Old-time musicians

"He Meng came to the Southern Continent?"

"Yes, Xilan said that only Owen and Mr. Wax appeared at the donation ceremony. Could it be that the two inspectors, He Meng and Gang, left the Northern Continent directly afterwards?"

As this large wave of upper-class gentlemen and ladies filed in, Fan Ning naturally watched and looked at their backs, just like the two or three music fans around him.

Speaking of which, since even Pogorelic is active in the Southern Continent, it is not a very strange thing to see one of his subordinates. However, as far as tonight's occasion is concerned, I arrived in the Southern Continent and listened at will. At his first concert, he happened to meet He Meng, who had just had a confrontation with him and escaped from under his nose.

Combined with Massenegu's previous friendly "recommendation", this makes people subconsciously doubt whether the purpose of this person's visit here is to find out the whereabouts of "Fanning" and "Schele".

However, Fan Ning was fully confident in the ability of "Fountain in Painting" to completely disguise, and he immediately realized that the purpose of He Meng's visit was "potential artist", but the person he was targeting tonight was not him, but someone who was on stage. That conductor.

At this time, a young gentleman wearing a black suit but a messy tie ran out:

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"Is it Mr. Chretien from the Mising Chamber of Commerce? Commander Walter asked me to send over the tickets I reserved. I'm sorry to keep you waiting for so long."

"Where is it? Thank you, thank you." Chretien bowed and opened the Z-shaped tickets in the envelope.

"Due to the unexpectedly good box office of this concert, there were too many internal ticket requests from peers, media and superiors, so I was unable to reserve VIP tickets. Your seats are still on the first floor, but they are a little to the side. Please understand."

"It's okay, it's okay, you're so polite. Say hello to conductor Bruno Walter for me, and thank him for personally recommending our family's Miss Nightingale for the Famous Singers Competition." Chrétien looked as usual and thanked him one after another.

In his eyes, this was slightly lower than expected, but the essence of the matter was that he was the host and the guests of the caravan were "invited" to attend the concert of a famous conductor. The connections he made were very respectable. the root cause.

After the assistant explained, he stopped being polite, smiled politely, nodded, waved and left.

"As the permanent commander, Walter can't even keep the internal VIP ticket? Or he won't give it away. Since he gave it away, it means that he recognized the friendship with the Chretien family, but the action was in the second-class area. This is different from the original It’s not the same thing when professors from the University of Saint-Lenia deliberately only took second-class internal tickets at the Santa Ramburg Summer Arts Festival in order to boost the box office rankings..."

Fan Ning, who was quite familiar with the serious music and entertainment industry, felt a little surprised. Of course, he had a fun attitude, so he couldn't help but wonder if the conductor was not doing well.

After everyone entered the ticket checking hall, they picked up the track list one after another.

"Oh, it's him." Fan Ning, who was lowering his head to read, suddenly blinked.

He had seen the signature of "Bruno Walter" on the orange and red strip on Ann's invitation before, and couldn't remember who it was. Afterwards, everyone talked about it several times and couldn't remember it until he read the detailed information on the back of the track list. Artist profile…

This conductor Walter is an authentic Janus native of the Western Continent. He was born, grew up and studied in the art city of San Pelto. His teacher is the composer and piano master Zimmer of the Holy Janus Kingdom Music Academy. Professor Mann, Miss Lausanne, the guest conductor of the old symphony orchestra, studied with this master when she studied abroad.

Yes, Impressionist musician Miss Lausanne is conductor Walter’s junior sister.

According to her minor memories of chatting with Lausanne, she thought that her senior brother was talented, but his personality was a little weird, or a bit "a bit off", and he had never been able to get along well in the music circle of San Perto. It went well, and then I simply went abroad to find a job...

The Akobi Symphony Orchestra he is currently in is actually of good quality. Akobi is another city-state principality in the "Three City-States and Seven Islands" of the United Principality of Feton, besides Tia City and Misin City. The official orchestra of this principality is ranked South 3rd in the mainland and 30th in the world.

——The top ten in the world include 25 first-rate, 44 second-rate and 117 third-rate. The Akobi Symphony Orchestra is located at the back of the first-rate professional orchestra. With Walter, a "blade holder" who comes from the orthodox Janus family, "I went abroad to find a job in the Southern Continent, where the development of symphony orchestras was relatively backward. It was reasonable to be a "music director" in this troupe. As a permanent conductor, it was somewhat of an awkward position. If you encountered a difficult boss to deal with, the director , it will be very uncomfortable to be stuck in the second-in-command position...

This is Tia, not Akobi. They are here for a tour, and the Festival Concert Hall is their away game, but the permanent conductor will not be unable to reserve VIP tickets, even if there are many VIPs asking for tickets internally. In this way, Fan Ning began to wonder whether this Mr. Walter still failed to establish a good relationship with the music circle here in the Southern Continent...

Building relationships is also a skill. Like me before, when I first became the permanent conductor, I convinced the director, boss and school leaders, and then chatted and laughed with colleagues of different schools, nobles, halls, churches and music critics. It is indeed a person who can Not much...

Fan Ning followed the instructions on the ticket number plate to find the entrance and continued to think. Just as he was about to enter with the marked number, the staff interrupted his thoughts with a polite voice:

"Sorry, according to the regulations of the principality, the little girl next to you cannot enter the first floor to watch the show."

Principality regulations? The principality regulations here actually mean the church regulations.

Fan Ning glanced at him doubtfully, but Luna took the initiative and said, "Just help me change the ticket stub position."

"Thank you for your cooperation. I'll swap you a box seat on the third floor." The staff member took the ticket from her hand and began to search the densely marked floor plan.

"Mr. Scheler, let's go in first." Chretien didn't care about the episode itself, but considering Scheler and Luna's teacher-student relationship, he still added an explanation, "Today Feton is right There are almost no real restrictions on 'The Lost One', but there is still a special place during the 'Flower Ceremony' period, so we can just let her come to us after the show is over."

Fan Ning frowned and was about to say something else——

"Mr. Inspector, the entrance to your seat is over here." A feminine man's voice sounded, and a large group of gentlemen and ladies in suits and ties passed behind Fan Ning again.

"Bishop Carlestini, you are welcome to do so." He Meng said in a low voice, and at the same time, the sound of his silver cane tapping the ground was heard.

"Deputy Director Rause Giesino is here." Next to him, another gentle lady holding a folding fan thanked him.

"Haha, Miss Anna, you don't have to be polite. My father is participating in the famous singer competition at the opera house tonight. The waiting party is over. As the host, I arranged for the guests to get together again. Walter directed the inspection of the inspector and the bishop. It will be a pleasure to come." The young man surnamed Senesino seemed to be the manager of the theater. He wore a pair of ivory spectacles and watched these dignitaries enter with a big smile.

When he noticed Bishop Calestini in a pink cloak and took a look at the little girl with a special appearance next to him, he did not forget to emphasize to the staff in a professional manner:

"You do a good job in venue management."

In response to a flurry of promises from the staff, and after a brief farewell and less nutritious greetings before the start of the performance, this group of concert VIPs finally entered the venue one after another.

Fan Ning was less than one meter away from the group of passers-by behind him.

"The Anna next to He Meng was probably the former liaison officer of Captain Salman. According to the intelligence, she was a mid-level investigator. Ever since I pretended to be Vasius and called back the "safety report" call from Fort Santalan, she was also essentially I got in touch with him, and she should be the original investigator of the apostle incident. She went on such a long trip with her boss’s boss this time..."

"As for Bishop Carlestini in the pink cloak, I'm afraid he is also a man of knowledge. He should not be the same as the high-ranking 'flower-touched man' he met when he got lost on the journey, but they are all like this. The feminine and soft temperament..."

At this time, Fan Ning was playing with the ticket stub torn off in his hand, thinking about some concerns and possible risks in his mind.

"Teacher, I'll be here to wait for you right after the show." Luna took the replacement ticket and turned to leave.

The little girl's tone was calm, her back looked a little lonely, and she quickly disappeared into the crowd.

"Give me the same box as before, the same last row."

Fan Ning handed over the ticket stub.

"Sir, what are you doing?" the staff member expressed confusion.

"Exchange the high price for a low price, and there are spare seats in the corner. Can't I exchange it?"

"Okay, okay, just wait a moment."

In the surprised eyes of Chretien and Massenegou, Fan Ning quickly got into the crowd.

"Teacher?" Luna walked and found a figure beside her shoulder.

She quickly put away her depressed mood just now.

"Are you in a good mood?" Fan Ning looked straight ahead.

"I'm very happy. You can hear a symphony soon." The little girl smiled, "But teacher, your ears are more demanding. The sound effect of the private room on the third floor is definitely not as good as that on the first floor."

The concert hall is not an "auction house" or "entertainment and leisure venue". In most cases, the side "box" areas on the second or third floor are not expensive places at all as others think.

In solo or chamber music ensembles, its value may be equal to that of the side on the first floor. After all, it has less impact on the listening effect and the field of view is wider.

But the symphony...the placement design of those musical instruments is, to a certain extent, designed to serve the sound effects of the 5-10 rows of seats in the middle of the first floor. The sides will cause more or less volume imbalance problems.

Especially if you encounter a performance where the conductor or orchestra is not very good, you may be really noisy to death by certain parts, and you may not be able to hear certain parts clearly even if you prick up your ears. In this case, The value is not even comparable to the corner of the first floor, and is only a slightly better choice than the far back of the second floor.

The two of them sat down in the corner of the last row of the boxes on the right side of the third floor. Due to some delay, the musicians had already entered the venue. From here, you could see the golden "killer" in the hands of the tuba player, as well as several others. The background of the double bassist's bitter and grudged life.

The sound of the timpanist's hammers was clanking, and Fan Ning leisurely fanned the wind with the playlist: "Would you mind telling me the traditional reason for this provision of the church?"

"Awakening Song." The little girl said immediately, "Since the 'Faded One' is considered a living being that even the 'Poet of Flowers' cannot touch, it is not a good sign to get too close to the artists at a concert. Perhaps a performance that could have successfully awakened Him will ultimately fail to awaken Him, so such restrictions are made during the 'Flower Etiquette'... In fact, I don't want to be the one who might ruin the artist's feat. I was just about to take the initiative to propose a change."

"In fact, the situation is much better now." Seeing Fanning looking at her, dimples appeared on her pale cheeks again. "If I was born half a century ago, I was not allowed to enter the concert hall and opera house at all, and there was no record industry. I would never be able to hear a symphony in my life. If I was born one or two hundred years ago, I would most likely be abandoned by my parents and die on the streets for various reasons... You see, although my status in the family is insignificant now, they treat me well, and my fate is much happier than those poor farmers or laborers."

Fanning was silent after hearing this.

"So, teacher, it's not easy to hear a masterpiece like 'Giant' premiere in Tia, and you came to such a place, with your aesthetic requirements..."

"It's okay, it's almost the same." Fanning waved his hand indifferently.

The little girl said "Oh", lowered her head and carefully looked at the list of repertoire, and asked curiously:

"Teacher, musicians like you, do you know the content of each symphony before listening to it, and can clearly identify many professional problems?"

"It's not necessarily, there are too many serious music works, it depends on the situation."

"What about the 'Giant' Symphony?"

"I know a little."

The principal was tuning the orchestra, and Fanning changed to a more comfortable posture.

Warm applause rang out, and a gentleman in a tuxedo entered with a baton. This conductor Bruno Walter was about thirty years old, with a typical appearance of a Western Continental person, neat hair, light green pupils, and a broad forehead. He smiled quietly while walking. His overall gentle and elegant temperament was difficult for people to associate with Miss Lausanne's evaluation of his eccentric personality.

Walter bowed on the left and right sides of the stage, then stepped onto the podium to signal the orchestra to take their positions.

Carolyn van Nin, Symphony No. 1 in D major.

A very weak violin high note la appeared in the air. This was the violinist pressing his finger on the highest position of the E string, then holding the bow and gently rubbing it at a nearly stagnant speed, like the mist, glimmer and coolness before sunrise in the morning.

"la——mi——"

Against the transparent background sound of the string friction, the "breathing motive" was played by various wind instruments in turn, and made a fourth descending modulation in D minor. Everything revived in the glimmer, with a hint of gloom and mystery.

The warm and light triplet "blooming motive" jumps upwards, metaphorically indicating the sign of a hundred flowers blooming

The double-tone octave of the oboe is like a ray of morning light that penetrates the clouds and pierces the sky, and is then blocked by the thick clouds

The timpani beats a dull roar, and the low semitone long lines are played by the strings. Some kind of restless vitality is sprouting underground

The breathing motives are staggered and intertwined, and more and more lives are awakening, flowers are blooming, birds are opening their eyes, branches are sprouting, and insects are poking their heads out of the soil

Most of the audience present are listening for the first time, and a small number of them have heard the records recorded by the old symphony orchestra, but the scene is always fundamentally different from the recording. This short mysterious and ethereal introduction has already made them deeply immersed in it. Those fragmented motives are presented, repeated, and evolved, with a kind of hazy but palpitating power.

"It is indeed Fanning's masterpiece when he graduated last year." Many music critics from Tiya City who were present could not help but sigh in their hearts, "This great composer who is famous in the northern continent has already achieved extraordinary accomplishments in his first symphony in his artistic career."

Investigator Anna was listening in the 6th row of the distinguished guest seats on the first floor of the symphony hall, and her eyebrows slightly frowned. She looked at Chief He Meng who was sitting beside her with his eyes closed, and felt that it seemed that everyone had not asked for instructions clearly before the leader's dream meeting and the assignment of the inspection mission.

This "potential artist" thing is to make plans for the Harvest Art Festival, to promote a group of musicians who are truly friendly to the Special Patrol Hall and can compete with Fanning's current influence.

But shouldn't there be some guidance in the selection of songs?

If a conductor chooses Fanning's works during the inspection, then, who will be the one who promotes it?