Old-time musicians

Luo Yin nodded thoughtfully: "So you are imagining the second movement in a way similar to an intermezzo, right?"

"Or the entire middle part." Fan Ning said, "I hope to some extent to temporarily interrupt the serious and terrifying atmosphere of the big event in the first movement. This solemn question must be answered before it can be finally answered. A series of transitional thoughts, which can be emotional, visual, or purely musical."

His gaze penetrated the windshield in front of the car: "Perhaps due to the influence of some predecessors, A flat major always reminds me of things in the world, the warmth of the past, so in the second movement, I think Write some common romantic sounds in a pastoral and secular way."

"We can start with the Leander that you are familiar with." Luo Yin said with a smile.

"How did you know I would think so?" Fan Ning looked at her in surprise.

"Because I like the second movement of your last symphony very much! Although I don't know how the follow-up will develop here, the theme part starts with simple and innocent dance steps, recalling the life of the noble deceased and recalling those good times It’s great that the sun is still shining brightly on those days.”

"Miss Luo Yin knows better than myself."

"I have read the score of Symphony No. 1 many, many times." She smiled proudly, and then said seriously: "But there is a problem, how do you make the transition?"

"The first movement of "Symphony No. 1" metaphorically refers to the penetration of some irreversible fatalistic force. The referent you chose is nature, the wonder of mist in the morning, sunlight shining through, life sprouting in the soil, and flowers blooming. , birds are chirping on the branches, there is a process of "all things gradually awakening", then in the second movement, people naturally sing and dance, but here, how should we use it, from a huge terrible event? Pull out?"

"Use silence," Fanning said. "I will give instructions at the end of the first chapter like 'take a longer break.'"

"Just like when we walked silently in the funeral procession before we changed our minds?" Luo Yin looked up and imagined that feeling.

Take a few breaths of fresh air after the stagnation has dissipated, and then slowly start with the moderate Andante, the happy scenes of the past lingering in the white mist, one by one jump out

"Well, actually what's more difficult is the transition from the middle part to the last part." Fan Ning said.

"This must not be difficult for you. I believe it will achieve greater success in the end." Luo Yin's eyes were full of hope, but then she sighed softly, "If the two principals can see Mr. Fan Ning's performance... How great would it be to have one excellent new work after another under the new conductor? Or at least it would be nice to be able to participate in the performance of the Santa Maria Symphony Orchestra and witness the success and continuous response.”

When talking about this topic, Fan Ning frowned: "I was also surprised when I heard from the Marquis that Sternikei and Huxley took the elixir of the Harmony School, and their motivations had an element of 'self-knowledge'. It stands to reason that given their age, they have not yet entered the final stage of their lives, so the change in 'more eager pursuit of hidden knowledge' has not happened so fast, right?"

He also didn't want to see the two principals end up falling into madness. At least they decided to hire him as the permanent conductor at the time, despite the doubts of many old academic professors.

The top salary, the honor of being a young associate professor, and having a group of the best students in the school entrusted to my training include recognition and trust. It also allows me to gain transitional practical experience before establishing a professional symphony orchestra, and , a channel to contact high-quality potential musicians.

"There are too many things like this when the guardians who fight against mysterious pollution end up being mysteriously polluted themselves." Luo Yin said, "The most direct reason why their cognition was changed is probably because of the encounter with the 'Illusion Man' at the graduation concert. After a direct confrontation and being seriously injured, Mr. Fan Ning knew that the hidden knowledge system of our school has historical similarities with the Harmony School, which undoubtedly increases the risk of exposure to pollution. "

"So what is the current status?" Fan Ning asked, "I have met and greeted them a few times in the past month, but did not have detailed conversations. Could it be that on the night when I separated the extraordinary components and confirmed that there was a problem with the elixir, Their condition is actually extremely bad?”

"The night you wrote to me, my father pulled them into Lianmeng for review, and concluded that there were signs of loss or distortion. They received a warning, and most of the time they struggled with pollution, but from time to time their emotions fell into contradictions and extremes."

"Since a premonition is just a premonition, it should be possible to find some mitigation measures, such as elixirs, ritual tools or secret rituals, within the resources available at the Bologna School headquarters level, right?"

"There is not enough time and the situation is special." Luo Yin slowly shook his head, "There is a list of names, not just them, but more than 20 members of the school throughout the empire. We have reported it to the Special Inspection Office. They want to investigate the pollution of the Harmony School. This The pressure was so great that Poglalic personally interviewed his father.”

"It is so precious to have knowledgeable people in the compilation. For cases where there is no substantial behavior or change, but only signs of pollution, the school definitely wants to tend to internal solutions, but it cannot be delayed, and it cannot be hidden. The Special Inspection Department will inspect them one by one soon, and the list is already In the compressed version, we didn’t report anything that we thought we could take some temporary measures to avoid being detected.”

"There are also schools of guidance, and there may be churches, but we are the largest. And this time there are not only the organizations of the wise, but also the people of Santa Ramburg, because recently more than two hundred cases of people being induced to 'voluntarily' try elixirs were discovered. Eucalyptus.”

Fan Ning thought for a while, took out a folded sheet of music from his jacket pocket and opened it: "Try this?"

"This is it?" Luo Yin took it doubtfully. She found that what was written on it was a music score in groups of four lines, one line for vocals, two lines for hand keyboards, and one line for pedalboards.

"'Saint Janin of Pontua's Preaching to the Fishes'?" She read out the name slowly, "Hey, did you also write an organ art song of this religious genre?"

"Sir Viadrin's revelation, coupled with Master Niemann's style." Fan Ning said, "I recorded a secret ritual on the back, which Joan deduced based on some of her elixir science accumulation after separating the extraordinary components. , this 'spirit softener' has some effects and can help fight against the related pollution expanded by it, but she couldn't find a suitable prayer before."

"This hymn from the medieval music era is the abbreviation of the composer Gregory. Judging from the intuitive feeling of mystical characteristics, it is likely to have strong purifying and stabilizing properties. Of course, its original form is a simple and concise line with no rhythm. A monophonic melody of only four bars in length must be transformed and expanded, and must be placed in a suitable harmony, texture, and instrumental accompaniment environment before it can be used as a mystical prayer.”

"I think Master Niemann's handling method is very good, so I imitated him and wrote an organ art song. So now that I have the prayers, why not try this secret ritual? Maybe I can perform it on the pollution list one by one in the Special Inspection Hall. Take control of the situation before reviewing and confirming.”

"Thank you." Luo Yin folded the music score, then raised his head and looked at Fan Ning with a strange look, "So when did you write this?"

"When did you write it?" Fan Ning didn't understand why she asked. "Since it was the 'recommendation' of the material from Viadlin and the creative inspiration of Master Niemann, it was natural to start writing after they finished showing it. of."

After Fan Ning moved his fingers and went through the "Goldberg Variations" in his mind, he began to write this.

"So, your previous statement was a lie." Luo Yin opened his eyes wide.

"ah?"

"When those artists came on stage to discuss the theme, I looked back at you several times." Luo Yin said, "Seeing you immersed in writing, I thought you were typing up a written draft. Then, you told everyone that you were thinking nervously A full 4 hours and 17 minutes.”

She opened the folded sheet of music in disbelief: "Is this what you conceived?"

Fan Ning nodded: "Yes, it took a long time. Mainly because I don't know how to play the organ. I can't write many parts based on experience. It took a lot of effort to deduce them in my mind. However, I found that this sacred The chant material is really malleable, and maybe I will try it in other contexts in the future.”

Luo Yin moved his sitting position farther away from Fan Ning.

She leaned against the car door, curled up, and deliberately looked scared: "So in just a short period of time today, you got the inspiration to add a chorus to the symphony, and at the same time you got the inspiration for the second movement, and you created it at the same time. "Keyboard Etude with Aria and Thirty Variations for a Fixed Bass Theme", and finally... your time for conceiving was actually used to write an organ art song, while others were nervously conceiving that theme. You're thinking about other things."

What is this? After a perfect answer sheet for chemistry was released, candidates said that they also wrote a set of math questions in the examination room?

Fan Ning couldn't help being amused by her appearance: "There is no such thing as the same time, aren't they separate? We are almost there, go back and rest quickly."

The car stopped in front of the Boethius Hotel.

When the corridor to the guest room was about to leave, Luo Yin said seriously: "Mr. Fan Ning, I may have to practice the piano harder in the future."

"Why?"

"I feel that in your symphony orchestra in the future, only extremely accomplished performers will be able to secure the position of principal vocalist."

"Of course you will count as one." Fan Ning smiled.

After the two said good night to each other, Fan Ning returned to the guest room.

It was already one o'clock in the morning. He quickly washed up and asked the waiter to bring him two small slices of buttered bread and black coffee. After replenishing his energy, he sat at the desk and opened the music book. He solemnly read the first line of the second movement in front of the table. I wrote down the key signature of A flat major with 4 flats.

Based on the scenes and images discussed earlier, he wrote a theme in the "Leanderer" dance style, which is warm and songlike, carefree, and full of fleeting memories.

Every musician here will think of Gilles when composing a symphony, and Fanning will also think of Beethoven.

Following the continuous flow of musical thoughts, he remembered the scherzo movement of "Beijing", and wrote the second part after the dance with the same weak strength, 39 bars, starting from the cool G-sharp minor, Pieces of strings form a mysterious staccato flow.

Under the background of carpet-like sound effects, a long melody in B flat minor like a horn appeared on the tip of the pen. Below the piano abbreviation, Fan Ning reminded himself that he could use a single brass to flute adapter to create a special sound. Timbre contrast effect. This is a tribute to Beethoven's Dionysian progression. Underneath the playful surface of music, there is a deep passion for life and a compassionate thought that can make people cry.

Fanning completed nearly 80% of the piano score of the second movement in one go, and noted the intended orchestration under some fragments with clear timbre ideas. It was not until after three in the morning that he closed the book and went to bed.

That night he had many dreams, with jumping images and emotions in his dreams, and the self-experience of several scenes even overlapped at the same time.

He first dreamed that he was standing in front of the tombstone in the garden, holding a baton in his hand and tapping the beat. This scene may come from the subconscious memory of thinking about the situations of each movement of the "First Symphony" in front of Professor Anton's tomb after killing the "agent" at the beginning of the year.

After skilled dream testing and dream weaving, he felt that he had known himself, and followed the path instructions of the "Endless Fugue" to smash the edge of the star world.

But he was not sure whether he had entered the migration, because he was standing on another podium. The scene was similar to the layout of the Qiming Church, but larger and higher. There were a lot of people, not only listeners, but also performers, nearly a thousand performers. The organ was played from the beginning of the music. In addition, there was an extremely large symphony orchestra, two or three mixed choirs, a children's choir and seven or eight soloists. It seemed that even some music masters in the previous life had made appointments to participate in the performance.

He naturally heard the sound from the baton in his hand, but he didn't know what it was. This was naturally not the "Second Symphony". Perhaps it was because he was extremely eager to write a great work like "Beethoven's Ninth Symphony" in the future, so he received a more distant omen and revelation, so it also contained the elements of fraternity, joy and happiness.

But that kind of sound was elusive, because the content and form were too unique. It was not like the sound that humans could make. It was the sound of the universe in operation.

Finally, all the paradoxical sounds and images became distorted and silent. The boundaries of his mind disappeared and he was led to a higher level of consciousness. Then he passed through the gate of the Qiming Church. The golden light had overflowed the marble door of the second level.

There was a process of falling rapidly from the surrounding mountains.

The sky of the basin was dim like a black curtain, and the celestial fragments on it shone like crystals. Huita was not far away from him. The only thing between them was its own door, but it was not close enough to see it clearly.

The first time I saw Huita, a brief understanding.

Huita might be a strong light, a violent light that was vertically sprinkled from the slowly rotating existence deep in the sky.

It might also be a series of weird or holy knowledge, such as action rules or construction rules.

It might also be a kind of touch or being touched, with curiosity or desire to express.

Of course, it does have boundaries. Under the guidance of the "Endless Fugue" and even the influence of the "Old Days", we can see the knowledge of art like blood vessels wrapped around the crystal tower, and overflowing with mysterious light.

The secrets of "candle" and "key" are contained here, and only high-level people can feel it.

But Fanning suddenly thought of a question.

Some people were promoted to "Forged Lion" and some were promoted to "Crescent Moon". Would there be more people, hundreds of thousands and millions, whose original world was just a piece of distorted mud, who only wanted to become "moths"?

"I have dedicated myself to the pursuit of enlightenment for all people in the world. I want to see through the essence of the infinitely high art, no matter what the cost."

This question was answered by the Lord of Witness "Endless Fugue" instead of the glow, so Fanning's cognition was further changed because of the hidden answer.

When I woke up from the bed, it was seven o'clock in the morning.

Fanning sat on the edge of the bed and recalled the scenes in the dream. Many of the pictures and situations were forgotten, but the emotional changes were clearly sorted out by him.

What he experienced at the same time was naturally the change of spiritual state.

A strange impulse and confidence emerged from the bottom of his heart. He raised his right hand and gently made a conducting action similar to the preparatory cue.

The easy chair and storage rack in front of me floated quietly.