When the huge black piano was gently pushed off the stage, the entire first violin group of Wei Ai was completely exposed to the sight of all the audience.
In any orchestra, although there is no objective distinction between instrument groups, everyone knows that you can have no second violin section, no double bass section, no trombone section, no clarinet section. …
However, you absolutely cannot do without the first violin group!
This is the sound of the soul of an orchestra!
Known as the queen of instruments, the violin is arguably the most important instrument in any orchestra. Together with the piano and the classical guitar, she is known as the three major musical instruments in the world.
Originally, the first violin group of Wei Ai had a total of 22 members. Except for Zayev, who had just been expelled from the orchestra, there should be 21 members left. But at this moment, Mr. Glatter was surprised to find a strange yet familiar Chinese face among the 22 people!
The well-known music critic recalled a little, and suddenly realized: This is the new deputy chief of Wei Ai!
But for a moment, he suddenly understood something...
Could it be that the exquisite piano sound just now was played by this child
But he remembered that it was introduced in the magazine that this child seemed to be less than 25 years old!
If Glatter knew that Qi Mu had just turned 23 this year, he would have been completely stunned. A 23-year-old young violinist can perform at the concert of Wei Ai with a sound that is no less than that of the principal, and even faintly transcends the style. Is this really not a joke of God? !
And apparently, Mr. Dorenza didn't give Glatter more time to think. He glanced at his chief Anthony, then smiled at the dark-haired young man beside Anthony, then turned to face the audience, and said loudly, "Next song—'Blast Polka'!"
There was a burst of roaring applause from the audience. After the applause stopped, Mr. Dorenza raised his baton and glanced at the drummer who was sitting at the end of the orchestra, and then—
"boom!!!"
An explosive drum sound completely ignited the entire "Explosive Polka"!
On the brightly lit stage, this orchestra from the top level in the world is singing briskly. The flute whistled, the horn soared, the clarinet clanged, and the timpani rumbled to add to the explosive tension.
It is said to be nervous, but it is completely incapable of making people feel that kind of heart-pounding feeling.
Because in the brisk and warm sound of the violin, there is only joy and joy around the ears of all the audience, which makes people want to smile, how happy they are at this moment!
Strauss and his son have always had an incomparable talent for waltz, and it was never a wrong decision to put the title of "King of Waltz" on this surname.
"Exploding Polka" is a well-known waltz by Johann Strauss Jr., like his other waltzes, the notes are always brisk and fluttering, flying into the air like elves, dancing in this golden concert hall.
Waltz is a style of music that can make people smile.
When a waltz is played, if there is a beautiful lady or a handsome man by your side, don't hesitate, take his/her hand, he/she will definitely not refuse to dance with you.
Because waltz has such a magical charm, so magical that Austrians have been addicted to it for hundreds of years.
At this moment, in the auditorium of the concert hall, everyone's expressions were soft, and they were already immersed in this beautiful and moving melody, but Mr. Glatter, who was sitting in the first row, was obviously an exception.
As a Belgian national treasure-level music critic, since Mr. Glatter turned 60, he has basically only written music reviews for some of the world's top orchestras, such as Bai Er, Wei Er and New Er, while the music of other orchestras has been It's hard for him to find more to describe and convey—things he's written countless times over the past sixty years or so.
In fact, when Master Glatter entered the Opera de la Monet today, he didn't have much expectations. He just accepted the idea of "let's hear what the first show of this year's tour will be like". Wei Ai's invitation, seated in the first row.
Wei Ai has made a lot of progress in recent years, but compared with Bo Ai, who is full of vigor and vitality, it seems to have fallen into a cliché. This year's New Year's concert of Wiai also went to Master Glatter. He admitted that after Leon Zayev was gone, the orchestra did not regress, but made some progress, but...
This does not mean that Wei Ai deserves to let him write another music review three years later.
Until, he heard this concert.
The power of a person may seem very small, but this does not mean that a great person cannot change an orchestra! This is the first time that Auston Bertram has conducted Pai Ai, but it made me see a different Pai Ai... This performance made me believe that the power of one person can change an orchestra, and even the whole world!
For some unknown reason, such a sentence suddenly appeared in Master Glatter's mind.
These are the words he couldn't help writing in the music review after listening to a concert by Bai Ai eleven years ago.
But now, when he listened carefully to the sound of Wei Ai, the young and handsome deputy chief, he seemed to see the same young and handsome second conductor Bai Ai eleven years ago, that is, the current chief Bai Ai. Command - Min Chen!
As a national-level music critic, Master Glatter naturally has an ear and a sense of sound unmatched by ordinary people.
He could clearly feel that the young man's violin sound was like high mountains and flowing water, flowing from the quiet valleys, but it did not seem lonely. Around the sound of the piano, there are birds singing and hundreds of flowers blooming, making this "Explosive Polka" even more light and pleasant!
This young man's technique is also superb, his vibrato is so fine that his fingers tremble, and his jumping bow is impeccably accurate! Glatter has no doubts that this young man can play a wonderful Paganini, even... amazing!
This is a review by a vicious-eyed music critic, and this sentence also appeared in the music review of Master Glatter's Belgian concert at the beginning of this year. In the thousand-word music review, the master described Wei Ai's entire concert as a new atmosphere, which he called—
hope.
During the encore time, Wei Ai performed an "Exploding Polka" and a "Hungarian March" by Berlioz. These two passionate songs did not reduce the excitement of the audience at all, but instead kept the monstrous applause for ten minutes.
On the stage, Qi Mu bowed and thanked the orchestra together. His expression was very calm and calm, and his handsome face did not change in the slightest. But if someone observes carefully, they will find that his fingers holding the bow are trembling slightly at this time.
The dense sweat seeped out from the palm, even in the warm night in early spring, Qi Mu's palm was sweaty. It's not that he won't be nervous, but he's used to dealing with all events with a calm mind and not letting such bad emotions defeat him.
In a burst of warm applause, the members of Wei Ai left the stage in an orderly manner.
Qi Mu had just come to the backstage before he could stand still, when suddenly he felt that he was being hugged by someone, only to hear an excited male voice ringing in his ear: "Oh Xiao Qi! That's great! Did you hear that? The applause under the stage has not stopped until now!"
"Xiao Qi! I didn't expect you to perform so well! Is this really your first time working with a large orchestra?"
"I almost fainted when I accidentally missed a beat just now, thank you Xiaoqi for bringing me back!"
…
These members, who had just acted as extremely gentlemen and ladies on the stage, immediately "revealed their original shape" as soon as they left the shroud of the spotlight. One by one, they hugged their lovely deputy chief excitedly, encouraged and congratulated each other, and they pursed their lips and dispersed until Mr. Anthony shouted.
Qi Mu was finally liberated.
He carefully put his violin into the piano case, and before he put the bow in place, he heard Mr. Anthony say: "Little Qi, when I was playing "Walstein" just now, I seemed to hear Karl miss a beat , did you bring him back?"
Hearing this, Qi Mu raised his head with a smile, nodded and said, "Yes, Carl accidentally slowed down half a beat in the fifth stanza, it's not a big deal, I was worried that he was a little nervous, so I took him with the sound of the piano. Come back a little."
Qi Mu said it lightly, as if it was a trivial matter, but Anthony knew that he wanted to appease a musician on the stage and let him return to the ensemble of the orchestra as quickly as possible. What a difficult thing this is!
Satisfied and admiring eyes stayed on the young man's face for a long time, and Mr. Anthony said with emotion: "Xiao Qi, you are so humble that I don't know how to reward you. How should you reward you?"
It was the first time that Qi Mu heard someone ask "How can I reward you" in person, he thought about it carefully, and asked in a serious tone: "... Otherwise, can you let me hear the photo you treasured? Is it the album that Century Karajan and Wei Ai collaborated?"
"No talk! No talk about this!"
Qi Mu: "..." Obviously you asked me what reward I wanted!
Seeing the helpless appearance of the young man, Anthony seemed to see his lovely little grandson, who was also so handsome... Cough, it seems that he is not as beautiful as Xiao Qi, of course they are all equally cute!
He thought for a while, then smiled: "By the way, Xiao Qi, do you know that there is a customary rule in Wei Airi..."
Hearing this, Qi Mu was stunned for a moment, then shook his head subconsciously and said, "I don't know."
He hadn't had time to perform with this band in his last life, and this was the first time in his life, so I really don't know when a strange rule came into being.
I saw Mr. Anthony smiled and said meaningfully: "Xiao Qi, this is the first time you have entered the orchestra, and this is also the first time you have performed with the orchestra. Of course, there must be a commemoration..." With that, Anthony stretched After picking up the tone, he looked at the members of the Wei Ai Orchestra, "Hey, everyone, when do you think it would be better for Xiao Qi to perform tonight?!"
As soon as the words fell, the whole backstage was completely blown up!
"God, I forgot that this is the first time that Xiao Qi has performed publicly with the orchestra?! It must be performed!"
"That's right, hurry up and let Xiao Qi perform!"
"Hahaha, I wonder if Xiao Qi can perform in a few minutes! Will it set a new record for our orchestra?!"
…
The more he listened, the more Qi Mu felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity. Did he seem to have heard such words somewhere
I saw Mr. Anthony turned his head with a light smile, and said in a teasing tone: "Xiao Qi, it's not that we bully you, every member of our Wei Ai has to perform a song "Infinite Movement" after the first performance. Done in 3 minutes and 33 seconds, that's fine. But if you go beyond that..."
"Xiao Qi! I want your autograph, my niece likes you!"
"Hey, don't steal my lines, I don't want Xiao Qi's signature, I want to hug! Damn, I didn't let me hug cute Xiao Qi just now."
"Hey, hey, Du La, your son is older than Xiao Qi, why do you still want to eat Xiao Qi's tofu!"
"Isn't it? I just like cute Xiao Qi, how's it going?!"
…
Qi Mu listened to the words of the band members, and Mr. Anthony said with a smile: "3 minutes and 33 seconds are really not for us to toss you, Xiao Qi, I heard that this is when Ke Duoli just entered Bai Ai. When they were in the audition, they performed in the audition. These little guys can be tortured by Kedori's performance for many years. If no one can break Kedori's record, then won't our Wei Ai always lower them? love one?"
Although he said so, there was no sympathy in Mr. Anthony's tone. Instead, he had already begun to think about what kind of requirements he wanted to make of his deputy chief.
Once the performance time exceeds 3 minutes and 33 seconds, a request must be granted to all the orchestra members present. Of course, it will only be a very simple and immediately achievable request, and it will not be deliberately embarrassing.
I saw that under the dazzling light, the handsome and beautiful face of the young man was like a god, and it was impossible to look away. The noisy voices in the background gradually disappeared, but Qi Mu smiled slightly and asked, "Is it 3 minutes and 33 seconds?"
Mr. Anthony also felt that embarrassing such a cute child was indeed a bit too much: "How about... 3 minutes and 35 seconds?"
"No, since we want to break Kedori's record, we don't need to modify the time." Everyone in Wei Ai was stunned, but Qi Mu said calmly and calmly, "Then... 3 minutes and 33 seconds."