The God of Conducting Starting from Absolute Pitch

Chapter 349 Complete Harmony Symphony!

Su Yue came to Baden-Baden alone.

From the small town of Lübeck in the north of Germany to Baden-Baden in the south.

Just riding on Germany's fastest ice train took nearly 6 hours.

After she got to the neighboring Mannheim, she changed trains from Mannheim and took nearly an hour to reach Baden-Baden.

Therefore, she spent nearly seven hours just for this meeting with Chen Qiu.

Naturally, she did not waste these seven hours.

She spent her time learning music scores.

While the train was running, she leaned against the seat with her legs bent, flipping through the tablet music in her hands, listening to the music playing repeatedly in her ears, thinking about how she should interpret the music, without showing any sign of fatigue due to the long train ride.

Obviously, this kind of experience of going out to perform alone is not just one or two times, but countless times.

During these days she was alone in Germany, she had actually become completely accustomed to this kind of life.

Because there are fewer people in Germany, many trains are basically not full unless they are popular ones.

Therefore, two seats per person is actually very common.

At the beginning, Su Yue was a little bit restrained, feeling that it was not good for her to occupy two seats by herself.

But as time changed, she found that there were many people like this who occupied two positions.

Unless you are with your friends, you will basically have two seats for each person.

Not only that.

In order to sit more comfortably, many people even treat it as a small berth. They take off their shoes, sit sideways on the chair, lean against the window behind them, and then work slowly on the train.

Su Yue looked at the comfortable appearance of that group of people and struggled for a long time, but finally she did not let herself indulge herself like that.

She simply put the backpack next to her and leaned her body against it, creating a cushion feeling to make herself more comfortable.

This is the main reason why she could endure such a long car journey and come to Baden-Baden from such a faraway place Lübeck in such high spirits.

This is also the main reason why she was able to stick with the German side.

He practices piano in the practice room every day, and goes to other places to perform after practice. He basically has no life of his own, which is completely different from Fu Diao.

Without an extremely strong soul, it would be impossible to continue studying in Germany.

of course!

These things have actually become commonplace for Su Yue.

She has been like this since she was a child.

In Germany, apart from practicing the piano by myself every day and not having any particularly close friends, there isn't much else going on.

But then again.

When she was in China, she didn't seem to have many friends.

The one who played the best was Huang Xin, who was learning the tuba.

So when you think about it this way, there really isn't much difference between her and the country.

Still so lonely.

It seems to give people a feeling of being out of reach.

She took a car to the city center of Baden-Baden.

For a short distance of four kilometers, the taxi driver charged her nearly 20 euros.

If she wasn't able to perform normally and earn money now, she would probably be scared like other international students when she saw the price.

Su Yue let out a light breath, smiled and handed the 20 euros in her hand to the taxi driver. After saying coldly that the change was not needed, she got out of the car with her luggage and came to the Baden-Baden Theater.

There are a lot of people around, and countless tourists gather here. They sit down in some nearby cake shops or coffee shops, order a cup of coffee, sit under the parasols, and stare at the surrounding environment in a daze.

Not far away you can see some naked children playing happily on the grass.

Everything here is so quiet.

Everyone is enjoying life.

It’s like forgetting the troubles of life.

All they yearn for is to continue to experience this perfect world.

Some old men and women not far away seemed to see Su Yue looking at them, and noticed that she was carrying a huge clarinet bag. They soon realized that she was most likely a member of the performance, so they raised the coffee in their hands to Su Yue in the distance, pretending to toast, and then took a small sip happily.

Every passerby who walked past Su Yue, the moment they saw Su Yue, looked at her with a smile and said hello to her gently.

If you don't consider the reality.

Such a small town environment is really extremely comfortable.

It makes people want to stay here forever.

In summer, people happily bask in the sun, and in winter, they soak in the steaming hot bathhouse.

As for spring and autumn, they are the Germans' favorite seasons.

They can stroll through the forest in the lush spring or rich autumn colors, allowing themselves to become one with the forest and disconnect from the world.

Perhaps this is the reason why the city of Baden-Baden has become the first choice for many people to travel?

Su Yue looked at everything around her and couldn't help but think so.

She let out a light breath, turned her attention back to the theater in front of her, and stepped forward without much hesitation.

There are no staff members at the door here, or rather, there is no staff member who looks like a doorman.

There were only some shop assistants standing behind the counter selling some souvenirs.

They were wearing the same uniform and were laughing and chatting about something.

Some of them seemed to notice Su Yue's arrival, but seeing her looking around, it felt like she was more like a tourist coming for a visit rather than a performer, so they just glanced at Su Yue and didn't pay any more attention to her.

After all, they are just an ordinary clerk.

Serving customers is not their main responsibility, so why take it so seriously?

The sense of relaxation is simply maxed out.

Su Yue didn't really care whether anyone received her or not. After taking a look at the structure of the house, she walked towards the backstage.

She seemed to hear some voices over there.

According to the information Chen Qiu gave her, the people over there should be some people from the band.

She just carried her instrument bag and came to the backstage without anyone stopping her.

It's like holding a cup of tea in England and wearing a reflective vest in the United States.

Everyone thought you were a staff member.

She walked calmly to the door of the orchestra lounge. Before she entered, she heard some familiar voices. The corners of her originally cold mouth couldn't help but rise.

Everything seems to be exactly the same as before.

The familiar feeling is back.

At this moment, Chen Qiu in the room was discussing something with everyone.

Chen Qiu said with a slightly frowned face.

"No, your oboe sound was a little too prominent in that part just now. This doesn't feel good. You'd better restrain it a little. I don't like it. You don't interpret Debussy's feeling well enough."

"Ai Gu, the same goes for your strength. I want to hear a softer tone. The tone you give me right now is actually a bit bad. Please adjust it a little bit."

"Although I know that you didn't eat well this morning and at noon, this shouldn't be the reason why your performance was so bad. Give some strength and passion. Debussy's softness is not empty. You have played it so many times and are even preparing to perform it. How can you still not distinguish between softness and emptyness?"

"This is our first time as an invited orchestra to perform abroad. It might be a bit too much to say that we are bringing glory to the country, but at the very least, we should play a little better, let the music come out more and sound more like the real thing, so that the Germans will be surprised that China has such an awesome orchestra, right?"

"The performance will start at 7:30 tonight. We only have a little time left. How you perform depends on yourselves. I won't say much. Everyone, please adjust your state. The leaders of each section should lead the people in your section to rehearse again. After the rehearsal, we will start again."

Chen Qiu looked at the band members with a slightly tired feeling.

He felt that he might have given the band members too little time.

Rehearsal and performance are directly connected, with no time for adjustment in between.

This also made the orchestra's first recovery rehearsal perform a little bit bad.

If you put it in a school performance to fool the teacher, there is no problem. However, if you really want to perform this piece in front of a foreign audience, it will be very difficult.

In addition to this piece, they actually also prepared a domestic piece, intending to show it to foreigners as a feature of the band.

If they can't even perform foreign works well, how can they get that group of people to appreciate works with national characteristics?
Put yourself in their shoes for a moment.

For example, a foreigner comes to China and performs Chinese works with Chinese instruments. The performance is a mess. Then he says that musicians from his country have created a set of works in their style with Chinese instruments and he hopes everyone will listen to it. If his performance is so bad before, how can he attract everyone to listen and watch?
Therefore, it is most important to take the initiative.

We play your music better than you do, let's see what those foreigners dare to say.

Chen Qiu's voice made everyone in the band feel helpless for a moment.

They didn't know what was going on. They had no problems performing in China. It could even be said that the performance went extremely smoothly, and received a lot of praise from people.

As a result, various problems arose as soon as we started rehearsing abroad.

Is this the legendary going abroad syndrome?

Shouldn't they be so nervous? They've performed so many times, right?
Everyone was extremely puzzled.

But since Chen Qiu asked them to re-train their respective divisions, they would not refuse.

So everyone stood up and decided to practice their respective content according to Chen Qiu's request.

Make sure there are no mild issues at tomorrow's show.

The room, which originally only had voices, suddenly became noisy.

The sounds of various musical instruments rang out in the house.

The listener seems a little annoyed.

But there was not much change on Chen Qiu's face.

He just sat in the center, listening to the chaotic sounds below his ears, quickly filtering those sounds in his brain, analyzing the part they were performing at the moment, and then giving prompts in time.

"Ruijia, please adjust your position a little bit. You are using too much force on the double bass in your hand."

"Xu Shuwen, your cello is a little weak. You just played three wrong notes in the first three bars of your cello part. Play it again."

"Trumpets! I heard you! Don't think I didn't hear you, you just missed seven bars!"

"And you, French Horn..."

For a moment, the air pressure in the room became even lower.

No one expected that the pressure Chen Qiu put on them would be so great.

Perhaps it’s not just the pressure from Chen Qiu, but also the pressure from performing abroad.

All in all, everyone in the rehearsal room became even busier.

Chen Qiu sighed after hearing this.

Just when Chen Qiu was debating whether to ask the orchestra to stop rehearsing and relax and not be too nervous, the door opened. Along with it came the sound of high heels clicking on the ground and the sound of the orchestra's rehearsal gradually coming to a halt.

Chen Qiu's first reaction was that someone was late, or Li Miaomiao came in.

So he said directly without turning his head.

"What are you doing? No matter who comes in, don't stop rehearsing. Hurry up and practice. We don't have much time. When we finish rehearsing tonight, I will treat you to a big dinner. Li Miaomiao has already made a reservation for you in advance! Hurry up and rehearse."

After the words fell, everyone still did not rehearse, but continued to look behind Chen Qiu.

Chen Qiu felt confused after seeing this.

Just as Chen Qiu was about to turn around to see who was coming, a very familiar fragrance suddenly came from behind him.

As the hair rubbed against his side, Chen Qiu saw a very familiar figure walking past him.

Just as he remembered.

A slender girl carrying a huge clarinet bag walked past him gracefully.

She raised her chin very proudly like a cat, without looking at anyone, and walked straight to the orchestra's rehearsal position.

In full view of everyone, she stood next to the principal clarinetist and gently kicked his chair with her foot.

She still didn't say anything, but everyone understood what she meant.

She has come back.

The previous chief successor should abdicate.

Although there had never been a principal position in the clarinet section before and everyone was a performer, everyone actually tacitly accepted that Qiao Shao was the leader of the clarinet and the other person was the assistant.

Now that she is back, Qiao Shao naturally needs to step down.

Qiao Shao stood up extremely excitedly, wiped the chair under his butt with his sleeve, and excitedly motioned for her to sit down. Then, like a little follower, he skipped to the edge of the stage, brought another chair, and sat behind her with an extremely docile attitude, as if expressing his obedience to her.

But she didn't react at all, as if she was being guided as she pleased.

She gracefully landed in her position, took out the clarinet from her clarinet bag, assembled it, and then blew it gently.

A convincingly elegant sound slowly came out of her mouth.

After confirming that there was no problem with the sound, she didn't even look at the oboe not far away, but looked at Chen Qiu and spoke softly.

"oboe, standard pronunciation."

Same as before.

Nothing changes.

But before that, she was looking at the oboe and didn't care much about Chen Qiu.

But now, she looked at Chen Qiu and was not very interested in other people in the band.

The oboe musician not far away was holding his instrument, not knowing what to do.

As an experienced oboe player, especially experienced in that area, he felt it very clearly.

It's not a good time to disturb him.

He couldn't help but swallow slowly, looked at Xu Shuwen who was not far away from him, and winked at her.

But Xu Shuwen just shook his head slightly and said nothing.

There was silence in the house.

Everyone is waiting for the development of the plot.

I don’t know how Chen Qiu will deal with this cooperation that has been so long delayed.

Under the gaze of everyone, Chen Qiu finally broke the silence with a soft laugh.

He smiled and spoke softly to Su Yue.

"You came a little earlier than I thought."

"I was planning to take a rest first, but I heard your voice in the room and I became anxious, so I came in early."

"I can't help it. All of a sudden, the content that we had rehearsed doesn't work. Of course I have to be anxious. You should have been to an orchestra in Europe, right? You should know it very well, right?"

"Well, it's clear, so I'm coming in."

"It's good that you're here. Now, I'll leave the clarinet part to you."

"Ah."

Su Yue nodded softly.

The two didn't say much, everything was implied.

Since the orchestra is having some problems now, then as the principal clarinetist, woodwind principal, and even wind instrument principal of the orchestra, she would naturally not refuse.

The pressure in Chen Qiu's heart suddenly dissipated the moment Su Yue arrived.

He looked at Lefu who was still making faces not far away and frowned.

"No, Yuefu, what are you doing? Is it so difficult to ask you to give a standard tone?"

The corner of Lefu's mouth twitched, and he said helplessly: "Sorry, sorry, it's my problem, I'll come now!"

"No, just wait a moment."

Chen Qiu raised his hand, picked up the baton he had placed aside, shook it twice in his hand, looked at everyone, and nodded slightly.

"Okay, everyone, take your seats. Let's rehearse this piece from the beginning, Debussy's La Mer. As you all have seen, Su Yue has just returned to the orchestra, so I hope everyone can complete this rehearsal with the most full attitude."

"Now, let's start this rehearsal as a complete Harmony Symphony Orchestra!"

As soon as Chen Qiu's voice fell, everyone in the orchestra immediately became alert.

The fire in their hearts was also ignited.

They shouted with great excitement.

"Yes! Chen Qiu is in command!"

(End of this chapter)