Seeing the scene where the orchestra teachers were talking to each other on the far stage, Qin Jian took out his mobile phone again to confirm the time.
There are still 35 minutes left before the agreed 15:20.
At this moment, Qin Jian developed a good impression of this orchestra.
Including many big orchestras in the world, rehearsal matters basically start at a stuck point.
It is usually said that rehearsal starts at 15:00, but due to various reasons, the actual start of rehearsal has to be postponed to at least 10 minutes later.
The orchestra in front of me had already quietly and neatly started synchronizing 35 minutes before rehearsals started.
The quality of the orchestra is extraordinary.
Although each member of the band is only wearing casual clothes, their uniform playing movements and sound efficiency once again reflect the background of this orchestra.
High professionalism and strong discipline.
This is the Yanjing Philharmonic Orchestra that Qin Jian saw.
But this also made him feel even more ashamed. After all, he was the protagonist of the afternoon.
After the dialogue on the stage ended, Qin Jian walked to the first row of seats.
After showing his player ID to the staff, he walked towards the two figures in the center of the seat.
"Hmm? Commander Xiaolin is here too?"
Qin Jian looked over and thought to himself in surprise that a man with gray and messy hair was looking over here with a smile.
When the two of them looked at each other, Xiao Linzell had a look that he knew he would see this way.
Qin Jian nodded quickly in response, and then moved his eyes to the middle-aged man on the other side.
He has a naive face, a bloated body, and small eyes.
Xia Dong, music director and chief conductor of the Yanjing Philharmonic Orchestra.
The conducting style is unrestrained and enthusiastic, and the arrangement of musical works is creative and bold.
He was even evaluated by foreign media as a ‘madman on the podium’
Qin Jian's understanding of this man was limited to this.
But judging from the other party's innocent face and slightly bloated figure at this moment, it really makes people associate him with the evaluation of the outside world.
"Hello, Commander Xia."
"You came."
Almost at the same time, two sentences sounded at the same time. Qin Jian put his hands together in a salute, and Xia Dong also stood up.
"We still have thirty-four minutes to communicate." Xia Dong looked at his watch, then smiled and stretched out his left hand, "Can we start now?"
"Then I'll trouble you." Feeling the friendly smile of the other party, Qin Jian nodded slightly and stretched out his left hand neatly.
He feels better about this band.
.....
I briefly exchanged my views on this musical work,
"There is only one version of this set of works in the world, so when your work was submitted, I did not arrange for an assistant to check with you again," Xia Dong said, taking out a book with a sense of age from the seat next to him.
The music score was handed to Qin Jian, "You take a look first. Here are some of my marks and processing of the work."
Qin Jian took it and was faced with a very familiar cover.
"In addition, I have watched the video of your three-round competition many, many times," Xia Dong emphasized "a lot" and showed approval in his eyes, "You are very good."
"thank you."
Qin Jian had already quickly flipped through the score in his hand, but he did not ignore the detail of raising his head to express his thanks.
Although the sheet of music in his hand was exactly the same as that in his backpack, Qin Jian's eyes were struck by the markings and signs in many places.
Seeing this scene in front of him, Xia Dong's smile became even heavier.
"Sit down and watch. There's still time, so don't worry."
...
25 minutes later.
Qin Jian sighed softly.
It is almost impossible to read the score in less than 30 minutes, but Qin Jian already has a backup copy of the score in his mind.
So while he was flipping through it quickly, all his attention was focused on the places marked by Xia Dong's red pen.
After reading it again from beginning to end, Qin Jian had some new ideas about his understanding of this piece.
"From Xia Dong's perspective, the piano plays a color instrument in the entire symphony. He classifies the piano as a color instrument and incorporates it into the symphony orchestra, just like the trumpet in the wind section and the trumpet in the percussion section.
Timpani, viola in string section.”
The colorful musical instrument group he recorded also includes harp, celesta, bells and other instruments with unique timbres.
Seiji Kobayashi once said, "The challenge of a concerto for a pianist is not limited to completing the two lines of music in front of him."
Shen Qingci's "listening" can even be understood as "using the ears to guide the body to subconsciously control one's hands, but the premise is that the keyboard is like an extension of the player's hands."
Conductor Xia Dong simply put the piano into the standard configuration of the symphony orchestra. In this way, the piano itself became a part of the symphony orchestra.
In this way, the conductor can more fully coordinate every position in the orchestra, whether it is the sound or the entire music itself.
The Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini is itself a piano concerto.
Therefore, in this piece, the piano, which is a color instrument, naturally emerges from the crowd of musical instruments and becomes the protagonist.
But now he is no longer a co-performer, but a member of the orchestra.
A true member, there is no longer any gap between him and the band.
...
Qin Jian didn't know how much impact this kind of reverse thinking and analysis would have on the final work, but his curiosity had been completely aroused.
His eyes moved to a few lines of writing on the last page of the score.
‘January 25, 2004, Carnegie Hall, Zierhoff’
‘July 3, 2007, Boston Symphony Hall, Hubard’
‘December 12, 2011, Klinka Concert Hall, Perahia’
One great concert hall after another, the names of great pianists one after another...
....
Qin Jian closed the score and handed it back to Xia Dong beside him.
Don't wait for Qin Jian to speak.
"Now that we've finished watching, let's listen to the orchestra first,"
Xia Dong said and stood up from his seat again and slowly walked to the edge of the stage.
The stage fell silent for a moment.
"let's start."
Just as he finished speaking, he started from the first position of the first mention.
Every player in the string section, wind section, and percussion section was ready to play almost at the same time. Even the postures of the players of the same instrument, including the postures of holding the piano and holding the trumpet, were exactly the same.
Before the music started, Qin Jian was already uncontrollably excited.
Little Linzel, who had not spoken for a long time, looked at the stage with deep admiration.
then.
Xia Dong turned his back on the stage, then simply raised his right arm above his head, and held it in the air for about three seconds.
Qin Jian held his breath when he saw this scene.
I saw Xia Dong winking at Qin Jian with a smile, and while exhaling, he gently tapped his right hand towards the violin group.
moment.
A sharp and neat wind, carrying Paganini's devilish roar, blew from the string section.