"Marcus has good explosive power, but judging from his performance in the rehearsal hall, his performance is a bit self-righteous, and his desire for personal performance trumps his professional foundation. According to the standards of current students, he is a good member of the group and is not suitable to be the principal trumpet."
Faced with Roy's inquiry, Fan Ning spoke concisely and concisely, but did not miss the key points to explain his views.
So the girl opposite nodded, checked the person's name, wrote down a few keywords, and prioritized them.
"Lomuir, a first-year music major, a substitute member of the symphony orchestra, has been learning French horn since he was a child. His French horn score last semester was better than most performance majors. He was also recommended by Lu." Roy went on to the next one.
"The timbre is wandering between astonishing and tragic. I asked him to practice more with my roommate Calvin and include it when it improves. Otherwise, I'm afraid he will explode during the official performance." Fan Ning continued to comment.
"Edith, second-year violin major, official member of the symphony orchestra, recommended by me, pretty good junior girl, wants to try out as second violinist."
"The pitch is better than I expected, but the stamina is a bit weak. Her style of holding the bow with the wrist may not be able to adapt to the long string tremolo in my symphony. Let her know the situation. If you are very willing, you can give it a try... In addition, this learning
Sister, you need to practice more sight-reading, it’s too bad.”
After completing the screening of about ten people, the two of them took a short rest.
Roy yawned and patted her mouth very cutely. Then she smiled and said: "Mr. Fan Ning, although you have decided to accept most of them, Roy feels that you are reluctant to do everything...
"
Fan Ning tilted his office chair back slightly: "Not everyone is like you, my principal cello lady."
"Really? Seriously?" A bright light flashed in the girl's eyes, and then she deliberately showed a suspicious look.
"To be honest." Fan Ning nodded slightly and said seriously, "You know, sometimes I really can't understand why most people, the vast majority... no, why almost all the musicians of the St. Lenia Symphony Orchestra
, don’t pay attention to the score at all? Not only do they not pay attention during the performance, but when communicating, they said that they don’t usually have this habit.”
"They always only focus on their own voices and count the beats, never listening to other people's ears, just waiting for the conductor to give him a hint when they make a mistake... If I know that the mistake is not too outrageous, I will not deliberately glare at someone
Humanly, I have a lot to deal with, individual slight disconnects, and I expect the musicians to adjust on their own.”
"Roy, to be honest, you are the one with the most overall perspective among everyone. Joan, Sheeran and Lu's playing skills are not any weaker than yours, but at this point, they are not as good as you at the moment."
…Fortunately, when I had a chat with Mr. Fan Ning before, I felt that he attached great importance to score analysis and had done a lot of homework and preparations in advance.
Facing Fan Ning's praise, Roy felt very proud at the moment. Her cheeks had dimples when she smiled, and her blue eyes were filled with sweet light.
She asked in a consultative tone: "But Mr. Fan Ning... do you think it is too high a request for this kind of student symphony orchestra?"
Fan Ning shook his head: "The symphony orchestra of the University of Saint Lenia should not be of this level at present. It is not worthy of so many music masters who have come out of here... And you must know that I am not demanding that the musicians will be
The score has been studied thoroughly, but they should train their thinking to roughly know the functional position of each segment's voice - is it the main melody or the counterpoint melody? Is it the power provider of the rhythm or the secondary one?
Accompaniment texture or background sound? In certain passages with emotional changes, do you need to lead the change in advance, or do you need to delay following the change? These are some of the most basic points..."
"Roy has been trying to pay attention to these. So if he is the chief, is there anything else Mr. Fanning values more?"
Fan Ning thought for a while and then said: "If your level allows, I hope you will pay more attention to it, such as the passage where multiple instruments play in unison. The principal should know whether his voice is the main tone that the composer wanted, or whether it is used to modify it.
The harmonious secondary tone is another example when the band plays a long column chord. You should also know which component of your voice is the melody tone in the chord, the root tone, the inner tone, or whether it is connected to the preceding and following chords.
The relative appropriation, sustain or chord overtones...different processing methods will give the entire sound effect a completely different effect..."
Roy nodded in enlightenment, "No wonder there is such a big gap between the top professional symphony orchestras in the empire and our own orchestra! Even Master Meyer's earlier relatively simple and beautiful authentic symphony has the same music.
There seems to be nothing wrong with our playing, but it sounds and feels completely different!”
"...I can only say that the factors that affect the performance of symphony are too complicated, and they are different from solo and chamber music. Roy really admires you for having such a deep understanding in the field of conducting, and you have a pair of extremely sharp people who can learn from the majors
An ear that finds trouble in Number Ten’s playing.”
Fan Ning smiled calmly when he heard this: "The level of rehearsal now is actually not as good as one-tenth or two of the results in my mind. If I want to criticize it harshly, it would be 'just listen', but that's all I can do for the time being. If I were Sheng Lai
I am the music director or permanent conductor of the Nia Symphony Orchestra. With their rehearsal attitude, I will not give them a chance to go on stage unless I train them to achieve the effect I want. In the end, there is still something wrong with the overall atmosphere of the orchestra.
The conducting professors have such a good temper..."
When the chat ended, Fan Ning looked at his pocket watch and found that the time had passed ten o'clock in the evening without realizing it.
"Aren't you going home to sleep yet?"
"I don't mean to sleep while chatting with Mr. Fan Ning. Why don't I leave at the same time as you later?"
"I'm not leaving tonight." After Fan Ning finished speaking, he saw Roy looking around and asked, "What are you looking at?"
"I'm looking at whether the sofa area is big enough..." Roy glanced at Fan Ning's expression while drinking coffee, "You're kidding, my car and driver are downstairs... Anyway, don't leave until you feel sleepy.
"
"Do you blame me for what happened to Spencer Cecil?" Fan Ning looked directly into Roy's eyes.
"I don't blame you, but I'm sorry that you made me criticized." Roy pursed his lips.
Looking at the cute appearance of the girl in an orange-red dress, Fan Ning's smile grew a little thicker: "How about I come up with a plan to compensate you?"
"Why? Because I just said I was wronged? Or...because I said I don't blame you? So you think I understand you very well?" Roy's mouth went from flat to bulging.
"No, no, don't get me wrong, but it has nothing to do with this. It's because you've been working hard to help me pick people recently, and I was touched by you..." Fan Ning deliberately showed a playful look, and took a sip of coffee himself.
"You..." Roy pretended to be angry and waved his fist twice.
Although the two had maintained a tacit consensus before, at this time, the emotions conveyed in each other's eyes finally became more relaxed.
The girl adjusted her expression and said seriously: "Mr. Fan Ning, the reason why I left a little later is that I still have some suggestions about this symphony. If you trust Roy, you might try to consider them."
"you say."
Roy said seriously: "On the one hand, reduce the number of orchestration requirements. You know that after the rise of Romanticism, our academy, like other professional orchestras, gradually expanded from two pipes to three pipes, but your "First Symphony"
》In fact, there are four trumpets, especially the most exaggerated one. You asked for 5 trumpets and 7 French horns! For just one French horn instrument, the most fragments are divided into 4 parts..."
"On the other hand, too many annotations and emoticons may be appropriately deleted. Although more and more students have tried 'title music' in recent years, academic professors still prefer to
For 'pure music'. In some passages, you may need to pay more attention to everyone's expression level. For example, in just one measure, you marked the instructions from p (weak) to fff (fortissimo) and then to p. The difficulty of playing is a bit high...
And the last movement starts at bar 650. You made a strange request for seven horn players to stand up and play, which is simply unheard of..."
"Thank you, Roy." Fan Ning's tone was sincere and his eyes were warm.
Roy blinked and smiled, then waited for him to continue giving feedback.
Fan Ning was silent for a long time, and then asked: "Is the internal inspection situation of nominated works in the past two days... relatively average?"
"You are still number one." Roy replied calmly at first.
"I understand." Fan Ning smiled softly, "This is because at first, I had too much advantage in the improvisation and chamber music voting sessions, which was more than 5 points ahead of Cecil... But based on the current progress, I
, I guess, I don’t have many points ahead of him anymore, right?”
"Mr. Fan Ning's sense of smell is too keen. Roy didn't mention it at all before... You are currently only 1 point ahead. Among the members of the school, professors of the music academy and members of the orchestra, more than half of them have made the choice. It may be more
In a day or two, the final result will be finalized."
A look of contemplation appeared on Fan Ning's face.
After more than half of the people who made the choice, their 5-point advantage was reduced to 1 point.
If you estimate based on this trend, what is the probability that you will eventually get the first place?
It feels like flipping a coin and you can't predict the outcome.
The girl paused after saying this: "But in fact, I think that at least 70% of the current results have nothing to do with your "First Symphony" itself, but... the attitude of the school after that incident."
"Let's talk about the other 30%." Fan Ning looked into Roy's eyes.
"In addition, about the 30% of the music itself?...Well, everyone's opinions do include the issues of orchestration scale and expression terminology. Regarding the points I just mentioned, they think this is a desire for control that does not match their qualifications.
', and too deviant..."
"Any more?"
"In addition, they also mentioned that your melody structure is too old-fashioned and simple, which does not conform to the delicacy and delicacy of romanticism, and the polyphonic texture is too complex, and you use many vulgar market or local tunes, but
Untimely integrating them with elegant and noble composition techniques, and... Some musical image-shaping techniques have returned to a state that was deeply influenced by Professor Anton, such as foggy sound strips, such as brass forte, such as a large number of
Superimposed variations on repeated motives, etc…”
Fan Jing listened quietly.
When the girl said this, her tone became very gentle: "Mr. Fan Ning, Roy especially wanted to premiere your "Symphony No. 1 in D major" at the graduation concert, so he left it intact like this.
Their attitudes tell you all..."
As he spoke, Roy's tone gradually became a little more excited: "To tell you my true feelings, I think all the issues they mentioned are extremely stupid prejudices, including Uncle Huxley!
!!Those are all merits, your creations and breakthroughs, and the beginning of romanticism’s transition from maturity to peak. Every time I hear its incomplete performance these days, or imagine certain fragments, I feel filled with joy, or my whole body
I even shudder. Sometimes, when I play my own part, I have a stronger feeling than in "Death and the Maiden". While I am moving my bow, I think, how on earth did you write it? I really can't help but think about it.
Crying deeply over it…”
The temperature dropped sharply after late at night, and the girl's thin figure was shaking a little. She took a deep breath and pulled up the slipped shawl again: "But, these are still my inner words... The first two points, the number of orchestrations
Why should I mention the problem of too many requirements and expression terminology marks first? It’s because they are the easiest to make temporary compromises and adjustments! This will not involve too many note-level modifications, and you can completely rely on the information I disclosed.
Make some optimizations, and then Roy will try to convince the remaining people who have not made a choice, and try to keep our advantage that has been eroded by more than half..."
"It may sound a bit frustrating. Why should I compromise with the academic style? Right? But what I am most afraid of now is that the opportunity is gone. This will also be a blow to other students currently participating in the rehearsal. I am willing to be in front
Do this, and after you slowly gain fame, we will export our more prophetic ideas to the art world."
"Miss Roy, I have kept everything you said in mind."
Fan Ning looked at the shivering girl, stood up and closed the ventilation doors and windows of the office, and then said with a warm smile: "Last time at the hotel, I was a little rude and waited for the graduation concert to be over. How about inviting you to dinner?"
After the graduation concert was over. After hearing this sentence pattern, Roy was finally sure that Fan Ning was seriously considering her suggestion.
The small cup of coffee that Fan Ning poured for her was always kept at the most suitable temperature. She sat there for a while, looking at Fan Ning across from her, repeatedly flipping through various music scores and manuscripts, memorizing things.
After drinking the coffee in small sips, the girl stood up and said, "I'm sleepy."
"I'll take you down."
The night was as cold as water, and the two of them walked all the way to the car on the main road opposite the school administration building.
Fan Ning's finger touched the car door handle, but he stopped and did not pull it open.
After a long while, he raised his head and asked, "How is the situation over there?"
"As always, if Roy encounters more special troubles, I will tell you in my dream before."
Fan Ning nodded, and the two stood face to face next to the car for a while, and then he asked, "Is there anything else?"
Roy pursed his lips, lowered his head to consider, then raised his head again: "The school already knows who 'Purple Bean Cake' is."
"What do you mean?" Fan Ning's expression condensed.
"Yes, it is a further verification than two days ago." Roy nodded, "During the day today, Dean Fabian has reported the results of the investigation to all members.