Qin Jian has been sitting in this cafe called 'District 11' for more than 4 hours.
The day after the semifinals, Qin Jian originally thought he could have a good sleep.
At least sleep in, right?
But early in the morning, He Jing woke me up.
According to He Jing, even earlier, the general dealer of Kawai Piano in Yanjing got her phone number from somewhere and expressed through the phone that he wanted to discuss the possibility of cooperation.
This is also the reason why He Jing woke Qin Jian up early in the morning.
The person the other party wants to seek cooperation with is Qin Jian.
Simply put, Kawai's general agent hopes that Qin Jian will choose Kawai's ex series piano in the finals.
In addition to paying a generous remuneration, they also stated that they would provide all the help Qin Jian needs during the finals.
But this is not really good news for a teenager who was woken up on his day off.
First of all, Qin Jian excluded Kawai from entering the fourth round of selection at the beginning.
Secondly, Qin Jian is not short of money now!
So the result is naturally no other possibility.
After receiving the boy's decisive refusal, He Jing immediately called him back and expressed her apology tactfully.
However, the other party still expressed repeatedly that he hoped Qin Jian could reconsider.
....
The boy who was no longer sleepy could only get up helplessly
After the siblings had brunch together near the hotel, He Jing went shopping and Qin Jian found a nearby coffee shop.
The next phase of preparations began.
I'll be here for five days.
In addition to writing down the score of all parts of Paganini's Rhapsody on a Theme.
All that is left is to arrange the final works with the orchestra the day after tomorrow in the time arranged by the organizing committee.
For other players, it is to rehearse with the orchestra.
As for Qin Jian, all he could say was to communicate with the commander.
There are no extra 5,000 worship points to squander.
There is only one chance to perform, and that is at the finals.
However, Qin Jian could only prepare himself as much as possible for this unknown quantity.
...
Qin Jian took a sip of coffee and turned the page in front of him to the next page.
‘Seventh variation, not too fast medium movement’
"Here comes the melody of the Doomsday Book again"
‘Cello and double bass express the theme’
"Well, it's a little complicated here."
Qin Jian mumbled and picked up the pencil.
Among the rows of dense scores, I found a row of music scores marked 'violoncelli' in front of the clef.
In this line of music, he circled all the parts with notes on the music score.
Indicate a four-letter word on the circle.
【Theme Melody】
Then circle the melody in the same way in the score marked 'trabassi "double bass".
But there is another detail here. In the melody of the last measure of the double bass, the author of this book seems to have specially marked a big "solemn" on the print.
After marking all the marks, Qin Jian printed all the scores in his mind like a printed version.
Twenty minutes later.
"call."
"Next."
‘Variation 8 original tempo, piano staccato theme.’
Looking at the extremely complicated music chart, the young man scratched his forehead and picked up the pencil again.
"Octave."
"Another octave, another octave, ****."
...
Finally, at the beginning of this chapter, Qin Jian made a strong mark.
....
"continue."
"Ninth variation, original tempo, the band uses triplets as accompaniment, and the piano shuttles between the accompaniments..."
...
An hour later, the boy stopped at the eleventh variation.
"That's it for today."
He stretched gently.
Although tired, the physical and mental joy is beyond words.
Through systematic score reading, Qin Jian more truly felt the charm of symphonic music.
Although I can only look at the notes one by one, I can imagine the feeling when the timbres of various instruments come together.
But just this is enough to make people feel goosebumps on their arms.
"Rachmaninoff, the last glorious chapter of the romantic tradition of E country since Glinka, what he said is indeed correct."
After a long time, Qin Jian emerged from the notes woven by the symphony.
For the finals in five days.
He looked forward to it even more.
Being able to play such music is a lucky thing in itself.
The sky outside the window had darkened. Qin Jian sighed softly and closed the messy music scores in front of him.
Throughout the afternoon, all Qin Jian's thoughts were devoted to a spiritual meeting with a composer.
Rach's rhapsody is based on the twenty-four themes of Paganini's "Capriccio", and accordingly created twenty-four piano variations, divided into three parts, and then connected together.
With the orchestra's concerto, it finally became a complete piano concerto.
However, the development of the entire music was not limited to just one theme of Paganini. Rachmaninoff even added his favorite medieval church plain song "The Days of Anger" to the variations of the entire work many times.
Therefore, it is clear that this work with two main lines of music must be viewed in two, and must be combined together for analysis.
One light and one dark, one line of poetic lyricism and one line of thrilling. The two color lines intersect. Under the strong contrast, the contradictions and conflicts of the music are more obvious.
Plus the orchestration of more than a dozen musical instruments.
If you want to truly perform this piece of music vividly.
Not only the absolute strength of the lead singer must be excellent, but also an excellent orchestra and a conductor with stage dominance are also essential.
but.
Judging from the current situation, the lead singer's strength is still up to standard despite carrying the Day of Wrath.
An excellent orchestra, if you look at the name of the Yanjing Philharmonic Orchestra, there is no problem.
However, Qin Jian is not sure whether the concertmaster of each position in the orchestra's number of appearances is the most outstanding performer currently in the orchestra.
This also has a direct impact on the effect that the work can present.
Finally, command.
The conductor's personality will probably determine the final feel and direction of the work.
Especially when the lead singer is still a minor
"Why."
"over thinking."
"It will be clear by the afternoon of the day after tomorrow."
He shook his head.
“Call it a day and call it a day.”
at last.
I briefly reviewed the music scores I had recorded throughout the afternoon in my mind, and randomly settled on a melody for the piccolo part.
When a line of music clearly emerged.
Qin Jian smiled with satisfaction.
"This is the real thing."
More than six hours of score memory for ten complete score variations.
"Thank you for your company."
After packing his backpack, the boy stepped out of the door under the farewell look of the cafe owner.
When he returned to the gate of the Eight Days Inn, Qin Jian suddenly stopped.
Turning around, the lights in the fuge bar came on again without knowing when.
"Um--"
"A balance between work and rest should be fine, right?"