The solemn and dark piano sound under Fan Ning's fingertips continued to hang over the symphony hall.
Like thunder in the dark clouds, a frenzy about to hit, or a dormant volcano ready to explode.
"Could it be that it's a piano overture that brings out the orchestra? 4 bars or 8 bars?"
"For example, something like the opening of his "Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor"?"
A group of music critics, including Yetus, editor-in-chief of "Theoline Cultural Weekly", and Ferrege, senior reporter of "Hoffmann Gramophone", listened to Fanning's performance, and the first thing they thought of was "La La".
two".
In this case, it is really innovative...
Many people with a sense of scrutiny have felt from the beginning that this is by no means a cliché.
Instead of copying the sublimated formula of the master's late symphony, he added a chorus to a genre similar to a piano concerto?
Just when everyone thought that the piano "prelude" was about to lead the band to the beginning, they found that they had guessed wrong again.
Master Xilins still stood with his hands behind his back.
Miss Sheeran, who was leading the entire orchestra, still had her violin propped upright on her lap.
After the piano's four column chords rose and fell repeatedly, Fan Ning's right hand did not stop, and brought out a passing sentence composed of third double tones in the high range.
They fall in a roundabout way, like light and melancholy sighs.
Fan Ning then released the pedal, leaned over and carefully touched the keys, letting them turn into a repeating sound pattern in the midrange.
The tone is light and short, with a slight sense of pace:
The repetitive sound pattern of tick-tock alternates, and the left and right hands contrast with each other, and the dark minor-key harmony gradually reappears.
Hesitation and torture, although the volume is not high and the color is not strong, it has hints of tragic heroic temperament.
Regardless of any attempts or tributes, if the music itself starts like this, can't it still be called great?
In less than ten bars, the audience was already deeply moved by Fan Ning's performance. The old lady Hamilton tightly held the armrests of her seats with her hands, tears glistening on her wrinkled face.
The second time, Fan Ning's right hand played in thicker octaves, while a descending triplet group appeared in his left hand.
The sudden extra notes disrupted the neat rhythmic correspondence, and a strange sense of urgency came over me.
The intensity of the sound group increased all the way, and the hands moved farther and farther away in rapid movement.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!" At the end of the phrase, Fan Ning exerted force with both arms, stepped deeply on the pedal, and once again played the major chord starting with the octave bass.
The distantly related E major modulation brings a strong contrast to the colors. In the thumping sound of sf and ff throughout the piece, the pillar chords gradually collapse and decompose, and Fan Ning's left and right hands fly up and down, bringing out pieces of coldness.
Arpeggio sound group.
"This... is actually a performance by him alone!"
"Don't talk about the chorus! Even the band... after almost three minutes, the band didn't show up!
"Did he write an entire piano solo?"
Those who were thinking about how piano and chorus should join the band in the early stage now got an answer that was completely deviating from their expectations, but extremely touching and in line with the aesthetics. They suddenly felt fascinated and admired.
If nothing else, during a symphony concert, after listening to so many elegant orchestral dances, suddenly a long piano solo with shimmering cold light was presented. This is very refreshing, right?
"Casual, so casual, a completely eclectic creative approach! I suddenly realized that its title is not only 'Choral', it is 'Choral Fantasy', which is simply too full of fantasy temperament, and it is also
Classical fantasy temperament with tragedy as its core!”
Master Schillings, who was standing solemnly on the podium, had already walked on stage with Fan Ning several times, but with the in-depth performance on the stage at this moment, he discovered many different feelings.
Fan Ning's left hand lifted the wrist away from the keys, and his right hand played a long series of ups and downs of cadenza at a casual speed, and rushed to the high C in the third group of small characters in a chromatic manner.
A series of loud vibratos brought out the "hesitant pace" of the previous left and right hand responses again.
New material appeared. In the rhythm of repeated double notes in the high register, Fan Ning's left hand joined in with the sudden force of SF, playing a motive fragment that combined long and short notes, like a declaration and a call.
But in the process of modulation and development, the painful tapping sound of Fan Ning's right hand became louder and louder, and the register became higher and higher.
"The world is in great trouble! People are living in great pain!" He shouted from the bottom of his heart at the beginning of "Initial Light" to inform the audience.
Just when everyone's minds seemed to be about to be crushed by ruthless fate——
The hero's power finally broke out, and he rose up with a fighting attitude. The horn-like left-hand motive suddenly turned into a pouring descending thirty-sixth note, which was even more dense than the original transformed triplet!
The audience was horrified to find that Fan Ning's right hand was still striking the harsh and dangerous octave pattern, while his left hand was already flying at high speed. The two forces were fighting hand to hand, and the fight was fierce and bloody. The sound of the piano
It resounded throughout the symphony hall like a volcanic eruption!
"boom!--"
Finally, like a giant object falling to the ground, dust rose up, and a heavy dominant seventh chord in the key of C minor was violently smashed down by Fan Ning's hands.
As his hands flew up and down, decomposed arpeggios came in waves like a tide. This extremely virtuosic and tragic cadenza that Beethoven improvised on that winter night in 1808 finally came to an end.
The piano solo lasted for nearly four minutes, but what it ended up with was a wave of wandering colors, an incomplete ending, and a fruitless ending.
The hero's questioning lingered in the air for a long time.
The audience seemed to have a premonition of something, and the curtain finally opened.
Master Schillings on the podium raised his right hand holding the baton at some point.
In a moment of perfect tacit understanding, Fan Ning let go of the pedal and the conductor gave the starting point. Almost at the same time that the reverberation disappeared, Roy led the entire cello group and played a bass melody in C minor "Inquiry into Motive" with weak pp dynamics.
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Four and a half bars in length, short bow movements, and a dotted rhythm... The melody under Roy's bow first progresses tentatively, reflecting the characteristics of actively seeking answers, but also seeming to be hesitant about difficulties.
The ground fell back.
So Fan Ning raised his hands again and played a melody with recitative characteristics in the high register, answering with warm colors of comfort and comfort.
The second time, it was still "inquiring about motives", switching to the key of F minor, switching to the viola and the second violin. Fan Ning also responded with encouragement by raising his wrist and lowering the keys.
The oboe, bassoon and horn were then added to make the sound warmer and richer in texture. These melodies with recitative characteristics were intertwined with the "inquiry motive". Finally, the wind instrument played a slightly empty fifth-degree double tone,
Among the large number of freely extended expression terms, something new seems to be brewing.
Finally, in measure 53, Fan Ning used the piano to take over the double-note percussion, and then, accompanied by the horn, presented the core of the work for the first time, which is similar to the "Ode to Joy" in the final chapter of "Beijing".
Happy theme".
Behind the filthy surface of the world, there is a light that towers above all the heterogeneous colors. Sometimes it can crack the skull, and sometimes it can penetrate the darkness and pain, dripping into the mud of distorted colors in the world.
Accompanied by Mozart-style semi-decomposed chords, the "joyful" melody composed of regular eighth notes appears simple and warm, and the piano cadenza interspersed is like a cheerful and lively ballad.
The "happy theme" born out of suffering is particularly precious, and no audience is willing to abandon it after hastily savoring it.
They naturally long for the musicians on stage to fully explore its joy and fragrance through variations.
Fan Ning played the accompaniment column chords, and based on this, the flute began the first round of variations, using sixteenth notes in the high range. Joan's elastic and brisk vocals seemed thin and clear, seeming to echo the previous Hua Hua.
Colorful and lively temperament.
Then the piano accompaniment changed to a thinner alternating left-hand and right-hand style. The flute exited and two oboes entered. The second variation was launched in parallel three degrees apart, with swinging sound patterns, bouncing postures, crisp timbres...all kinds of humorous musical characters.
It's hilarious.
During the third variation, Fan Ning raised his wrists and exited. He had a short period of rest. At this moment, he was sitting in front of the piano, smiling happily, shaking his head relaxedly, enjoying the performance of the woodwind trio.
The bassoon has a dark and honest timbre, coupled with the harmony of the two clarinets, they show a high-purity fusion against the background of the same background, and at the same time they are consistent with the singing of the theme piano solo.
In the fourth variation, the woodwind trio is replaced by a string quartet, and the violins uniformly weave a mellow and dense texture, with occasional joking dialogue between pairs.
The intensity of the music gradually increased and seamlessly connected to the fifth variation of the orchestra's full performance. Then the "Happy Theme" finally ushered in its first highlight moment. The symphony hall was filled with light and the sound of praise resounded from every corner.
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After the band played forcibly, the piano reappeared without leaving a trace. Fan Ning's left hand played a warm triplet, and his right hand played a cadenza melody with cheerful vibrato. Together with the band's brilliant column chords, it had an impact on the entire presentation.
Make periodic summaries.
Then the piano played the transformed "Hesitating Theme", the register rose in an atmosphere of uneasy anxiety, and once again turned into a series of passing sentences that sounded like soft sighs.
Suddenly, Fan Ning's eyes narrowed, and his left hand played the alternating I-V C minor chords with ff intensity. A burst of dark melody like a storm appeared from his right hand, starting the sixth variation at the beginning of the development.
The band camp embraced the fierce competition. Under the instructions of Master Schillings, the musicians' bows and strings were flying and the pipes were singing. The incarnation of fate and suffering was played by the piano. Fan Ning's whole body was surrounded by a chilling spiritual aura.
Every sharp lift of the wrist and every set of sharp key touches sent tremors from head to toe.
The extremely dramatic interpretation method brings about a fierce confrontation like a storm. This round of conflict turns into a pianissimo passage in the key of B major, and finally ends in the not very bright key of A minor.
But soon, the do rose a semitone, opening the seventh variation of the meditative Adagio in A major.
As a result, the audience discovered that the pianist who originally created a sound full of danger and violence suddenly produced a gentle and confusing melody under his fingertips.
Fan Ning raised her cheeks, smiled and closed her eyes, caressing the keys with her right hand. Every finger turn, finger thread or finger change with the same sound was filled with love and care for her lover. Amidst the accompaniment of the band, there was a hint of sweetness.
The song flows in the high register.
The sun is shining, the swing is swaying, and young girls are whispering passionately in the spring light. At this time, the "happy theme" is magnified in its joyful and intoxicating aspect. This is not the final answer, but it is beautiful enough and enough to make people indulge in it.
The right hand of the piano plays a long vibrato that stays on the dominant note E of A major, and the left hand strikes a bell-like dotted rhythm. Then the bassoon, French horn and flute imitate and respond one after another, turning into the sonorous and passionate eighth variation.
Army march.
The majestic rhythmic form, the energetic repartee between the piano and the band, and the free and easy modulation technique, the development part disappears in a beautiful brilliance.
At this point, the entanglement of suffering and hope, the preliminary discussion of the "joy theme", the dialectical relationship between fate and struggle... have all been fully demonstrated. Any outstanding composer can reproduce it with changes in repetition.
This beautiful work has come to an end, which cannot be said to be unreasonable, but obviously a great master would not fall into this cliché.
The audience, who had experienced suffering, struggle, contemplation and joy along the way, suddenly felt something in their hearts and became more and more excited and excited.
Master Schillings on the podium gave a prompt to shoot.
The start of the cello, the dotted rhythm, and the short and playful bow movements are exactly the "motivation of inquiry" mixed with the mood of exploration and hesitation when the band first entered the stage.
"Bang!!——"
The response Fanning gave this time was not a comforting recitative in the high register, but a head-on thump of a diminished seventh chord, and a set of rapid arpeggios whizzing from low to high.
"No, it's not that. We have new joy and new strength." The piano seemed to answer.
The string group was thoughtful, starting from the cello and viola's retelling of "Inquiry into Motives", and the first and second violins joined in one after another, welcoming the new force with a more positive and open attitude.
"Ding dong ding dong ding dong ding dong..."
Fan Ning smiled slightly and played one string after another of radiant, continuous and undulating background sounds in the key of C major with endless movement.
“Pleasurable and cute!”
Suddenly, the melodious singing voices of three women came from the left channel of the stage, where the fans couldn't see.
Here in the score, the original German text Schmeichelnd hold was abbreviated by the poet Kuffner in "When Love and Strength Become One". Fan Ning adapted it into the original meaning and syllable distribution of words, and was more elegant and graceful.
Man language.
“Pleasurable and cute!”
As if in reply, three more men's deep responses came from the darkness of the right passage.
The great joy that can be the answer and destination has finally arrived!
The old lady Hamilton's body shook as if she was electrocuted. Similar to her, countless music fans instantly experienced the almost trembling feeling brought by great joy!
After two responses, Marquess MacAdam, who was dressed in a red dress, led the chorus accompaniment Miss Elizabeth and the young composer Miss Lausanne in a white dress and slowly walked to the stage. With noble smiles on their faces, they spoke out
A melodious female trio singing with the melody of "Happy Theme":
“The harmonies of our lives sound pleasant and lovely;
Once the beauty is restored, the flowers bloom forever!
Peace and joy fly side by side, like the ebb and flow of waves;
Everything that was cruel and hostile turned into sublime joy!"
"Infinite surprise, I guessed wrong again!" Music critic Don Yetus laughed and shook his head at his seat, "I thought the children in the choir were going to stand up, but I didn't expect that Carolne Van...
Ning actually arranged such a plan, he was really able to keep his composure... That's right! Why didn't I expect that those singers haven't shown up yet!!"
The ladies' singing made Fan Ning very happy. The keys under her fingertips played alternately, with her left hand decomposing octaves and her right hand decomposing sixths.
So under the instruction of Master Schillings, from the other side of the passage, Master Nieman, who was wearing a brown formal suit, led the permanent conductor Mr. Kaplan and the famous composer Mr. Virgil, who was wearing a black tuxedo, to enter the venue.
"When music dominates magic and speaks magical words;
The great glory appears, and the night and storm turn into light!
External peace and inner happiness rule the lucky man;
However, the spring of art makes both of them shine!"
The piano and the band resonated with an increasingly positive attitude, the gentlemen smiled elegantly, and the "Happy Theme" trio sang more deeply and touchingly.
Seeing Mr. Capron, whom she had just met, singing loudly on the stage with a smile of happiness and joy, the old lady Hamilton could no longer restrain her inner emotions, and crystal tears fell from her wrinkled face.
Roll down.
We are connected together, and we are about to break through the shackles of this tangible world and fly to the kingdom of freedom...
The sufferings, struggles, and hesitations that once marked the beginning of this chapter have all been comforted, dissolved, and turned into ultimate joy at this moment.
More and more listeners began to have sore noses, moist eyes, and even cried with joy.
"Dupont, the guy who guest-starred as the tenor section chief, I always felt like he couldn't sit still..."
Fan Ning's fingertips were still flying happily, but he raised his head and glanced at a high place in the distance with a smile.
Master Schillings raised his left hand while he was swinging the racket, and the choir behind the symphony orchestra suddenly stood up and opened the music books in their hands!
In the collective strong performance of the piano and the band, under the leadership of six singers, the symphony hall finally burst into a radiant and brilliant chorus!——
“When greatness enters the soul, beauty and new life bloom;
Once the soul appears, there is always a chorus of spirits to respond!
Then your beautiful souls will happily receive the gift of this wonderful art;
When love and strength are united and married, divine grace will bless all mankind!”
During the breather interval, Fan Ning's left hand produced another enthusiastic triplet, and the right hand's cadenza melody with cheerful vibrato came as expected.
"value!----"
"G-gift!————"
“Wonderful—art!————”
The vocal shouts interspersed between the piano melody, and the brilliant pillar chords of the band burst out one after another.
“Then your beautiful souls will rejoice to receive the gift of this wonderful art;
When love and strength are united and married, divine grace will bless all mankind!”
In the final aria, the band and choir poured out all their strength, so the volume and texture were fully loaded. Various techniques such as free variation, canon imitation, close connection and response accelerated the chorus journey, and hit the final without hesitation.
of climax.
“Then your beautiful souls will rejoice to receive the gift of this wonderful art;
When love and strength are united and married, divine grace will bless all mankind!”
The band and choir sang loudly, and Master Schillings swung his racket vigorously, sweat dripping from his forehead.
"When love and strength are united and married, divine grace will bless all mankind!"
All things have risen to a higher level, temporarily transcending everything in the tangible world, and blooming with the light of supreme glory.
This is the light that comes from the will of the world, the "original light" that achieves the sublimity of music, where there are no new colors, no turning and wandering shadows.
"strength!----"
At the moment when the singers and choir shouted "Kraft!" in the original German, time and space seemed to freeze.
There is no theme, no motive, no rhythm, no harmony, only an extremely powerful E-flat major triad. In the main key of C major, its color not only looks strange, but also lasts for a full seven measures!
It explodes, then hovers, occupying the longest duration and strongest intensity, and also completes the mission of "Choral Fantasia in C Minor", flying from a super high range to a transcendent range!
"Rumble, rumble—"
The rolling sound of timpani finally brought the sound of Huita back to the world.
"Divine grace will favor mankind!——"
"Divine grace will favor mankind!——"
Fan Ning's heart was beating violently, and his hands playing the piano were almost numb. Particles were flying, sparks were flying, and rounds of ecstatic decomposed octaves and arpeggios shot out from under his fingertips.
"Boom!!!" With a burst of force, the music came to an end, and Master Schillings's falling posture stopped in mid-air.
Fan Ning's raised hands hung above the keys.
The rustling sound of clothing rubbing against each other emerged from all over the symphony hall.
The first reaction of these audience members after the speech was over was not to applaud or make a sound. Instead, they unanimously felt that they should stand up first and then think about how to express themselves.
It wasn't until more than 2,000 audience members stood up that Editor-in-Chief Don Yetus, who was standing in the front row, shouted alone:
"Bravo!!"
I was moved to smile at the beginning of the month. I didn’t have a good name for the big divination pot. I chose three big guys and knocked me unconscious. Thank you very much. I’ll try my best to write an extended version of the chapter. I hope everyone can enjoy it in one go. T^T
Then, I found that orchestral works with vocal music are far more difficult to write than I thought. The lyrics of the chorus part are in German, Austrian or Italian. It is necessary to carefully study the correspondence between syllables and notes in the score. Every harmony of the composer,
Every group of rhythms and every arrangement of expression terms are closely related to the text. I can only say that I have tried my best to show you the key content. If there are any mistakes, please correct me.