The two masters put themselves in the situation, and both felt that Fan Ning's variation should be almost over.
But after finishing the 12th lively style canon, Fan Ning did not stop for a moment, and began to use his left hand to create a plump and long long tone line. At the same time, he played a large number of thirty-second notes and sixteenth notes in the high part.
A melody composed of diaeresis.
"And?" Schillings and Nieman looked at each other, and the hesitant words in the other's mouth were particularly obvious.
Does Mr. Fanning get his inspiration for free?
Variation 13, Sarabande, the original meaning is sacred and marching in Spanish, the rhythm is slow, the melody is elegant and approachable, especially the extensive use of baroque-style ornamentation, which makes the work more casual and flowing.
, intriguing.
According to the structure of three variations as a group, this means that there are at least 15 variations.
"Forget it, don't guess, listen attentively." Niemann once again held his breath with concentration. Such exquisite polyphonic music, if you don't pay attention, you will miss a lot of wonderful details.
In Variation 14, Fan Ning's state became slightly nervous again, and his left hand played a fast and delicate decomposition arpeggio.
This is the most difficult touch piece in the middle period of the work. The entire variation is full of running elements. From the 9th bar, rapid wave sounds appear again. Fan Ning's hands once again make long distance spans in the high and low ranges.
Movement, quickly striking those scattered and solid notes.
Variation 15, fifth canon, the dark G minor appears for the first time, and the speed changes to a medium-slow Andante.
Xiaoshuting app
Fan Ning first played a descending series of fourths in the middle voice, and then performed a reverse reflection imitation in the high voice. The two voices moved in different directions, causing the sound to be "stretched".
, allowing the audience to experience an extremely difficult dynamic.
After hearing this, listeners with less insight gradually grasped the rules.
Even people who are dull about art can understand the terrifying and majestic structure of this variation from other people's mouths.
Microscopically, the number of measures of each variation can be divided into the smallest musical unit according to 32:16:8:4:2, and maintain the consistency with the entire bass direction of the aria; macroscopically, every three variations are in a group, with thoughts
The most profound summary of Canon is that for every multiple of 3, the interval imitated by Canon is one more step, and the genre layout is continuously cycled according to the cycle of "dance music - touch music - canon music", and various gorgeous techniques emerge in endlessly...
The change of color in G minor brings uneasiness and depressive emotions to Variation No. 15. Fan Ning seems to be even cautious about breathing. Some parts use his fingertips to press the keys to play legato, like a gloomy sigh. Some parts
Choose the caressing non-legato method to touch the keys, moving like a hesitant person.
Finally, the music gradually slows down, and the melody reaches B flat, the third note of the main chord, and continues to struggle forward. The C and D sounds are getting slower and lighter... It's like lying on the endless grass, looking up at the vast starry sky, and consciously
Gradually drifting towards the cool clouds.
"finished?"
The atmosphere was extremely quiet, the last note lingered for a long time, and Fan Ning, who raised his head and closed his eyes, did not move for three full breaths. Many listeners in the back thought so.
With such a magnificent structure, huge volume, unparalleled ingenuity, and a masterpiece full of inspiration but without losing the beauty of mathematics, you can listen to the process of its birth on the spot, even those who pale in comparison.
Mature artists also feel that today's trip is worthwhile.
"It shouldn't be a minor tune, right?" Luo Yin, who was listening with bated breath the whole time, put his hands on his front and asked his father gently.
"Naturally it won't end with such a wandering listening feeling in a minor key." Feeling the sublime meaning, McAdam's expression was very solemn at this time, "But I think the 'sense of climbing' created by the end of the 15th variation,
As well as the "cold feeling" of the minor tune itself, it seems that Fan Ning has built this cathedral to the dome and to the place where divinity is. I don't know what he will do next..."
The Marquis had not realized at this moment that his originally unwavering attitude had quietly changed: "...No matter what, it is good that you can serve as the chief under him. I will get along with him more and ask for advice in the future."
As a person with extremely powerful inspirations among the Insighters, McAdam obviously understands Variation No. 15 quite accurately.
This is only the first half of the arch structure of the "Gothenburg Variations". After climbing to the dome of the cathedral, the second half is not only a formal transition and perfection, but also a symbol of the final journey of the closed loop of revelation.
For Fan Ning, this lonely pilgrimage as a pianist is not over yet, but all the uneasiness and self-doubt in the early stage of the performance have disappeared, leaving only the calmest thinking about the notes and the most pious.
Express.
The cold and ethereal ending was almost non-existent. Fan Ning closed his eyes and meditated, then slowly opened his eyes.
A smile of relief and joy appeared on his face, and his whole state became positive again. He raised his left hand and played a full and powerful G major major chord in the bass area.
"winter!--"
A series of passionate scales rushes up from the middle range, and then turns into a sonorous and powerful dotted step in the high range. The second scale then begins to imitate and transform in the bass range.
Variation 16, in the French overture style of 2/2 time, kicks off the second half of this masterpiece. The interweaving combination of flowing rhythm and walking rhythm makes you feel like you are watching a grand and gorgeous ceremonial event.
In the second half of the music, it changes to a three-part fugue in 3/8 time. The theme presents a light and natural dance style in the pursuit, such as the palace door opening, the sun shining on the carpet, and the colorful cannon salute firing up the spirit.
The excited guards greeted the spectators.
"We completely underestimated the richness of his inspiration." Bishop Christopher felt as if he was standing on the dome of the church. After quiet meditation, he began to look at the magnificent scenery below with a new state of mind.
After concluding with a bright and full major chord, Fan Ning released the pedal again and made humorous skips on the keys with both hands.
Variation 17, a two-part touch piece. "1-3-2-4-3-5-4-6..." First, the left hand melody moves upward in a roundabout way three times, and then the right hand melody moves forward in a roundabout way. It jumps down in a roundabout way six degrees, creating a dynamic and interesting sound effect.
Variation 18, Six Degrees of Canon arrives as promised. Fan Ning's left hand plays a swaying, gavotte-like melody. Against the background of this free counterpoint of the low part, two canon melodies are played one after another, just Half a bar apart, the imitative counterpoint is carried out in an intimate manner.
The interweaving of long and short sounds is like the stretching and contraction of two people's limbs in a pas de deux. The elastic, light and lively musical image is vividly displayed in front of the listener.
"It actually reached 18, and it's already the sixth structure..." Luo Yin put his hands on his knees and sat upright, completely immersed in the music under Fan Ning's fingertips.
She felt that Mr. Fan Ning on the stage started from the originally empty wasteland and relied on his own efforts to gradually build a magnificent cathedral brick by stone. His figure was so huge compared to the towering building. Although the building is small, the building was built by him, which makes it a feat and makes people cry...
"Is this what Mr. Fan Ning said before, the sublimity in 'quantity' and the sublimity in 'strength'?..." Luo Yin, who was listening, gradually tightened his hands on his clothes on his knees.
The seventh group of genre cycle units.
Variation 19, Minuet. The most familiar dance genre to the public, it originated in the French countryside. During the reign of Louis XIV, it was the first to use it as an accompaniment in the court, so it entered the eyes of the upper class. Fan Ning struck out the octave jump with his left hand. , with the theme bass as the direction, as a clear three-beat dance step, the right hand weaves a sweet melody of two parts, the middle part always keeps flowing, and the high part is lazy and relatively static, showing an unworldly performance. The elegance of fireworks.
Variation 20, Touch Technique. At the beginning, Fan Ning stretched out his hands wantonly, alternately struck keys quickly and flexibly, and played the reverse progression of decomposed chords. In measure 9, a new triplet sound group appeared, sweeping In the high and low ranges, the two materials take turns to develop in a reflective manner, creating an extremely dazzling musical image, and finally disappear with light decomposed chords.
Variation 21, Canon. The imitation relationship rises to the seventh degree, and the gloomy color of G minor appears for the second time. Fan Ning pops up the theme with a serious and slow expression, first ascending the fourth scale, and then descending the fifth scale, with a solemn middle tone. The slightly undulating melodies chase each other, like prayer and confession intertwined. Finally, the atmosphere falls into silence and ends with descending minor chords.
The other half of the arched structure is gradually completing its closed loop.
The eighth group of genre cycle units.
Variation 22, Gavotte. Fanning once again presents the bass line of the theme in the most concise way - one whole note for one measure. On this basis, the three upper parts enter a short and distinctive material in turn, The simple and unsophisticated counterpoint method brings a touch of chicness, and the entire variation is completed in the regular question and answer, which has a distinct mathematical beauty.
Variation 23, Touch Technique. Fan Ning adjusted the breathing time for two times, stretched his fingers slightly a few times, and then played a clean series of descending scales with his left and right hands. During the development process, they were gradually divided into groups of four. It is interspersed with double-note percussion or ornamentation, and finally turns into a two-note sound group with alternating hands, ending on the main chord.
Variation 24, Canon. The imitation relationship rises to an octave, and there is also a free counterpoint of the bass background. However, the canon form of this variation is not very strict. Fan Ning shows it to the audience in a lazy and casual manner. The polyphonic lines serve as your own rest and reorganization.
Because the most dramatic and profound part of the whole song is about to come.
"Mr. Fan Ning, are you finished?" Luo Yin had always treated listening as a conversation and asked softly and subconsciously.
Fan Ning on the stage kept her hands lifted up from the keyboard, just hanging in the air.
Or is he thinking about what to do next?
"No, it's not over yet." McAdam's voice came from the front, very soft, but it rang clearly in Luo Yin's ears, "From his conception, the biggest dividing line is between variations 15 and 16, and the following It should be of equal length."
"He seems to be brewing an emotion, or looking for a state..." Viadlin looked serious, "It's like he is about to tell some kind of event that is definitely better to ignore."
Fan Ning's left hand gently placed the keys on the piano, then lifted them up, going back and forth twice before stopping to speak.
The third time, he finally found the feeling of timbre and emotion. He closed his eyes, lowered the keys with his left hand, and played a weak but solemn double tone on the third major in G minor. Then, his right hand weakened and played carefully A chromatic rondo sound pattern, this sound pattern takes difficult steps upward six degrees, and then slides down step by step like a sigh.
Variation 25, Sarabande, slow triple beat. In previous lives, this variation had an alias, known as the "Black Pearl" of the Goldberg Variations, to imply its extremely unusual texture, color and mood.
When the music reaches this point, the listeners suddenly fall into grief. Fan Ning's breathing on the stage becomes breathless. His left hand fills the middle and low harmonies with compassion and deep touch, while his right hand plays A slow, solemn, meandering melody.
The sounds are pulling and entangled with each other, and the strong sense of stagnation makes the forward pace of time become extremely slow and difficult.
"This is a profound monologue of life." Christopher's mouth moved a few times, but no sound came out. He felt that various memories in his heart were evoked, and one picture after another flashed through his mind, making people unable to help but think and examine. Those that are painful or pleasurable, regretful or fulfilling.
Under the constant chromatic harmony in the left hand, the light in the church seems to be getting darker inch by inch.
The descending melody in the high register tells of pain, but from time to time it is mixed with the sudden intrusion of high notes that jump upward. Many of them are outside the mode, forming off-key modulations without any transition, and they stand abruptly at a high place. , the difficulty of finding the way and seeking, as well as the painful longing, are really heart-wrenching.
In the last four short measures, the music went down continuously for nearly four octaves, and finally stopped at the G sound of the big group.
"Black Pearl" sank to the bottom of emotions, and everyone's spiritual bodies seemed to fall into the abyss. Suddenly, a dazzling light suddenly rose up, and a whirlwind-like sound flow brought great joy and dazzling glory.
Spewing out on the stage!
Variation 26, a touch piece, in 18/16 time, has a very special rhythm, which secretly inspires the player to adopt an extremely fluid and high-speed processing method.
The sixteenth notes played by Fan Ning in the middle range circled upward quickly and continuously, and the double tone of the G major major third that was struck first in the high voice seemed to imply a reference to the double tone of the minor key at the beginning of the previous variation.
sublimation.
In measure 9, the sixteenth note moves to the lower part, rising again from a lower place - the G sound of the large group of letters, and brilliantly reaches the d sound of the small group of three in measure 16.
This sudden release of all repressed ecstasy was directly reflected in the cheering spirit state of the audience. The violent light from the will of the world poured down from the heights of the church, soaking up the man on the stage who was concentrating on playing the extremely fast sound flow.
figure.
"The core of will and the tower of radiance are right in front of me in the dream. This is the favor and crown given to me by the 'Endless Fugue'."
As if an electric current had touched his whole body, Fanning, who was recreating Bach's great work, was finally surrounded by the resonance of the spiritual bodies of a large number of artists, causing the intensity of inspiration to further change and approach a high-level level.
He continued to perform without stopping, and played the vibrant ninth canon of Variation 27 in one go. Variation 28 was written in Courant, with a vibrato section that was smart and harmonious, as well as full of alternating tremolos of both hands, which were brilliant and colorful.
The majestic variation 29.
Coming to variation 30, according to the previous rules, it seems that it should be a canon rising to the tenth degree of imitation relationship, but it is not. As the last variation, Bach replaced the tenth degree canon with a Quodlibet,
It is a genre that combines different secular folk songs with superb counterpoint.
Warm, reminiscing, and family-like melodies sounded from all the voices under Fan Ning. After going through various strict variations, Bach used the simplest secular folk songs to compose his own musical philosophy: Pilgrim in the
Seeing the glow on the dome, and walking around the world again with a sense of destiny to comfort suffering and enlighten all living beings, this seems to be a metaphor for the return, integration and sublimation of divinity to humanity.
The church was silent.
All the prosperity and skill dissipated, and the quiet, sacred, and spotless aria sounded again in Fan Ning's hands, as if he had returned to the starting point.
Perhaps in music, there has never been a repetition that has such a moderate and ambiguous emotion as here.
Only then did the audience realize that after experiencing 30 variations, they were so eager to return to the aria again, and that they had returned unknowingly.
All the feasts and parties have dispersed, and the bumpy journey is over. You should be happy, because in the soul of the world there is the divine spark that was originally thrown out from the gathering point. This is the yearning engraved in the depth of the soul, and it is the unforgettable feeling.
Nostalgic thoughts.
——It’s time to go back to where you came from.
They do not feel that the appearance of the aria is superfluous at all.
It may not be the end in the true sense, but the beginning of a new cycle. It means the arrival of eternity, or the process of eternal arrival of small but great creatures.
Time has no home here.
The last note dissipated quietly, and Fan Ning gently raised his hand.
He stood up, with a faint smile on his face, held his piano sideways and saluted the audience.