The God of Conducting Starting from Absolute Pitch

Chapter 381 The Queen Steps on Me
Compared with the first piece, Debussy's clarinet and orchestra, the Bernstein clarinet and orchestra played by Su Yue is much simpler in difficulty.

Even though Bernstein himself is a modernist composer, conductor, and musician.

Logically speaking, modernist writings would be more difficult than classical works, and modernists would use many strange playing techniques in order to achieve the harmonic feeling of the music.

There may even be some behaviors that go against normal human behavior.

But in the final analysis, this piece is just an exercise written by Bernstein, and it is also one of Bernstein's very early works.

The difficulty is definitely not comparable to that of true modernist works.

He will also focus more on the melody.

After all, for a non-professional composer and a conductor whose main focus is on the expression and development of music, what he wants is good music.

It is precisely because this piece of work is less difficult that Su Yue can focus more on the expression of music.

She didn't look at Chen Qiu, but picked up the clarinet in her hand.

Different from before.

This time she is the one to set the pace.

The breath slowly moved into the clarinet.

The breath hits the cavity of the clarinet as the reed trembles, and flows out gently from the mouth of the tube.

The flute sounded.

The music is melodious.

The music started at this moment.

Gradually erased everyone's impression of Su Yue's first work.

It also made everyone quiet down and listen to Su Yue's performance attentively.

Listening to the music and feeling the beauty of it, they had to admit it.

Compared to the hazy feeling expressed by the clarinet and orchestra in the first piece, Su Yue showed a stronger musical sensitivity in this second piece.

Not only that.

Because the first piece can be considered a collaboration between clarinet and orchestra, there are also many orchestral parts in Su Yue's music.

And now.

Because it is an arrangement for clarinet and piano.

Su Yue's personal characteristics will be more clearly reflected.

The appearance of just a few notes was enough to brighten the ears of everyone present.

This is especially true for Wu Jianhai.

As the principal of Haicheng Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra.

The principal of Haicheng Opera House Symphony Orchestra.

Wu Jianhai is well aware of how important such a clarinet artist is to the symphony orchestra.

Whether it is the help to the symphony orchestra shown in the first piece, or the fusion of personal characteristics and the style of the symphony orchestra.

Or it could be the personal strength and musical style shown in the second work, as well as some other miscellaneous things.

All these demonstrate Su Yue's strength.

The Harmony Symphony Orchestra, with the help of this principal clarinetist, has become invincible.

At least, he is invincible in his heart.

However, he did not look at Su Yue, but at Chen Qiu, and his eyes became gentle.

Su Yue's voice blends with the sound of the orchestra.

He could clearly hear the efforts Chen Qiu made.

As a conductor, Chen Qiu is working hard to integrate the orchestra and Su Yue.

Everyone in the band has different ideas.

Everyone's characteristics are different.

Even though many people's characteristics are relatively faint, many people cannot hear them so clearly.

Even though many of their features are actually imitations of some top musicians.

But at the end of the day, the sound in an orchestra can never be the same.

But here with Chen Qiu, the music he heard was different.

He heard a completely different kind of music.

What he heard was the voices of everyone being sorted out by Chen Qiu, but trying to develop towards the same direction as much as possible.

The colors of all people merged in Chen Qiu's hands, becoming the colors that Wu Jianhai and everyone present heard now.

These colors enveloped Su Yue, floated around her, and helped her music move forward.

There is even a feeling of assimilating Su Yue's music.

but.

not at all.

Su Yue's music was not assimilated by the orchestra.

Chen Qiu controlled the orchestra to stick closely to Su Yue, but did not allow them to have any influence on Su Yue.

The two are dancing together.

The music on the stage is dancing.

Release their understanding of music

They influence each other, yet seem to have no influence on each other.

He just felt that everything was so beautiful and so gentle.

The gracefulness of the breath is like the song of a lark.

Wu Jianhai couldn't find the most appropriate words to describe what he heard.

Chen Qiu's orchestra and Su Yue's performance made him a little confused.

He even thought back to his old conductor.

When the orchestra was performing, the old conductor and the orchestra seemed to be the same as the current Harmony Symphony Orchestra.

There is no gap between them.

Everyone is moving in the same direction.

All the concertos they played.

Whether it is Chinese-style works, European classical music, or modern works.

It seems like the Harmony Symphony Orchestra is now.

Just a pity.

Time flies.

The old conductor is no longer with us.

He is also old.

He could only continue to move forward alone, guarding the completely broken tradition of the Haicheng Radio Symphony Orchestra.

Then, with that determination, they were swallowed by the flames, burned to ashes, and buried in the earth.

It might not even take that long.

It won't be long before he retires.

After he retired, he stopped playing the violin.

The Haicheng Radio Symphony Orchestra may completely disappear under the influence of successive generations of Haicheng Opera House.

"Boss..."

Wu Jianhai murmured in a low voice.

He felt his eyes getting wet.

He saw the shadow of Haicheng Radio in his youth in the Haicheng Harmony Symphony Orchestra.

Even better than the master!

Haicheng Harmony Symphony Orchestra is more energetic than Haicheng Radio.

Also more harmonious!

Perhaps, many people do not admit it.

Whether it is the Harmony Symphony Orchestra or the Haicheng Radio Symphony Orchestra.

You may not feel anything at all about this.

But Wu Jianhai wanted to say...

This is inheritance.

This is passed down from generation to generation.

Chen Qiu's Harmony Symphony Orchestra fulfilled the last wish of the Haicheng Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra.

Wu Jianhai has seen the Harmony Symphony Orchestra in the past.

I have seen the newly established Haicheng Philharmonic.

I've also seen other weird symphony orchestras.

Every symphony orchestra that has made a name for itself has its own characteristics.

But it can be like the Harmony Symphony Orchestra.

It truly builds up the characteristics of harmony.

Interpret music with harmony.

Whether it is friendship, enthusiasm, or passion.

All integrated into the music.

Only harmony.

Haicheng Radio has experimented with similar performance content before.

They also had a bit of a Harmony Orchestra vibe to them before.

But it was obvious that they had not completely solidified it.

He once thought that he would never be able to hear such music.

Now we can see the music that they have tried countless times but never succeeded in playing in the Harmony Symphony Orchestra.

Wu Jianhai really felt the inheritance.

He had never felt this kind of electric shock feeling before.

He even felt like crying.

He kind of missed his old conductor.

Also, those who had worked with him in the concert hall before.

Formerly, Haicheng Radio Symphony Orchestra.

A violinist from the Haicheng Opera House nearby was confused and looked at Wu Jianhai, and asked in a low voice.

"Chief Wu, is this piece so tear-jerking? Why don't I feel anything? I feel like it's just very simple and powerful, not so... tear-jerking, right?"

"Ok?"

Only then did Wu Jianhai realize that he was not alone, and there was a group of people around him listening to the concert with him.

He quickly reached out and touched the corner of his eyes, then spoke calmly.

"No, nothing, I'm just a little sleepy. It's normal for the elderly to go to bed early." "Ah? Oh, this piece should be almost finished. Chief Wu, you can go back to the car and sleep later."

"I know."

Wu Jianhai nodded without saying anything special, and just continued to stare at the Harmony Orchestra in front of him.

At this moment in his eyes.

What I saw was not a harmonious symphony orchestra.

But it is the Haicheng Radio Symphony Orchestra of the past, which did not need to engage in intrigue and only needed to keep charging forward.

Although everyone's final results may be just so-so and not reach a particularly high position.

But it's obvious.

The happiness during that time was incomparable.

He hopes that Chen Qiu and the Harmony Symphony Orchestra can continue to perform happily like this.

Just pass on their music.

Then think about moving forward in a higher direction.

The corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise.

He was very happy that he could come and listen to such a performance today.

A performance that would remind him of the past.

In addition to him, some old people who were assigned to the Haicheng Radio Symphony Orchestra were in the same situation.

Some of them will also recall their past.

Others began to fantasize about their future.

Everyone has different ideas.

But what they have in common is their recognition of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra.

The Harmony Symphony Orchestra was indeed the most interesting symphony orchestra they had ever heard.

It is also the symphony orchestra they have ever heard that can best realize their future dreams.

They sincerely hope that the Harmony Symphony Orchestra can continue to move forward.

Go ahead with their hopes.

Like the Harmony Symphony Orchestra.

There are not many pure symphony orchestras that are composed entirely of young people and strive to release their youthful enthusiasm to the top of the world.

and so.

If the Harmony Symphony Orchestra can succeed.

This proves that the path they chose was not wrong.

Their past has taken on new value.

……

These are the thoughts of the old-timers at Haicheng Radio.

This does not represent the thoughts of those other New Age people.

The group of people who came from the Baden-Baden Music Festival were just somewhat impressed by the growing strength of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra and the extraordinary talent of the clarinet musician named Yue.

The future of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra is immeasurable.

Apart from this, I don't have any other ideas.

Some leaders of the Salzburg Festival were thinking that there was nothing wrong with their invitation.

This clarinet artist named Su Yue is worthy of the level of their music festival.

You can continue to invite people afterwards.

I heard that Su Yue was Sabine Meyer's student.

They invited Su Yue to show some goodwill to Sabine Meyer.

In retrospect, maybe Sabine Meyer will also choose to come to Salzburg.

As for the Harmony Symphony Orchestra…

They began to consider whether the Harmony Symphony Orchestra could be made a permanent orchestra.

Every year they are sent an invitation to perform in the main performance segment during the week.

And if a symphony orchestra is unable to attend in the future, the Harmony Orchestra can be invited to perform in their place.

If the Harmony Symphony Orchestra can maintain their current level, they will definitely qualify.

Apart from the people in Baden-Baden and the Salzburg Music Festival, other passers-by didn't think much about it.

They just felt that the Harmony Symphony Orchestra was strong and Su Yue was very capable.

That's it.

After all, they are here to listen to the concert, so why think about so many unnecessary things?

Under such circumstances, after Su Yue finished her last note, the applause that rang out in the entire concert hall almost overturned the Salzburg Mozarteum University.

Many people who were still practicing piano in the university late at night couldn't help but walk towards the concert hall because of the applause that broke out in the concert hall.

They had no idea what could have drawn such enthusiastic applause.

They had been at the Salzburg Mozarteum for so long and had never heard such enthusiastic sounds.

Even when the piano master, Fu Diao, performed last time, it wasn’t this lively.

Of course, Fu Diao performs chamber music, and the largest audience is about 400 people.

But that's not important.

They curiously surrounded the periphery of the concert hall, observing everything inside, looking at Chen Qiu and others on the stage with eyes filled with curiosity.

They looked at Chen Qiu and the orchestra bowing to the stage.

The even more enthusiastic applause brought by the curtain call scared them so much that they couldn't help but applaud along with everyone else.

Amid thunderous applause, Chen Qiu and others bowed several times, and the applause never stopped.

Chen Qiu felt helpless after hearing such applause, and could only lead the orchestra to play a bolero as an encore after the music ended.

But who would have thought.

This bolero did not extinguish the enthusiasm of the crowd to applaud, but made the applause even more enthusiastic.

It was impossible for Chen Qiu and others to temporarily play Beethoven's Fifth Symphony that they had played before.

Therefore, everyone could only helplessly pretend that they didn't hear it, and continued to take a few bows, then huddled behind the stage and pretended that they didn't hear it.

After seeing that Chen Qiu and the others were definitely not going to come out, everyone couldn't help but reveal a look of regret.

There was no other way. They couldn't just tie Chen Qiu up and force him to stay on the stage and continue performing for them.

Therefore, everyone could only continue to applaud for a few more times and then start to leave.

Wu Jianhai and others wanted to talk to Chen Qiu, but they were not very familiar with the environment of concert halls abroad and could not find any opportunities. They had to give up for the time being and wait until they returned home to chat again.

Anyway, there is a long time to come, we are all in Haicheng, we will see each other sooner or later.

This is normal.

Only some people from the Salzburg Music Festival began to go backstage to discuss some things with Chen Qiu's assistant.

See if I can make an appointment with Chen Qiu to discuss some follow-up cooperation matters.

The Salzburg Festival is not like the Baden-Baden Festival, where many decisions are made at random.

They have a complete organizing committee, and all decisions they make need to be reviewed by the organizing committee before they can be implemented.

Therefore, they needed to call Chen Qiu and the people from the organizing committee together to discuss the follow-up cooperation.

It's not just about the Harmony Orchestra.

There is also a part about Su Yue.

Chen Qiu acted indifferent to these people's visit.

He asked the band's errand boy, oh no, the band's manager, Li Miaomiao, to deal with those people, and he left alone with Su Yue and the other two.

Walking in the dark city of Salzburg.

The lights in Salzburg at night are not particularly bright.

Especially the other side of the bridge, away from the music conservatory in the downtown area.

The only light on the street was a warm yellow light hanging in the middle of the road.

Chen Qiu and Su Yue were walking under the lights.

The crowd around them, looking excited, walked quickly around the two of them.

They all seemed to be discussing tonight's performance.

However, many people did not notice that the protagonist they were discussing, Chen Qiusu Yue, was sitting next to them.

Chen Qiu and Su Yue walked casually and came to the iron bridge in the middle of Salzburg city.

They were standing on the bridge, enjoying the river breeze, which blew Su Yue's long hair loose.

The long hair brushed Chen Qiu's nose, making him feel like he was sneezing.

Chen Qiu rubbed his nose with his hand, then chuckled at Su Yue twice and asked.

"How was it? How did you feel about the performance tonight?"

"My feelings?"

Su Yue glanced at Chen Qiu beside her, then turned her gaze back unnoticeably and spoke softly.

“The orchestra is very good.”

Chen Qiu pretended to be bitter and said, "Eh? Only one band is good? It's that simple. What about me? I'm very sad that you didn't mention me in this sentence."

"You?" Su Yue looked at Chen Qiu again and said nothing.

The surrounding lights were dim, and the warm yellow light from the side shone on Su Yue's face, making it impossible to see her expression.

Nor could you see the slight blush on her cheeks beneath her skin.

she whispered.

"Your music is... too close."

The howling wind blew away Su Yue's words.

Chen Qiu just saw Su Yue open her mouth, but seemed not to hear anything.

Chen Qiu couldn't help scratching his head and whispered.

"Huh? What did you just say? I didn't hear you clearly."

"I said……"

Su Yue took a deep breath and was about to say something, but when she looked at Chen Qiu's smiling face, she realized that Chen Qiu was deliberately teasing her. She rolled her eyes at him and said awkwardly.

"It's fine if you didn't hear it, but what about you? How do you feel tonight?"

“I feel…”

Chen Qiu turned his head to look at the dark river and said with a smile.

"I feel like you are like a queen tonight, sitting on the throne and ruling the world. You are so powerful, so..."

"Ok?"

Su Yue looked at Chen Qiu.

The wind was so loud that I couldn't hear clearly.

All she saw was Chen Qiu smiling and saying four words to her.

(End of this chapter)