Movement 1: Poem of Awakening (48): Good News and Bad News (two in one)
Experience the "Awakening Chant"...
Scheler's casual tone of writing made Walter feel like he had taken a long sip of the high-alcohol wine on his head.
He did indeed take a sip of the amber liquid in the cup. The alcoholic smell of ripe sweet berries relieved the nervousness of going on stage before. After barely suppressing the yearning and enthusiastic thoughts in his heart, he spoke confidently:
"Mr. Scheler, if you are really... willing to guide me on the understanding, rehearsal and performance of the 'Giant' Symphony for a period of time... a short period of time! I will have enough confidence to let my orchestra perform in
Achieve a performance feat during next summer!"
Yes, full of confidence! This statement means that you are 70% to 80% sure!
Relying on the insight and understanding that shone on that piece of paper, he felt that not only could he complete a comprehensive upgrade, but at least his interpretation of this piece could definitely reach the "great" level!
"Why is it still a 'giant'?..." Fan Ning shook his head and chuckled when he heard this, and clinked his wine glass with him, "Commander Walter, do you know where your biggest problem lies tonight?"
"Please point it out," Walter said sincerely.
"There's something wrong with your song selection." The other party's words made him slightly stunned.
"We won't discuss the 'Rhyme of Awakening', which is the highest limit for a great performance. Judging from the inspection standards you face today, in fact, it only needs to be confirmed that you have broken through the category of 'Blade Bearer' and deserve to be given by the discussion group."
Upgrading the platform will allow you to quickly become a 'forged lion' in the public's perception. This is enough, but you chose a 'giant' as the track. In their eyes, it is not even at the level I mentioned.
This is my judgment for you..." Fan Ning said slowly.
The formation mechanism of "grid" is subjective. No one can "decide" and can only "judge", but it is also a kind of collective subjectivity, so the discussion group integrates resources and creates events or art world platforms for "traffic support"
It is useful, and capable artists can add icing on the cake, and the element of false fame... false names before they are broken are real names. Before being washed away by time, they are still valid "grids". Of course, because
Resources are limited, and the authorities prefer to use “traffic” on “more powerful” artists.
"Mr. Scheele is right." Walter nodded sincerely and admitted, "Although this piece is good, it is not heavy enough to impress the discussion group. I chose 'Giant' for the tour this year mainly because I
The accumulation is not enough. Before receiving your letter, I actually planned to release the 'resurrection' before next summer..."
?Is your head made of iron?? The more Fan Ning listened, the more he felt something was wrong.
Why is "Resurrection" even out?
Walter continued, with a hint of helplessness in his eyes: "However, you must know better than me that wanting to play 'Resurrection' is an exciting but extremely troublesome thing. I have to come up with sufficient reasons to convince my director.
, you have to look for foreign aid to expand the staff, you have to help the musicians obtain subsidies, and you have to find a way to match wits with the connections in the choir... Having said so much, it is not an art at all, and I am starting to climb the "Resurrection"
Before reaching this daunting peak, I have to consume most of my energy in the hands of these people..."
Fan Ning stopped listening after hearing this.
He sighed repeatedly in his heart.
He didn't know yet whether Walter's conductor had an eccentric character, but the purity of the steel on his head was too high, so he decided to make his originally euphemistic reminder more clear:
"If you really want those people to take you seriously and push you to a higher level, you shouldn't choose Carolne Van Ning's works, especially those two symphonies, which were premiered in Northern Continent at that time
You must be aware of the rumors before and after today, right..."
In fact, Fan Ning didn't have to go through such a circle and directly helped Walter realize the "Awakening Chant". It was a simple and crude way of "breaking the law with force". It would not matter if the Special Inspection Office did not grant him the "Boethius" artist nomination.
How did his performance of "Giant" or "Resurrection" go?
However, Fan Ning has a further idea of operation: since the security of "Schele's" identity has been increased by the variable of "Fountain in Painting", it is far higher than his expectations, and Walter is another person who has a strong understanding of his artistic concepts.
A person with unique understanding and whose origin has nothing to do with the Northern Continent...
To create a small blockage in the Special Patrol Office, just to make myself feel refreshed, instead of letting them pinch their noses to support Walter, why not let them "cultivate" a "confidant" happily?
The most important thing in life is to be happy.
But Walter seemed a little unhappy after hearing this.
"So this time it turned out that I was involved in something shady!?" He was about to show off, but was suppressed by Fan Ning's "Don't worry yet" gesture.
Being unsophisticated and not paying attention to current affairs does not mean having a low IQ. In fact, such an artist has a very strong understanding. When Fan Ning pointed out some details, he naturally thought of some related logic.
"We can't talk about shady stories. After all, they are not targeting you, and you are not being manipulated by competitors." Fan Ning still smiled calmly, "But obviously, you were accidentally injured... My personal advice is to be careful in the future.
Fan Ning’s works are not to be touched at all, but if you want to make a big leap in reputation during the preparations for this Harvest Art Festival, at least don’t treat his works as a blockbuster to make big news on key occasions——
"
"How can there be any truth in this!?!?"
Walter suddenly put his wine glass on the table, startling Luna and Ann who were silently listening to the conversation between the two.
"Private grudges on the mysterious side are one thing, but art is another! Music is music!...To tell you the truth, the thing I am most dissatisfied with about my current situation is that my artistic attainments are not up to par.
Although he has a great reputation and is in the upper class, it is not enough to conquer something overwhelmingly..."
"Not to mention performing a few symphonies, I am also planning to go to Turner Hall to find a permanent conductor or even a director position! Otherwise, why would I go to the Southern Continent? I just want to use some lower-ranked orchestras
This position will serve as a springboard. When my stage experience and orchestra leading experience become more mature, I will apply for a job at the Old Symphony Orchestra in the Northern Continent!"
"Did the Special Inspection Office secretly show a negative orientation towards Fanning's works? The discussion group is not the only one who has the final say!...Mr. Scheler, you have such a deep understanding of 'Giant', you must know that his symphonies not only represent Romanticism"
The ultimate direction is still a spear thrown into the future! I believe that as long as we study hard day after day, all prejudices other than art will be broken by art itself..."
Fan Ning held his forehead as he had a headache.
Your artistic personality has three correct views, you are loyal to music, and you talk about "martial ethics", but the Special Patrol Office doesn't talk about it!
But they don't do anything that has anything to do with people...
However, time was a bit tight for our first night conversation. After he called it a day, he could only return to the current matter:
"Anyway, you are willing to experience the 'Awakening Chant', right?"
After uttering a few long words, Walter felt a lot more at ease. He nodded: "I will definitely perform in 'Resurrection' next year. If you are willing to accept me as a student, it depends on whether you are willing to give me advice and whether you are willing."
Can you tell me which one? Maybe I can see Fan Ning's "Third Symphony" next year..."
An saw sweat starting to form on her teacher's forehead. She turned on a folding fan and walked to the side to fan him.
"Who wants to wait for next year? This year." Fan Ning gently pulled Miss Nightingale's fan over.
"This year?" Walter was stunned on the spot.
This year there are still forty or fifty days before the end of the "Flower Ceremony". It seems that the time is not long or short. If you are strong enough, you can do a lot of things, but... "Awakening Song" is not just waiting for you!
According to previous records, someone will always achieve it in late August at the latest, that is, more than ten days later, and it may be anywhere in Tiya City next time.
"Don't you have your last tour in three days?"
"Change the track and arrange it temporarily. It should be about the same. After all, you and the orchestra are both pretty good."
Fan Ning's tone was still casual, and he put a stack of manuscripts he had brought out from Yiyong on the table.
"You wrote an orchestral piece?" Walter was surprised.
No matter what, Mr. Scheler has such insight in conducting, and he will never be mediocre when writing orchestral works. Walter raised his expectations to a very high position. He held it respectfully with both hands and began to
Read music.
But after reading the title, he felt that his mood could no longer be described as surprise...
He was already swearing in his heart!
"Poetry of Awakening"?
This... no one has dared to directly name it like this for hundreds of years, right?
Yes, there have indeed been quite a few works that achieved great feats in the past hundred years, and there are even many works that were created with this intention in mind, but they are all under different titles, because no one ensures that when conceiving or writing,
It will definitely succeed!
——You chose a title that is clearly meant to awaken people. What if it doesn’t awaken people? Wouldn’t a good work be ruined? Wouldn’t those scores scattered in the music world become a joke? They can’t even be collected!
You may be ridiculed by future generations for hundreds of years!
!
What kind of confidence is this? This is simply arrogance with no way out!
The curse words in Walter's heart exploded over and over again. Although he tried his best to be elegant, and although his eyes kept falling on the music, it took at least three minutes before he began to read the music in a substantial way.
The French horn blows the mournful music used as a reveille at the beginning, and in the strange and delayed "mysterious motive" of unison repetitions, the timpani lays out the undercurrent of triplet, hum, dawn, seasonal movement, lust, ascension, hammer.
Attack... highly imaginative and antagonistic vocabulary are intertwined and overlapped, repeated in cycles, like a mysterious ritual controlled by some primitive power...
The opening introduction is absolutely "great"! And the style is very unique, completely different from Fanning's two symphonies!
"One choice." Fan Ning looked at Walter's increasingly selfless expression and said calmly, "To perform it, you need to change part of the repertoire and do some surprise rehearsals. After all, you don't have much time... So, if you perform it, you can take it.
Think of it as my meeting gift."
This sentence made Walter wake up from his intoxication. After a few instructions, several conversations, and a symphonic poem, he slowly stood up without any worries, saluted solemnly, and his tone of address also changed accordingly:
"Thank you, teacher."
What, what's going on? An's face was filled with confusion.
Isn't it a conversation between a super powerful conductor and an even more powerful teacher?
Why do I suddenly have an extra senior brother?
It turns out that the teacher was not joking before!
Although Luna had some psychological foreshadowing, she still felt that all this was too unreal.
"Frankly speaking, changing the tour repertoire is troublesome." After receiving the signal to sit down, Walter began to read the score again. "The music director and the guys from the Akobe Concert Hall will definitely chatter non-stop. The audience and away parties will
I also have to explain...and what has changed is not only the 'performance', but also the 'platooning'. The musicians also need to do enough work, but I will definitely try my best to get such an exciting opportunity, by the way, teacher
The duration of your symphonic poem—"
Walter suddenly closed his mouth as he spoke.
He probably flipped through more than ten pages. Judging from the speed, it probably lasted three or four minutes, and then...
Gone?
"Oh, I just set up a shelf and haven't finished writing yet." Fan Ning leaned on the rocking chair and explained casually, "Just wait, I will continue writing later..."
It was Walter's turn to start sweating on his forehead.
It took three days to perform, and you had to change the plan, and rehearse, and then you just told me to write the beginning?
And even named it "Poetry of Awakening"?
Damn it, if it weren't for those insights and the superb writing at the beginning of this piece, he would have suspected that he had just met a liar when he decided to become a disciple.
"Um, teacher..." Walter smiled, "How is your writing speed? This thing is about -"
"Soon." An said confidently that he didn't need to worry too much, "I know, the teacher can finish it tonight."
"This is a large-scale symphonic poem, and I estimate that the performance will last more than 30 minutes."
Fan Ning glanced at her helplessly. This Miss Nightingale seemed to be a little too unreasonable in her confidence.
"Maybe not until tomorrow."
Walter breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this: "That's really a terrifying creation speed, but teacher, the rehearsal time this time is really too short. You must not write too difficult, especially don't write with Mr. Fan Ning."
The same works..."
Fan Ning waved his hands nonchalantly:
"It's okay, you can just arrange it casually. If there is a main effect, it will be enough. How high can the awakening requirement be..."
Is this still possible? Walter’s eyes gradually became dull.
Just when he felt that his outlook and cognition were being impacted again, the curtain of the room was hurriedly opened with a "clatter".
"Dad?" Luna and An Xun called out, thinking it was their father Chretien who came in.
In the end, it was the "guide" Masenegu who rushed in.
Fan Ning frowned in confusion. He had already told him not to disturb him if anyone came to visit today.
The knight in a gentleman's uniform faced the four people looking around. His face was obviously a little anxious, but he said:
"Mr. Scheele, I'm very sorry to disturb you. Things are too sudden. Which one do you want to hear first, good news or bad news?"
"Good news." Fan Ning glanced at him.
"The church people controlled Chretien and Trois outside." Masenegu's words shocked Luna and An.
"?"
Fan Ning's face was filled with confusion: "Didn't I ask you to tell me good news? I'm not prepared to hear bad news."
"..." Masenegu, who had not realized the problem before, was stunned. Why did Mr. Scheler not follow the routine at all?
"Mr. Knight, why do they want to arrest my father?" An's tone was uneasy and she asked with a glimmer of hope, "What about the good news?"
"The good news is-" Masenegu looked at An, then looked at Fan Ning again.
"The Special Patrol Office is also with the people from the church, and they are finally coming to inspect you!"