The God of Conducting Starting from Absolute Pitch

Chapter 102 New Year’s Concert

Chen Qiu didn't know much about the discussion among the teachers, but he was certain that his orchestra would definitely be strengthened.

After all, Chen Qiu and his Haiyin Second Team have proven themselves in the national competition.

Full marks, absolutely crushing.

Even a group may not be able to achieve such results.

It has been said too many times how awesome the perfect score is, and it is even higher than the previous score achieved by Qin Xian’s Mendelssohn Concerto in E minor.

Such an orchestra just wants a very simple request to strengthen the wind instruments of their orchestra.

This kind of reinforcement is not about poaching the wind instruments, or even simply letting a few good students come in to lead the rhythm.

Under Chen Qiu's band, this kind of rhythm is not just a waste of time and effort. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that joining the second band will definitely have a bright future.

This is simply a piece of cake!
You can even just spread the word that the Second Troupe wants a new wind instrument.

Those who have been selected into the first group may not be able to quit the group and join the second group, so there is no discussion.

But for those who are mainly soloists, there may be several people who will be interested and try to contact the second group to see if they can join the second group to gain qualifications. There is no way to become a soloist or to play in the orchestra later. location and so on.

Therefore, there will definitely be no problem in upgrading the second band's wind band in the future. The only question now is how the school will improve the configuration of the school's second band.

Chen Qiu sent a message to everyone in the orchestra, asking them to wait for him at the concert hall. After that, he went to the school cafeteria and bought a soy milk, sipping it slowly, and walked towards his home concert hall.

And when he walked to the door of his concert hall, Rui Jia was already panting and appeared at the door carrying his huge double bass.

She looked at Chen Qiu and smiled awkwardly, scratched her head, and then reached out to open the door.

"Ahem, what about that, Commander Chen Qiu, I shouldn't be late, right?"

"Well, I'm not late."

Chen Qiu raised his hand, glanced at his watch, and found that there was still one minute left before the prescribed rehearsal time. He reached out and patted the huge double bass Rui Jia was carrying, and said to her.

"Okay, let's go in first. Don't be anxious. Breathe a little easier. But if you didn't leave that training institution just before, why are you still stuck so easily?"

"Well, because I have to practice..."

Rui Jia walked in and said with a grimace as she walked.

"Because I had a little more time, I started to fill in some of the double bass solos that I had missed before, as well as some double bass concertos. As I continued to practice, I easily lost track of time because there was so much missing. That is to say, my teacher did not scold me. I have, otherwise I wouldn’t even be able to see through it myself.”

"Tsk, then you should work hard. If you have finished practicing the Double Bass Concerto, tell me and I will see how difficult it is for the orchestra. If the difficulty is acceptable, I can bring the second group to accompany you."

"Huh? Really?"

Rui Jia was stunned for a moment, and then said in surprise: "As long as I practice well, is it really okay?"

"Well, as long as you practice well and can pass my review, then there will be no problem."

"Okay! Then Chen Qiu directs you to just wait! I will definitely surprise you when I turn around!"

Ruijia nodded vigorously, pushed open the door into the concert hall, ran all the way towards the stage that was already full of people, then quickly tore open the bag of the double bass, supported the violin, then hugged the double bass, and began to give The rosin on your own bow.

Chen Qiu stood at the back of the audience. After drinking the last sip of soy milk, he threw it into the trash can on the side. Then he slowly walked onto the stage and stood on the conductor's seat.

At this moment, everyone was already sitting in their seats, looking at Chen Qiu with expectant eyes.

Ai Gu, who was sitting farthest away, couldn't bear it any longer and spoke loudly to Chen Qiu.

"Commander Chen Qiu! How is it? Are the results of the competition out?"

Several other more active people around also shouted loudly.

"Yes, yes, Commander Chen Qiu, it's been several days, how's the result?"

"I just heard from my friend that you, Commander Chen Qiu, have gone to the school office. How are you doing? Are the results out?"

"That's right! Commander Chen Qiu, tell me about it!"

"..."

Listening to the chatter of the crowd, Chen Qiu smiled helplessly, stretched out a finger, raised the pen in his hand, and tapped the music stand in front of him.

Dang Dang!

The crisp sound of the music stand rang in everyone's ears.

Listening to such a voice, the originally slightly noisy voices of the crowd also disappeared at this moment.

They looked at Chen Qiu excitedly, their bodies tense, as if they were ready to celebrate.

In such a mood, Chen Qiu also did not give everyone too much hesitation.

He just looked around at everyone and spoke to them easily.

"We are number one! The score... is perfect!"

Wow!
The crowd was instantly excited.

Everyone in the orchestra excitedly raised their instruments or bows and stamped their feet vigorously.

There were obviously only fifty or sixty people, but it seemed like they were making a sound that only one or two hundred people could make.

Everyone had extremely excited looks on their faces.

"we are the champion!"

"Oh oh oh oh! Invincible! Brothers! Invincible!"

"Holy shit, oh shit, oh shit, perfect scores! Damn, perfect scores, brothers!"

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!"

"..."

When hearing this result, everyone in the band was so excited that they couldn't find any words to describe their current emotions.

What else is there to say?

What else can be said?
Second group! Invincible!
Ai Gu played a brilliant jazz drum piece hard, then raised the drumstick in his hand and gave Chen Qiu a thumbs up.

"Chen Qiu commands! Awesome!"

"Chief Qin Xian! Awesome!"

"Haiyin 2nd Group! Awesome!"

His three awesome voices directly inspired other people in the orchestra to praise Chen Qiu and Qin Xian.

Everyone present could see that the person they should be most grateful to for getting this result was Chen Qiu.

It can be said that without Chen Qiu, the Second Group would not exist today.

Qin Xian is the second person they should be grateful for.

As the concertmaster of the orchestra, he takes the lead and drives the entire team's understanding and interpretation of string music.

It can even be said that it is like a connector, better linking Chen Qiu and the orchestra together.

Without Qin Xian, the orchestra's level would have dropped by at least half.

Qin Xian's face turned red first. He stretched out his hand to scratch his cheek and said a little embarrassedly.

"No, it's nothing. It should be all Chen Qiu's fault. I didn't do anything."

"What haven't you done yet?" After Chen Qiu heard Qin Xian's words, he immediately glared at him and interrupted angrily, "You have done the most in music, don't give it to me. Be humble!"

Then, Chen Qiu looked at the others in the orchestra and said the same thing.

"In addition, I haven't done that much. To be able to play so well, you should thank yourselves more. For example, Aigu, your percussion is the third conductor of the orchestra. You are the one who brings the rhythm to the orchestra. You do a great job. That’s right! The bass lays a good foundation for the band. Without your foundation, the band’s music would be like duckweed, without a foundation, as well as the rest of you.”

Chen Qiu looked around at everyone and nodded at them very seriously.

"You all have done a great job. Being able to lead the orchestra to perform this set of works is not the credit of one or two people, but the credit of everyone in the entire orchestra. It is even said that as long as any one person is slightly missing, the music will be better." All feelings will be missing.

After all, we are an orchestra, not soloists. What we have to do in the orchestra is to cooperate, to fuse each other's music together, and then to exert greater power, rather than to show off one's power alone.

Therefore, you should be more grateful to the friends around you and playing with you, rather than to a specific person. "Everyone was silent and listened carefully to Chen Qiu's speech.

Chen Qiu also looked at the group of students sitting below, smiled at them, opened the music score in front of him, and said relaxedly.

"Okay, the Chinese New Year is coming soon, so don't be so nervous or take it so seriously. After winning the national championship, this matter will be over. Everyone can take it as an honor to win the national championship, but don't take it as a The national championship is a lifelong plan for the future. Now we should start preparing for the nine-school league, but before that..."

Chen Qiu picked up the A4 paper on the music stand and handed it to Qin Xian beside him. After asking him to distribute it to everyone present, he smiled at everyone.

"Well, let's just have a simple concert first? I have two ideas here. Do you think we should have a New Year's concert first? Or do you think we should have a Christmas concert?"

"Ah? New Year's concert?" The person next to Qin Xian held the violin in his hand and looked at the list of works in front of him. He couldn't help but be stunned. "Are we going to have a New Year's concert? Just us as an orchestra?"

"Well, we're just a band."

Chen Qiu nodded.

He explained to everyone.

"This is what I think, because the nine-school league basically has to wait until May and June, which is near the end of the semester. During this period, we can't practice a whole set of works all the time. Maybe I won't be bothered yet, you guys? I got tired of it, so I thought about it. There are still a month or two before Christmas or New Year. We can rehearse a set of one-and-a-half-hour pieces as a transition.

After the New Year is over, everyone will start preparing for the final exam. When everyone comes back next year, we will start preparing for the nine-school league. What do you think? "

"I have no problem."

Qin Xian was the first to nod, and he said seriously to Chen Qiu: "I think the New Year's concert will actually be better. For the Christmas Eve concert, I feel that the number of tracks may be too small, and we even need to find a vocal choir, which is more troublesome. .”

"Well, the main highlights of the New Year's concert should be the Strauss Family Waltz, the Blue Danube and the Radetzky March, right?" Ai Gu stood there scratching his head and smiled honestly. He stood up and said, "What about that, conductor Chen Qiu, do you know anyone from Haicheng Theater Academy? See if you can introduce some people from the dance department to come over and provide accompaniment or something?"

"Huh? Dance department? Okay, okay, this is good!" Someone's eyes immediately lit up and they shouted in support, "What about that? Can there be more girls who can dance ballet? I like this!"

"Bah! The guy below!" A girl who played the oboe sitting next to him rolled her eyes at him, then looked at Chen Qiu expectantly, blinked and said, "Ahem, what, can we have some handsome guys dancing ballet?" ah!"

"No, we are all the same, why am I the bottom boy!" The man immediately retorted, but unfortunately he only received a blank look from the oboe girl.

Seeing everyone quarreling, Chen Qiu could only sigh helplessly, picked up a pen and knocked on the music stand in front of him. After attracting everyone's attention, he spoke.

"Ahem, what? I basically only know people from our school. If you ask me to find people from the singing department, I can help. But if you ask me to find people from other schools, I can't do anything. So I want to do the New Year's concert Give up the idea of ​​finding a backup dancer from the dance department!"

"what……"

Everyone suddenly sighed.

Seeing everyone's appearance, Chen Qiu thought for a while and asked tentatively.

"How about I look for cooperation with the folk music department and bring the folk band here, and we can play a dance of the golden snake or something?"

"A New Year's concert that combines Eastern and Western elements? It feels weird, but it's not impossible." The principal oboist took the lead and then looked around with confusion, and said, "No, why does it feel like everyone has already decided in advance?" Is it a New Year’s concert? Isn’t there anyone who supports the Christmas concert?”

"So you support the Christmas concert?"

"Ahem, nonsense. Of course I support the New Year's concert. After all, the most important thing about the New Year is the New Year's Eve. Our performance will end at about ninety o'clock, and there will still be a long time."

"So it seems like everyone supports the New Year's concert?"

"Does anyone support the Christmas concert? If so, please give me a shout."

"Tsk, the Christmas concert would be really miserable without one person."

"..."

Chen Qiu heard that everyone already had the results, so he nodded and said.

"Okay, if everyone decides to perform the New Year's Concert, then I will send you the repertoire we will perform later, and today... let's start with the Radetzky March? Everyone should know this?"

"Pulling is exciting, who can't do it?"

"My evaluation is that it is not as good as the Wucheng Education Bureau Student Symphony Orchestra."

At this point, everyone laughed at the same time, as if it was a joke that only people in the circle knew.

The same is true for Chen Qiu.

After he chuckled, he asked everyone to adjust the music first. After contacting each other, he walked to the backstage of the concert hall.

He came to the music library at his home, found the Radetzky March that had been used before and had been assigned in advance in the music stand, put it into the printer to print, and then distributed it to everyone in the orchestra.

Although everyone says they know this piece and can play it.

But the music score is still needed.

Otherwise, if they just perform out of thin air like this, wouldn't they be worse than what the Wucheng Education Bureau Student Symphony Orchestra performed?

Chen Qiu waited until all the music scores were printed, then returned to the concert hall with the slightly warm music scores, exuding a faint scent of ink, distributed the music scores to everyone, and spoke to them.

"I'll give you ten minutes to familiarize yourself with the score. If you don't understand anything, please tell me as soon as possible. Then we will start the first rehearsal."

"okay!"

After everyone responded, they immediately picked up the music scores in their hands and started reading.

Everyone's attention was very focused, making themselves familiar with the score as much as possible.

Pick up the instrument in your hand and practice it from time to time.

Again.

You can laugh at the Wucheng Education Bureau student band's performance, but it would be interesting if you, as a professional, perform worse than them.

Under the noisy practice of everyone, Chen Qiu pricked up his ears to listen to the performance of everyone in the orchestra and looked for their mistakes in advance. At the same time, he also focused on the music and looked at the score sheet in his hand carefully. Score it and match it with the work you have in mind.

Find the sound that the music should have at a certain time.

His eyes were extremely serious, and so were everyone in the orchestra.

Although Chen Qiu said that the national competition has come to an end, there is still a sense of glory in everyone's hearts.

They were able to perform such a difficult piece in the national competition, Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony, so well.

So wouldn’t this simple Radetzky march be easier to perform even without a conductor?

For the honor of being national champions, they must complete this piece to the highest possible degree of completion.

Soon, the time for practice has passed.

Everyone put down their instruments and looked at Chen Qiu with enthusiasm, with a hint of confidence on their expressions.

They felt that they should be able to perform this piece in just 10 minutes.

Chen Qiu looked at them, couldn't help but smile, picked up the pen in his hand, and nodded to everyone.

"Okay, now that you are all ready, let's get started. Pay attention..."

click!
Before Chen Qiu's voice fell, the sound of the concert hall door being opened reached everyone's ears.

Chen Qiu and everyone in the orchestra couldn't help but look towards the entrance.

Under their gaze, a slender girl walked elegantly from the door carrying a huge clarinet bag.

Like a cat, she didn't make any sound, she just raised her chin slightly proudly and walked from the door to the stage.

Under the gaze of everyone, she came to the side of the principal clarinet and gently kicked the principal clarinet with the side of her foot.

Nothing was said, but everyone could read her meaning.

She's going to be the principal clarinet.

The original principal clarinetist didn't know if he was possessed by a demon. He just looked at the girl with wide eyes. When he saw that she wanted to sit in his seat, he stood up suddenly and gave up his seat to her as if to please her. She then ran to the backstage, moved another chair over, and sat to the side.

Just like that, she sat down gracefully and unobtrusively disassembled and assembled the clarinet bag in her hand.

However, even so, she never bowed her head.

Her hands were quickly assembling her instrument, and her eyes fell on the music score in front of her.

It wasn't until the clarinet in her hand was assembled that she looked away and spoke softly to the oboe sitting aside in a daze with an accent that had a touch of Jiangnan water town tenderness.

"Oboe, standard tone."

(End of this chapter)