The God of Conducting Starting from Absolute Pitch

Chapter 378 You call this 666?

As the host's voice fell, the audience burst into applause.

When the members of the Harmony Orchestra filed out on both sides of Chen Qiu and landed in their respective positions, the applause became even more enthusiastic.

There weren't many people under the stage at this moment.

The large concert hall with a capacity of nearly 1000 people was barely full.

But the applause came from nearly fifteen hundred or even two thousand people.

Everyone was clapping hard, trying to express their expectations to the Harmony Symphony Orchestra.

After all, everyone present was there for the Harmony Symphony Orchestra.

Even if there are a lot of posters of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra posted in the city of Salzburg, how many people will actually come to the concert because of the posters?

It was a great achievement if nearly 800 people out of the 100 present could do so.

The rest of the people came chasing from various places.

For example, the group of people who chased over from Baden-Baden were Hubble's group.

They stood there excitedly, watching the Harmony Symphony Orchestra come out, looking forward to Chen Qiu's appearance.

They had been looking forward to it since the Baden-Baden Music Festival.

They are looking forward to the performance of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra and expecting the Harmony Symphony Orchestra to bring them completely different surprises.

I hope the Harmony Symphony Orchestra can perform again.

Now they have finally gotten what they have been waiting for.

Salzburg.

The former home of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra.

The last one that made Salzburg flourish here was the Berlin Philharmonic.

They are really curious whether the next orchestra that can bring new glory to the Salzburg Festival will be the Harmony Symphony Orchestra.

The reason why it is not one of the top symphony orchestras is simple.

Those top symphony orchestras have been performing in Salzburg for such a long time, but we haven't seen them show any particularly strong trends in the Salzburg Music Festival.

Now that this fresh blood has entered the Salzburg Music Festival, they have such great potential and should be able to bring new vitality to the Salzburg Music Festival.

If they are lucky, maybe the Salzburg Music Festival can be associated with the name of their symphony orchestra.

From then on, whenever people think of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra, the first thing that comes to their mind is the Salzburg Festival.

Hubble and his friends from Baden-Baden thought so.

As for why not the Baden-Baden Festival…

How long has the Berlin Philharmonic occupied the position at the Baden-Baden Festival?

Basically, when it comes to the Baden-Baden Music Festival, the first thing that comes to people’s mind, besides the Baden-Baden hot springs, is the Berlin Philharmonic.

If the Harmony Symphony Orchestra wants to gain enough influence at the Baden-Baden Music Festival, it must at least be comparable to the Berlin Philharmonic, right?

Even though the Berlin Philharmonic is a little weak now, their strength is still among the top three in the world.

A small symphony orchestra that was established not long ago wants to become one of the top three in the world?
Don't dream too much.

Even the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra took several decades to reach its current level from its early days to the continued advancement of several subsequent conductors.

This is despite the fact that they have produced several of the world's top conductors.

For example, Furtwängler, Karajan, Abbado and others.

Even Simon Rattle, if that counts.

Seiji Ozawa has also led the Berlin Philharmonic before and collaborated with them.

Under such circumstances, the Berlin Philharmonic barely made it to the top three in the world, and was not even number one in the world.

It is enough to imagine how talented the world's top musicians are.

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam.

Berlin Philharmonic.

Vienna Philharmonic.

Currently the top three in the world.

It says it all.

Hubble and his group expected the Harmony Symphony Orchestra to demonstrate its superb strength and give people a surprise.

But they are not yet so arrogant as to let the Harmony Symphony Orchestra win everything and become the world's top symphony orchestra.

If they had that idea from the beginning, then it is not called expectation, but overpraising.

What they are looking forward to now.

Only Chen Qiu appeared.

Give them some surprises.

In addition to the Baden-Baden group, there is another group of people, namely the Haicheng Opera House Symphony Orchestra.

There were hundreds of people in this group.

In other words, the fact that the Harmony Symphony Orchestra's performance was full this time was closely related to the people at the Haicheng Opera House.

After all, what kind of good person would directly buy hundreds of tickets?

This is too many tickets purchased at once.

Otherwise, people like Wu Jianhai are really amazing.

As a veteran concertmaster of a symphony orchestra, he bought over a hundred concert tickets without blinking an eye.

This is the courage of the old chief.

They sat in their seats, looking at the cheering people around them. Although they were waving their hands along, it was obvious that they were a little absent-minded.

They had never imagined that the Harmony Symphony Orchestra would be so popular.

This was completely different from the scene they had imagined.

The harmonious symphony orchestra they imagined might attract some people, but it was not that attractive.

It's almost the same as their performances outside.

It would be great if half of the people who came were good.

After all, everyone's scores are similar.

The Harmony Symphony Orchestra was ranked third in Haicheng at that time, and they were ranked fourth in Haicheng, so both sides had the same points.

Some of their reinforcement points have not been taken into account yet.

If it really counts, they have every chance of being ranked third in Haicheng, or even second in Haicheng.

In this case, the performance of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra when performing outside should be similar to theirs, right?

How could this happen?
Where do all these people come from?

The people at Haicheng Opera House looked puzzled.

Only some people who had worked with Chen Qiu before and had a good relationship with Chen Qiu looked a little better.

But they were still confused.

For example, Wu Jianhai.

Wu Jianhai's idea was actually to cheer for the Harmony Symphony Orchestra.

He didn't think much about it.

He just took the poster of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra and went to the ticket office of the Salzburg Music Festival to ask if there were any extra tickets available.

At that time, the staff was just a little surprised that he bought so much at once, and no other action was taken.

How could he have imagined that he would buy all the remaining tickets?
It is even possible that if he were a little later, he might not be able to buy the ticket he wanted?

Is the Harmony Symphony Orchestra already so influential in Europe?

How many versions have I missed?
Wu Jianhai was delighted with the success of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra, but his eyes were filled with irrepressible doubts.

He always felt that the time he had been apart from the Harmony Symphony Orchestra was not just a few months.

But several years.

Without several years, the Harmony Symphony Orchestra would not have grown to its current state.

This is too outrageous.

The applause, the level of cheering.

Even Wu Jianhai himself had never seen it in his own nest.

Could it be because Europeans are more enthusiastic?

But why do Europeans become so indifferent when it comes to their own performance?
I don’t understand…

Although Wu Jianhai was unwilling to admit it, he already had a vague idea in his mind.

The growth rate of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra may exceed his imagination.

Is this the Harmony Symphony Orchestra?
Wu Jianhai felt a surge of emotion.

He looked at the members of the Harmony Orchestra who were tuning their instruments and nodded slightly.

He felt like he saw the rise of a new star.

He simply gave the Harmony Orchestra permission to perform at the Baden-Baden Festival and the Rhine Festival.

The legacy of the Haicheng Radio Symphony Orchestra was handed over to him.

Unexpectedly, the Harmony Symphony Orchestra could take advantage of this opportunity to take off and become the kind of symphony orchestra that began to be sought after by Europeans.

Tsk tsk, I'm really curious about how the Harmony Symphony Orchestra will rank this year.

Being the first in Haicheng may be difficult, but being the second in Haicheng...

Maybe there really is a chance!

At this moment, Wang Hai, the conductor of the Haicheng Philharmonic Orchestra far away in Haicheng, couldn't help but shudder.

He scratched his head, looked suspiciously at the people in front of him who were eating skewers, and frowned.

"Which of you just said my name?"

"No?"

"Do you feel wrong?"

"Don't think too much, just eat some skewers!"

"Come on, Commander Wang, do one!"

Everyone laughed and talked to Wang Hai, which soon disrupted Wang Hai's thoughts. He just felt that he was overthinking, so he raised the wine glass in his hand and grinned at everyone.

"Forget it, never mind, cheers to our performance tonight!"

He had no idea that a performance that was enough to seriously threaten the status of Haicheng Philharmonic was being held in Austria, which was six hours behind. Not only was he unaware, but other people in China were also unaware.

Only a few people, such as Zhao Yi, Yu Tu and others, felt something slightly.

Zhao Yi looked at Zhao Zitong who was studying hard in the room, shook his head helplessly, turned and walked to the balcony, looked at the dark starry sky, and sighed slowly.

By the way, if I remember correctly, the Harmony Symphony Orchestra is performing in Salzburg right now, right?
I am really curious about what level the Harmony Symphony Orchestra can reach.

He turned and looked towards his desk.

On his desk were two original German musicians' magazine reports.

This is a performance of the Harmony Orchestra in Baden-Baden and the Abbey.

Each performance was given a score of 9.5.

This result is horrible.

This result has already put him in the first place in Haicheng.

If it were just based on these two concerts, Haicheng Harmony Symphony Orchestra would be fully qualified to compete for the first place in Haicheng.

It’s a pity that Haicheng Harmony Symphony Orchestra’s other performances this year did not reach this level, and the overall score has to go down a bit.

But it's strong enough.

Is this catfish?
Disturb a pool of muddy water.

A catfish that gave Haicheng a little harmonic shock?

The Harmony Symphony Orchestra did a good job, but I was a little worried whether my daughter could keep up with the pace of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra.

Was the teacher and goal I chose for my daughter a wrong choice?

Zhao Yi looked towards his daughter's room with a little worry and sighed again.

Compared to Zhao Yi's sentimentality, Yu Tu is much simpler.

He sat happily in his room.

He has connections with people at the Salzburg Festival.

The people over there can pass the recorded signal of the performance to him, creating a pseudo live broadcast effect.

He crossed his legs, looked at the TV in front of him, with a smile on his face.

Come on, Chen Qiu.

Let me see your progress.

Let me see what your current level is!

His gaze was intense and aggressive.

At some point, he no longer regarded Chen Qiu as an interesting student, someone who could become a stumbling block to his opponent.

Instead, he truly regarded Chen Qiu as a challenger who was brave enough to fight against himself.

Although it is still very weak now, the Harmony Symphony Orchestra under his command is completely different.

In addition to Zhao Yi and Yu Tu, there are some other people who are also paying attention.

Chen Qiu had no idea about this at all.

To him, it was just one of those important but ordinary performances in his career.

He saw on the monitor in the backstage that everyone in the front desk was fully prepared.

He took a deep breath, smiled and nodded at the staff member next to him, and walked out without any hesitation.

Wow!
The applause rang out again.

Everyone applauded Chen Qiu enthusiastically for his appearance.

Chen Qiu walked gracefully to the front of the stage, bowed slightly to everyone, and then returned to his own podium.

He stood on his podium, looked around at the musicians of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra in front of him, smiled and nodded at them.

Everyone's spirits were instantly shocked. They picked up the instruments in their hands, looked at Chen Qiu, and waited for Chen Qiu's command.

The concert hall fell into silence.

Only the sound of people breathing remained.

Everyone's eyes were focused on Chen Qiu and the members of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra.

Waiting for the music to start.

There was harmony in the concert hall.

There is no intrigue.

Just looking forward to the music.

During this wait, the baton in Chen Qiu's hand lightly swept through the air, and after a simple preview, the bass drum of Ai Gu in the distance sounded.

The breeze caressed the sea, bringing waves.

The night is thick, covering everything.

The surging waves licked the steep cliffs and made a thunderous roar.

until.

The red sun rises over the sea.

Golden light falls on the thousands of waves!
The surge hidden in the darkness was finally eliminated.

Only the bright sunshine falling on the tranquility between heaven and earth remains.

This is Debussy's sea!
The Harmony Symphony Orchestra has performed it once before, and this is the second time.

It seemed that their performance was no different from before, with the same configuration and the same repertoire.

But this time, everyone at the Baden-Baden Music Festival who had heard the Harmony Symphony Orchestra before felt something very different.

This music?

Everyone looked at each other, their eyes filled with surprise and confusion.

They don't understand.

They didn't know why, but the music they were hearing now was much more emotionally powerful than what they had heard before.

Much stronger.

They even went beyond just hearing the music.

They even saw the music.

They saw the rushing waves.

Saw the steep cliffs.

Saw the crashing white waves.

Saw the red sun rising over the sea.

This is……

The sea?

Is this the feeling of the ocean?
Everyone present had seen the sea.

For Germans, their favorite thing is to go on vacation to the Gran Canaria Islands.

As for the Italians and French people next door, they also like to go on vacation in the Mediterranean region.

Their favorite time is to lie on the beach, enjoying the sunshine and feeling the salty sea breeze blowing across their cheeks.

It doesn't matter even if I get tanned into a red shrimp.

The sea is more like this in their impression.

But at this moment.

Performed by the Harmony Symphony Orchestra.

Amid the roar of Qin Xian's violin and the resonance of Su Yue's wind instruments.

They saw a completely different sea.

They really saw a completely different sea in person.

They just stood on the beach, watching wave after wave hitting the rocks under their feet.

Some people who were close to it even felt their feet shaking.

Even though this feeling may come from the resonance of the music and the concert hall.

But they would rather believe that it was the harmonious symphony orchestra that conveyed the power of the sea to their feet.

After all, this feeling was too shocking.

Many people present couldn't help but close their eyes to appreciate and think about the existence of music.

The scorching flames of the sun collide with the surging splashes of the sea, causing bursts of water vapor to rise from the ground.

The water vapor refracts the light, causing the warm yellow light with a hazy glow to fall on the sea, illuminating the bright blue waves.

It also blocks the dazzling sun and makes the flames milder.

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

The playfulness of the sea and the wild song of the wind.

Chen Qiu waved the baton in his hand, pushing the emotions of the music upward wave after wave.

The thick ink that covered the sky was overturned, staining the heaven and earth.

Every falling note brings the climax of music.

The sudden rise of everything ended up with its sudden silence.

Heaven and earth rotate, prosperity and decline are interdependent, and there is no connection.

Everyone present was completely dumbfounded.

Whether you have heard the Harmony Symphony Orchestra perform The Sea or not.

They all stood there in a daze.

Their brains have lost any sense of reality.

All they could think of at this moment was the mighty power of the sea that blocked out the sky and the sun.

This is the sea.

This is Debussy's sea.

This is the sea presented by the Harmony Symphony Orchestra!
Some of those present, especially some who had expressed opposition to the Harmony Symphony Orchestra becoming a mainstay and performing in the evenings during the festival, had completely shut up at this point.

The only thing they don't understand now is why.

How come such a band is only ranked 666th in the world? Not even in the top 500.

Musicians Magazine, are they crazy?
(End of this chapter)