The God of Conducting Starting from Absolute Pitch

Chapter 116 New Year’s Concert

After Christmas comes New Year.

After Chen Qiu celebrated Christmas with everyone from the Second Troupe, he continued into the intense rehearsal process of the New Year's concert.

As the time gets closer to New Year's Day, everyone in the orchestra can't help but become nervous.

After all, everyone here knows it.

This concert will determine the future of their current band.

If it's played well, there's not much to say.

But if the performance is not good...

In the future, it is hard to say whether the first group will be the main one and some people from the second group will be fired, or whether the second group will be the main group and some people from the first group will be fired.

Even though many people feel that they should not be expelled, it is obvious that everyone who is expelled does not feel that they will be expelled before they are expelled.

Partly out of fear for the future, both members of the first and second regiments are practicing extremely seriously at this moment.

Especially those in some families who are more strict.

Such as...

"If you get kicked out of the school band, don't come back to this house!"

"Trash! You can't even get the first rank. How can you have the nerve to say that you have studied piano with Master XXX for more than ten years?"

"The school's first band and the second band merged, and your position in the band actually dropped. Didn't you tell me that you had no problem? Aren't you in the top of the school? Didn't you say that the people in the second band were all at the bottom? ?How dare you lower your status?"

If these families are stricter, they will also be more nervous.

If he was really kicked later, there would really be no way to talk things over with his family.

I will definitely be sprayed to death by my family.

Therefore, after experiencing a little Christmas relaxation, the atmosphere in the band did not relax, but became tense.

Chen Qiu also did not release the tense atmosphere in the orchestra.

Because he likes to see them working hard like this.

There is motivation only when there is pressure.

If everyone in the orchestra does not work hard enough, if something goes wrong later, it will not be easy for Chen Qiu to explain to Professor Li.

After all, Professor Li has given him full authority to handle the orchestra.

Entrusting the school's appearance to a senior student to lead it is not something that can be determined by how many achievements Chen Qiu can make.

Professor Li must have fought for it later and given a lot of guarantees, so that Chen Qiu could lead the school orchestra to move forward in this way.

This New Year's concert was the day when Chen Qiu showed his results to everyone in the school.

No room for error!

Time gradually passed as everyone prepared, and time soon came to the day of the New Year's Concert.

Everything is no different from usual, everyone lives according to the previous model.

Go to school when you need to go to school, practice when you need to practice.

nothing special.

But it is obvious that many people are a little distracted even when they are in class.

Tonight's eight o'clock concert will not calm them down at all.

Although it was just a simple New Year's concert, for them, it was actually a bit like a final exam, which made people extremely nervous.

Many people had even put on the costumes they needed to prepare for tonight's performance in advance during class. For example, the black suit, worn under the coat, looked bulging.

Therefore, when many teachers looked at them like this and thought of the New Year's concert, they had nothing to say and could only let them go temporarily.

Let’s settle the score later.

As for Chen Qiu.

He had already arrived at the concert hall alone in advance, and together with other students from the Art Management Department, arranged everything in the concert hall.

For example, taking out some percussion instruments and placing them in the back row, and preparing seats in advance.

When the time came in the afternoon, some students who had no classes had already arrived in the concert hall in advance.

They nodded to Chen Qiu, whispered hello, and then quickly walked to the backstage of the concert hall. After taking off their down jackets, they came to their seats and started simple tuning and practice.

This is different from the competition, and it is also different from the confrontation performance with a group that Chen Qiu experienced before.

This is a concert that belongs only to Chen Qiu and his band.

So he had enough time to organize and adjust the orchestra.

It’s entirely possible to prepare according to the band’s normal routine.

From the stage to the performance, step by step.

The orchestra's stage performance is actually more of a process of adapting to the venue.

Generally speaking, the better the orchestra, the faster it can adapt to the venue.

When Chen Qiu led the second troupe to perform at the Huaguo Grand Theater, they went to see the venue in advance in the concert hall. In fact, it was the same process.

Get a rough idea of ​​what the venue is like.

This situation is not only needed by temporary orchestras. In fact, even resident orchestras also need to take the stage.

It's just that their steps will be more detailed.

More attention needs to be paid to subtle things such as the humidity and temperature of the concert hall.

Details such as humidity and temperature will have a serious impact on the orchestra's expression.

The conductor needs to listen to these details to adjust the details of the music.

This is one of the main reasons why the resident orchestra takes the stage.

But there is one thing that needs to be noted.

That is, you make sure that the orchestra must be able to listen to the conductor, and they know the small reasons why the conductor changes his movements.

If this band doesn't listen to the conductor and plays randomly, it will be on autopilot.

So even if they come to the stage in advance, it will actually be of no use.

Not only that, the conductor of the orchestra also needs to have sufficient strength.

In addition to being able to accurately identify the changes in the venue at this moment, he also knows how to make detailed changes to his orchestra to make the music played by the orchestra more suitable for the feeling he wants to play, so that the audience can also feel his understanding of the music. control.

These are very important points, and they require a lot of thinking to perfect your performance.

It’s not just a matter of a good orchestra or a good conductor.

This also leads to a problem.

For many, many bands, their actual stage performance is just a pure stage performance. They just walk through the stage once and then disappear.

In this way, they completely wasted the opportunity to go on stage.

Regarding the performance of later music, it is also difficult to show something special to attract the audience.

It tends to be more of a cookie-cutter presentation.

Fortunately, Chen Qiu is a very good conductor, and he is very good at these things.

As for the Haiyin Harmony Symphony Orchestra, although it is not as strong as those top orchestras, many of us are students.

But in the final analysis, they are also students from the top three conservatoires in the country, and their abilities are basically superior to those of their peers.

Even if the professional level is a little lower, it won't be that bad.

In addition, every time Chen Qiu rehearses, he requires them to look at themselves and pay attention to the conductor's movements to understand his conductor's intention.

Therefore, the Haiyin Harmony Symphony Orchestra is pretty good and barely meets the definition of controllable.

Chen Qiu sat in the middle of the auditorium of the concert hall, looking at the crowd that was gradually filling up the stage at this moment, nodded silently, didn't say anything, just listened.

All the details of the sound passed through Chen Qiu's mind. He caught many points that others could not catch, and recorded them in his mind to prepare for the performance he was going to perform later.

Unlike before, the first group to come this time was actually Rui Jia.

She came to the orchestra very early in advance.

She canceled tonight's performance, and she had no classes in the afternoon, so she came over very early to practice in preparation for the evening performance.

This was probably one of the rare times that Chen Qiu saw her arriving early instead of holding the line.

Chen Qiu sat in the back, listening to the bass she gave. There was no expression on his face. He just reached out and pinched his chin, lowering his head and thinking.

Ruijia's bass is getting better and better, especially compared to when she first came here, there was almost no sense of bass. Now Ruijia's bass is always strong when it should be strong and weak when it should be. weak.

Every time she appears, she gives strong assistance to other voices in the orchestra, helping them to advance the beauty of the music, and as the bass supports everything in the orchestra.

Although her body is not tall, looking at her playing the bass seriously, there is always a sense of solidity. But what made Chen Qiu feel more relieved was the arrival of Zhao Xi and Qin Xian.

Zhao Xi and Qin Xian are roommates, and their course schedules are similar. In addition, they are also the first and second concertmasters of the orchestra.

Therefore, most of the time, the two appear at the same time.

Although they are not as inseparable as the conjoined twins, there is almost no difference in the time they entered.

After Zhao Xi entered the venue, he quickly sat down at the second chief position, smiled and nodded to the others, picked up the violin in his hand, and quickly followed the pace of everyone at a certain breath position.

Qin Xian was sitting there, holding the violin on his legs, listening to the performances of the people around him, his eyes serious.

He is the chief.

To a certain extent, he also has to bear part of Chen Qiu's responsibility.

For example, at this moment, he listened to the performance of the string section and felt the overall mood and feeling of the music.

He seemed to notice that Chen Qiu was looking at him, and couldn't help but turn his gaze to Chen Qiu. Their eyes collided with each other, and then the corners of their mouths slightly raised at the same time.

Chen Qiu nodded slightly to Qin Xian and gave him a cheering look.

Qin Xian, on the other hand, nodded seriously to Chen Qiu, saying that he would do his best to lead the orchestra to keep up with Chen Qiu's pace.

Although nothing was said, the two of them were fully aware of each other's intentions.

Chen Qiu withdrew his gaze from Qin Xian and continued to watch everything in the orchestra.

Qin Xian is the band's last insurance, and he represents the band's upper limit.

The stronger he is, the better the orchestra can perform.

Therefore, Chen Qiu believes in Qin Xian and believes that Qin Xian can help him and the orchestra to achieve everything he wants.

Chen Qiu continued to watch everything in the orchestra.

The people who gradually joined the band band obviously performed much better than the people in the second group before.

The people in the wind band, especially the people in the band, are probably the only talented people in the school who can join the band.

No matter how powerful people are, they really travel all over the world to participate in competitions, and they are even crazier than the people at the piano.

Therefore, the people in the second group have greatly improved after being merged into the first group.

Just like the oboe.

During the rehearsals of the second troupe, the oboe often made noises, but now that a new oboe has been added, he has never blown sounds again.

crunch...

The orchestra door opened again, and Ai Gu walked in from outside the concert hall.

Unlike before, Ai Gu was dressed upright this time, and his black suit didn't even have a single wrinkle.

Chen Qiu was stunned for a while.

Like when I performed before, the one Ai Gu wore was called chic.

The main theme of clothes is coolness and openness.

If it wasn't difficult to take off his clothes on stage, maybe Ai Gu would just unbutton the white shirt underneath, and then show everyone his high chest muscles and strong abdominal muscles.

The hems of his previous clothes were all sharp, and the buttons on both sides were also slanted, with a flying angle feel.

You can even say that his suit can be used as a cosplay suit to participate in comic conventions!

It looks particularly bright and strange.

That is to say, he stood at the back of the orchestra and no one noticed him, otherwise he would definitely be the first to be asked out.

Chen Qiu originally thought that Ai Gu would dress like that today.

But I didn't expect that Ai Gu would actually have a flat hem now?

Not only that, his cuffs and buttons have all become neat and regular.

Even his hair has changed from the punk boy before to a very simple samurai hair.

They are all tied together and behaved in an orderly manner.

It's like changing from a bad boy to a good student.

Not only Chen Qiu, but also many people in the second group of the orchestra were stunned when they saw Ai Gu, and the instruments in their hands stopped playing.

Holy shit? Is this good boy Ai Gu?
Seeing the strange looks in everyone's eyes, Ai Gu's face gradually turned red, and he spoke with a hint of sullenness.

"No, you are rehearsing. What are you watching me do? What's wrong with me?"

"Ai Gu..." Chen Qiu hesitated, "If you are kidnapped, just blink. Really, there is no need to force yourself..."

"No, I didn't. Hey, Chen Qiu commanded me!"

Ai Gu went a little crazy. He threw his schoolbag aside and wanted to pull at his suit.

But soon, his reason stopped him from doing this.

After carefully arranging his suit, he scratched his head and spoke to Chen Qiu with a particularly troubled expression.

"There's nothing I can do, Commander Chen Qiu, I'm also very awkward, but there's nothing I can do!"

"You can't help it? What's wrong with you?"

Chen Qiu looked at Ai Gu curiously and asked slightly curiously: "Who else can force you to wear such clothes?"

"It's my mother..."

"Oh, that's okay."

Chen Qiu retracted his gaze, continued to look at the orchestra, and said casually without moving his eyes: "Auntie did a good job."

"No, I, I...ahhhh! It's all Su Yue's fault!"

Ai Gu was particularly troubled. He scratched his head a little frantically, almost messing up his hair. When he felt something was wrong, Ai Gu stopped and sighed.

"Su Yue and my mother complained. No, we can't say that she complained to my mother. She went back to the compound two days ago to hold a celebration banquet to celebrate her winning the world championship. Then my parents were also invited. As a result, During the meal, Su Yue said that she wanted to come and play in our band, and then showed everyone the photos of our band.

Others didn't say anything. After all, it's normal for a world champion to have her own opinions. That is to say, some people asked her if she wanted to join a bigger orchestra, such as the Haicheng Symphony Orchestra. They have connections, and Su Yue is just normal. He refused, saying he was just playing for fun.

The matter should have ended here, but this photo was sent to my mother. My mother almost exploded when she saw the clothes I was wearing. She threatened me with a hunger strike for three days. I really had no choice. I could only follow her request, change into a normal suit, and comb my hair..."

Ai Gu looked at Chen Qiu with a pitiful expression and pretended to be pitiful.

"Woooooo, Commander Chen Qiu, please don't let Su Yue join the group. I feel like I'm being monitored. It's so uncomfortable."

Chen Qiu looked at Ai Gu... behind and said nothing.

Ai Gu just felt that Chen Qiu's gaze was a little strange, but he didn't think much about it. He just continued to play tricks with Chen Qiu, scolding Su Yong in different ways.

For example, how domineering Su Yue was back then.

However, he never expected that in the next second, a cold and chilling voice came from behind him.

Su Yue whispered to him.

"I have no interest in spying on you. I'm sorry that you were threatened by your parents. I didn't mean to."

"Damn it! Su Yue! Su Yue, when did you..."

Ai Gu was so frightened that he jumped back two steps, looked at Su Yue in disbelief, and complained with a hint of sadness and indignation.

"No, why are you walking silently?"

"I came a long time ago, but you didn't notice. I was talking to Commander Chen Qiu all the time."

Su Yue nodded to Chen Qiu and then walked towards the orchestra.

When she passed by Qin Xian, she paused slightly, made eye contact with Qin Xian, nodded slightly to say hello, and then walked straight to the principal clarinet position.

The eyes of everyone in the orchestra, especially the wind band, were fixed on Su Yue.

They couldn't help but swallow.

At this time, the interim principal clarinet finally understood what Chen Qiu had told him at that time, why he was only the interim principal.

The school's clarinet goddess is actually joining the band?

Before Su Yue could approach, he immediately stood up, gave way to Su Yue, then ran to the corner of the orchestra and found a stool to sit down on.

He looked at Su Yue, his face full of flattery.

Same as the previous principal clarinet of the second group.

But Su Yue didn't look at him.

She just sat down on her own, took out the clarinet in her hand, assembled it, and after the assembly was completed, she spoke to the chief oboe.

"oboe, give me a standard pronunciation!"

(End of this chapter)