The God of Conducting Starting from Absolute Pitch

Chapter 96 Horror

Bang Bang!

Under the guidance of Chen Qiu, the deep melody of the double bass and cello in the bass part sounded extremely heavy.

Chen Qiu's eyes shifted, the baton in his hand turned to Qin Xian beside him, and his eyes met with his.

Qin Xian and everyone in the violin section immediately understood.

Bang Bang!

An equally low response was passed from the violin to the bass part.

The bass part acts as the bottom, slowly lifting the melody upward.

A thick chord, like a giant black tower, echoed among the violins and bass strings.

Dark despair is like a ghost floating in the sky, shrouding everyone's hearts.

Then it slowly sank into my heart, hidden under the darkness, and disappeared.

The baton in Chen Qiu's hand trembled slightly, and his palm also slowly pressed down, letting everyone's music sink as much as possible.

The eyes of everyone in the orchestra were focused on Chen Qiu's palms, and they followed Chen Qiu's guidance and played together.

Under the gradually deepening music, Chen Qiu's eyes had already been looking at the position of the viola in advance.

His palms are still guiding the interpretation of the string section, but the conductor's baton has already been directed to the viola in advance, giving them the mood of the melody they want to play.

When the viola was about to start playing, he directed his baton to the bass melody part.

He stretched out his hand that had finished pacifying the violin and grabbed the two.

The bass part and viola section instantly understood Chen Qiu's intention.

They function as an almost invisible part of the orchestra, blending their own timbre with the bass part.

A slightly sad temperament surged out from both of them.

This emotion is not just reverberating among the orchestra members, it is more like a ghost, appearing in every corner of the concert hall.

Like an invisible eye, watching everyone.

Just like the black era that Shostakovich experienced.

Especially the bold and indulgent huge jump in the main melody, with a strong sense of fragmentation, makes the emotion in the music stretch to a terrifying level.

Zhao Yi was stunned when he heard this.

He looked at Chen Qiu in front of him with slight surprise, with a trace of confusion in his eyes.

The expression of this music, the interpretation of emotions...

It shouldn't be something that a student like Chen Qiu could do.

No, let's put it this way.

If this expression could be made by Chen Qiu, it would be too strange.

Shostakovich, Soviet composer.

Although you can also say that his music is a Russian-style work, in fact, it is most accurate for you to use the Soviet Union.

Even though his music has almost no sense of being created for the Soviet Union, his music contains a lot of the background of the Soviet Union at that time, as well as feelings and emotions that only Soviet people can understand.

This piece was created in 1937 and premiered in Leningrad on November 11, with Mravinsky leading the Leningrad Orchestra.

According to Shostakovich's own account, it was a "substantial, creative answer by a Soviet artist to fair criticism."

Only by understanding this can we best understand the connotation of this work.

Shostakovich was a very popular composer at the time, but many of his works were actually not created for his country, but more to express his own ideas.

So he naturally received a lot of criticism and accusations.

But the Fifth Symphony he composed was not created to criticize and accuse these emotions. He did not refute these emotions, nor did he pursue the destruction of self-liberation.

He simply used a middle-aged man who had experienced vicissitudes of life and placed it at the center of the music.

Four movements are used to interpret the mood of this middle-aged man.

It sounds very simple, but in fact this piece requires very precise control of emotions.

If you have just one more point, you can easily turn into a hysterical wail, yelling at the authorities, and a madman trying to destroy everything.

If you lose one point, you will go in the opposite direction.

Your music presents the kind of hymn that is timid and willing to be a sinner to atone for everything you have not done.

In order to perform such a work, you not only need to understand the situation, stance, and thoughts of the creator at the time.

You also need to be able to understand some of the characteristics of Soviet music and the emotional expressions of Russian folk music.

Everything is very important. If you lack any of it, your music presentation will become very strange. It is so strange that even if you perform this piece without any problems, your music still cannot be regarded as Shostak. Kovich's Fifth Symphony.

Can a Fifth Symphony without a Shostakovich feel be considered Shostakovich's Fifth Symphony?

Zhao Yi felt that it couldn't be counted.

So when he was preparing to score, although he also had a lot of expectations for Chen Qiu's performance, he never thought that Chen Qiu could lead his orchestra to perform a particularly strong Shostakovich feeling. .

His expectation for Chen Qiu is more to be able to lead the team to perform accurately, and then to be able to bring out the characteristics of the band, Chen Qiu's feeling, and there is no problem in handling the details.

Then that's enough.

But he never thought...

Chen Qiu actually not only played this piece accurately, but also expressed the Shostakovich feeling that is extremely rare in this piece and even some professional orchestras have difficulty interpreting it.

Even Zhao Yi felt that many of the performers present may not have particularly understood Chen Qiu's expression. They didn't quite know why Chen Qiu interpreted it like this. They simply followed Chen Qiu's steps, watched Chen Qiu's conductor, and played. Create the effect Chen Qiu wants.

but……

For a student orchestra, or for a semi-professional orchestra, or even a professional orchestra.

This interpretation is actually enough.

The expressions of Chen Qiu and his Haiyin Second Group really shocked Zhao Yi completely.

He was puzzled by this.

How did Chen Qiu do it? He could understand Shostakovich so well.

Many of them are handled with the feeling of a veteran conductor. If you even say that he is now in his forties or fifties and already working in a top orchestra, he actually believes it.

After all, it’s really outrageous.

How old is Chen Qiucai now?

If I remember correctly, this year, Chen Qiu's senior year, the conductor of the school orchestra should be his internship.

So he should be only 22 years old now.

At the age of 22, he has the same level of professionalism as a commanding genius in his s or s.

Who the hell are you that is so talented?
None of us are geniuses who get ahead little by little by honing their qualifications and expertise.

Your kid just skipped a grade, right?
Zhao Yi could only be convinced by this understanding of the Soviet Union and Shostakovich.

There were many places that he never thought could be interpreted and expressed in this way.

And all of these were actually done by Chen Qiu.

From now on, he actually feels that he can almost give Chen Qiu a score.

But... he really didn't know what kind of score he should give Chen Qiu.

If we still judge it according to the standards of national college student art performances, Chen Qiu's orchestra may perform miracles this time and obtain a particularly terrifying score.

Although a score of 9.8 is scary enough, is it possible for Chen Qiu's orchestra to get a perfect score of 10?
After all, he really didn't know what kind of score standard he could give other than 10 points.

Unless he changes the standard to that of the Nine Schools League.

Then Chen Qiu's score may drop a little and not be so dazzling.

It seems that he can almost get 9.9 points. After all, it is only the second group. Many of their players are not that strong. Now they basically rely on a few strong players in the band to lead them. There are too many role players, and there are no How can the method help the orchestra?

Probably their percussionist was pretty good, the concertmaster and the people around him were also pretty good, and the overall performance of the bass part was very strong.

Others are more average.

If he could change to better band members, he felt that even in the nine-school league, he would probably be able to give a perfect score of 10 points.

Ok……

What if it goes higher? For example, the Asian exchange competition after the nine-school league? If the strong players from Japan and South Korea come over, according to their standards, he can probably give about 9.5 points...

If it were placed in Europe and compared with the European batches, it would still be 9 points.

Thinking of this, Zhao Yi's head hurt a little.

Why is the score limit only 10 points, and why is the standard of this national college competition so low.

If he can directly compare it with the top standards in Europe, then he will have a lot more room to operate. At least he can give out more points for deductions, and he can better identify the problems of Chen Qiu's orchestra. .

The standard is too low now, and you have no way of deducting points. and……

If you really use European standards, what will other bands do?
Failed to prepare?

Chen Qiu and his orchestra were able to lower the score from 10 to 9 because the difficulty was increased by more than one level.

Many other bands can only get 9 points under this standard. If you switch to the top standards.

How much can they get?
7 points? 6 points? Or 5 points? 3 points?
This is not deducted based on proportion, but based on deduction points.

Therefore, Zhao Yi looked at the score sheet in front of him with a headache.

"How should I give this score? Are there no extra points?"

Zhao Yi frowned as he listened to the dark music in his ears that carried a touch of unspeakable fear.

He had no idea what score he could give other than 10 points.

He looked at Yu Tu beside him and found that Yu Tu had already written down a score of 10 on the paper. He couldn't help but let out a long breath and rubbed his brow helplessly.

"Forget it, just 10 points out of 10. Although it's a little less, this is already the upper limit."

Thinking of this, he also wrote Chen Qiu's score on the score sheet in his hand, then deducted the score and ignored it.

Because from this moment on, he no longer needs to think about Chen Qiu's options for him to deduct points.

He just needs to appreciate Chen Qiu's expression.

Not just him, but Yu Tu as well.

His body was shaking.

He felt the tremors.

There seemed to be countless eyes around him quietly watching him, looking him up and down, observing his every move.

Even the sky seemed to have eyes staring at him.

An unconcealed sense of voyeurism lingered around him.

The feeling of this music made him feel resistance and fear from the deepest part of his heart.

The mood and sensory value shaped by the music left him completely at a loss as to what he should say.

He only knows a little now...

He likes this feeling.

Although the music created by Chen Qiu was very terrifying, it made him feel uncomfortable and without any freedom at all. Every minute and second he felt like he was living under shackles and felt indescribable suffocation.

but.

Isn’t this what music is supposed to feel like?

This horror created by Shostakovich made him tremble all over, but he was also shocked by it.

"It's really... such a beautiful feeling."

Yu Tu closed his eyes and admired Chen Qiu's expression. He stuck out his tongue and licked his chapped lips in a perverted way, and then slowly swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

"This music, this expression of music? This expression really fully embodies the beauty of music. It's really surprising that it can appear in such a scene...

It's a pity that many of the people in it are not strong enough, and many of them are too young. Although there are strings like Qin Xian leading the team forward, and Chen Qiu expressing inside, it is still not enough, still, not enough. …”

He closed his eyes and let his ears capture the details of Chen Qiu's music as much as possible.

He knew from the beginning that the teams led by Chen Qiu and Qin Xian were unstoppable in this competition venue, killing them like fried fish.

Other conductors only do some behind-the-scenes work at most. Playing as a booster to lead their orchestra on stage is equivalent to a professional player playing games with a keyboard, mouse and game settings that he is not familiar with.

Although it is also possible to win and even perform well, it is just like frying fish.

But in the final analysis, he will still not get used to it, and it will be difficult for him to perform at the same level as when he used his own mouse and keyboard and designed it himself.

But Chen Qiu is different.

He is not a professional player.

He is a professional player playing in person.

In the professional arena, where details are particularly important and a single loophole can easily lead to failure, Chen Qiu's control of the orchestra is naturally much better than that of a group of fish fryers. This is why he led his orchestra in national competitions. The main reason why he is so awesome and strong.

Yu Tu doesn't care who fishes or cheats.

He only cares about whose music is played well.

If you can play good music while cheating, he will still give you a very good score.

But if you cheat, you will only get music that is not much different from other bands.

Then don't blame Yu Tu for giving him a low score.

Now it is obvious that Chen Qiu's behavior is not much different from that of fried fish.

But he performed well enough.

The helplessness in the face of terror and the feeling of life hanging by a thread in the music were vividly performed by him.

Not to mention the particularly strong Shostakovich feeling in his music.

Under this feeling, cheating and playing games are completely meaningless.

Because many people find it difficult to perform expressions like this even if they cheat or play for others.

Therefore, Yu Tu didn't hesitate at all. When he heard the strong voice at the beginning, he jumped in as hard as a knife cutting his head.

He gave his score.

The music is good or not.

Many times you can fully understand it just by listening to the beginning.

Feeling good at the beginning of a performance and feeling bad at the beginning are two completely different feelings.

Some people are just good at playing and can make you listen completely to them as soon as you listen to them.

And even though some people play very similar things, their music just doesn't have that gripping point.

If it were another band, Yu Tu might still be a little hesitant, wondering whether to give high scores.

But it’s Chen Qiu’s band.

When he heard the beginning, he no longer hesitated.

He wants to give full marks.

Chen Qiu, he is worth it.

This person is being monitored by countless eyes, and his every move is seen by others. His friends leave and die one after another.

The feeling of living in fear every moment.

Of all the people present, except Chen Qiu, who can perform it well?
Nobody!
No one can explain this horror.

This terrifying expression, even for Yu Tu, can actually be regarded as everyone's work!
Among them, the most unique, interesting, and beautiful ones are actually not the ones mentioned above.

The most interesting thing is in music.

Chen Qiu portrays the middle-aged man who has always been at the center of music, powerless and frightened in the face of everything.

A middle-aged man who has experienced many vicissitudes of life.

Is this really something a young man can do?

Is this really something students can do?

Yu Tu didn't know, but he knew a little.

Chen Qiu's performance is worthy of the score he gave.

He even gave me a lower score.

He also recognized it.

If there are higher scores, then he is also willing to give higher scores.

A perfect score in this game means absolutely nothing to Chen Qiu.

For others, a perfect score is just because they did a good job and pushed to their limit, so they get a perfect score.

As for Chen Qiu and his second regiment.

They can get full marks just because...

The upper limit of points in this game is right here.

"Let me see how far you and Qin Xian can take this piece of work."

Yu Tu looked at Chen Qiu, the corners of his mouth could not help but raise, and his eyes were full of expectation.

(End of this chapter)