Old-time musicians

"He Meng came to the South Continent?"

"Yes, Xilan said that only Owen and Mr. Wax appeared at the donation ceremony. Did He Meng and Gang, the two inspectors, leave the North Continent directly afterwards?"

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

Speaking of which, since even Boglierich is active in the South Continent, it is not a strange thing to see one of his subordinates, but specifically speaking of the occasion tonight, the first concert I attended in the Southland happened to meet He Meng, who had just fought and escaped from under his nose not long ago.

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

However, Fanning has sufficient confidence in the thorough disguise ability of "Fountain in the Painting", and he immediately realized that the purpose of He Meng's visit was indeed "potential artist", but tonight it was not aimed at him, but the conductor who was on stage.

At this time, a young gentleman in a black suit with a messy bow tie came out trotting:

"Is this Mr. Chrétien from the Misin Chamber of Commerce? Conductor Walter asked me to deliver the reserved tickets. Sorry to have kept you waiting."

"No, no, thank you, thank you." Chrétien bowed and opened the tickets connected in a Z shape in the envelope.

"Due to the unexpectedly good box office of this concert, there were too many internal ticket requests from colleagues, media and superiors, resulting in the failure to reserve VIP tickets. Your seats are still on the first floor, but a little to the side, please understand."

"It's okay, it's okay, it's too polite, say hello to Conductor Bruno Walter for me, and thank him for personally recommending Miss Nightingale of our family in the Famous Singer Competition." Chrétien looked normal and thanked him repeatedly.

In his eyes, this was slightly lower than expected, but the essence of this matter was that he hosted the guests of the caravan to "invite" to attend the concert of a famous conductor, and the connections made were the fundamental reason for appearing very decent.

After the assistant finished explaining, he did not continue to be polite. He smiled politely, nodded, waved and turned away.

"As the permanent conductor, can't this Walter even keep the internal VIP tickets? Either he didn't give them away. Since he gave them away, it means that he recognizes the friendship with the Chretien family, but the tickets are from the second-class area. This is different from the professors of Saint-Lauren University who intentionally only took the second-class internal tickets in order to rush the box office ranking during the Saint-Terrain Summer Art Festival..."

Fanning, who is quite familiar with the ins and outs of the serious music performing arts industry, was a little surprised. Of course, he was in an interesting mentality. He couldn't help but wonder if this conductor was not doing well.

After entering the ticket checking hall, everyone picked up the program list one after another.

"Oh, it's him." Fanning, who was reading with his head down, suddenly blinked.

He had seen the signature of "Bruno Walter" on the orange-red strip on An's invitation letter before, but he couldn't remember who it was. Later, when they talked about it several times, they still couldn't remember it, until they saw the detailed artist profile on the back of the repertoire... This conductor Walter is a native of the Western Continent of Janus. He was born, grew up and studied in the art capital of St. Perto. His teacher is Professor Zimmerman, the master composer and piano master of the Holy Janus Kingdom Conservatory of Music. Miss Lausanne, the guest conductor of the old symphony orchestra, studied with this master when she studied abroad.

Yes, the impressionist musician Miss Lausanne is the junior sister of conductor Walter.

According to her minor memories of chatting with Lausanne, she thought that her senior brother had talent, but his personality was a bit weird, or in other words, a bit "stubborn". He had not been doing well in the music circle of San Perto, and later he simply went abroad to seek a job...

The Akobi Symphony Orchestra he is currently with is actually quite good. Akobi is another city-state principality in the "Three Cities and Seven Islands" of the Fedon United Principality, in addition to Tia City and Misin City. The official orchestra of this principality ranks 3rd in the southern continent and 30th in the world.

——The world's top ten includes 25 first-rate, 44 second-rate and 117 third-rate orchestras. The Akobbi Symphony Orchestra is at the back of the first-rate professional orchestras. For Walter, a "blade bearer" from the orthodox Janus family, who went abroad to the southern continent where the development of symphony is relatively backward, it is reasonable for him to be the "music director" of this orchestra. As for the permanent conductor, it is a somewhat awkward position. If the director is difficult to deal with, it will be very uncomfortable to be stuck in the second-in-command position...

This is Tia, not Akobbi. They They were on tour, and the Festival Concert Hall was their away venue, but the permanent conductor wouldn't be unable to reserve even the VIP tickets, even if there were many VIPs asking for tickets internally. Fanning began to wonder if Mr. Walter still hadn't been able to establish good relations with the music circle here after arriving in the Southern Continent...

Building relationships is also a science, like I did before, who convinced the director and school leaders as soon as I took office as the permanent conductor, and then talked and laughed with colleagues from different schools, nobles, halls, churches, and music critics...

Fanning continued to think as he looked for the entrance instructions on the ticket number plate. Just as he was about to enter the venue, the staff interrupted his thoughts with a polite voice:

"Sorry, according to the rules of the principality, the girl next to you cannot enter the first floor to watch the performance."

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

Fanning glanced at him in confusion, and Luna took the initiative to say: "Please help me change the ticket stub position."

"Thank you for your cooperation, I will change your seat to the third floor box." The staff took the ticket from her hand and began to search according to the floor plan with dense markings.

"Mr. Scheller, let's go in first." Chretien didn't care about the episode itself, but considering the teacher-student relationship between Scheller and Luna, he still added an explanation, "Nowadays, Feyton has almost no substantial restrictions on the 'discolored ones', but there are still some places during the 'Flower Etiquette'. Let her come to us after the show is over."... Fanning frowned and was about to say something else--

"Mr. Inspector, the entrance to your seat is here." A feminine male voice sounded, and a large group of gentlemen and ladies in suits passed by Fanning again.

"Bishop Calestini, please come." He Meng said in a low voice, and at the same time, the sound of his silver cane tapping the ground came.

"It's Deputy Director Lausenesino." Another gentle lady holding a folding fan next to him thanked him.

"Haha, Miss Anna, you're welcome. My father is still participating in the famous singer competition at the opera house tonight. When everything is over, I, as the host, will arrange for the guests to get together again. Conductor Walter will definitely be very happy about the presence of the inspector and the bishop." The young man named Senesino seemed to be the manager of the theater. He wore a pair of ivory frames and smiled as he watched these big shots enter.

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

"You should do a good job of venue management."

In response, there was a burst of promises from the staff, and after a temporary and meaningless greeting before the performance, this group of concert guests finally entered one after another.

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

"Anna next to He Meng was Captain Salman's liaison, right? She was a mid-level investigator according to intelligence. Ever since I pretended to be Vasius and called back from Santaran Castle to "report safety", we have actually dealt with her. The original investigator of the apostle incident should be her. Why did you follow your boss's boss on such a long trip this time?..."

"As for this Bishop Calestini in a pink cloak, he is probably a Profound One according to his name. He should not be the same as the high-ranking 'Flower Touched Man' I met when I got lost on the journey, but they both have this kind of gloomy and soft temperament..."

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

"Teacher, I will wait for you here as soon as the show is over." Luna took the replaced ticket stub and turned to leave.

The little girl spoke calmly, her back was a little lonely, and she quickly disappeared in the crowd.

"Change me to the same box as before, the same last row."

Fanning handed over the ticket stub.

"Sir, what are you doing?" The staff was puzzled.

"High price for low price, there are seats in the corner, can't I exchange it?"

"Yes, yes, please wait."

In the surprised eyes of Chrétien and Marseille Negu, Fan Ning quickly entered the crowd.

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

She quickly put away her depressed mood.

"Are you feeling okay?" Fan Ning looked straight ahead.

"Very happy, I will hear a symphony soon." The little girl smiled, "But teacher, your ears are more demanding, the sound effect of the box on the third floor is definitely not as good as the first floor."

The concert hall is not an "auction house" or "entertainment and leisure place". In most cases, the side "box" area on the second or third floor is not as expensive and good as others think. ... In solo or chamber music ensemble, its value may be equal to the side of the first floor. After all, the impact on the listening effect is not that great, and the field of vision is wider.

But the symphony... the placement of those instrument parts, to some extent, is designed to serve the sound effects of the seats in the middle 5-10 rows on the first floor, and the side will bring more or less volume imbalance problems.

Especially if you encounter a performance where the conductor or the orchestra is not perfect, you may be killed by some parts, and some parts cannot be heard even if you prick up your ears. In this case, the value of the box is not even better than the corner of the first floor, and it is only a slightly better choice than the back of the second floor which is too far away.

The two sat in the corner of the last row of the box on the right side of the third floor. At this time, due to some delay, the musicians have entered the venue. From here, you can see the golden "killer weapon" in the hands of the tuba player, and the vicissitudes of the backs of several double bass players.

The sound of the timpani player's hammer was ringing, and Fanning fanned the wind leisurely with the song list: "Do you mind telling me the traditional reason for this church rule?"

"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 her ultimately failed to do so, so such restrictions were made during the 'Flower Etiquette'... In fact, I don't want to be the one who might ruin the artist's feat, and 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 the record industry had not come out, 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 the venue with a baton. This conductor Bruno Walter was about thirty years old, with a typical appearance of a Western Continental person, neat hair, pale green eyes, broad forehead, and a quiet smile 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 soft violin high note appeared in the air, which 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.

“——mi——”

Against the transparent background sound of the string friction, the “breathing motive” was played by various wind instruments in turn, and it was modulated in four degrees 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 double yellow pipe is like a ray of morning light piercing through the clouds, piercing the sky, and 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 heart-warming power.

"It is indeed Fanning's masterpiece after 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. Her eyebrows slightly frowned. She looked at Chief He Meng who was sitting beside her with his eyes closed. She 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 work during the inspection, then, who will it be if it is promoted?

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