542. On Ning Qianxia: The Necessity of Being a Conductor
However, in addition to emotional expression, music has a deeper connotation.
It is because of this connotation that no matter how Cai Song uses small means to create the musical atmosphere he wants to express during rehearsals, Qin Jian can fill the other party's needs for the piano part with his own playing method.
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Just like what Shen Qingci told Qin Jian not long ago about the elastic speed of rabuto, it is difficult for players who use hearing to judge the speed of music to get closer to the music itself.
This statement is not only applied to Chopin's works, Qin Jian feels that it is applicable to any well-structured classical music work.
From 15:27 to 16:03, Qin Jian did not really slow down his playing speed in this piece that was stretched for 36 seconds.
How did he do it?
At this point, he has his own little secret, it belongs to him.
Likewise, this is what Cai Song deeply admires. Qin Jian is indeed a high-end piano player with extraordinary personal skills.
After all, Qin Jian still played k466 in his own way, but it was indeed not the version in the recording CD.
If you listen to it with the piano as the protagonist, this time the k466 still belongs to him, but it perfectly matches Cai Song's brain waves.
This is the scene.
This match also stems from the two's identical interpretation of the deep connotations of the composer's music.
Although the two of them have one soloist and one wisdom, and their starting points and angles of thinking are very different, the final understanding they achieve is extremely similar.
During a long chat in Moscow, the two also talked about each other's opinions on Mozart's music because of the three concertos recorded by Qin Jian and dg.
Cai Song's evaluation of Mozart's music is that "underneath the bright and elegant mood, there is a shallow and deep sadness."
Qin Jian agreed with this. These internal and external factors jointly constructed the style and temperament of Mozart's music. At the same time, Qin Jian also said that in addition to the inner emotions of the music, Mozart's music also truly reflected the end of the feudal aristocracy.
In this era, people's understanding of a series of themes such as life, value, equality, etc.
This view was also recognized by Cai Song.
Perhaps two people will use different, or even extreme, methods in their respective interpretations, but the final end point is the same.
Just like this time, the story of The Marriage of Figaro is a very Mozart story - 'a story of an ordinary citizen fighting against the nobles to maintain their power.'
The story is like an aspect of the spirit of Mozart's music. The two have already reached the ultimate consensus on this aspect, so rehearsing it once and looking at each other is enough.
Everyone in the audience was watching quietly.
Such a scene, such a musical picture, is really unusual.
As Cai Song conducted the orchestra's continuous playing of the fourth and sixth chords, a dazzling improvisational cadenza was introduced. While bringing the emotional mood and dramatic conflict of the piece to its final climax, Qin Jian was even more surprised to control his ten fingers.
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As a piano performer, in such a large concert hall, he must allow everyone in the audience to hear his performance clearly, but at the same time, he must not destroy the volume balance of the entire music due to excessive volume.
The moment he pressed his arms down and touched the keys with his fingertips, he increased the strength of his right hand by two points.
The whole hall was also filled with the intense sound of the piano in the orchestra.
The music that reproduces conflict does not engage in continuous confrontation.
Qin Jian raised his arms high and gently lowered his arms, sending the last notes to Cai Song's baton with an attitude of hiding from the world, and the piano part ended.
Then the whole music stopped suddenly and gradually faded away in a quiet and hesitant atmosphere.
This unexpected processing method once again highlights the inherent tension of the music itself.
As the music gradually faded, the lights of the entire Guosheng Concert Hall slowly dimmed at a speed visible to the naked eye.
In the quiet hall, only the last lingering sounds remained.
But the audience's applause didn't have time to start.
"coax----!!"
“Buzz!!————”
In an instant, the whole stage sounded hot music again!
The Gu Symphony Orchestra took over k466 perfectly, and the overture to The Marriage of Figaro was like landing from the sky.
Gorgeous string music continues the stage with tonight's main theme music.
Feeling the volume impact created by Cai Song's orchestra at close range, Qin Jian was filled with praise.
"The rest is up to you."
Taking advantage of the dim stage, Qin Jian quietly left the stage according to the agreed procedure.
No one knows what happened on the dim stage at this time, and no one is sure how long they have been immersed in this exciting symphony.
Until three groups of bright lights hit the stage.
Under the illusion of light and shadow, the time seems to have returned directly from modern times to the manor of the 18th century.
'The Marriage of Figaro'
In the gradually brightened hall, its first scene unfolded.
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After walking out of the backstage, Qin Jian was escorted back to the rest room by his escort.
Return clothes and remove makeup.
Ten minutes later, Qin Jian appeared at the VIP seat in a low-key manner, wearing a mask.
The originally very long play ended in less than two hours thanks to modern lighting and shadow technology and the editing of the Gu team.
This is another bold reform, and Qin Jian had guessed it in advance through the overall time of the program.
However, I have to say that the integrity of the entire story has not been compromised due to the editing of the original script.
And looking at it from another perspective, a play compressed to less than two hours is roughly equivalent to the length of a movie. For common domestic theaters, this length of time is still acceptable to the audience.
If it really lasts four hours, not to mention the theater, there probably won't be many people in the audience who can stick around until the end.
At this point, Gu also chose an adaptation route that caters to the market based on the actual situation.
Of course, this does not mean that the wedding of Figaro is perfect.
Compared with ordinary viewers who unanimously gave high evaluations, there were also many "professionals" who still gave "crooked" comments.
Distort the story, distort the stage, and distort the background of the times.
Qin Jian disagrees with this. Although Gu uses an avant-garde stage format, from various details, such as the core theme of the story, based on the original work, the Gu team highlights the word 'love' in the story.
The theme is tightly wrapped around the characters' jealousy, sorrow, suspicion, sarcasm, awakening and other elements under modern light and shadow, creating a unique style for this play.
However, after the show ended, during the exchange between Qin Jian and Cai Song, Qin Jian also mentioned that if he were to film this drama, it would be based on the original format of four acts and twenty-eight songs.
"Did you arrange it for the public to see?" Cai Song asked Qin Jian.
Qin Jian had to say that there was nothing wrong with Cai Song's question, so he didn't answer the other party's question at that time.
It wasn't until the next day that Cai Song conducted the Magic Flute for The Spring of Figaro, and that night the two of them argued at the Fuge Bar for most of the night about the issue of modern technology and the traditional live stage.
After dawn that day, Qin Jian drove Cai Songsong back to the hotel.
In the afternoon, Cai Song left Yanjing and rushed to Lianshi. Cai Song's next performance was about to begin again.
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Although Cai Song left, he really left a lot of topics for Qin Jian and Figaro's spring.
But how could Qin Jian care about what the outside world said.
April 22, 12:23 noon.
There is only the last hour left before the announcement of the qualifiers for the 17th Chopin International Piano Competition.