738. What Should I Do in the Bathroom? The Awards Ceremony Begins
If you didn't have the opportunity to witness Qin Jian's award-winning ceremony yesterday, then attending this concert today may be the closest way to get close to that moment.
Many Warsaw citizens who came here tonight have fully felt the live stage charm of the New Territories Chopin Champion in the first half.
They were even more looking forward to the concerto in the second half.
Fifteen minutes later, the concert hall bell rang.
The audience quickly returned to their seats, and the big shots stopped discussing the issues.
The noisy scene soon became quiet.
After almost three minutes, the lights gradually dimmed.
On the stage, the Polish National Symphony Orchestra is already in place.
Marek walked out of the backstage in high spirits.
Everyone realized that the second half of the concert was about to begin.
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Qin Jian finally appeared again, and the audience gave him warm applause.
Qin Jian walked to the piano, held the piano and bowed sideways to the audience.
When the applause ended, he sat back at the piano.
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Marek's eyes have been falling on Qin Jian since he came on the stage. When he saw Qin Jian nodding to him.
He turned back to look at his musicians, and his musicians also looked at him at this moment.
Marik adjusted his breathing, and at the same time he smiled and told everyone to relax.
In a moment, from the conductor to the musicians of each part, everyone's breathing entered the same frequency.
A momentum belonging to the symphony orchestra gradually rose from the stage.
Marik is very satisfied with this.
Although this Xiao Er performance was not a test for him and his experienced orchestra, he promised that the young man in front of the piano would do his best to help the other party create the symphonic atmosphere described by the other party.
So he must brace himself up.
Suddenly, Marik's left arm was raised high.
The energy of the entire concert hall was instantly drawn by the tip of the conductor's baton in his hand.
"Shua"
A faint sound broke through the air as Marik waved his arm down.
instantly.
The orchestra started to move in unison, and the powerful yet romantic introduction played in the air.
For the players in the audience who are familiar with Marek, this beginning is anything but unusual.
In their opinion, Marek amplified the dynamics of the first violin part within the vocal orchestra's sonic hierarchy.
But the intensity is more in line with a real symphony than a piano concerto, and everyone is guessing what it means.
The string part's intricate melody introduction is even more charming because it is louder, and the tonal color of F minor casts an extraordinarily gray and affectionate layer on the hall.
The mood of the entire hall was easily brought into Chopin's symphonic world by the orchestra.
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As the music in his ears developed in detail, Qin Jian raised his hand again and loosened the cuff of his left hand.
Today's Xiao Er is also unusual for him.
Not winning the Best Concerto Award did not cause him any bad emotions.
But that doesn't mean he doesn't care.
The many restrictions of the game prevented him from making a big splash in the finals.
He wants to win the championship, so he must exercise restraint, even if the final product cannot impress most of the audience.
Now that he has won the championship, he no longer has any worries.
This piece will be his last voice in the 17th Chopin Competition.
It was also the voice he gave to himself.
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First movement.
Solemn Allegro.
After the orchestra presented all the themes, the piano part entered.
Once the delicate sound of the piano appeared, the feeling of the entire hall changed again.
It seemed that the audience had become accustomed to Qin Jian's open and closed lines. When he started his sentence with a tender tone, everyone suddenly became cautious while watching.
Qin Jian's movements were too gentle, and his only regret was that his expression when playing was not gentle enough.
But it is this contrast that gives the music an ascetic beauty.
The ten jumping fingers on the keyboard present the theme again in a dreamlike and beautiful way...
Chopin's creative technique here follows the traditional "double exposition" sonata form of piano concerto structure since Mozart.
Usually the performers will add some decorative sounds similar to "little coloratura" when performing the second presentation here.
Granger, who is known as Chopin's master craftsman, particularly emphasized this point in the 100-year classic recording series.
From the seniors to Argerich Andrzej, to the juniors to Rachel Duan Ran, their performances in this section will highlight this point.
Qin Jian did something special here. He eliminated all decorative piano techniques, removed all arm strength when playing, and only used his dexterous wrist to control the volume.
The sound clusters flowing out quickly weaved into a fine network.
The melody line hidden in the sound group was not buried, but was like a shining silver line in the orchestra's heavy sound blessing.
It connects the whole music.
At this time, the main line of music gradually emerged.
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The final scene seemed to happen again, and the piano almost stood up and was ready to take over the orchestra.
At this moment, the wind instruments lost their sound and the string instruments lost their color.
The piano gorgeously unfolds the broad sound in the double theme.
Fantasy colors and delicate melody.
The endless flow of notes gradually gives people a faint feeling of urgency in the expansion part.
Qin Jian deteriorated and Marik became solemn at the same time. The next treatment will need to be faced by both of them.
The increasingly anxious piano sound arouses the audience's mood, and then the strong sound of the horn rises, seeming to slow down the anxiety in the music's mood.
But this delay was instantly broken by the piano!
Then Marik waved his hands together. At this moment, he seemed to be processing a Wagner work. The strong tension and passion of his body instantly injected a majestic power into the orchestra.
Qin Jian stopped and the orchestra took over the music.
The brass screamed and the strings buzzed.
The timpani is about to break through the sky!
The surging symphonic torrent vividly and exquisitely displayed the heroic side of Chopin's heart.
The strong dramatic conflict and the elements of Polish national music showed dazzling brilliance on the stage at this moment.
The emotional audience could not wait to clenched their fists and waved with Marek for a moment of human heroism.
But this carnival scene didn't last long, when the piano took over the music again.
The violent storm ended, leaving only the calm figure in front of the piano raising her hand again.
Marek completed his mission.
The orchestra continued to move forward under the leadership of Qin Jian.
Finally, in the first theme played by the strings for the last time, the lingering sound of the piano finally dissipated.
As he raised his hand.
The first movement ends.
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After a brief silence in the hall, Marek waved the baton again.
The strings and woodwinds are intertwined, like a pair of entangled boys and girls appearing in the music scene.
Qin Jian picked up the handkerchief on the piano and wiped his sweat.
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If the first movement of Chopin II is a spiritual portrayal of Chopin's life, then the second movement is Chopin's innermost feelings.
Different from Xiao Yi, the second movement is about worldly love written by Chopin.
The second movement of Xiao Er is Chopin’s most ignorant love——