Chapter 1195: What Belongs to the Nation Belongs to the World

In fact, Shen Long knew Guo Yan’s worries, and he also understood that Wang Qiming had practiced the cello for 27 years, and his playing skills were indeed good in China. After all, he could enter the official symphony orchestra; but in New York, in Lincoln Art In front of the center, it is far from enough.

This is the center of the world's classical music, gathering the world's top talents. I dare not say that just pulling out a cellist can beat him, but it is an indisputable fact that Wang Qiming's level is not worth mentioning here. It is indeed unrealistic to want to conquer the audience here simply by relying on one's own playing skills.

The other street performers around him are also looking at him curiously. It is not the descendant of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra full of Chinese musicians. It will be 24 years before Wang Liang becomes the first Chinese principal oboe in the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. Huang Xin It would be thirty-four years before he became the first principal violinist of the New York Philharmonic.

Even the famous Tan Dun is still studying with Seiji Ozawa in the United States. He won the second prize in the International Weber Chamber Music Composition Competition for his string quartet "Ode to Feng Ya" next year. Emerging; Chinese performers are still rare creatures in the Lincoln Center for the Arts at this time.

With a smile on his face, Shen Long nodded slightly to the empty front, then calmly began his first piece, "Cello Concerto in A Minor" by German composer Schumann.

The smile on Guo Yan's mouth became even stronger after hearing the prelude, because this piece of music is about the time when Schumann and his wife Clara just moved from Dresden to Düsseldorf in 1850 and welcomed their new life with joy. Composed; when they first came to the United States to play this piece, she immediately understood each other's intentions.

Except for one or two playful passages in the finale, this cello concerto is basically a chance to show off skills, and it is sensitive and meticulous from the beginning to the end, but this does not mean that this piece is easy to play.

For real musicians, playing right and playing well are completely different concepts. Players need to understand the emotions contained in the piece. This piece is elegant from the beginning to the end. It is not so easy to convey elegance completely.

So after Shen Long's performance, there were not many more audiences in front of him, and only Guo Yan was there to applaud vigorously. These audiences and the surrounding street artists only applauded slightly politely. After all, Shen Long's performance It is far from Fournier's version.

Seeing their reactions like this, Guo Yan suddenly became nervous. She looked at the piano box in front of her, and there was not even a penny in it. She immediately looked at Shen Long, only to see that there was still a smile on his face, and there was no trace of waves, as if All of this was within his expectations.

Then Shen Long played Haydn's Cello Concerto No. 2 in D Major, which consists of three movements: the moderate Allegro, Adagio and Allegro Rondo.

Humorous, elegant and bright, it is a model of classical music.

This song is more suitable for this occasion. After Shen Long finished playing, there was a little more applause, and there were a few more coins in the piano case, but it was still far behind the others. If it continues like this, There is no way to make up the forty-dollar standard today.

Thinking of this, Guo Yan's eyes began to dim. After observing for a period of time, she has gradually eliminated her obsession with performing on the street, and even liked the life here. Anyway, they at least continued to work here. The opportunity for music, and once you go to the restaurant, it means that the dream of music is completely cut off.

However, she looked at the piano box in front of Shen Long again, with a wry smile on her face, musicians also have to eat, but with this income, there is no way to support themselves.

After a short rest, Shen Long closed his eyes slightly to brew his emotions for a while, and then started the performance of the third track. It's a face full of confusion, what song is this?

Many people know "Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto", but there is still a cello in this piece, and there is also a special cello version. What Shen Long is playing now is the cello version of "Butterfly Lovers Concerto".

He knew that it was impossible to conquer the discerning audience near the Lincoln Arts Center with his performance techniques alone. No matter how high his performance level was, it could not be higher than the world's top cellists such as Fournier, Dupre, and Weilstein, who were born in China. He also has no way to fully integrate the emotions contained in the works of Western composers.

So he took out "The Butterfly Lovers Concerto", which is the most Chinese song, but all Chinese who have read books know the story of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, and have read countless literary works based on Liang Zhu. Film and television works have an extremely profound understanding of this love tragedy.

Therefore, Shen Long can fully immerse himself in the piece composed by Mr. Chen Gang and He Zhanhao, and fully understand what they want to express through this piece; in addition, he also incorporates some future world chief cellists The technique that Yo-Yo Ma once used when playing "The Butterfly Lovers".

A piece of music that has never been heard before, coupled with the occasional new technique, the street artists who can appear around the Lincoln Art Center are all knowledgeable. They all put away their smiles and listened to this piece with a serious face. Here comes the tune.

The voice of the cello is deep, tactful, and continuous, leading these foreign audiences to feel the love between Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai. At the beginning, the bright spring, the singing of birds and the fragrance of flowers made the audience smile.

Then, with a rich and mellow tone, the sincere and pure friendship between Liang Zhu and the deepening mutual admiration was played. From the corner of Guo Yan's eyes, Guo Yan saw that the couple in the audience got closer.

Then, the playing method of skipping is used in many places to make the melody lively and dance, and to play a clear and cheerful rhythm, which shows the happy life of Liang Zhu's three years as classmates, reading and playing together.

Immediately, it turns into an adagio, and with intermittent tones, it expresses the inner emotions of Zhu Yingtai, who is disguised as a man, hesitant to speak, contradictory and shy.

At this point, the first scene of "The Butterfly Lovers" ended. Shen Long put down his bow, and there was warm applause. Some street performers even walked over here. Obviously, they were all moved by the song.

Sure enough, only the nation belongs to the world! They wouldn't have reacted like that if I had continued my silly Latin hits!