The God of Conducting Starting from Absolute Pitch

Chapter 121 Listen, this is our music!

Blue Danube, this piece can basically be regarded as an unforgettable evening of the New Year's concert.

Basically, every concert, other works can be changed, and some personal works will be produced according to each conductor's personal preferences.

But no matter how it changes every year, this song will be unforgettable tonight...

No, this song "Blue Danube" is a piece that every conductor must prepare.

of course!

Although it is said that it requires preparation, it actually does not require too much rehearsal. You only need to follow the people at the Vienna Philharmonic once or twice. It is more about conducting your own performance when you are on stage. .

After all, the conductor may have only conducted this piece a dozen times. The people from the Vienna Philharmonic, playing Blue Danube in various styles and shapes, may have performed it a dozen times. They rehearsed and practiced this piece. The number of times is basically calculated in hundreds.

For example, those who pay more attention to the overall effect, or those who pay more attention to aesthetic expression, or those who pay more attention to logic, or those who prefer dance and ballet.

A mess of all kinds of completely different expressions.

Although the notes played are the same, the speed and emotion of their playing are very different.

These differences are not particularly difficult for a world-class orchestra like the Vienna Philharmonic.

Therefore, this song "Blue Danube" is actually fairer to a certain extent, and can better reveal the characteristics of the conductor and his abilities.

Same work, same time, same orchestra, the only difference is the conductor.

Whoever plays poorly makes a fool of himself.

However, it is precisely because of this work that everyone knows and needs to be performed every year that Blue Danube has given birth to many excellent interpretations.

When Chen Qiu was preparing this set of works, he listened to many people's playing methods.

He was also thinking about a question.

If you could become the conductor of the Vienna Philharmonic New Year's Concert, what method would you use to interpret it?
And why you want to do this.

Chen Qiu thought about it alone for a long time, but never made a final decision.

But looking at his student orchestra, the Haiyin Harmony Orchestra, he gradually figured out one thing.

That is, the ability of a conductor and the performance of a work are not just about the conductor itself, but also many, many other details.

For example, the orchestra’s understanding of music.

The most correct thing for a conductor to do is to integrate his own thinking with the orchestra's abilities and construct a way to perform that is most suitable for him and the orchestra.

And it's not just about instructing one person to do a good job.

Therefore, Chen Qiu looked at the orchestra, smiled and nodded at them, and stretched out his violin, but his eyes were on the French horn.

Under everyone's gaze, Chen Qiu raised his hand and pulled out the music with an inaudible trembling.

hum...

The violin trembled, and Qin Xian led the violin under his command, playing the tremolo in a particularly gentle manner.

The sound is not loud, it is more of a foreshadowing work.

Because after the violin, the unique sound of the French horn, with a rich and deep atmosphere, slowly walked out of the music and stood in front of everyone.

Smooth and stable.

Just like the ever-flowing lake, there are no waves.

This is the motivation of the work.

The violin is like the spring breeze, ruffling the spring water of a lake, and the French horn is like the blue Danube flowing quietly.

Not only that, it also symbolizes the dawn.

The night is over and dawn is coming.

Chen Qiu's eyes made contact with the people on the other side of the wind instrument, and he stretched out his hand to give them a hint.

He was trembling so slightly, and everyone in the orchestra didn't know why, but they could clearly sense the intensity and direction of Chen Qiu's performance.

This intensity, this direction?
Although it felt like Chen Qiu was guiding him, in fact, there was a feeling deep in their hearts.

That’s how you have to play.

Only this kind of performance is the most suitable for you and the orchestra.
Therefore, they did not hesitate, followed Chen Qiu's guidance, and played the sound that belonged to Chen Qiu and them.

Along with their voices, there are other musical instruments.

Smart and elegant.

The sense of dance unique to the three beats of the waltz suddenly spreads out from the music like fireworks and fills the air.

The baton in Chen Qiu's hand waved to the beat easily.

The power in the gentle waltz was stimulated to become even more brilliant.

It was obviously just a simple concert, but for some reason, many people present seemed to be able to think of a ballet dancer wearing a white dress.

Maybe it's because...such a performance would seem too monotonous if not paired with ballet?

Chen Qiu listened to the music that was completely inspired by the baton in his hand, and his thoughts could not help but wander away.

He feels...

Maybe it would be better if I followed Ai Gu's advice and went to find the students at Haicheng Dance Academy and ask them to borrow some dancers?
But after thinking about it, Chen Qiu smiled and wiped away his thoughts.

Although he said he could borrow ballet dancers from people at Haicheng Dance Academy, he didn't understand ballet.

If he wants the ballet to fully match his orchestra, then he needs to direct and choreograph the ballet.

Then he may need to find a choreographer from a dance academy to help.

Although there is definitely no problem in doing so, it might be too much trouble in that case.

He is both a teacher and a student. Chen Qiu also represents the Haiyin Student Symphony Orchestra. He is not just an ordinary person, looking for help from their school.

Adding a lot of messy things may not only not help his work become better in the end, but may actually cause problems in his performance.

Therefore, Chen Qiu just thought about it for a moment, then stopped thinking too much about dancing and just continued to conduct the orchestra.

Although the baton in his hand did not give the orchestra much guidance, he made the orchestra extremely brilliant.

Compared with paying more attention to the details of music, Haicheng Harmony Symphony Orchestra actually has a deeper understanding of the fluidity of music.

Therefore, Chen Qiu will also focus more on the fluidity of music.

Let the music flow, let the music not just play the pitch and duration.

This is what Chen Qiu is doing now.

Maybe the processing of some details will be a little rough, but there is no way. After all, the band has only been established for more than a month.

It has been very good to be able to develop these works into what they are now in more than a month.

So even if Chen Qiu wants to adjust the details, the orchestra does not have the ability to continue to adjust the details.

It is precisely because of this that Chen Qiu regards the fluidity of music as the most important element of music.

Let the music flow, make the music more beautiful, and use the popularity and danceability of the music to make the audience ignore the details of the music.

This is the purpose of Chen Qiu conducting the orchestra in this way.

And very obvious.

Even though Chen Qiu didn't look behind him, he could still tell that almost everyone present agreed with his choice.

Because he could feel that everyone present was immersed in the flow of music.

This is not a special function, it is just the player's perception of the environment when playing.

Chen Qiu's ears and brain are very capable of receiving music information, so what he hears is not just simple music sounds, but he can also hear the sounds coming from under the stage.

They covered their mouths to talk in a low voice, or they coughed, or they moved their aching buttocks.

Chen Qiu can hear these.

Of course, you can't hear the group of people chatting in low voices.

Chen Qiu could clearly feel it around him, in this concert hall.

Almost no one made any special movements. Even those who occasionally made noises mostly moved their buttocks and listened to the song "Blue Danube" with a more serious and happy attitude.

The river flows quietly, which is the praise of the Danube in spring.

The melody jumps, rises and falls, and advances layer by layer. This is the girl dancing under the Southern Alps.

The baton in Chen Qiu's hand never stopped, and everyone in the orchestra was also dancing wildly to the music.

Every bit of it releases incredible passion and beauty.

Pretty!

The group of conducting teachers and leaders sitting under the stage, teachers and leaders from the orchestral department, and some teachers and leaders from the composition department, listened to the Haiyin Harmony Symphony Orchestra led by Chen Qiu, and all they could think of were two words: .

That's beautiful.

It's really beautiful.

The lines of this music are almost like a painting. Even if it was just simple music, they could actually imagine a dancing girl before their eyes.

It's like a New Year's concert on camera.

Many of them came here just because the school invited them to review the school's new orchestra.

If it weren't for the school's requirement, they would either go to the Haicheng Symphony Orchestra or the Haicheng Philharmonic Orchestra, or they would just have sex with their wives and children.

When ordered to come here by the school, many people actually listened with an indifferent attitude.

but now.

They just want to thank the school.

Thanks to the school for giving them such an opportunity to come and listen to the concert of Chen Qiu and the Haiyin Harmony Orchestra.

Let’s not talk about the polka in front.

The polka in front already smells like a professional band.

So they can barely listen.

Professional orchestras won't make some terrible mistakes, and you can even buy tickets. Therefore, listening to a professional orchestra's performance for free is relatively worthwhile to a certain extent.

But later on, when it came to the Radetzky March and the William Tell Overture, they became a little unable to sit still.

The performance of these works by Chen Qiu and his orchestra is no longer something that ordinary professional orchestras can achieve.

Although there are still some details that have not been handled well.

But Chen Qiu and his orchestra were able to cover up this detail inexplicably?

How can people barely notice those details?

This is very interesting.

In fact, they had discovered this problem before, but as a student orchestra and Chen Qiu's good concealment, they didn't say anything and just continued to listen to the orchestra's New Year's concert.

But now when they arrived at the Blue Danube River, they were completely shocked.

The covering in this place has been done better.

Almost all the details in the music are well covered up.

You don't pay attention to the details of the music at all.

You will only focus on the essence of the music and listen to the musical expression of Chen Qiu and his subordinates.

Unless you record the performance of Chen Qiu and the Haiyin Symphony Orchestra, and then listen to it again, listen to it several times, and appreciate it several times, you can discover the problems in their handling of details.

Otherwise, if you just simply listen to this live.

There is no chance of you hearing the details.

This operation is really...

Shocking!
Many teachers and leaders couldn't help but express emotion.

They were not in a hurry to point out this detail of the band's mistakes.

After all, this orchestra is just a newly formed student orchestra.

This orchestra has been established for almost a month and has put together a full concert lasting more than an hour.

Even if you say they don’t need to memorize music, they can compose so many pieces without making many mistakes. This is something that can’t be accomplished without memorizing music.

This is almost visible to the naked eye. It takes countless efforts and even more than ten hours of practice every day. Everyone works together to achieve this result.

And now, Chen Qiu and the Haiyin Harmony Symphony Orchestra have done it.

They are really too strong!
No, to be precise, it should be Chen Qiu who is really too strong.

He was actually able to find such a path to guide the band forward in such a short period of time.

It's simply horrifying.

The leaders of the command system and the teachers, especially Li Anguo, were no longer as calm as before.

They can't wait to see the band now completed and competing in the nine-school league.

They believed Chen Qiu.

As long as Chen Qiu is there, the orchestra will definitely have no problems.

At the very least, Haiyin can guarantee his previous ranking!

If they can keep their ranking, that's enough, and they won't be considered a performance failure.

As long as you don't fail, you will make money no matter what!

Although Chen Qiu felt that the emotions of the people behind him were getting higher and higher, he did not know what the teachers and leaders were thinking.

But that doesn't matter.

After Chen Qiu finished playing the last note, he bowed slightly to the crowd and started playing the cancan without any hesitation.

Normally, for this piece of music, Chen Qiu should take the curtain call in front of the audience, go backstage and wait, and when the audience shouts and applauds for an encore, he should come out and take the curtain call two or three times before starting to play again.

But Chen Qiu and the audience present couldn't wait at all.

In this case, there is no need to go through the process and start directly!
Chen Qiu twirled the baton in his hand, and the orchestral strings nearby took turns playing the leading role.

What is different from the past is that the triangle, which had been insignificant before, finally stood up at this time.

Her exceptionally clear voice rang like a New Year's bell.

Pull out the phrases between the music.

Under Chen Qiu's command, the melody became more and more cheerful.

After a few hard downstrokes on the strings, the music went directly to the climax.

Wind and string resonance.

Chen Qiu's hands gradually relaxed, and he was letting go of control of the music's speed.

This place is about to start accelerating.

As for this piece, the less the conductor has control over the orchestra, the faster the orchestra accelerates.

Therefore, Chen Qiu took advantage of this and let go of the orchestra's control bit by bit.

Under this gradually relaxed control, the emotions in the music are stacked one after another.

At this time, Chen Qiu slightly raised his eyebrows at the people behind him, stretched out his hand to signal them to follow the rhythm of the orchestra, and clap together to beat the rhythm.

The sound of strings buzzes, the sound of percussion roars, the sound of wind instruments is high-pitched, and the sound of applause is crisp.

All the sounds were almost perfectly blended together by Chen Qiu.

Like the previous Radetzky March, the audience has become an instrument in Chen Qiu's hands at this moment.

No, not just the audience.

Even everything in this concert hall has become an instrument in Chen Qiu's hands.

He is no longer just an orchestra conductor.

He has now even become the conductor of this concert.

He deftly controlled the volume of the orchestra, hitting it against the walls of the concert hall and letting it bounce back.

The audience's applause is also under his control.

Not only does it resonate with the orchestra, but it also resonates with the echo.

Emotions pile up one after another.

Everyone was completely unable to control their emotions. They completely handed themselves over to Chen Qiu, followed Chen Qiu's pace, and moved forward with an unstoppable attitude.

The music became more and more passionate and the emotions became more and more intense.

At this moment, the entire concert hall was already more burning and boring than a rock scene.

Everyone is working hard to release all the passion in their hearts.

In the applause that completely followed the march of the orchestra, the music finally came to its end.

Chen Qiu's hand made a huge pause in the air, and the sweat floated away like crystal in the direction of his finger.

Under the reverberation of this music, the orderly applause instantly became disorderly.

Like a tsunami that broke a dam, it ran madly in all directions of the concert hall.

Accompanied by the thunderous applause, like the roar of a giant beast, Chen Qiu turned around and looked at everyone, opened his hands, and bowed vigorously.

What followed was even more enthusiastic applause, and was drowned in the applause.

"Bravo!"

(End of this chapter)