The God of Conducting Starting from Absolute Pitch

Chapter 354 "New" Music

The sun slowly rises above the sea level.

Its brilliant light no longer fades.

The mood of the music became so intense.

The momentum cannot be concealed.

Everyone was looking forward to the moment when the sun came out from the sea.

They thought of hearing the majesty of the sun.

Unfortunately, Chen Qiu did not give everyone such an opportunity.

The moment the sun leaves the sea.

The music suddenly became more restrained.

The blazing fire of the sun and the calmness of the sea are as distinct as two separate drops of water.

There is no longer any connection between the two.

The previous expectation seemed to be just an expectation.

That's it.

There is no superfluous content.

It’s just like when everyone is watching the sunrise at sea. What everyone expects to see is just the sunrise.

No one wants to go to the sea to watch the sun.

This is what the music is expressing at this moment.

The transformation from enthusiasm to indifference was so quick, yet reasonable.

The moment the sun rises from the sea, the sea truly takes on meaning.

The warm yellow light fell on the sea, reflecting broken light and illuminating the entire sea.

It's all so soft.

But this softness is not clear.

A hazy feeling enveloped everyone.

Such a feeling made everyone stunned, and then there was an indescribable surprise in their eyes.

This music, this fuzzy feeling?

a!

It's like a dream, like seeing flowers in the fog.

At this moment, they seemed to be no longer in the concert hall, but lying in their own home, sleeping in bed.

Everything they experienced was just as they saw and heard in a dream.

It is blurry, yet extremely clear.

This is the sea in reality, and this is also the sea in dreams.

This is their most perfect fantasy of the sea and sunrise.

They could clearly feel the magnificence of the rising sun.

You can also feel the blurred and broken sunlight on the sea.

They even wanted to just fall into sleep and didn't want to leave.

The baton in Chen Qiu's hand was a little frivolous, and he held it loosely in his hand and raised it upwards.

Qin Xian, who was beside Chen Qiu, led the string group, adjusting everything in the music to create a more psychedelic background.

Not far away, Su Yue calmly led the wind band group to push the emotions of the music forward, bringing more colors to this dream world.

This is not an ordinary black and white landscape painting, but an impressionist ink painting embellished with countless colors.

Everything only needs a few strokes to create the dreamlike scene.

The transmission of this music stunned everyone present.

They no longer know how to express their inner surprise.

Hubble, who was not far away, couldn't help but show a hint of excitement on his face.

Like those people, this should be his first time to listen to the Harmony Symphony Orchestra's performance.

He originally thought that the part that just started was the end of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra. After all, many symphony orchestras like to make a strong first impression, show everyone their super strength, and leave everyone with a stereotype.

Make everyone feel that they are very strong and have high expectations of them.

As long as this level can be maintained in the future, even if the strength is average, it can still show surprising performance.

But this symphony orchestra is different.

The strength shown at the beginning was just a starting point for the Harmony Symphony Orchestra.

They never thought about taking the initiative.

They just want a normal show.

The music should be flat where it should be flat, and strong where it should be strong.

The music was so powerful at the beginning, is there a possibility...

It’s not that the strength of this place is strong, but their own strength is so terrifyingly strong?
When he thought of this, Hubble felt that he might have to raise his expectations of the strength of this symphony orchestra.

According to his feeling, this symphony orchestra is definitely not in the top 1000 level.

Worst of all, this symphony orchestra can definitely be in the top 500!

He even felt that this band might be able to reach the top 300.

Of course, it is not impossible to go further, but Hubble feels a little risky.

After all, there are too few people and many large-scale pieces cannot be performed.

If they rely solely on small-scale works, it will be difficult for them to move forward no matter how strong they are.

So, it's just Hubble's feeling.

Among the more than 50 members of this orchestra, this student symphony orchestra...

No, that's not right!

This professional symphony orchestra can definitely be ranked in the top 50.

Even top 20!

This is the feeling this symphony orchestra gave him.

Powerful and unrivaled.

He relaxed his body, leaned back in his chair, and continued to enjoy the music brought to him by the Harmony Symphony Orchestra.

He completely changed his state.

From disdain at the beginning, to serious thinking, and then to relaxed appreciation.

He had to admit that the surprise brought to him by the Harmony Symphony Orchestra was greater than he had imagined.

He even began to feel secretly delighted.

He felt a little sympathetic towards the group of people who came to the concert yesterday.

That group of people is so miserable.

Didn't hear anything good and spent money.

Look at today.

It costs less money, fewer people, and the listening is better.

Who is worth listening to today?
Hubble felt that he had never attended such a wonderful concert in his life.

There were not many people around, it was like the whole place was reserved.

The level of strength is still strong.

You compare it.

The level and strength of the orchestra are better than those of the symphony orchestra, and the seats are more crowded than theirs.

The number of participants is about the same as that of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra, but their level and strength are not as strong as theirs.

The overall cost-effectiveness is really high!
Listening to the dreamy music in his ears, Hubble couldn't help but reveal an indescribable smile on his face.

It's not just him.

The same was true for many other people around who came to the concert.

They had never thought that there would be a day when they would hear such a beautiful, relaxing and enjoyable performance.

The sun is climbing higher and higher into the sky.

The music is different from the previous linear sonata form. The theme and motive of the music climb upwards like a spiral, generating and transforming each other.

Music never stops moving forward.

Ignoring the difference between presentation and development makes the music more magical.

This is the open form originally created by Debussy.

Debussy once said that music is a composition of time and color given rhythm, and the sea is the embodiment of this view.

Although what he wanted to express was more about the content of his opinion, but for the audience.

Their understanding of this work, after all, is "using music to depict the sea" or "title music depicting the sea scenery."

Chen Qiu led the Harmony Symphony Orchestra to interpret this work. Although the interpretation was largely based on Debussy's ideas, they still did not forget the concept that music is to serve the audience.

They did a lot of analysis, understanding and interpretation of the music, and finally turned it into what everyone heard.

The power of the sun is increasing little by little.

Time also gradually moves from sunrise to noon.

The waves of the sea became more and more fierce.

The trembling tone is like the splash of water under the waves, washing against the cliffs.

Su Yue played the clarinet in her mouth slowly.

The mood of the music rises wave after wave.

She not only led the woodwind instruments on her side, but also the brass instruments on the other side to push the emotion of the music upward.

The orchestra's shining point is no longer limited to its strings.

The wind instruments also released their strength at this time.

Orchestra Orchestra.

If it's just strings, why not a string quartet?
It is because the team has the help of wind instruments that the music becomes complete.

This is also the meaning of the band's existence.

If Chen Qiu is the soul of the orchestra, Qin Xian is the skeleton of the orchestra.

Then Su Yue is the flesh and blood of the orchestra.

She led the wind instruments, filling them up and filling the gaps left by the strings.

The giant who originally looked thin has become strong again.

Her presence is shocking.

This is Su Yue.

This is the orchestra's principal wind instrument player.

Chen Qiu raised the corners of his mouth and looked at Qin Xian. At the same time, they raised the mood of the music upwards again.

One wave after another.

The power is endless. The wind instruments are interspersed in the orchestra, constructing a shocking musical framework.

Everyone present was shocked.

They were completely sluggish.

They originally thought that the moment the sun rose from the sea, the music had reached its climax, but who could have imagined...

Is this just the beginning?
This is the first movement.

The sound of hymns emerges from the music, like a hymn of praise.

The music reached its climax.

The sun gradually rose high in the sky, illuminating the entire sea.

Thousands of rays of light were released in the sky, showing an indescribable power.

Just like the existence of a harmonious symphony orchestra.

Burning, crazy.

It's impossible to open your eyes.

This is the Harmony Symphony Orchestra.

This is one of the top three symphony orchestras in Haicheng.

After making up for the shortcoming of wind instruments, the symphony orchestra completed its transformation in just a few days and became an insurmountable height in everyone's hearts.

With the end of these hymns.

The music slowly faded away amid the echoes.

Everyone wanted to applaud the Harmony Symphony Orchestra at this moment.

But the next second, the orchestra began to perform the second movement.

The music of the second movement, "Game of Waves", vividly depicts the scene of white waves hitting the coast.

The introduction describes the sound of lovely small waves surging back and forth. As the music continues to develop, the English horn plays the lovely first main motive, giving people a sense of leisure.

In the playfulness of the sea, music is used to express the various colors of the water splashes.

Finally, it is the third movement.

When the third movement began, Ai, a drummer not far away, hit the bass drum in front of him with the timpani stick in his hand.

The rumbling sound was like thunder floating and moving in the distance.

This is the song of the wind and the sea.

The wind is howling and the sea is roaring.

The lightning and thunder in the distance sounded like the coming of the end of the world.

The sea breeze collides with the sea surface.

The ink of the tone color fell into the sea as if it was overturned, leaving only a black turbidity.

The sound of the turbulent waves is the confrontation between the wind and the sea.

Under this great power, only the thick ink covering the sky remained.

It’s not just the magnificent view of the sea.

This is a hymn to the power of nature.

The dialogue between the wind and the sea seemed to herald the end.

You listen to the muddy tone, as if a storm is coming.

The sudden rise of everything ultimately led to its sudden silence.

All things go from prosperity to decline, and from decline to prosperity, continuously.

At the end of this music, you can no longer hear any other tones.

All I could hear was the siren's song coming from afar, getting stronger and stronger!

The shriek of wind instruments and the roar of strings announced the coming of the end.

Finally, the hymns reappear in a jubilant climax.

This is “new”!
Music "new"!
The "new" of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra!
The ideas of presentation and development co-exist in a constant outpouring!
This outpouring makes the work not need to rely on any pre-set form, but move forward with its own strength!
The emergence of a motive, from an uncertain half-introduction to the formation of the basic elements of a movement, only requires a few changes.

You can't trace it back to its source.

You can only listen in shock as the Harmony Orchestra interprets it and pours it into your ears.

Such a powerful new idea made many audience members' minds go blank.

Even though they had heard this piece of work before, they had never imagined that it could be so new.

It was as if they had never heard this piece of music before.

Those unusual tones gradually form interdependent tonal relationships in the process of change.

Like a fugue, its theme forms a "mixed mode" with multiple elements, just like the rhythm of the sea's breathing.

The musical time of the surging waves is almost impossible to capture and can only be continued through constant rotation.

It seems to collapse and disappear, but keeps reappearing.

By introducing differentiation, the relationship between the two forces is expressed, showing the structural significance of music.

Shocked, silent.

This was a direction of interpretation they had never thought of.

The emotional expression of the music reached its peak at this moment.

The hymns pulled their thoughts to the point of collapse.

They never imagined that music could be so grand and magnificent.

They have heard many, many interpretations by symphony orchestras.

Many symphony orchestras interpret better than the Harmony Orchestra.

but……

It was the first time they had heard something like the Harmony Symphony Orchestra.

new.

Too new.

They can hear the betrayal in the music.

You can hear dissatisfaction with other forms of music.

Hear the idea of ​​creating new musical forms.

So many emotions are gathered in the music, and finally a "new" feeling is presented.

Perhaps this is not new music, but at that time, when everyone was crushed by Wagner.

This kind of music can definitely be considered new.

Not only that.

They can also hear the new music of the band.

Such a brand new symphony orchestra presents such new musical expressions.

Everything has become synonymous with "new".

Everyone was silent.

They looked at the orchestra still playing on the stage, with unspeakable emotions in their eyes.

Among the crowd were not just ordinary spectators like Hubble.

There are also some music critics who are invited by European musicians magazines to write music reviews.

When they looked at the Harmony Symphony Orchestra, their eyes were full of surprise.

They felt like they had found a treasure.

Such a symphony orchestra is completely different from the traditional European symphony orchestra.

Enough for them to make a name for themselves among several inward-looking European music critics.

And, it's different from those big symphony orchestras.

Thousands of people go to listen to and write about the performances of those big symphony orchestras every time. Even if they try their best, they may not be able to get a final invitation.

Like today, there were only a few hundred people coming to listen in such a large venue.

No matter how you think about it, there won’t be many people who can come and write a symphony orchestra.

This means...

They have a chance to become famous through the performance of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra!
Thinking of this, they couldn't help but tremble all over.

All of them could see that this symphony orchestra was not an ordinary symphony orchestra.

As long as they can ensure that their performance style remains unchanged, this symphony orchestra will surely make a name for itself in the future!

They are very sure about this.

Under everyone's gaze, the orchestra has entered its final roar.

The music fell into complete silence as the hymns sang like the hymns of God.

There was nothingness again.

Buzzing.

There was absolutely no way for everyone present to escape from the shock of the music.

Until the last echo died away.

There was silence.

They looked at the Harmony Orchestra in front of them, finally swallowed slowly, stood up suddenly, and roared loudly.

"Bravo!!!!"

Roars and applause echoed throughout the concert hall.

It was hard to believe that such sounds could come from so few people in this concert hall.

Even Chen Qiu couldn't help but be stunned, and then looked at the audience with a smile on his face.

Just as Chen Qiu was about to bow, he never expected that the door of the concert hall would be pushed open the next second after the music ended.

It wasn't just the other people in the room who were angry and "baravo" about Chen Qiu and the Harmony Symphony Orchestra.

Outside the house, there were some staff members who were also listening to the performance of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra.

It's just that they can't enter because of the rules of the show.

So they could only listen outside the door.

However, even though they were separated by a door, they were still impressed by the performance of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra.

I couldn't help but stand up and cheer for them.

In addition to the group of staff members, there were also some passers-by outside the house who were also attracted in.

Like the staff, they were also cheering for the Harmony Symphony Orchestra.

Looking at the excited crowd, Chen Qiu couldn't help but smile and waved to everyone.

"I didn't expect there were so many outside the house. Stop standing there and come in."

"Since everyone is so excited, I will give you an encore work."

Chen Qiu turned around, looked at Su Yue, and said softly.

"Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, first movement."

(End of this chapter)