Chapter 184 The Lowest and Highest Scores of 'The Skylark'
Chapter 184 The lowest and highest scores of "Skylark"
Genoa Theater.
When the contestants played the competition songs, the audience listened quietly.
When the contestants finished playing and the judges began to give scores, the audience began to discuss quietly.
After all, it is a competition, and the audience always likes to evaluate which player's performance is good, which player's rating is high, and which player's rating is low.
After Chen Wenhan played Paganini's Violin Concerto No. 2 in B minor, the audience generally felt that his performance was very good.
However, the scoring standards of the Paganini International Violin Competition have always been the most stringent among major international competitions, so although Chen Wenhan's score was high, it still did not reach the gold medal score.
Chen's mother is a little disappointed, but at least for now her son is still the player with the highest score in this competition.
Even if you don't get the gold medal, you can still get first place in this competition.
Immediately afterwards.
The fourth player came on the stage and got a final score of 90.12, which was lower than Chen Wenhan's score.
Soon, the fifth player came, Patrick Pate came on.
The performance was Paganini's Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major. This piece is one of Paganini's famous pieces and is the one most frequently performed by violinists.
Patrick Pate's level is indeed very high. He has achieved the best at the technical level and is beginning to pursue a higher level.
When Chen's mother was young, she also won awards in international violin competitions. Her violin skills were very high, so when she heard Patrick Pate's performance, she knew it was extraordinary.
She became nervous, knowing that this Austrian player was her son's fierce rival.
After Patrick Pate finished playing, Mother Chen began to feel nervous.
Because in her feeling, Patrick Pate's performance in this game was on par with her son.
She was worried that this was because of the family filter, which led to her making mistakes in judgment.
She turned around and asked Mother Lu: "What do you think of this Austrian player's performance?"
Mother Lu was stunned for a moment, not knowing how to answer.
Although Mother Lu has a certain ability to appreciate music, she is not up to a professional level, so she can only follow Mother Chen's words and say: "It sounds okay, but I'm not a professional, and I don't know what the level is."
Amidst the murmurs of the audience.
The judges gave the final score of 95.07 points.
As soon as this score came out, Chen's mother was stunned.
Because this score is 0.47 points higher than her son's score of 94.60.
There are not many high scores, indicating that the gap between the two is actually not big.
After all, the scores are related to the subjective feelings of the judges. A difference of a few tenths of a point really doesn't prove anything.
However, Patrick Pate's score of 95.07 reached the score line for the Paganini Competition gold medal.
This means that there will be no vacant gold medals in this year's Paganini International Violin Competition.
What Chen Wenhan couldn't get, Patrick Pate got it.
Mother Chen's expression darkened and she felt very complicated.
Mother Lu on the side suddenly froze there, not daring to speak or look at Mother Chen.
At this time, the more comforting, the less suitable it is, and besides, the two of them are not that familiar.
Immediately afterwards, the sixth contestant appeared.
The order Lu Xiang'er drew was number six.
After the judges gave Patrick Pate the score, the accompaniment band began to leave the stage.
A new symphony orchestra took the stage and began to adjust the instruments.
The audience at the scene expressed doubts when they saw the change of accompaniment band.
Under normal circumstances, in order to ensure the fairness of the competition, the accompanying symphony orchestra is hired by the organizer.
Most of the audience who come to watch the Paganini International Violin Competition are from the symphony circle.
So some spectators know the rules of the game and explain them to the people next to them.
The symphony orchestra responsible for the accompaniment of the Paganini International Violin Competition is indeed hired by the competition organizer, but there is a special situation where the symphony orchestra can be changed.
That is when the symphony orchestra hired by the organizer cannot complete the accompaniment.
In fact, this situation rarely occurs.
After all, the repertoire selected by the contestants is usually world famous, and it is impossible for a well-known symphony orchestra to not play it.
The track submitted by Lu Xiang'er this time is quite special.
The symphony orchestra hired by the organizer cannot provide accompaniment.
Therefore, this rule has been adopted in the competition, and players can arrange their own accompanying symphony orchestra.
This rule, at first glance, seems to have loopholes that can be exploited.
If you have enough financial resources, the contestants can hire the world's top symphony orchestra to accompany them, and the effect will definitely be better.
But there is a premise, that is, the contestant must choose a brand new violin piece in order to use this rule.
However, it is impossible to choose a brand-new violin piece to beat a world-famous piece.
Therefore, no player has ever achieved good results by relying on this rule.
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The First Symphony Orchestra of Donghai Conservatory of Music appears.
Most of the musicians use their own instruments, but some instruments cannot be brought over.
For example, pianos cannot be transported from the East China Sea.
Therefore, after Fang Xing came on stage, he sat in front of the piano, played a set of arpeggios, and then began to fine-tune the piano.
Mother Chen frowned when she saw that the symphony orchestra had been changed. She looked at Mother Lu and asked, "Mrs. Lu, isn't the daughter of your family the next one to appear?"
Mother Lu nodded and replied: "Yes, it will be Xiaoxiang's performance later."
Mother Chen pointed to the symphony orchestra that was tuning on the stage: "What's going on?"
"Well, this is Dongyin's symphony orchestra. They came with us to help Xiaoxiang accompany her." Mother Lu explained casually.
Mother Chen subconsciously felt that the Lu family was pulling some tricks.
However, she glanced around and found that this symphony was full of people with black hair and black eyes, and it was not a world-famous symphony orchestra.
Changing the symphony orchestra will not have a big impact on the competition, and may even have a negative impact.
In fact.
The judges of the competition are all very professional. When scoring, they pay more attention to the performance of the violin, the main instrument.
If a contestant plays the violin poorly, it will be the same no matter what symphony orchestra accompanies him or her.
After the symphony orchestra adjusted its instruments, orchestra conductor He Zhaolin told the organizer that it could begin.
The host read out Lu Xiang'er's name and invited her to appear.
Lu Xiang'er wore a beige evening dress, stepped onto the stage, bowed to the audience, judges and orchestra, and then looked at Fang Xing.
Fang Xing smiled slightly and gave her an encouraging look.
Lu Xiang'er took a deep breath, looked at Professor He Zhaolin, and nodded to indicate that he could start.
He Zhaolin picked up the baton and struck it in the direction of the piano.
Fang Xing pressed the piano keys and took the lead in playing.
Since the rehearsal time of the symphony orchestra is relatively short, the most important part of the accompaniment is completed by the piano.
The melodious sound of the piano filled the Genoa Theater.
The vast and melodious sound of the piano played in front of the audience the scene of blue sky and white clouds, with grass growing and orioles flying.
Immediately afterwards, Lu Xiang'er's violin began to join in.
The appearance of a "skylark" immediately made the music more vivid.
Later, the addition of cello and double bass immediately enriched the whole piece.
The audience at the scene are all from the music industry and have heard most of the world's famous songs, but they have not heard of this piece.
However, the quality of the audience was very high. Although they were confused about this piece of music, they did not comment aloud, but listened with a slight frown.
They don't know the origin of this piece of music or which famous artist composed it.
But the musical literacy is there, and the audience at the scene can hear that this piece of music is extraordinary and definitely belongs to the level of famous songs handed down from generation to generation.
When Mother Lu heard the melodious sound of the piano, a faint smile appeared on her face.
She came to the competition with her daughter this time, not to win any big prizes.
For her, if her daughter can participate in the semi-finals, it is already a success, so the psychological burden is not that heavy.
Therefore, she was very happy when she heard the sound of her daughter's piano coming out and it sounded very pleasant to the ears.
Mother Chen's reaction on the side was a little strange.
The moment she heard the beginning of the song, she suddenly turned her head to look at Mother Lu. She had a question to ask, but she stopped talking as soon as she reached her lips.
Because this piece of music is very familiar to her.
Chen Wenhan once played this piece of music at home for the elders of the Chen family to listen to.
The elders of the Chen family were very satisfied with this piece of music, so they came up with the idea of buying it.
However, at that time, Chen Wenhan only said who composed the piece, but did not say who had played it.
Therefore, Chen's mother never knew that the song "Skylark" was Lu Xiang'er's entry.
She was very confused and wanted to question Mother Lu, but now it was time for the contestants to compete.
As a violinist, she still has this quality, but she can only hold it back.
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on the stage.
Lu Xiang'er continued to play, and the violin's bow strings became faster and faster, especially the vibrato of the E string, as if a group of "skylarks" were emitting the loudest chirping at night after a heavy rain.
The sound is pleasant to the ear and extremely vivid.
The audience at the scene seemed to have really heard the cry of the "skylark", and they all raised their eyebrows with expressions of surprise.
Not only the audience at the scene, but also the judges on the judges' bench also showed expressions of surprise.
Some judges even looked at each other and expressed their surprise at hearing such a unique violin piece.
Of course, some judges don't like it.
Because competing with a new piece of music and having to change the accompaniment of the symphony orchestra is inappropriate for some more traditional judges.
However, most international competitions do not prohibit contestants from choosing new songs to participate.
Because the development of art needs to move forward slowly.
It is impossible to stay in the wheel of history forever. Once the performance of the violin can no longer improve, it means that this instrument has no future.
Therefore, the International Violin Competition allows the selection of new music and encourages artistic progress.
The technical difficulty of "Skylark" is very high. Lu Xiang'er relied on her talent and hard work to win this piece solidly.
Fang Xing's piano accompaniment is just right.
In fact, when Lu Xiang'er played "Skylark", it was not without shortcomings.
However, that is not entirely Lu Xiang'er's problem.
Because the violin is a bowed string instrument.
Bowed string instruments have unique timbres and unique playing techniques.
Since there is only one bow, some melodies cannot be played.
Not just violins, many musical instruments have similar characteristics.
Not just any melody can be played by any instrument.
For example, a melody with extremely exaggerated scale jumps will be very difficult for the violin to play.
Therefore, occasionally violinists will appear and complain about composers who do not understand the violin and write scores that cannot be played by humans.
One of the reasons why Paganini is a violin master is that he created many surprising playing techniques.
These playing techniques are all included in his 24 Caprices.
Some of these playing techniques are hard to break down for beginners.
Lu Xiang'er's performance was already very good, and Fang Xing used the piano to help her make up for the remaining shortcomings.
It makes the whole song "Skylark" pleasant and almost perfect.
The light and lively sound of the piano sounds like thousands of birds singing.
The audience at the scene was surprised from the beginning, to pleasant surprise, and then to enjoyment.
The more musically literate the audience is, the more powerful they will be able to hear this piece of music.
In the auditorium.
Mother Chen's face looked gloomy and uncertain.
She had heard this piece before, but only Chen Wenhan's solo.
Moreover, Chen Wenhan only practiced a few times at that time, so the effect he had when he played in front of his elders was average.
Now Lu Xiang'er's performance is accompanied by a symphony orchestra, and her level has improved a lot.
The more Mother Chen listened, the more complicated her mood became.
Because she has been certain that this piece of music will definitely have a chance to become a masterpiece.
At that time, Chen Lipeng said that he could not buy this piece of music. Chen's mother thought that she could forget it if she could not buy it. Now she began to regret it.
This piece of music is simply priceless.
As long as you can get this piece of music, any price is worth it.
It’s just that it’s meaningless to think about these things now.
The performance continues.
The sound of the violin is like a skylark in the sky, and the sound of the piano is like the clouds in the blue sky. They complement each other, creating a sense of hearing that starts with technology but is higher than technology.
The seven judges on the judges' bench began to nod involuntarily, showing expressions of admiration.
Even the old-timey judge thought that the contestant who used the new song was too avant-garde, but he still recognized in his heart that the song was indeed very good.
It ends with the last melody playing.
Fang Xing withdrew his hands from the piano, raised his head and slowly exhaled.
Fang Xing also tried his best to play this section. Wandering in the ocean of piano sound, he was both happy and exhausted.
Lu Xiang'er had a similar feeling. The fast playing technique consumed a lot of her energy. After the performance, she panted slightly and bowed to the audience, judges, and orchestra to thank her.
At the end of the performance, the First East Symphony Orchestra began to slowly exit.
The seven judges began to score.
Because the song for this contestant is a piece that has never been heard before, scoring is more troublesome than other contestants.
The slightly rigid judge thought for a moment with a serious expression, and finally scored 80 points.
The scoring rule of the Paganini International Violin Competition is that the full score is 100 points, but the minimum score is not 0 points, but 70 points.
In other words, 80 points is an extremely low score and also represents the attitude of the judge.
If it weren't for the quality of this song "Skylark", he would even give it the lowest score of 70 points.
However, some Pioneer judges liked this violin piece very much and gave it a very high score.
During the scoring process, the judges cannot communicate with each other.
After the seven judges finished scoring, the highest score and the lowest score were removed, and the average score was finally calculated.
The score was announced, 95.16 points.
As soon as this score came out, the audience immediately burst into noise.
Because this score has surpassed Patrick Pate and became the current highest score.
The two mothers in the audience were stunned at the same time.
One wants to be ecstatic, but is worried that the score will be wrong.
One has mixed feelings in his heart, and his expression is almost unbearable.
