The God of Conducting Starting from Absolute Pitch

Chapter 398 Core Performance
With the announcement of the official membership list of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra, other symphony orchestras in Haicheng caused a slight stir.

The Harmony Symphony Orchestra can basically be regarded as the most popular orchestra in Haicheng, and even in the whole country, without a doubt.

Therefore, they pay close attention to every move of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra.

Especially the future direction of Haicheng Harmony Symphony Orchestra.

How do they plan to develop the band?

Under the watchful eyes of the public, the Harmony Symphony Orchestra quickly released their performances for the new season, the 2018-2019 music season.

Looking at the repertoire for this music season, everyone couldn't help but gasp, their eyes filled with disbelief.

No, damn...

Is the Harmony Symphony Orchestra fucking crazy?
This music season can be played by humans?
First, the big works.

The Haicheng Harmony Symphony Orchestra performs a new Mahler piece every month.

After a two-month break, we started with Mahler's First Symphony, then performed all the way to the Ninth Symphony, and then added a Symphony of Das Lied der Erde.

That is to say, all 10 symphonies were performed exactly once.

This is not over yet.

This is just their big show every month.

The Harmony Symphony Orchestra said that all its members will be mobilized to negotiate with other concert halls for their large-scale performances every month to obtain the right to use their concert halls.

This means that the retail tickets for these works will not be limited to 600, but will become 1200 or even more.

When this news was announced, all Mahler symphony fans were shocked.

Whether the Harmony Symphony Orchestra’s Mahler works are good or not is one thing, but whether it dares to bring out all of these works is another.

With a full rehearsal every month, the Harmony Symphony Orchestra has maxed out its repertoire this year.

After the Harmony Symphony Orchestra announced their plan, musicians began to approach them to discuss whether they could perform as a group.

For example, take the piano.

Simply put, the pianist performs the first half of the concerto, and the harmony orchestra plays the second half of the symphony.

Let's cooperate a little and see if we can sell more tickets.

It's just a little bit regrettable...

Tickets for the Harmony Symphony Orchestra are selling out a little fast.

When they came to negotiate with the Harmony Symphony Orchestra just now, the tickets for the Harmony Symphony Orchestra were almost sold out.

They even just announced the core repertoire of their 10 major concerts this year, without even releasing the accompanying repertoire.

All the remote and core votes were bought out.

Only a few tickets in the middle were left empty.

Looking at the tickets they had sold, the Harmony Symphony Orchestra naturally saw no need to compete with others for the tickets.

They themselves are the selling point, why do they need anyone else?

Therefore, before the band's performance even started, they could be considered to have made back most of their investment.

Previously, the Harmony Symphony Orchestra had no cash flow, and many of their operations were difficult to carry out.

Now that they have a cash flow, they have more opportunities to find bigger venues and make the orchestra bigger and bigger.

The Harmony Symphony Orchestra was wealthy enough to quickly book several large concert halls in Haicheng for monthly weekend performances without having to think too much about it.

Don't be too cool.

In addition to the large-scale performances once a month, the Harmony Symphony Orchestra has also begun to launch their internal performance plans.

Because the concert hall is a little small, the Harmony Symphony Orchestra divided the musicians into two groups, A and B, and performed alternately.

Except for Chen Qiu and several chiefs, everyone else took turns to rest.

As for Chen Qiu and several other principals, except for the performances on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, the rest of the time is up to them to decide.

After discussion on the orchestra's side, in addition to the symphony orchestra performances on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, the performances on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday are as follows.

Tuesday, solo.

Wednesday, small orchestra.

Thursday, chamber music.

The small bands on Wednesday include those that play rock, jazz, and even new music, which are played by the musicians here.

Chen Qiu didn't interfere much.

He mainly manages the chamber music on Thursdays.

The chamber music on Thursdays has very high requirements, and it can also be regarded as a place for musicians to practice themselves.

As for Monday, the only day without a show...

No matter what, everyone still needs to rest.

The attendance rate on Monday is the lowest, and basically few people will come to listen to concerts on Mondays.

Therefore, instead of letting everyone perform hard in this place, it is better to let everyone take a break.

Combining work and rest is the right way.

Of course, if someone wants to rent the orchestra's venue on weekdays, Chen Qiu will have no problem with that.

After discussions among Chen Qiu, Li Miaomiao and the manager specially hired from Lianhe Group, the orchestra added some simple ways to increase revenue.

For example, the Harmony Symphony Orchestra’s annual card, monthly card, and single card.

The performance prices of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra are relatively fixed, and their continuous performances for nearly a year have indeed earned them the trust of some people.

Therefore, they can launch relevant annual cards, monthly cards and single-use cards for sale.

However, each card has a different price and targets different locations.

If you want a ticket, you need to lock it in advance and cannot come directly at the appointed time.

In addition to these one-time cards, the Harmony Symphony Orchestra also offers a lifetime card.

However, there are only two of these lifetime cards currently, and both were given to Long Yuxuan from Lianhe Group.

He has invested 4000 million yuan in the Harmony Symphony Orchestra, and you still don't give him two lifetime cards. It's really unreasonable.

It was as if Chen Qiu had to pay to come to the concert.

Of course, the band also sells lifetime cards to other people, but the price is very opaque, please discuss the details.

The Harmony Symphony Orchestra is thinking that if the orchestra plans to build a new concert hall in the future, for example, one that can accommodate about 1800 people, then the Harmony Symphony Orchestra can provide a box for those who pay.

Let them sit inside and listen without disturbing other audiences.

It's a small thank you to them for their money.

However, Chen Qiu has not yet made a final decision on the plan to build a new concert hall, he has just given it a brief thought.

He didn't intend to let the orchestra rely entirely on Lianhe Group and make it like a vassal of Lianhe Group.

So nothing has been decided yet.

The Harmony Symphony Orchestra performed quickly in such an atmosphere.

Some small shops previously set up by the orchestra have also started to operate.

The orchestra's music season is also rapidly gaining popularity in Haicheng.

When many music lovers near Haicheng chat, the first sentence they say is basically the same.

"How about it, did you buy the tickets for the Harmony Symphony Orchestra?"

"Hey, how is that possible? Are tickets for the Harmony Symphony Orchestra really that hard to buy? The last time I saw a ticket, it was gone as soon as I refreshed the page. It's like a celebrity concert."

"Really? I really don't understand why tickets for this symphony orchestra are selling so well."

"It's similar for the Haicheng Symphony Orchestra next door, right? It seems like their tickets are almost all sold out. I bought a package for their music season this year. I got them in the last wave."

"It's a pity that the Harmony and Symphony Orchestra don't have package tickets. If I could get tickets for all 10 Mahler concerts, this year's concert would be worth it!"

"..."

Basically, people in Haicheng were discussing the Harmony Symphony Orchestra, and also discussed the Haicheng Symphony Orchestra next door.

Same as a symphony.

The Haicheng Symphony Orchestra next door also opened its music season this year.

Their repertoire this year leaned slightly towards opera.

For example, operas by Gershwin and Puccini.

At the same time, in addition to their own performances, they also invited some foreign conductors to come and help.

Everyone's strength is extremely terrifying.

There are a lot of conductors in the top 50 in the world.

Compared with the Mahler Ten Pieces which are mainly sold by the Harmony Symphony Orchestra, the ticket sales of the Haicheng Symphony Orchestra are actually better.

of course.

I don’t know what the considerations are.

The High City Symphony Orchestra does not have any Mahler.

It basically completely avoids the area of ​​​​harmony symphony orchestra's works.

For a moment, everyone was not sure whether Haicheng Symphony wanted to fight or avoid fighting.

If they want to avoid competition, their repertoire this year is definitely designed to aim for a higher ranking.

But if they want to fight.

They completely avoided the Harmony Symphony Orchestra's main track this year.

For a moment, everyone was confused.

But everyone was sure of one thing.

At the end of this year, the Harmony Symphony Orchestra almost secured another place up.

I just don't know if the Harmony Symphony Orchestra can compete with the Haicheng Symphony Orchestra for the top spot in Haicheng this year. After all, the Harmony Symphony Orchestra has such a strong momentum.

Everyone is looking forward to the Harmony Symphony Orchestra.

Some people who failed to buy tickets for the Harmony Symphony Orchestra's grand concert chose to buy daily tickets for the Harmony Symphony Orchestra.

They originally thought that the Harmony Symphony Orchestra might not perform as well as they expected, but they didn't expect...

The Harmony Symphony Orchestra gave them a big surprise.

The strength of the orchestra's wind section has increased dramatically.

I feel like the strength of their wind instruments is not on the same level as that of other domestic symphony orchestras.

Although the wind instruments seem a bit eye-catching and sound a bit disharmonious, the strength of the wind instruments is not to be underestimated.

The eye-catchingness of this wind instrument is not static.

Those who have listened to the performances of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra for several days in a row, while feeling the strength of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra, suddenly discovered.

I don’t know when, but the wind music that seemed so eye-catching at the beginning was gradually becoming weaker.

Wind instruments began to blend with strings.

The two are moving forward hand in hand.

In the end, a win-win situation was achieved.

The wind instruments did not give way to the strings, and the strings did not give way to the wind instruments.

They are just merging.

This feeling of progress shocked everyone present.

They suddenly realized that the Harmony Symphony Orchestra had not always had this lineup.

They recently added some new people.

There were even some changes in the concertmaster of their orchestra.

If I remember correctly, it seems that more than half of the principals of the wind instruments have changed.

Under such circumstances, the Harmony Symphony Orchestra can still reach this level.

They were able to adjust so quickly.

Everyone didn't know what to say for a while.

They just felt a little shocked.

However, this is not the point.

Finally one day.

Some old listeners of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra hear the feeling of the past from the music currently played by the Harmony Symphony Orchestra.

That sense of harmony created by everyone working together.

This feeling...

Everyone didn't know what to say.

They just felt shocked.

This is the Harmony Symphony Orchestra.

A rapidly progressive and integrated harmonic symphony.

Finally, at the end of the month, the results of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra's opening month performances were announced.

They scored 9.3 points.

This score seems to be far from 9.7 points.

But no one present dared to underestimate the Harmony Symphony Orchestra.

They just felt intimidated.

One month's time.

The band quickly adjusted their state and after a lot of new people joined, they got used to each other so quickly that they were able to start performing soon.

Isn’t the speed of this evolution too fast?

The Haicheng Radio next door, oh no, to be precise, it should be the Haicheng Opera House that saw this scene, they must be envious, right?

Everyone suddenly became curious about what the Haicheng Opera House was thinking.

However, the Haicheng Opera House obviously did not express much desire for small talk.

They are still fighting against their own internal factional conflicts.

Where do I get so much time to chat with other people?

and……

In fact, they had already given up hope on the Harmony Symphony Orchestra.

They never thought they would have a chance against the Harmony Orchestra.

Therefore, no matter what outrageous actions they see the Harmony Symphony Orchestra perform now, they will not feel any surprise.

After all, it’s very simple, this is a harmony symphony orchestra.

It's normal for them to be a little outrageous.

It would be strange if they didn't go astray one day.

The Harmony Symphony Orchestra is growing rapidly under the watchful eyes of everyone.

Finally, the time came for the first big performance.

The entire Haicheng Music Festival fell into a state of restlessness.

Everyone is looking forward to what the Harmony Symphony Orchestra's first public performance will be like.

The orchestra's car had already arrived at the door of the Harmony Symphony Orchestra and stopped early.

Two huge buses and a van.

Buses are used to transport people.

Some people in the orchestra who didn't have much luggage gathered together, chatting and laughing, and got on the bus with a variety of breakfast or snacks, ready to go to their performance venue.

The van next door was filled with all kinds of musical instruments.

They haven't finished converting the space under the bus yet.

So they bought a medium-sized van that could run Huolala and filled it with protective pads to prevent the instruments from being damaged.

Everyone carefully placed their instruments into the van, and after making sure they were properly placed and not loose in any way, everyone carefully breathed a sigh of relief and began to move the next instrument.

The faces of the people carrying the musical instruments were full of excitement.

Because they have already started imagining the scene when they perform.

They have rehearsed for so long, practiced for so long, and worked together as a band for so long, wasn't it just for this day?
The ratings in the entire Haicheng are about to explode.

Everyone is looking forward to their performance.

Looking forward to their first large-scale performance outside the home.

Even though they haven't officially entered the venue yet, everyone can already imagine the crowd sitting in the huge venue.

Everyone's hearts were full of anticipation.

While everyone was packing their luggage, Chen Qiu ran to the side alone and bought a cup of soy milk at the coffee shop that Huang Xin had introduced earlier.

He drank most of the soy milk in one breath with a very satisfying look on his face.

The owner of the coffee shop said to Chen Qiu with a smile while washing the cups.

"Hey, Conductor Chen Qiu, are you planning on performing today?"

"Yes, it's the first large-scale performance for the band after they recruited new members."

Chen Qiu smiled, took out the still hot glutinous rice from his pocket, took a bite, and said incoherently.

“In fact, this can be considered the opening performance of the orchestra’s music season. It can be said that success or failure depends on this one.”

"Okay, I was originally thinking of telling you not to eat glutinous rice in this coffee-scented place, but since you have a performance today, forget it. I wish you a smooth performance. If you have any difficulties, tell me!"

The shop owner said with a smile.

Chen Qiu drank up the soy milk in the quilt, smiled, and continued to press forward.

"So... can you give me another pot of soy milk? I can drink it on the way."

"No, I was just being polite. Do you really take it seriously? Get lost!"

The boss glared and immediately rushed towards Chen Qiu.

Chen Qiu quickly raised his hands to show surrender, paid the bill with a smile, and prepared to turn around and leave.

However, just as he was about to step out of the cafe, the shop owner called him.

"Hey, Commander Chen Qiu!"

Chen Qiu turned his head.

The shop owner threw a bag full of soy milk to Chen Qiu, who quickly grabbed it.

The shop owner smiled and waved.

"You have a performance today, so I'll make an exception. Next time, remember to come to my place for coffee. Don't order soy milk every day. This is not a soy milk shop."

Chen Qiu weighed the soy milk in his hand, couldn't help but laugh, and waved to the boss.

"Okay, thanks a lot. See you later then."

After saying that, Chen Qiu turned and left.

The moment he stepped out of the coffee shop, his expression became serious again.

He came to the bus which was already full of people, nodded slightly to everyone, and spoke.

"Then, let's go."

(End of this chapter)