After dinner, the father and son took a walk around their new home.

Li An doesn't mean to complain, but the process of laying tiles is really slow.

It has been a week since he left, and only the tiles and bathroom work have started.

The bathroom floor has been paved, but only half of the walls have been paved.

The kitchen floor hasn't been paved yet, but three tiles have been pasted on the wall.

Li An: "At this rate, we won't be able to finish posting them next week."

Lao Li: "It will be about next week. Don't tell Master Feng that once the bathroom and kitchen are finished, the rest will be done quickly. If you want to go slow, go slow. I think we shouldn't go too detailed."

"Yes." Li An nodded and raised his hand to tap the bathroom wall. "I was just saying, it's well pasted, and the gaps are straight."

Old Li: "Oh, you don't know, it took us a whole morning to locate the first light. It was exhausting for me just watching."

Li Anle: "Wait, I think this color is pretty good, I think it will look better if it's all laid out."

Lao Li: "I think the color is too light. I have to clean it up every day to maintain it."

Li An: "Then clean it up. Even if you are laying black tiles, you still have to clean it up."

Lao Li: "How can you two have the time? I don't think you will even have time to eat by then."

Li An: "We'll talk about it when the time comes. Dad, turn on the air conditioner in the living room and I'll try again."

Old Li used the remote control to turn on the air conditioner in the living room, and soon the living room became cooler.

It’s a bit freezing!

Li An was happily trying to detect the slightest sound of the air conditioner, and then Lao Li turned off the air conditioner.

"What are you doing, Dad?"

“It consumes electricity.”

"It's a waste of electricity if you turn it on and off like this, so let's just leave it like this, I just listened to see if there was any sound, it's good, there is basically no sound."

"How much does it cost? It must be good. Let's go."

"Walk."

He took another video of Chen Xuan, and then the father and son left.

After returning home, Li Ang had a video call with Chen Xuan while she was resting for half an hour.

Then Ang Lee took a shower, packed his luggage, washed his clothes, and without taking a rest, he went straight into the study.

His main task these two days is to prepare a concert repertoire for Xiaoche and a practice plan for the next five months.

In fact, it’s been less than five months. Xiaoche and the National Symphony Orchestra’s performance date is scheduled for September 6th.

There are only four and a half months left until today.

Four and a half months is not a short time and can be considered a medium-term plan.

Ang Lee plans to divide this medium-term plan into three phases, consisting of three short-term plans.

"I give up. Comrade Lao Li, can't he just play with the kitten when he has nothing to do?"

Li An put down his pen, stood up and let Ba Wan and Xiao Bai, who were meowing outside the door, into the study.

"Both of you be quiet."

Ba Wan fell down beside Damazi and pretended to be dead, while Xiao Bai also lay down beside Ba Wan.

"Right, that is it."

Back at his desk, Li Ang continued to write with his pen.

The first phase is scheduled to start from tomorrow to June 1st, lasting about five weeks.

The second phase is planned to last about seven weeks, from the end of the June 1st performance to before the summer camp.

The third phase is planned to last about four weeks, from the end of summer camp to the performance on September 6th.

Each stage has a main task.

The main task of the first phase is definitely to target concerts in the Grand Theater.

Xiaoche must complete all the concert repertoire within the five weeks of the first stage, and must meet the target one week before the concert.

Among the songs that have been confirmed so far, none of them are easy to play in Ang Lee's opinion.

For example, Schumann's three sketches from his childhood scenes, and Tchaikovsky's Barcarolle.

These are all simple pieces, and neither they can be compared with Chopin's Fantasy Impromptu in C-sharp minor in terms of listening experience or score.

But in Ang Lee's opinion, perhaps Xiaoche could have played Chopin's work to standard earlier.

In the absence of technical obstacles, slow-tempo pieces test the performer's ability to handle the details of the piece and control emotions.

Of course, Ang Lee would not ask Xiao Che to play every piece of music into a classic at the concert. Given Xiao Che's age, this is impossible.

What Ang Lee calls the standard is that if the car can perform more than 80% of these songs at the current level, it will be considered OK.

It’s OK for the audience too.

As for the outside world's evaluation at that time, Ang Lee believes that it will be OK.

If we apply this 80% standard to analyze these works, the difficulty becomes obvious.

As long as the car can clearly play the complex rhythm of Chopin's C-sharp minor Fantasy, make each note full and the melody fluid, and then press the pedal clearly to make a little bit of multi-part three-dimensional processing, it will have exceeded 80% of the completion rate.

Most of the above are still technical things

In other words, Xiaoche only needs to complete most of the techniques, and this song is enough to satisfy the audience.

However, these works by Schumann and Tchaikovsky are different. They are slow, have few notes and simple rhythm.

Wang Xiaohu can play both.

What are the technical difficulties in playing things that Wang Xiaohu can play?
Works without technical difficulties sound less addictive.

So what is the point of putting this kind of work, which lacks auditory stimulation in itself, on stage for the audience to hear?

What you listen to are the details, what you listen to is the charm.

This is a very appropriate analogy.

Chopin's C-sharp minor is like spicy hot pot. As long as the ingredients are fresh enough, no matter whether it is dipped in sesame sauce or oil sauce, most people really can't say it doesn't taste good.

Schumann’s three sketches and Tchaikovsky’s Barcarolle are like a pot of light old soup. If you want diners to praise it, it is far from enough to rely solely on the freshness of the ingredients.

A good pot of soup is of course inseparable from seasoning, but it is more a test of the chef’s inner skills.

Internal strength is what the car needs to improve in the first stage.

Ang Lee needs Xiaoche to spend more time thinking about these works in the first stage.

The thinking here is not about the background story of each piece, but the notes presented in the music.

The distance between notes, the arrangement of textures, and the relationship between harmonies.

Ang Lee wants to let Xiaoche focus his musical thoughts for the time being and pay more attention to the essence of music - sound.

In this competition, Li An wondered if any of the judges who gave Xiao Che full marks noticed that Xiao Che's current voice expression was somewhat monotonous.

Ang Lee admitted that Xiaoche’s timbre in the last Bach piece was very prominent, but this was in comparison with the first four pieces, and also because the last piece was a work by Bach.

Lee believes that if the music is composed by other composers, it will not have such an obvious effect.

The reason for this single tone is, on the one hand, Xiaoche's conscious key control skills, and on the other hand, the lack of focus on the tone itself.

The former is a long process, and Xiaoche needs to continue to use the control keys to exercise his control over the piano.

The latter is the key.

How to train to focus on the sound during practice. Ang Lee will start this training tomorrow when he gives Xiaoche the score of Chopin's Impromptu Fantasy in C-sharp minor.

Of course, of course.

The training of inner strength is a lifelong endeavor, and five short weeks is certainly only a small part of the long practice.

But if all goes well, the car will be good enough to start the next stage of training after five weeks.

In the second stage, Ang Lee will let Xiao Che focus all his energy on Czerny's works.

Not only the 740 Etudes, but also Czerny's Fugue, Czerny's Prelude and so on.

With the improvement of internal strength in the first stage, Xiaoche should have a new feeling when practicing Czerny again. Whether Czerny's works are musical or not, this question should be answered by Xiaoche in the second stage of technology.

Furthermore, Xiaoche has been very interested in Czerny's works recently.

Therefore, arranging Xiao Che to practice Czerny in the second stage is also a little sweet treat given by Ang Lee to Xiao Che, which can be regarded as a reward.

After all, who doesn’t want to eat more of their favorite food—and keep sharpening their fingers at the same time?

The improvement of external skills is also essential.

After finishing the second stage and entering the third stage, when the car's internal and external skills have been improved, it can enter the third stage - Bach's First Piano Concerto in D minor.

and the opening performance of the International Symphony Orchestra.

This should be the first piano concerto that Xiaoche is going to practice in the true sense.

As expected of a small car, it’s hellishly difficult to get started.

Ang Lee's words were somewhat sarcastic, but not an exaggeration.

At least for now, Ang Lee is not sure whether the car can bounce to the target.

When Hou Zhentao told him on the phone today that it was this song, he immediately wanted to refuse.

He didn't know how confident Mr. Xie was, and where did he get the confidence from, to actually dare to entrust this piece of music to a child who would be only fourteen years old at that time, and on such a stage.

What is the opening ceremony? It is a flag-raising ceremony.

But Li An still agreed.

Because in the morning Sang Ping told him some of the private conversations between mother and daughter last night.

It turns out that Xiaoche has a special affection for Bach's works and has determined to practice all of Bach's works in the future.

Even though it is a small car, Ang Lee has to say that children’s words are not to be underestimated.

He had no doubt that Xiaoche would be able to play all of Bach's works in the future.

Rather, it was Xiao Che's determination that gave him a sense of the innocence of children.

Perhaps Ang Lee doesn't have such strong feelings about Bach's works.

If he could only play the work of one composer in his life, he would hesitate between Beethoven and Mozart for a moment before choosing Mozart.

The feeling Xiaoche gave him was that if faced with the same problem, Xiaoche would choose Bach without hesitation.

Since that was the case, he had no more hesitation.

This time he wanted to take a risk. He didn't trust Mr. Xie, nor did he trust himself. He chose to trust Xiaoche.

He wanted to see what kind of stage this genius he couldn't understand would put on in four and a half months.

Since we are determined to play all of Bach's works, let's first play Bach's Piano No. 1 in D minor for all of us to see.

Ang Lee will not let any cars touch this work before the third phase begins.

He only allowed Xiaoche to look at the music score during that time.

The reason is very simple. It is different from Xie Qianzheng's idea. Xie Qianzheng wants to give the children more time to practice.

Ang Lee’s idea was that if Xiao Che couldn’t master the piece in one month after the first two training phases, then another three to five months would be useless.

Xiaoche is his student, and he can be said to know Xiaoche better than anyone else.

However, the six full marks for Xiaoche came from his guidance.

No one can deny this.

So he only gave the car one month.

There is another reason, as he told everyone at the end today, not to tell anyone that Xiaoche will have another Bach performance.

This matter is only known to a few people in the conference room today.

Because Ang Lee had no idea about the performance on September 6th.

What is the ecological environment of international relations? He is not clear.

But it is definitely more complicated than places like the National Centre for the Performing Arts Orchestra, Rong Ai Orchestra and Guangzhou International Symphony Orchestra.

Rong Ai and Canton Fair are all under the jurisdiction of local management, and He Peng and Fang Yongbo have the final say.

The National Symphony Orchestra is directly under the state and its predecessor was the Central Philharmonic Orchestra.

Although the National Grand Theater Orchestra is also directly under the state institution, Tang Qianfeng is the current head.

Tang Qianfeng called Ang Lee and invited his son to hold a concert at his place. This is the real value.

Where is Mr. Xie? Ang Lee had no doubts about his sincerity in wanting Xiao Che to play this scene.

But Mr. Xie is no longer the top official in charge of foreign affairs.

Such an important performance was finalized based on just one word from Mr. Xie?
Maybe Ang Lee was overthinking it, but what if?
What if everyone around knew that Xiaoche had such a high-end performance on September 6th, but it was eventually taken over by someone else?

This is not a joke.

So Ang Lee was also worried about this situation happening at that time.

Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

The child worked hard for four months and prepared desperately, but in the end he didn't get to perform on stage. Isn't that a waste of time?

The third phase will last about one month.

Putting down the pen, Li Ang looked himself up and down.

You wouldn't know unless you counted the songs carefully. But if you do the math, even though Ang Lee has tried his best to reduce the burden on the car, the burden is still a bit heavy.

The key point is that the repertoire for this June concert doesn’t even last an hour.

The first half still lacked a strong performance.

"You can't catch a wolf without sacrificing a kid."

"Hard work, kid."

"Ah."

“That way everyone will be fine.”

There is no other way. Under the current circumstances, the car's music library has to be expanded.
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That’s all for today. Li An stood up and stretched.

He needed to think about the music for the first half of June and couldn't just put together a song just because he was in a hurry to give Tang Qianfeng a reply.

No matter how anxious Tang Qianfeng is, he won't be anxious for just one night, right?
However, our Linlin was also an invited performer.

The little performer can also be considered a performer.

Besides, this little performer is not

This little performance was not mentioned by Ang Lee. In the online discussion about the Xiao Xiao Competition, everyone used the term "little performers" to describe these kids.

There is indeed a group of people on the Internet who praise these kids.

[Little musician, what do you want to eat for lunch tomorrow?]

Li An sent a message to Xiaoche, but after waiting for two hours, he received no reply.

There is only one possibility in this situation, that is, the car has already fallen asleep.

Go to sleep.

Li An and Lao Li chatted for a while and then fell asleep.
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The next morning, the car was almost late.

She slept soundly that night, and he slept all the way in the online taxi on the way to school.

She was so sleepy when she entered the classroom that she didn't even notice that the classroom suddenly became quiet with her arrival.

Amidst all kinds of gazes, the young planner yawned and walked to his seat.

She hadn't sat down yet, suddenly.

Xiaoguan: “Applause!”

The next second, there was a loud crash, which scared the car for a moment.

Xiao Zhang: "Welcome our pianist back!"

"Wow——————"

What the hell? !
Xiao Che frowned. Could it be that these two guys were using the excuse of watching her game to deliberately avoid doing their homework?