The God of Conducting Starting from Absolute Pitch

Chapter 360 This is Harmony

Applause roared.

Chen Qiu walked from the edge to the center of the church, looking at everything under the stage with a slightly emotional look in his eyes.

He had forgotten when was the last time he performed in a place like a church.

Maybe I hadn't traveled through time at that time?
Anyway, when he was in China, he had never performed in a place like a church.

The most similar place to the church was probably the flash mob at the airport.

Apart from this, he never came into contact with a similar venue again.

After such a long time, when I came to the church to perform again, I always had an inexplicable feeling.

Especially when I saw so many people sitting and standing densely packed under the stage.

There are not many locations for churches, Chen Qiu had counted them before.

There are about 14 people in a row, 7 people in a group.

There are about 40 rows of seats in total.

The total number of seats should be less than 700.

There is no distinction between high and low seats. All seats are simple, plain stools with a simple backrest. Everyone sits quietly in front of the orchestra and watches its performance.

That's what you say.

If we are just talking about the seats, the space here is probably a little bigger than my own concert hall.

But the thing is, this is not the same concert hall as the Harmony Symphony Orchestra.

All the seats in the concert hall of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra can only be that high.

They are unwilling to buy excess tickets.

But here, the ticket purchasing method of this music festival is obviously different from theirs.

Perhaps what they believe in is that music should have no limits.

So in addition to the 700 seats, there were countless people standing in the back and around.

Fill this church.

From what Chen Qiu could see with his naked eyes, he felt that there should be nearly a thousand people in front of him.

Cramming nearly a thousand people into such a small church?

Chen Qiu didn't even dare to think about it.

However, under the expectant gazes of the crowd, he still cleared his throat a little, smiled and began to speak in German which was not very fluent because he had not practiced for a long time.

"Welcome, everyone, to the Harmony Symphony Orchestra's performance tonight."

Wow!
Applause started again.

Everyone expressed their welcome to Chen Qiu with applause.

Feeling the warm atmosphere of the crowd, Chen Qiu smiled and nodded, switched the language back to English, and spoke softly.

"I am very happy to be invited by the Rhine Music Festival to perform in the monastery. This performance is a very difficult challenge for me and my orchestra, because we have never performed in a church before. After all, as you all know, in our country, we do not believe in religion."

Chen Qiu made a small joke and everyone laughed.

After everyone's laughter died down, Chen Qiu continued.

"As a monastery building located near Eltville on the Rhine River in the Rheingau region of Germany, Eberbach Abbey combines the styles of Romanesque and early Gothic architecture. It is one of the famous architectural heritages of Hesse. When we first came here, we could feel the extremely rich musical and cultural atmosphere from the style of the building."

“It is no exaggeration to say that the existence of this monastery has been of great help to us. It allows us to continue to think about music and learn more about the connotation of German music.”

"Besides that, there are many, many details that deserve our attention..."

Chen Qiu stood on the podium and spoke to everyone.

He not only talked about the history of the monastery, but also about the integration of music and religion, the contribution of German music to the development of music history, and its help to their thinking about music.

At the same time, he also praised the organizers of the Rheingau Music Festival and the head of the Eberbach Monastery, thanking them for their help to the orchestra.

His words left the people standing outside the church bewildered.

They looked at each other, their eyes full of confusion.

them……

Did you really learn a lot from this monastery?
Why does it feel like they came here just to wander around, then rehearse in this monastery and have a meal, and nothing else happened?
How on earth could Chen Qiu think of so many compliments?
Even in English?
Qin Xian couldn't help but nod slightly after hearing this, and said lightly to Zhao Xi beside him.

"I didn't expect Commander Chen Qiu to be so good at chatting."

"Of course, if you don't have a little bit of eloquence, how can you become the conductor of the orchestra? Everyone wouldn't be so impressed with Conductor Chen Qiu."

"makes sense."

Qin Xian smiled slightly and continued to look at Chen Qiu.

Ai Gu, who was standing next to them, was filled with questions after hearing what the two said, and he was so anxious that he was scratching his ears and cheeks.

After all, he is different from academic masters like Qin Xian, his English is really not good.

He really wanted to catch someone and ask him what Chen Qiu had said to make so many people applaud.

But considering that they might disturb Chen Qiu in the house, he could only force himself to suppress his emotions and keep silent, his face almost turning red.

Qin Xian glanced at him and said nothing, but continued to observe Chen Qiu through the crack in the door.

At this moment, Chen Qiu's praise for the monastery had obviously come to an end. He began to introduce the content of the orchestra and the repertoire to be performed tonight.

The repertoire to be performed tonight was carefully designed by Chen Qiu and the orchestra.

Because the performance was to be held in a monastery in Germany, the orchestra prepared not only Beethoven's Fifth Symphony (The Fate) but also Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.

This is Beethoven's most famous work.

The fourth movement is the one of Ode to Joy.

As a sign of respect for the monastery.

They also wanted to thank the monastery for inviting them.

After all, they had come to someone else's monastery, and they said a lot of thanks to the monastery for its help. Then they followed the previous performance schedule and performed a work by Debussy from France and then a work from the United States.

Isn't this just slapping yourself in the face?

And the styles of those two people are basically completely close to modern times, and many things are contrary to the feeling of the past monasteries.

It would be difficult for Chen Qiu to lead the orchestra to play more classical music, such as Bach, or even music from the Middle Ages before Bach.

However, Chen Qiu can still lead the orchestra to perform Beethoven, which has some connection with religion and a very close relationship with Germany.

The one that has the greatest relationship with religion is, of course, Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.

Chen Qiu expressed the hope that when they perform Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, that is, when they play Ode to Joy, all the audience can cooperate with them and perform with him.

As everyone saw, they did not bring their own singing group.

They are a symphony orchestra.

Therefore, the final Ode to Joy still depends on the efforts of the audience.

After all, this place is a church.

There is no particularly great distance between them.

They can be said to be performing in front of the public.

The distance between Chen Qiu and the audience was probably less than 3 meters.

There wasn't even room for one person to lie down.

At this distance, music is no longer just a simple relationship of I play and you listen.

Instead, it becomes an interaction, a communication.

Use music to communicate each other's hearts.

When they heard this, the people in front of Chen Qiu couldn't help but cheer.

Looking at everyone's extremely excited expressions, Chen Qiu couldn't help but smile.

He shouted to the group of people standing outside the closed door not far away.

"Okay, everyone from the Harmony Orchestra, come in!"

"Let's go, get ready to enter!"

As soon as Chen Qiu finished speaking, Qin Xian pushed the door open and spoke to everyone in the orchestra.

The moment Chen Qiu stretched out his hand, applause broke out.

The members of the Ai drum and bass group were the first to enter the church.

Rui Jia walked to the edge very honestly, hugged her double bass, looked at Chen Qiu seriously, and waited for their performance to begin.

Although Huang Xin beside her was also very curious, she still suppressed her inner expectations, pretended to be cool, held her huge penis, sat next to Rui Jia, and raised her eyebrows at Rui Jia.

Ai Gu paused as he walked.

He really wanted to ask what Chen Qiu had just said.

But as the performance was about to begin and Chen Qiu was in control, he didn't know what to say.

Therefore, he only looked at Chen Qiu cautiously, muttered a few words, and then walked to his timpani, waiting for the performance to begin. After the bass and percussion groups entered the stage, some wind instruments and cellos entered the stage.

Xu Shuwen, with the two people from Yuefu beside him, walked gently in front of Chen Qiu. After nodding slightly to Chen Qiu, he sat down directly.

The cello player was sitting on the right side of Chen Qiu, and Rui Jia and the others' double bass players were behind the cello.

The oboe is right in front of Chen Qiu.

After the oboe entered the stage, it was the viola led by Wu Ming.

When he saw Wu Ming, Chen Qiu was almost stunned.

He knows everyone in the band, and he even remembers everyone's appearance, personality, habits, and hobbies.

But I don’t know if this Wu Ming has any special abilities.

When Chen Qiu saw him, his mind went blank and he almost forgot his name.

Fortunately, Chen Qiu still remembered deep in his memory that he was particularly easy to forget one person, that person was the principal viola player named Wu Ming.

Otherwise, Chen Qiu might really have shouted to the staff nearby to kick out this person who had sneaked into the orchestra before Wu Ming even went on stage.

By the way, is this the ability of a principal viola player?

The strength of the viola is so terrifying!

Chen Qiu couldn't help but sigh.

Following the entrance of the viola, the next to enter were Su Yue, who played clarinet, and the flutes and trumpets, Zhao Xi, who played second violin, and the first violins.

It was obvious that the string music of the Harmony Orchestra had made a deep impression on everyone, so when the violin came on stage, those who had participated in the Harmony Orchestra's performances immediately cheered.

The applause from the audience suddenly became louder.

This made everyone in the string group feel a little embarrassed.

The applause continued until Qin Xian appeared on the stage, at which point it reached its climax.

The audience at the Baden-Baden Music Festival looked at Qin Xian with very profound expressions.

The ones who impressed them most were the principal violinist and the principal clarinetist.

Basically, it can be said that these two people pulled the orchestral music together.

When Su Yue just appeared on the stage, everyone cheered.

Now Qin Xian is coming on stage, the real leader of the orchestra, and everyone has to shout louder.

For a moment, the church was filled with applause and cheers from the audience.

Such cheers made Qin Xian's steps stop involuntarily, but soon he returned to normal and continued walking towards his position.

It's just obvious that you can definitely notice that his steps have become a little harder.

Even when sitting in his seat, his body was still tense.

Seeing Qin Xian like this, Chen Qiu could only look at the audience helplessly, sighed slightly, stretched out his hand and pressed down gently.

There's nothing we can do, the audience is too loud.

Qin Xian is now about two meters away from the audience.

At this distance, Qin Xian had no way to dodge if the audience pounced on him.

Chen Qiu naturally wanted the audience to calm down and not affect his performance.

As Chen Qiu pressed his palm down, the originally noisy sound immediately became quiet.

Everyone looked at Chen Qiu expectantly, waiting for the band's performance.

Under the expectant gazes of the crowd, Chen Qiu asked the oboe to quickly play a standard note of A, asked the orchestra to tune it, and then raised his hands.

The whole person stood there calmly.

He didn't make any movement, but it seemed to attract everyone's attention, making everyone's attention fall on him.

This is Chen Qiu.

This is the control a top commander has over the scene.

He just looked at everyone in his orchestra calmly. After making his breathing equal to that of everyone in the orchestra, he took a deep breath and pulled down with both hands.

Dangdangdang!

The sound of the symphony of fate rang out at this moment.

The cruelty represented by Beethoven's Fifth Symphony also slammed into everyone's faces at this moment.

At this moment, the mixing that Chen Qiu felt during the previous rehearsal has completely disappeared with so many people present.

Instead, there is a musical feeling like that of a professional concert hall.

Light and darkness intertwined.

Reality and fantasy coexist.

Pain burns in fire, hope burns in torture.

The orchestra was only two or three meters away from the audience.

It's just a beginning, and the mood of the music is completely elevated at this moment.

The huge and powerful sound effect hit everyone's face directly, catching them off guard.

Every note that appears is so mellow and full of power.

The connection between sounds does not only rely on the performer's own strength, but also on the cooperation between musicians.

The fusion of harmony was fully demonstrated in front of everyone at this moment.

They never imagined that the Fate of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony, as performed by the Harmony Orchestra, would be so grand and spectacular.

Take their breath away.

Is this the Harmony Symphony Orchestra? No wonder the monastery attaches so much importance to it that they put their performance on the homepage of the monastery's official website.

These are the thoughts of some people who have not heard the Harmony Orchestra at this moment.

The timbre, the beauty of the music, the expression of the music, the handling of details, and the incomparable and magnificent musical harmony, this is indeed the harmony symphony orchestra that I heard before, and I was not mistaken.

The strength of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra is, as expected, terrifying!
These are the thoughts in the minds of those who have heard the Harmony Symphony Orchestra's performance before.

It was different from the shock expressed by those who heard the Harmony Symphony Orchestra for the first time.

They even felt like crying.

They kept bragging about the Harmony Symphony Orchestra in the group. I don't know how many people expressed their disdain for them, thinking that they had joined some pyramid scheme, or were cheated, or had some other problems.

Why else would they brag about a symphony orchestra like this?
With so many doubts and the fact that they had no way of producing any valid evidence, and could only rely on their own boasting, many of them couldn't help but reveal a hint of anxiety on their faces.

There was no way, they really had no way to make everyone believe it.

Even those who are questioned are about to doubt themselves.

I doubt whether what I heard before was correct.

And now I heard it.

Although it is not the Debussy of the past, there is the Beethoven of the past.

Just this piece of Beethoven.

They are enough to make the Harmony Symphony Orchestra the youngest and strongest symphony orchestra.

It is even not inferior to some symphony orchestras with strong German blood.

It is indeed the Harmony Symphony Orchestra.

Sure enough, it has to be the Harmony Symphony Orchestra.

They were right.

Everyone couldn't help but think so as they listened to the performance of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra.

This violin, this clarinet, this timpani, this bass...

Everything is so beautiful.

The orchestra's music not only attracts ordinary audiences, but also many people who work in the monastery and are preparing to go home after work are attracted by the performance of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra.

I sneaked to the side door and stood at the edge to listen to the performance of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra.

They listen to a lot of bands and a lot of artists.

But orchestras like the Harmony Symphony Orchestra are definitely a minority!

Everyone couldn't help but think so as they listened to the music.

Until the last note of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony ended, no one woke up from the performance of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra.

Chen Qiu did not show much surprise about this.

He also did not let the orchestra end at this moment and ask for applause from the audience.

After the music ended, everyone quickly flipped through the music scores in their hands, looked at each other, and nodded vigorously.

Beethoven's Ninth Symphony officially begins at this moment!
(End of this chapter)