It is not easy to approach Mozart's piano concertos, and it is even more difficult to approach Piano Concerto No. 24.
The K491 Concerto has been played in music halls around the world countless times, some versions have been handed down on CD, and many more have been lost in the long river of history.
Here is not only the traditional version left by the two players Qin Jian listened to, Khazadsu and Haskiel, which is the most talked about by future generations.
There are many more performers and conductors dedicated to creating a new world for Mozart.
In 1953, before his death, the French keyboard master Yoshizawa Jin collaborated with the conductor King Karajan in his prime to create the k491. Once the version came out, it caused a stir in the classical music circle at that time.
Before that, no one would have imagined that the first movement of K491 could be based on such a solemn and rich structure. The listener felt like standing on the Parthenon, listening to the vast torrent of fate.
It contains the thoughts of two great musicians on Mozart.
Music cannot be described, but it can be compared.
Just like the first movement under Qin Jian's ten fingers at this time, although it is not as broad and unstoppable.
But he doesn't lose his ironclad character.
In the blue sky, the sound of the piano is clear and elegant.
However, at this moment when everyone thought the music was going to reveal its high spirits from the confusion.
However, the sound of the piano seemed to appear for the first time, unconsciously fading away during the progression of an arpeggio.
Until a faint and translucent chirping sound was left.
Along with the endless whirling sound, the hall became quiet.
"call."
Qin Jian carefully raised his hand, breathed a sigh of relief, and looked at Xia Dong.
The two of them looked at each other for less than a second. Qin Jian nodded and returned his hands to the keyboard while taking a breath.
The next second.
Xia Dong's baton waved again.
Second movement, minor version, in E flat major.
Different from the performance state of the first movement, Qin Jian was much more relaxed at this time, and his entire upper body seemed to be leaning on the keyboard.
The swing range of his arms also weakened.
Under the flowing fingers, the tranquil theme is pure and lonely, like Margaret in Faust.
Innocent, noble and reserved.
....
After the deep first movement, the euphemistic clarity of the second movement is like a comfortable adjustment, and the simple rondo form is full of the inherent enthusiasm unique to Mozart's slow movement.
permeated the entire hall.
Every auditory nerve in the audience was bathed in this tenderness.
Duan Ran looked at the figures on the stage, and passages about the past between the two people kept appearing in front of his eyes, and his mind couldn't help but yearn for one day in the future.
"Well."
Accompanied by the string section, the piano suddenly jumped up at the end of the movement. The deft scales and playful syncopations were organized together, and the atmosphere of the music suddenly changed and became lively.
Finally, it dissipates in the diminution of the entire orchestra and piano.
"Wonderful rondo."
There was a subtle sigh from the judges' table.
After finishing the performance of the second movement, Qin Jian picked up a handkerchief and wiped the sweat off his forehead, and then lowered his hands to his sides.
He lowered his head slightly, and judging from the close-up of the camera on the big screen, his rising and falling chest seemed to be adjusting his breathing.
Xia Dong looked at Qin Jian and was not in a hurry to start.
When Qin Jian raised his head again, his expression was no longer as gentle as in the second movement, and the raised eyebrows looked a bit more solemn.
This sudden change attracted the attention of the judges.
The habit of most performers is to naturally show their body expressions after the music starts. Few people intuitively enter a certain state before the music starts.
Shen Qingci looked at the scene in front of him and couldn't help but think of the last performance of the third movement in the rehearsal that afternoon, and he felt a sense of anticipation in his heart.
at this time.
Xia Dong suddenly moved.
With his moving hands.
The string section and the gaze section played in unison.
Changing the style of the first two movements, the orchestra rolled out with a fast pace as soon as it started playing.
The music is extremely dark.
When the restless timpani appeared, the entire stage seemed to be enveloped in an ominous atmosphere.
After the orchestra repeats the theme for the last time.
Qin Jian suddenly raised his arms and started running with both hands.
As soon as the cold piano sound came out, Xia Dong quickly pressed his hands, and the volume of the entire orchestra dropped by half in an instant.
In the hall, the first variation of the piano came with a chilling air, without any sloppiness.
"Funeral March."
The third movement is the last of all Mozart's piano concertos to use the variation form.
It was also his last variation before his death.
After Qin Jian listened to Mozart's twenty-four concertos over and over again for countless nights, he finally chose Mozart's twenty-fourth concerto, which is the most full of Beethoven's resistance.
There is no introduction to this piece in Amadeus's last wish, but Qin Jian seems to have found Mozart's life in these last seven variations.
One after another, gorgeous and sophistry variations flowed out under his fingers, like a replay of Mozart's life.
With the last measure before the end of the sixth variation, a fast and dense flow of sound rushes past.
Qin Jian used a pause to quickly raise his hand to wipe the sweat from his chin.
Then he raised his hand and pressed the next set of chords.
At this moment, Xia Dong paused and waved violently towards the string section.
The next second, the cello seemed to come from behind the sound of the piano, and groups of powerful plucked strings came with a strong wind.
Without a moment's pause, the woodwind section cut in again with the theme in C major, passing in front of the piano and string section like lightning, and the chilling atmosphere in the music became increasingly intense.
The whole music suddenly became more urgent, and the atmosphere of the scene reached its climax.
Everyone looked at the figure in front of the piano.
The seventh variation.
At this moment, Qin Jian was seen to have completely let go of his arms, letting his hands violently fly over one note after another.
He is like the incarnation of a tyrant and devil trapped in a black and white space, with no compassion or mercy at all.
The piano was like fire from hell devouring everything on the stage.
The piano sound full of righteousness is like Dante in the Divine Comedy, telling the audience various scenes of hell.
Until the last moment.
Under the last chorus of howls from the orchestra.
After playing for a minute while lying down, Qin Jian suddenly raised his head, raised his arms high, and spread his fingers in the air.
A heavy blow fell!
"Boom!!!!——————"
A sound like the most sinister wind from hell tore everything on the stage into pieces, sweeping away the farce that Mozart left behind in the world.