A week passed quickly. When the Vienna concert of the Huaxia Philharmonic Orchestra officially arrived, these young Chinese musicians who came from afar seemed to have lost a layer of skin, only to feel that their bones were about to shatter. The whole person is going to be bad.
This week can be said to be the most difficult seven days these young musicians have spent. In order to give young people more opportunities to exercise, the musicians sent by Huaai this time are basically the younger generation in the orchestra, while the older generation is still in the Huaxia base camp, waiting to watch this live broadcast .
Young people have the benefits of young people - endurance.
Rehearsal on time at 8am, a short lunch break at noon, and afternoon tea? That's impossible! Westerners' afternoon tea is a sweet dream for these Hua Ai members who are responsible for these important responsibilities! They had to take all possible time to rehearse all six pieces.
If you say: Or we will stay up for seven days, get up early and rehearse the concert in the dark
That's not OK!
Good rest is very necessary for all members, otherwise you are not resting well and are not in good shape during rehearsal? That's even worse!
Therefore, during this week, Hua Ai members rehearsed with intense energy and diligent study every day.
On the third day, taking advantage of the empty stage of the exchange between Min Chen and Chief Chen Zheng, Sheng Yanhui hesitantly found Qi Mu who was wiping rosin. After being coy for a while, he couldn't help but ask, "Qi... Qi Mu, are you and Mr. Min... together?"
Sheng Yanhui asked very cautiously, and deliberately lowered his voice so that other members around him who were talking casually could not hear it. But after hearing his words, Qi Mu opened his eyes wide in surprise, just when Sheng Yanhui thought that Qi Mu would deny it, he saw the young man who described Zhang Li with a slight smile, nodded and said, "Yes, I am with Min Chen together."
Sheng Yanhui: "..."
After a while, Sheng Yanhui also felt that his worries just now seemed unnecessary. In the face of such a frank and straightforward young man, his cautious appearance just now was nothing but unfounded worry.
So Sheng Yanhui pulled his seat slightly closer to Qi Mu, and said with a smile, "I thought... you would hide this and not say it."
Qi Mu put the bow to the side, smiled and shook his lips: "I am indeed with Min Chen, there is nothing to hide about this matter, you are my friend, since you asked, I will Of course I will answer you."
you are my friend.
With just six simple words, all the worries and scruples of Sheng Yanhui for the past four days were completely dissipated.
The first time he saw Qi Mu at Vienna International Airport, Sheng Yanhui didn't know what attitude he should take to face this gentle and friendly young man. A year ago, he once had a beautiful love in his eyes for this young man, although before that love had time to germinate, he was all killed in the cradle by a man with a hug and a look.
But Sheng Yanhui still didn't know how he should treat Qi Mu.
In a year's time, Sheng Yanhui organized a small four-piece orchestra in the first four months and made a name for himself in China. In the next two months, he returned to the Munich Conservatory to participate in the final exam and graduation ceremony. After graduating from the academy, he listened to the advice of his family and directly joined the Huaxia Philharmonic Orchestra through the recommendation of his former teachers, and became the deputy principal within half a year.
Sheng Yanhui thinks he is already very good. Among the younger generation of Huaxia, he is definitely one of the small group of people standing at the top. But just when he just became the deputy chief of Huaxia, the news that "Qi Mu became the first deputy chief of Huaxia" came!
Just when Sheng Yanhui aimed at this young man and planned to continue his efforts, it was only a few months...
He is the chief again! ! ! !
The deputy chief and chief of Wei Ai seem to be only one word apart, but everyone understands—
This is definitely not the moat distance that can be formed by the weight of a word.
Sheng Yanhui was completely convinced, and he no longer had any idea of catching up with that young man. He only wanted to take the other party as the goal and walk out of his more brilliant life. Just like what Qi Mu said to him backstage at the private concert in B city two years ago—
You need to go beyond yourself, not anyone else.
Thinking of this, Sheng Yanhui let out a long sigh, and the last bit of ambiguous thoughts in his heart were completely dissipated. He frankly looked at the handsome and beautiful young man in front of him, and said with a smile, "I bless you, Qi Mu."
Qi Mu didn't know what kind of battle between heaven and man was going through in Sheng Yanhui's heart just now, but he also found that the old friend's smile was a little more sincere and enthusiastic, which made him feel relaxed.
"Thank you for your blessing, Sheng Yanhui." After a pause, Qi Mu suddenly thought: "By the way, when I heard you play the "First Symphony Overture" just now, there seemed to be a problem with the vibrato part of the second passage. Do you have any doubts about the fingering in this passage?"
Sheng Yanhui was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly came over: "Yes, the fingering in this paragraph is the way I used to..."
When it comes to professional issues, Qi Mu and Sheng Yanhui are no longer as relaxed and casual as before. The two studied the fingering of this rhythm very carefully. Finally, after many attempts, they found one that was normal to Sheng Yanhui. The fingering of the most similar way, and the test was successful.
After Sheng Yanhui played the short melody again, he thanked excitedly: "Thank you so much, Qi Mu! When Professor Carl taught me before, he always paid more attention to my right-hand bowing. There is no problem with the left fingering, but there are still some differences in the arrangement methods of Chinese composers and Western composers, and I do often encounter some problems after graduating from the academy."
Qi Mu understands Sheng Yanhui's problem very well, because he has studied some differences between Chinese and Western composers when he was at the Geneva Academy. After all, the ancient Chinese music is all pentatonic, but the West is mainly based on the seven-tone. Even if most composers now compose music based on the seven-tone, it is natural that there are differences.
Thinking of this, Qi Mu shared some of his previous research experience with Sheng Yanhui.
So when Min Chen came back, what he saw was this scene—
The young man smiled and talked to the man beside him. He was very patient, and he would analyze and explain every question raised by Sheng Yanhui in detail. Sometimes he even pulls Sheng Yanhui's hand directly and makes some corrections and demonstrations on the piano.
Min Chen: "..."
After the rehearsal started in the afternoon, a "First Symphony Overture" was played in a perfect and smooth ensemble. Although there are some minor mistakes that need to be corrected in some places, there are basically no major problems.
Just when everyone breathed a sigh of relief, they saw that the cold and indifferent man suddenly pointed the baton directly at the deputy principal of the orchestra sitting in front of the first violin group.
Sheng Yanhui's eyes widened: "!!!"
Min Chen looked up at him expressionlessly, and said in a flat tone, "You inserted the first tone in the opening half a beat too late."
Qi Mu: "..."
Sheng Yanhui: "..."
Huaai Everyone: "… "
So, what exactly is a half-half shot! !
In this way, when the concert was officially coming, except for Qi Mu, who was already accustomed to Min Chen's rhythm, and even felt that Min Chen had not compressed the time even more tightly, all the members of Hua Ai were already half-dead. He took his seat and listened to Zhu Liyang saying some things to pay attention to tomorrow.
"We have participated in many large-scale concert performances before, but this time is a little different. This time, National Channel 1 will broadcast our concert live, and people all over China will see your performance. The situation. Whether classical music can be more effectively promoted in China depends on the concert tomorrow.”
"Our performance this time is a very symbolic performance, so everyone must be ready for tomorrow's concert." Speaking of which, Zhu Liyang turned to look at Min Chen, and said with a smile, "Mr. Min, tomorrow Give everyone a little time to rest, everyone has worked hard this time."
Hearing this, Min Chen didn't object: "Well, okay, let's rest tomorrow morning, and rehearse in the afternoon."
After getting Min Chen's consent, Zhu Liyang continued to explain some precautions for tomorrow, and asked Hua Ai's accompanying staff to distribute all the gowns they had already prepared to each member.
When Qi Mu received the exquisite and beautiful dress, he was slightly taken aback, and subconsciously raised his head to look at Zhu Liyang. The latter also looked at him with a heart-to-heart smile and explained, "Because we attach great importance to this performance, Xiao Qi, please also put on our band's special dresses with Min Chen."
Zhu Liyang said apologetically, and Qi Mu naturally smiled and nodded in agreement: "Okay, Sister Zhu, I will wear this dress tomorrow." But after a while, looking at the gorgeous patterns on it, Qi Mu finally Still couldn't help asking: "But Sister Zhu... Is the pattern on this..."
"Oh, did you find it? It's Su Embroidery, and it was made by embroidery mother. It's very symbolic."
Qi Mu swallowed a little and said again: "Well, it turned out to be Su Xiu. But Sister Zhu, isn't this dress too..."
"Do you like it, Xiao Qi? You can take this dress after the performance. Because you are a special violinist, your clothing style is a little different from the other members, and the workmanship is also better. Fine. But you, Sister Zhu, can still do it. If you like it, take it away."
Qi Mu: "..."
But Sister Zhu, don't you really think this dress is really too dazzling! ! !