——It seems that I have been overtaken by Piaohong, scratching my head. As I said before, I don’t think it’s a big deal. I am very satisfied with everyone’s support. The new book month is only seven days, so it’s still a long time.
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April 3rd, Aalto Music Festival.
In the melodious and noisy streets full of melodies, Lucien is not always dressed in a formal suit or dress as usual, but in a simple brown-red long coat, white shirt, black trousers, and casual shoes, wandering around relaxedly, followed by others
Alvin dressed as a gentleman.
Joel and Alyssa wanted to relive the date they had when they were young, so they entrusted Alvin to Lucien's care. Victor, because many foreign nobles, musicians, and musician friends came to entertain, salon, and banquet these days.
He is very busy, and as his students, Phyllis, Lott, etc. are of course happy to help him share the busy work and attend such gatherings. After all, a wide network of contacts also plays an important role for musicians, but considering Lucien
Due to the pressure at the end of the concert, they all tacitly agreed not to invite Lucien, allowing him to prepare with peace of mind.
While Natasha had to entertain distinguished guests like Prince Michelle, she also had to care about her lover Sylvia's concert. She temporarily forgot about Lucien, a "bad friend", and Elena was there.
When the Musicians Association is so busy, it is natural that it cannot escape. The orchestra that Rhine is a member of has accepted invitations for several concerts, and it is said that they will be so busy that they will not have time to fill their stomachs.
Lucien originally thought that at least he would have John as a good friend with him, but who knew that due to lack of manpower, John was assigned to maintain security on the streets.
"I didn't expect that in such a romantic occasion like a music festival, I would have to take care of a child." Lucien glanced helplessly at Alvin, who had been holding food in his hand and his mouth was squirming, and spread his hands to John on the street, "This
It’s such a sad story.”
Alvin focused on the food and ignored Lucien's complaints. John, who was maintaining security on the street, couldn't help laughing: "Lucien, weren't there several noble ladies who invited you? For example, Yi from the Hill family
Miss Witte."
After nearly half a year of training under Sir Wayne, John's temperament has become more calm. His brilliant blond hair is kept at a suitable length and paired with a silver-gray chainmail, he looks handsome and tall.
"...Then I'd better focus on taking care of the kids." Lucien took Alvin, who didn't even look at the road, bid farewell to John, and began to enjoy the music festival.
He would leave after the music festival and didn't know if he would be able to come back, so Lucien didn't stay at home, but took to the streets to "really" participate in the festival.
Compared with the previous few days, the number of pedestrians and street performers on the street has not increased significantly, because there were already a lot of them. The biggest change is that those bands who want to rent a house to hold concerts all have to enclose an open space on the street.
Start expressing your musical dreams.
What makes Alvin and other children most satisfied are the food stalls on the street, including pies, cheese, barbecue, cakes, desserts, etc. Once he finishes eating what he has on hand, he will look around with salivation.
, and then quietly influenced Lucien's direction, making him turn towards the stall he wanted.
In the center of the street, floats slowly passed by, pulled by four-cornered creatures that looked like bulls, and on them were well-known bands performing their own music.
In such an atmosphere, Lucien took Alvin and walked casually. Occasionally he saw a concert hall, so he walked directly in, listened quietly for a while, then smiled, wandered on the street again, and then repeated the previous words.
During the process, you can do whatever you want, free and easy, without any restraint, and forget all worries and depressions.
At the Aalto Music Festival, except for the Chant Hall, all the concert halls are extremely cheap. You can often go in for four or five coppers and listen for an afternoon. There are even many concert halls, because "musicians who want to be famous"
”, the band paid for it themselves, and they were able to attend for free.
This is a music festival that belongs to everyone.
Near noon, Lucien took Alvin to find a restaurant on the street that was lively and not chaotic.
"Brother Lucien, look..." As he was about to enter, Alvin pointed to the words on the big wooden sign at the door and said, "Dear guest, in order to celebrate our common music festival, as long as you are willing to perform a performance in the restaurant
, we will waive half of your meal expenses, and if your performance gets warm applause from everyone, you will have lunch or dinner for free."
Under the guidance of Lucien and John, Alvin has been able to barely recognize words.
Lucien smiled and said: "The owner of this restaurant is really generous, but only by dining in such a restaurant can you experience the atmosphere of the music festival."
Entering the restaurant, under the guidance of the waitress, Lucien and Alvin finally found a small dining table. The other places were already crowded with people.
After ordering two lemon juice steaks, Lucien sat down and looked at the stage in the center of the restaurant with a smile. There was an old man playing the piano with difficulty. It was obvious that he had not learned this instrument. The notes were
The messy bursts out can be called noise.
But this old gentleman played very seriously, as if he was performing his own concert.
When he finished playing, the whole restaurant burst into warm applause, for his courage and perseverance, and for the joy of participating in the music festival.
"This gentleman will enjoy his lunch for free!" the restaurant owner, a man in his thirties and wearing glasses, clapped vigorously. "Which gentleman below is going to perform?"
No one laughed, only encouraged. This atmosphere infected many people, so more and more diners came up to play violins, violas, pianos, flutes and other musical instruments, so that the melody of the music always echoed in the house.
Although the warm applause like that of the old gentleman did not appear again, and was more of an encouraging nature, for those performers, such an occasion was like holding a concert, and they gained great satisfaction from their dreams, plus they were free of charge.
Half of the meal cost was reduced and everyone was very satisfied and elated.
Lucien, like Alvin, immersed himself in the lively and cheerful atmosphere while eating steak, applauding vigorously after every performer.
The enthusiasm of this restaurant has attracted more and more passers-by to come in and dine.
They quickly became immersed in the atmosphere, and even though some of them had no seats, they would rather watch from the side with their plates in hand.
Piola, Sharon was looking for food after a morning of performing and noticed this strange restaurant.
"Oh, Piola, come up and perform!" Leslie figured out what was going on and immediately encouraged Piola to come up and she was eager to give it a try.
Piola did not refuse, and walked up excitedly, played the violin, and a lively and enthusiastic waltz slowly unfolded along with the melody, making everyone couldn't help humming and swaying along, pushing the already lively atmosphere to a new level.
More intense heat.
The wave of applause overwhelmed Piola. He had never received such a level of welcome, and he was so excited that he played one more song before leaving the stage.
"This handsome young man and his companions will enjoy a free lunch." The boss lost no time in announcing, receiving huge cheers.
After happily enjoying the music festival in Alto all morning, Lilith and Sara were attracted by the huge cheers and walked in to dine curiously, and were subsequently conquered by the atmosphere.
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Lucien put down his knife and fork, looked at Alvin who could no longer eat, and said with a smile: "I told you not to eat so much."
"But, I couldn't help myself when I saw those delicious foods." Ivan looked at the half-left steak sadly and asked the waiter to help wrap it up. Then he said enthusiastically: "Brother Lucien, you can go up and play it too."
Play one so you don’t have to pay the bill!”
In his opinion, if Brother Lucien, who is a musical genius, goes up, he will undoubtedly receive the warmest applause.
Lucien enjoyed the performance of those in front of him, and his mood was aroused by the atmosphere. After hearing Alvin's suggestion, he was a little moved. In an occasion where he didn't know who he was, and when he didn't plagiarize famous songs,
, can I be popular based on my musical ability alone?
So Lucien stood up and walked towards the simple stage arranged in the center of the hall.
"Oh, another handsome young man is going to perform." The restaurant owner was the first to welcome him.
Others put down their knives and forks and applauded.
When Lilith saw Lucien walking on the stage, she almost dropped the dinner plate with bread, butter and barbecue on the floor, and whispered to Sara: "Mr. Evans?"
She couldn't believe it.
"It is indeed Mr. Evans, but isn't he preparing for the last day of the concert?" Sarah confirmed Lilith's judgment, full of doubts.
Lilith immediately became excited: "No matter why Mr. Evans appears here, being able to hear him play in person is the most wonderful thing!"
Piola on the other side also recognized Lucien and smiled at Grace: "It's that gentleman with very high musical literacy. I wonder how his playing is?"
"It shouldn't be bad." Grace and Sharon replied with smiles at the same time.
Lucien sat in front of the piano, put his hands on the keys, and recalled a light music melody he had composed.
Lucien does not yet have the ability to compose large-scale, rigorously structured classical music, but in his spare time, he will try to compose light music with small structure and simple melody to relax himself.
Without browsing the Soul Library, Lucien recalled a few incomplete melodies of light music he had heard in his previous life, and used the music knowledge he learned to expand them, perfect their light structure, and compose a few short, semi-original pieces of his own.
melody.
By pressing the finger, a soothing and melodious melody was produced in the lively hall.
Like the breeze blowing through the trees in spring, like the jingling flow of pure spring water, the noise in the hall seemed to be infected and slowly calmed down. The beautiful and clear music seemed to put people in the refreshing and natural picturesque scenery, becoming
Quiet.
Lucien's expression was concentrated and calm, he closed his eyes slightly, his fingers danced gracefully on the keyboard, and his body rose and fell gently to the melody.
Lilith looked at Lucien like this and heard such music. She became calm and happy. She thought silently in her heart: "This kind of music is great. At least, I like Mr. Evans better than those symphonies."
Such a pure and beautiful simple melody. Well, Mr. Evans, who concentrates on playing the piano, is so elegant."
After the extreme bustle, there is always a feeling of inner exhaustion and a desire for tranquility. Lucien's light music just hit their hearts. Apart from the melodious and beautiful piano melody, there was no one else in the entire hall.
People talk.
This melody was very short and ended in less than two minutes. However, all the audience were still immersed in the atmosphere just now and had not recovered, so there was no applause at all, and it was extremely quiet.
Lucien was very satisfied with this reaction, walked off the stage quickly, took Alvin with him, threw a silver to the waiter, and then walked out of the restaurant.
After walking out of the door, Lucien heard huge applause suddenly erupted in the restaurant, which was more enthusiastic than ever before.
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"I forgot to ask that gentleman's name again." Piola, who had regained consciousness, blamed herself in annoyance, "He must be an excellent musician."
Sharon reflected on the previous performance: "The melody just now is so beautiful. If I expand it, improve it and add some structures, it will be a good piano piece. Why have I never heard this melody before? Haha, I can't wait until Al
Damn, I never know how much music I haven’t heard.”
She didn't think it was Lucien who created it. She just felt that the music city was full of surprises. After all, many newly born or less famous music did not reach the "Pearl of the Sea" so quickly.
"That gentleman's playing still has an indescribable charm, and the tone and quality of the piano are also very good. I began to consider whether I should give up the harpsichord." Grace said yearningly.
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"Brother Lucien, why do you have to pay?" Ivan pointed to the restaurant in confusion, and he heard the very warm applause.
Lucien was about to answer when he suddenly heard someone timidly call out from behind: "Mr. Evans."
"Is it you? Are you still in Alto?" Lucien turned around and saw that it was Lilith and Sara, the brother and sister whom he suspected had a problem. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to Piao Tian Literature
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