Although he was facing a show-off player, Taro Sakkawa did not waver in his true intentions. He always insisted on following his own path and became a professional "storyteller."
Every piece of his music tells a beautiful story.
This time is no exception.
He played the famous "Aria on the G String", also known as "Song on the G String". This piece is the theme of the second movement of the great pianist Bach's "Orchestral Suite No. 3". It is full of poetic melody beauty, making it very popular.
This song has become a popular popular song.
This piece is one of Bach's representative works.
It is worth mentioning that this piece of music only became popular decades after Bach's death, that is, in the 19th century.
When the short, fair-faced Taro Sakkawa sat on the piano and began to play attentively, people listening to the soothing melody felt as if they had entered the story palace of Bach, the "Father of European Music".
Bach was born into a famous European musical family. His father and grandfather were both excellent musicians and extremely talented composers. He had innate musical talent.
However, Bach was unfortunate. Both his parents died when he was a child. It was his elder brother who raised him and guided his music learning.
Bach spent most of his life as a musician and band conductor in palaces and churches, enduring oppression and exploitation by the church and feudal nobles. He was often punished and censured for violating the strict precepts of the church.
Bach could not escape the troubles of bad luck throughout his life. His creative environment was very depressing and his working conditions were also very poor.
His situation in his later years was even more tragic. He became blind and died in pain.
Like many talented artists in history, Bach was not taken seriously during his lifetime, and his works were rarely published.
Even after Bach's death, he and his music were quickly forgotten.
Just as Van Gogh's paintings are used to lay chicken coops, Bach's works have become waste paper and are used to wrap various sundries.
Until one day more than fifty years later, the famous German musician Mendelssohn went to the butcher shop to buy meat and found that the paper wrapping the meat was actually a sheet of music. Out of a musician's instinct, he read the sheet of music carefully.
As a result, I was pleasantly surprised to find that the creative level of this music score is extremely high...
A generation of music masters who have been lost in history are resurrected.
At that time, the European bourgeois democratic revolutionary movement was in the ascendant. After Bach's works were rediscovered, they immediately attracted the attention of the emerging bourgeois intellectuals because of their secularity and popular character, especially among the romantic musicians represented by Mendelssohn.
their admiration.
The artistic conception of this work is broad and deep, making people daydream. It is like a thinker meditating, and like a poet singing in a low voice.
Legend has it that Mendelssohn made people aware of Bach's existence.
"Song of the G String", which was composed between 1727 and 1736, was adapted into a violin solo by the famous German violinist Wilhelm in the 19th century and caused a sensation.
The main violin must play the entire melody on the g string (the thickest of the four strings of the violin), hence the name.
This song was widely welcomed by the public as soon as it was performed and became a widely circulated and immortal classic.
However, after tracing the origin, people realized that this was originally Bach's masterpiece.
For more than a hundred years, this "Aria on the G String" has been loved by violinists and enthusiasts for its simple and elegant melody and the unique rich and rich tone of the G string.
Of course, "Song of the G String" also has its own story.
Legend has it that during a court ball, Bach's cello was tampered with, and all the strings except the G string were broken.
When everyone was about to see Bach being embarrassed, Bach improvised an "Aria" using only one g string.
Song".
In the mid-to-early nineteenth century, when Mendelssohn played "Song of the G String" on the piano to the great writer Goethe, Goethe once said: "The beginning is so gorgeous and solemn that one can imagine a group of dignitaries.
, the picture of people filing down the long stairs.”
"It seems to be no weaker than the violin version in terms of emotional expression."
Lin Weiyin heard soothing music in his ears and whispered: "His inner world is extremely rich, and he can interpret almost every pitch into a complete story. He is indeed a 'storyteller'..."
When Liao Yuan heard this, he didn't say anything, but just listened to the music intently.
Wu Di and Taro Sakkawa are two pianists with completely different styles, so it is not easy to compare in this regard, but what is certain is that throughout the Queen Elizabeth Competition, the judges are very fond of virtuoso players.
Therefore, Wu Di has a very high winning rate in this event.
However, the stories told by the storyteller are so beautiful.
There was no sound in the entire concert hall at this moment, and you could hear a pin drop.
Only the melody of "Song of the G String" continues to flow into the sea of people, becoming one beautiful story after another.
"It reminded me of my grandmother's manor, where she played the piano, and I stared at the smooth crystals under the grape trellis. They slowly rotated under the night, shimmering, allowing me to hold them in the palm of my hand.
Here, observe carefully."
"Now, my grandmother has passed away, and times have changed. I have also left the manor and embarked on the path of becoming a classical pianist."
Russian-American pianist Laura looked at Taro Sakkawa playing on the stage. His short figure seemed to exude a majestic and tall aura. She couldn't help but be immersed in the picture in her mind and felt the sourness on the tip of her nose.
Youth is too short, the people in the story have already left.
At the end of the song, Taro Sakkawa left the piano bench with some difficulty and bowed to the audience.
"As expected of the player who defeated Rise-chan, Taro-kun is qualified to win the gold medal!"
Many Japanese viewers could not conceal their excitement.
Then there was applause.
Everyone is applauding.
Including Taro Sakkawa’s opponent, Wu Di.
Although he is not as good at handling emotions as Sister Weiyin, Wu Di also understands at this moment that Taro Sakkawa is a respectable opponent, and his ability to express emotions can definitely rank among the top three contestants in the entire competition.
This is a height that Wu Di currently cannot reach. After all, he has just grown up, and his emotional and social experiences are not as rich as Taro Sakkawa's.
Therefore, he did not so-called find another strange way, but resolutely followed his own path.
The music he played was Liszt's "The Bell".
This is a piece of music that often appears in major competitions, but there is no doubt that its classics and difficulty are universally recognized.
Precisely because it appears so many times, people are obviously more harsh on "The Bell" than other pieces of music.
People looked serious and witnessed Wu Di's various dazzling skills, such as three-finger vibrato and multiple gorgeous chord jumps, which made many viewers in the audience swallow their saliva.
"He is worthy of being the champion of Chai Yuan. His understanding of virtuoso style has been superb. In time, his achievements will be immeasurable. He is expected to be among the top five pianists in the world."
At the judges' table, the famous composer John Philip said with admiration.
The other judges heard this and nodded in agreement.
"Indeed, he is only eighteen years old and is really a young genius."
"Maybe he is very powerful, but I don't know why, but the music of "The Song of the G String" always sounds in my ears."
"The terrifying Zuo Chuan, the emotion in his music has actually affected the present."
"If Wu's performance is a gorgeous visual feast, then Zuo Chuan's performance is like the sound of nature that penetrates the heart, leaving people with endless aftertaste."