The God of Conducting Starting from Absolute Pitch

Chapter 133 Go ahead and satisfy you!
The moment the baton fell from Chen Qiu's hand, the feeling of music immediately became completely different from yesterday.

Yesterday, there might have been a slight lag, and some people in the band were not even used to the music. There were many obvious mistakes in the music that had not been corrected.

But when we started rehearsing today, almost half of these things were eliminated.

However this is not the end.

Chen Qiu could clearly feel that the control of the music had changed.

He controlled the music in his hands, and it was not as difficult as before. Many people in the orchestra did not particularly listen to his performance.

Now the moment his fingers fall down, Haicheng Radio Symphony Orchestra, a professional orchestra, can feel Chen Qiu's thoughts, and then follow Chen Qiu's steps to perform and interpret.

Although there is still a little bit of stagnation, it is much better than yesterday.

The current orchestra is almost like a normal orchestra. There are not many people in it who are resistant to him, and they deliberately want to perform some interpretations that are contrary to Chen Qiu's ideas.

Under such operational changes, the heritage of the Haicheng Radio Symphony Orchestra as a veteran professional orchestra has gradually been revealed.

Chen Qiu's hand pressed down slightly, and the orchestra followed Chen Qiu and performed extremely detailed weakening processing.

And this weakening process is not like when Chen Qiu was in the Haiyin Student Orchestra, many people just clicked and lowered the music a lot.

Only Chen Qiu's constant adjustments can show the smoothness it should have.

The current Haicheng Radio Symphony Orchestra has a unique interpretation of this weakening that belongs only to them.

Chen Qiu couldn't help but be stunned as he listened to their handling of this weakening.

The expression of this music...

Very interesting!

The baton in Chen Qiu's hand did not stop. While leading the orchestra, he shouted to some people in the orchestra, asking them to express some special treatment, and also thought about what the orchestra had just expressed.

The expression they just expressed was obviously not the expression made by Chen Qiu.

This expression is more of a habit of their band as a whole.

Maybe it was introduced by one of their previous conductors, and then continued to be used, and eventually became an expression of the orchestra's habit.

Just like their chief, Wu Jianhai's personal habits.

Although their weakening is not obvious in terms of volume and front-to-back comparison, the overall weakening is not obvious.

But they did a particularly brilliant job of expressing the tension in the music before and after.

This feeling is very interesting.

It's like an enlarged version of the chief.

Chen Qiu looked at the other players in the orchestra and found that no one among them showed dissatisfaction with this expression.

There are even many people who particularly like this expression. After the performance, the corners of their mouths even raised a little proudly.

Chen Qiu did not stop this.

They did this really well.

but……

"Give the horns more power and make the music more frustrating!"

"The overall lines are made stronger, and the contrast between strong and weak can be slightly weaker, but I want more lines."

"Bang Er Bang! Bang Er Bang! This word Bang gives me more power!"

Chen Qiu pursed his lips and kept waving the baton in his hand. He also kept shouting at them, shouting out some instructions that he had no time to do.

While shouting, he did not forget to streamline his command.

He made every instruction in his hand as clear and concise as possible.

At the same time, convey your ideas as completely as possible to all the players present.

Although this is only their second rehearsal together, it is obvious that the effect of this rehearsal is much better than before.

The expression of music they just showed is completely different from yesterday.

This time, Chen Qiu does not need to pay special attention to making his music closer to the people in the orchestra, and then slowly changing the people's thoughts about music in the orchestra.

He just needs to express his ideas, and the people in the band will start to follow his lead.

This reduced a lot of his work.

He also expresses the music he wants to express more beautifully.

The chief stopped talking after rehearsals began.

His eyes had never been on the music stand in front of him. He just focused his eyes completely on Chen Qiu, staring at Chen Qiu without any deviation in his eyes.

Sure enough, sure enough!
There is absolutely no difference between this and what I thought!
Chen Qiu's commanding ability can be best demonstrated when the orchestra completely obeys him.

He can also show a lot of content when the orchestra is not listening to him, but it is obvious that he is still a bit young and is not enough for the orchestra.

But now that he has been completely released, the musical expression in the orchestra has instantly reached a whole new level.

Chen Qiu enveloped everyone with his understanding of music, coercing everyone to interpret the musical expression he wanted.

The strength of this conductor... is really strong!
Not only is he a strong conductor, he also has a strong understanding of music.

As for the unconstrained expression of music in his mind, when you listen to it for the first time, you always feel that Chen Qiu may be fooling people and messing around.

But if I think about it again, I find that the expression in this place is particularly reasonable.

The chief's eyes narrowed slightly, and he couldn't help but become curious.

Conductor Chen Qiu...is he really a student at the Conservatory of Music?

He has a sophisticated attitude towards music, easily controls the mood of the orchestra, and handles many small details in conducting. Everywhere he has accumulated the precipitation of time.

It feels like without more than ten years of experience in working in an orchestra, there is no way you can express yourself like Chen Qiu.

One of the more special points is the movements directed by Chen Qiu.

The chief's gaze closely followed the up and down movements of the baton in Chen Qiu's hand, not daring to shift in the slightest.

The command movements in Chen Qiu's hands are very precise, clean and concise.

It is full of the style of a conductor who came from the Deutsche Philharmonic Orchestra.

You can clearly receive his message from Chen Qiu.

And you will never mix it up.

Many conductors often give useless gestures to increase their momentum and want to use their bodies to express the emotion of music.

However, their gestures often make the orchestra members unable to understand them, and they are not sure what kind of emotions the conductor wants to express.

This is also called useless command.

This kind of command does not only appear in some young conductors, but also in some old conductors. In fact, this kind of problem often occurs.

After all, being cool is human nature and cannot be eradicated.

But now Chen Qiu, he can actually express his meaning with clean and neat gestures, and at the same time, he can also look cool along the way.

This one is completely different.

The chief looked at Chen Qiu with mixed feelings in his heart.

He felt that he had found the most suitable conductor for the orchestra.

If this conductor comes to their orchestra, it will definitely be much better than when Li Tian was in their orchestra before.

Although Li Tian is also a very good conductor with good strength, his teacher is even ranked first in China and Yu Tu, who is also ranked extremely high in the world and can almost be called a legendary conductor.

But Li Tian was too cowardly to control the entire orchestra, and the collaboration ultimately failed.

only……

The chief looked at Chen Qiu with a little hesitation in his eyes.

Chen Qiu is still a student. Is he qualified to be a guest conductor of the orchestra?

The concertmaster was a little hesitant. Although he was still playing music following Chen Qiu's steps, his mind was already focused on the future of the orchestra.

Chen Qiu is too young, and he has no idea what will happen to Chen Qiu in the future.

Either hurt Zhongyong or continue to take off.

He doesn't have a definite number at all.

Therefore, if he entrusted the orchestra to Chen Qiu, he felt... it was still a bit too risky.

So should I apply directly to Chen Qiu and let him come to the orchestra as a guest conductor and lead the orchestra in rehearsals?
"Chief Wu? Chief Wu??"

Chen Qiu's voice came towards the chief's ear.

The chief suddenly woke up from his reverie.

He didn't notice at all that the orchestra had stopped performing and that the "Spring Festival Overture" had come to an end.

He looked at Chen Qiu and then at the other people in the orchestra, feeling a little dazed for a moment.

Chen Qiu did not notice the chief's thoughts. He just asked the chief calmly.

"Our first piece is basically arranged here. Chief, is there anything else you want to say?"

"Is there anything else I want to say? What to say?" The chief was stunned when he heard Chen Qiu's words, and then his brain gradually came to his senses.

He reached out helplessly and hit his head, sighed, and apologized to Chen Qiu.

"Sorry, sorry, people's brains don't work well as we get older. I was just thinking about other things."

"Well, it's okay. I just wanted to ask you, what do you think of our rehearsal just now? Do you have any comments?"

Chen Qiu shook his head slightly and asked the chief.

"Any opinions..."

The chief looked at Chen Qiu and couldn't help but fall into deep thought again, and then slowly asked.

"Chen Qiu, let me ask you something. Answer me truthfully! Are you...satisfied with the rehearsal you just performed?"

"I……"

Chen Qiu couldn't help but be stunned when he heard the chief's question.

He never thought that the chief would ask such a question.

But the chief did not let Chen Qiu go just like that. He looked at Chen Qiu very seriously and continued.

"Chen Qiu, I only have one request for you, and that is to rehearse until you are satisfied! I have no objections to you. I just need you to tell me that you are satisfied. If you are satisfied, then I have no problem. Go directly to the next point. If you are not satisfied, then keep practicing! Practice until you are satisfied. So, let me ask you one more thing now... are you satisfied with the rehearsal just now?"

Chen Qiu glanced at the people in the orchestra, looked at their eyes, became slightly silent, and then slowly shook his head.

"No, not satisfied enough. They are still a little bit behind. The horn and oboe just played a few notes. The clarinet's expression was too violent, and the crescendo on the percussion side interrupted the integrity of the music. It's not beautiful enough. , and many, many others... But I feel that the band may have reached its limit, and if it goes down... it will be..."

Chen Qiu spoke little by little.

When talking about a place, the heads of people there can't help but lower their heads.

Faced with Chen Qiu's accusation, many professional musicians present had no intention of resisting.

Chen Qiu is right.

If they review their previous performances, it is true that as Chen Qiu said, they still have a few problems, big and small.

Chen Qiu led them to rehearse several times without solving the problem. He just made the music perfect and beautiful enough that people could ignore the mistakes in their music.

If it's perfect, it's still a little short of it.

But in terms of excellence, they have actually achieved it.

After hearing Chen Qiu's words, the chief's expression did not change at all. He just extended his hand to Chen Qiu, then nodded lightly and said with a smile.

"Since you are not satisfied, then rehearse until you are satisfied. I want to see your most satisfactory interpretation, not a half-finished product."

"If you want me to be truly satisfied..."

Chen Qiu looked at the people in the orchestra, a little hesitant, but finally sighed and shook his head.

"They are not good enough yet, they are not capable enough."

"Can't reach the ability?"

The chief smiled.

He didn't smile mockingly or sarcastically.

He just laughed quietly.

He nodded to Chen Qiu.

"Then, just get it to what you think is the band's limit. I want to see where you think the band's limit is."

"it is good."

Chen Qiu nodded, raised the baton in his hand, looked around at everyone, and nodded slightly.

"Start from the second theme. This is where you made the most mistakes. Let's start over. Pay attention to me!"

After that, after everyone turned the music score to that place, he gave everyone a pre-take and started playing directly.

This time, the chief had a deeper understanding of Chen Qiu.

When Chen Qiu starts to work out the details, you will begin to understand why Chen Qiu did not directly ask the orchestra to work out the details before.

Chen Qiu's details are simply too fine.

From the stacking of timbres, to the resonance of music, to the decibels that each instrument should perform, Chen Qiu will carefully check it for you.

There is no way you can escape Chen Qiu's ears in handling all the details.

No matter how you escape, how you give a small tone, or play the same chord in a different tone.

Chen Qiu can find it out and ask you to correct it.

And Chen Qiu is not the kind of conductor who requires you to exceed your personal abilities.

As Chen Qiu said at the beginning, if he really had the most stringent requirements, the orchestra would not be able to accept it.

Therefore, everything he gave to the band was the limit that the band could accept.

This made it particularly painful for those in the band.

I am tired of changing again and again, and I am unable to escape.

They could only revise their music honestly under Chen Qiu.

They looked at the leader of the orchestra at this time and couldn't help but complain a little.

Why did the concertmaster insist on Chen Qiu rehearsing the orchestra in its strongest form at the very beginning?

If the band were to just mess around like this, wouldn't it be a good idea to just blend in?

There are a total of more than ten sections, and Chen Qiu spent nearly an hour deducting the details before completing this part.

From single instruments, to single voices, to multi-voice combinations, and finally to the whole.

Only when their expressions in every place were as good as they could be, and if they could make no mistakes two or three times in a row, would Chen Qiu let them pass his requirements.

call!call!
When Chen Qiu let them rest, they even wanted to lie on the bed and sleep.

An hour and a half!

A whole hour and a half!

They have never been so familiar with a melody of more than ten bars.

It was as if it was imprinted in their minds.

Chen Qiu is simply a devil, a devil!

The pursuit of details in this hour and a half almost made them vomit.

How long?
They have forgotten how long it has been since they withdrew details like this.

I didn't expect that after so many years, I would encounter a conductor like Chen Qiu again.

They lay down on their instruments to rest, and when they saw Chen Qiu frowning at the music score, they couldn't help but wailed in their hearts.

They have never hated music as much as they do today.

I have never regretted joining the band like I do today.

This is simply no place for people to stay, this place is simply hell!
Do not!
Purgatory!

It was obvious that Chen Qiu was just standing there, holding his chin with his hand and looking at the music score carefully, looking extremely handsome and elegant.

But in the eyes of everyone in the band, Chen Qiu was simply a demon exuding a terrifying aura.

Only the leader of the orchestra still looked at Chen Qiu with a little smile in his eyes.

Sure enough, it was not much different from what he thought.

Chen Qiu is indeed a genius!
His handling of many details just now fully demonstrated his genius.

Many wonderful solutions that he had never thought of actually appeared in Chen Qiu's hands.

Chen Qiu had led the orchestra through the perfect passage two or three times before, almost completely conquering him.

He had forgotten when was the last time he heard his orchestra express such an expression.

therefore.

When Chen Qiu picked up the baton in his hand and prepared to continue walking down, the chief spoke.

"Everyone! Concentrate! This is a rare opportunity for you to improve! I don't want to see anyone expressing resistance!"

"it is good……"

Everyone sighed and nodded, picking up the instruments in their hands again.

The chief also looked at Chen Qiu at this time, with a happy expression and said easily.

"Conductor Chen Qiu, continue, use your power to let us old bones exude the last bit of residual heat. I also want to see how many of our top five orchestras in Haicheng still have teeth. !”

After that, as the baton in Chen Qiu's hand fell, the music sounded.

Under the sound of this music, the spirit of the orchestra gradually condensed.

Like, the tiger awakens.

(End of this chapter)