The God of Conducting Starting from Absolute Pitch

Chapter 118 Haiyin·Harmony Symphony Orchestra New Year Concert

As the lights in the auditorium went out, everyone in the orchestra was already standing backstage.

They stared at Chen Qiu in front of them, their eyes filled with anticipation and excitement.

Even though there may be a little tension, this tension is more caused by their uncertainty about their future.

This tension does not give them more mistakes or mistakes.

On the contrary.

This kind of appropriate tension can stimulate them just enough to make their performance even better.

They looked at Chen Qiu, waiting for their appearance.

Chen Qiu also looked at everyone in the orchestra.

Under their gaze, Chen Qiu took out a pencil from his pocket, stood in front of them, and spoke to them all.

"Maybe many people don't know my style. After all, I haven't collaborated with me on such large-scale performances before, but it doesn't matter. We still have time to get along with each other. Today will definitely not be the last time we meet. Believe me, I will Point us in the direction of victory.”

"No problem, Commander Chen Qiu, we believe in you!"

Ai Gu, who was standing farthest away, waved cheerfully to Chen Qiu.

The tight clothes did not erase his active personality. He patted Chen Qiu's chest hard and assured Chen Qiu.

"Chen Qiu commands you to believe me and that's it!"

"Yeah! I believe you."

Chen Qiu raised the pencil in his hand to everyone, looked around at everyone, paused for a moment at the principals responsible for leading the orchestra's instruments, and finally stopped at Qin Xian.

He said slowly to everyone.

"Remember, don't be too nervous when playing. If you have any questions, just see me. I will definitely give you the most correct guidance. After all, I am the conductor and I am your last insurance. Don't be afraid. Don’t worry, on stage, the music does all the talking.”

Chen Qiu glanced at the stage that had become quiet behind him, took a deep breath, smiled softly at the crowd, and spoke very seriously.

"Okay, now it's our turn to take the stage and show everyone present the strength of our harmony group!"

click!
The staff on the side saw that the atmosphere had reached and immediately opened the stage door behind Chen Qiu.

As the lights on the stage fell, everyone's hearts couldn't help but lift.

They looked at Chen Qiu, nodded especially seriously, and prepared to walk towards the concert hall one by one.

When they were about to pass by Chen Qiu, Chen Qiu spread his hands, made eye contact with them, smiled and nodded.

"come on!"

"Ok!"

Everyone nodded vigorously, and after high-fiving Chen Qiu, they walked straight towards their seats.

The warmth of Chen Qiu's palms, the strength of Chen Qiu's hands towards them, and the firm and serious look Chen Qiu gave them, made everyone's worries and fears dissipate a lot at this moment.

Just like Chen Qiu said, he has everything, so there is no need to worry.

So, anyway, let’s get started!
Everyone's gaze became firm.

Amid the applause of everyone off the stage, everyone walked to their seats and sat down, placing their instruments in place and waiting for the tuning to begin.

Ai Gu was the most active. He even shook hands with Chen Qiu when they high-fived, showing a confident look.

Su Yue is the coldest.

When she walked in front of Chen Qiu, she saw everyone around her high-fiving Chen Qiu. She stood there and hesitated for a long time, then carefully stretched out a hand to touch Chen Qiu's palm, and then quickly put it away. go back.

It's obvious that she doesn't like physical contact with others.

As the number of people in the backstage became smaller and smaller, Qin Xian and Zhao Xi also came to Chen Qiu.

Zhao Xigang was about to reach out and touch Chen Qiu's palms, but he didn't expect that Chen Qiu would use his fist instead.

The two looked at each other, stunned, and then changed their ways of greeting at the same time.

But just when Chen Qiu changed to his palm, Zhao Xi changed to his fist.

The two looked at each other helplessly, and Chen Qiu couldn't help but sigh and said.

"No, Zhao Xi, why don't you play guessing with me here?"

"I'm sorry, Commander Chen Qiu. I just don't know what your character is like, Commander Chen Qiu. I'm really sorry."

Zhao Xi scratched his head happily and laughed awkwardly.

Then he took two steps forward, stretched out his hand to Chen Qiu and said.

"How about shaking hands?"

"It feels a little raw, but it doesn't matter."

Chen Qiu reached out and shook hands with Zhao Xi. The two looked into each other's eyes, and then smiled at the same time.

Chen Qiu let go of Zhao Xi's hand, patted his shoulder and said with a smile.

"Come on, I'll leave the violin part to you!"

"Actually, you should ask Qin Xian for help. I am the one who helps Qin Xian. There is nothing I can't ask for."

"Why do you say this so maturely? It feels like you just work in a company, like a wage earner."

Chen Qiu couldn't help but complain after hearing Zhao Xi's words, then patted him on the back again, gave him more encouragement, and smiled.

"But no matter what, just play hard. In my orchestra, you don't have to worry about factional disputes or leadership, because there is only one faction in my orchestra, and that is my faction! There is no second one. !”

"Well, I will, don't worry if Chen Qiu directs you!"

After Zhao Xi nodded to Chen Qiu, he gave Qin Xian an affirmative smile behind him, and then walked towards his seat.

Qin Xian stood there, looking at each other with Chen Qiu.

Seeing that Qin Xian still had the same slightly frustrated expression as before, Chen Qiu could only helplessly stretch out his fist towards him, raise his eyebrows slightly, and ask.

"What about you, how should I say, a fist bump, a high five, or a simple and formal handshake like Zhao Xi did just now?"

"Otherwise... let's keep it the same as before."

Qin Xian took two steps forward and walked to Chen Qiu's side. Looking at the orchestra members who were already seated, he reached out and bumped fists with Chen Qiu casually, and then spoke thoughtfully.

"I always feel like everything is a little strange now..."

"What's wrong? Do you miss the previous two groups?" Chen Qiu also looked at the already seated orchestra, smiled and joked, "If you really miss it, if you mess up the performance today, we can go back to the previous two groups." The regiment is in good shape.”

"No, no, that's not the case." Qin Xian was startled by Chen Qiu's words, and immediately shook his head vigorously and said: "Actually, it feels like time has passed too fast. It seems that it was just after the last time that our band was established, and then the first Not long after the first performance, we have become such a big band now, it always feels a bit..."

"After all, no one stays still, right?"

Chen Qiu interrupted Qin Xian with a smile, then reached out and patted his back, smiling at him.

"Now is just the beginning. We are still in the initial stage of a band. We will win more championships and more honors in the future, and then form a band that truly belongs only to us, and bring our band to a level that can rival Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic, Stockholm Royal Symphony and other world-class top orchestras.

The first student orchestra in Haicheng, the first student orchestra in China, the first orchestra in Haicheng, and even the first orchestra in China, these are not the end. Go up and go to a position that Chinese people have never gone before, and become T0 A top-level band, as long as we perform, the tickets will be sold out. This is the end! "

When Chen Qiu said this, he glanced at Qin Xian, let go of his hand, picked up the baton placed aside, and smiled easily.

"Are you satisfied now? Just feel that the band is so powerful? Where is this?"

"..."

Qin Xian was a little dazed for a moment after listening to Chen Qiu's words.

He knew that Chen Qiu's goal was not a simple nine-school league championship, or some other competition championship, but a more ambitious goal.

But he never thought that Chen Qiu's target would be the top bands.

Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic, Stockholm Royal Symphony...

Can anyone really achieve this position?
There are so many new bands formed every year, and so many talents emerging every year, but few can reach the top position.

There are basically the same number of top 10 bands every year. Some bands may decline, but basically they won’t decline too much.

At most, it will be rotated within 15.

It’s ridiculously difficult for those from behind to get in.

And let alone being number one in the world, it is actually very difficult to be number one in Asia.

The orchestras in South Korea and Japan are also ridiculously strong. There are actually more musicians there, and many of them have started practicing in the orchestra when they were in elementary school.

You must know that the champions of the previous nine-school leagues, Huaguo Central Conservatory of Music, plus the runner-up of the nine-school league, Haicheng Conservatory of Music and Huaguo Conservatory of Music, no matter who they are, they represent Huaguo. In the student orchestra invitational competition here in Asia, it is difficult to win against South Korea and Japan.

So this road is like climbing to the sky.

He looked at Chen Qiu, a little unsure whether Chen Qiu was telling lies.

However, Chen Qiu just looked at him and smiled at him, his face filled with confidence.

This made him a little unsure of Chen Qiu's thoughts.

But... Qin Xian thought for a moment and spoke seriously to Chen Qiu.

"I will work hard, I will try to keep up with you."

"Well, I know, I believe you, okay, let's go on stage together."

Chen Qiu took two steps forward, looked at Qin Xian behind him, nodded to him, and said with a smile.

"No matter what the future holds, we must first perform this New Year's concert well."

"Yes!"

Qin Xian nodded vigorously.

He threw away all the thoughts in his mind and stared at the orchestra that had been prepared in front of him. After taking a deep breath, he nodded to Chen Qiu.

"Let's go, Commander Chen Qiu, let's go on stage!"

After that, he took the lead and walked towards the stage.

Chen Qiu followed him and walked towards the stage with him.

Wow!
The applause roared, becoming more enthusiastic than when the band took the stage before.

Many people don’t know the names of the people in the Harmony Symphony Orchestra.

But almost everyone knows the names of Chen Qiu and Qin Xian.

Because their names are written on the poster.

Conductor: Chen Qiu!
Chief: Qin Xian!
Not only that, their deeds have actually been widely circulated in the school.

Many people know the story of Chen Qiu and Qin Xian leading the Haiyin 2nd Team to win the national championship.

This is the main reason why the applause became more enthusiastic after the two of them took the stage.

Under the applause of everyone, Qin Xian sat down in his seat, picked up his violin, and looked at Chen Qiu.

Chen Qiu also stood on the conductor's podium and opened the music scores one by one.

After confirming that everything was ready, Chen Qiu picked up the baton placed on the music score, pointed at the principal oboe in the distance, and nodded to him.

"Oboe, give me a standard pitch!"

hum!
As soon as he finished speaking, the oboe played the 442HZ standard tone A that had been prepared for a long time.

He had been practicing the standard A, but he was afraid that he would make a mistake again and be beaten up by Chen Qiuzhong.

But it's clear that his hard work paid off.

Chen Qiu listened to his performance, nodded slightly with satisfaction, and asked the others to calibrate the oboe along with it.

The voices of all the people in the orchestra become unified and harmonious, just like the name of the orchestra, the Harmony Orchestra.

They calibrate their voices in harmony.

Soon, after the orchestra's sound check was completed, Chen Qiu looked around at everyone in the orchestra and confirmed that no one had any problems, then he spoke to the orchestra and all the audience behind him.

"First piece, Johann Strauss, plucked polka"

Without a dedicated host, Chen Qiu could only do it himself.

After he finished speaking, he looked at the orchestra, raised his hand, and then lowered it.

Bang! ! ! Bahba bah…

Bang! ! ! Bahba bah…

The moment his fingers fell, everyone in the orchestra immediately started plucking the strings.

As the name suggests, plucked polka is a performance based on plucked strings.

Everyone on the violin side held their violins in their hands, using movements somewhat similar to guitars, and looked at Chen Qiu's guidance to pluck the strings in their hands bit by bit.

Chen Qiu's hand was heavy at the beginning, but after falling, it changed and became lighter.

Everyone in the orchestra followed the movements of Chen Qiu's hands and played their music.

This is just an opening, a very simple piece on the opening.

Seeing their slightly nervous expressions, Chen Qiu couldn't help but laugh. He shook his head helplessly, leaned forward slightly, and raised his eyebrows at them.

Obviously, Chen Qiu wanted to tell them not to be nervous.

He has everything.

This is not a very difficult piece, it should be a very relaxed, interesting piece with a sense of humor.

Everyone needs to relax more.

And in this place, the string instruments are basically playing by themselves. Why are the people on the wind instrument side so nervous?
The movements in Chen Qiu's hands became lighter and more exaggerated.

As if affected by the movements of Chen Qiu's hands, the mood of everyone in the orchestra began to change from the nervousness at the beginning of the performance.

They looked at each other, and smiles gradually appeared on their faces.

After they entered the performance state, they roughly understood why Chen Qiu chose such a piece in this place.

Plucked polka, a simple polka, has nothing special except for a little timbre change given by the percussion at the back.

Therefore, they don’t need to be nervous at all.

We are already on stage, just relax and enjoy the music.

Except that you need to be careful not to play the wrong note, there is no need to worry about anything else.

As everyone became more and more relaxed, the movements in Chen Qiu's hands changed from the previous exaggeration to the ease at the beginning.

Fortunately, because the violin's sound is relatively small, Chen Qiu's orchestra is a relatively large one, which makes up for this shortcoming.

Everyone under the stage couldn't help but laugh when they heard Chen Qiu leading the orchestra in his hands.

The relaxed and humorous mood in the music was clearly conveyed to them from Chen Qiu's hands.

All of them began to have some changes in their thinking.

Obviously, this is a simple New Year's concert for everyone to relax.

Just relax and put a smile on your face.

Just enjoy the music.

There is no need to be so nervous or think too much, just enjoy and feel the music.

It's even okay for you to sleep here, as long as you don't snore.

After all, music is meant to relax people.

There are also many people who go out to buy concert tickets and sleep in the concert hall.

You can do whatever you want as long as it doesn't affect other people.

A simple plucked polka quickly brought everyone's emotions together.

They looked at each other with smiles on their faces.

They were no longer nervous, but played happily and enjoyed the music.

The command in Chen Qiu's hands also became relaxed and active.

In such a peaceful environment, in just two or three minutes, Chen Qiu finished their first piece.

A piece of work that is humorous, interesting, enjoyable, and a little surprising.

Although it is not so stunning that it can attract the attention of everyone in the concert hall at once, it is obvious that this is a good start.

He made everyone in the band's emotions and thinking directions intertwined with him.

Everyone present was able to relax and enjoy the music instead of thinking.

In this case, then you can start to have fun directly.

There are so many interesting things that can be written in something like a polka.

Chen Qiu waved the baton in his hand to express his termination, then turned around and bowed slightly to the crowd, and applause broke out.

After the applause stopped, Chen Qiu said to the crowd.

"Next, lightning and thunder, polka!"

Chen Qiu looked at the orchestra again, looked at each other, and raised the baton in his hand.

Looking at the farthest away, Ai Gu was ready and nodded slightly to him.

The baton in his hand was swung down hard.

(End of this chapter)