musicians of old

Chapter 323 The Second Dawn (5K [-] in [-])

On July 914, 7 in the new calendar, it rained moderately.

There was a brief period of sunshine at dawn three days ago, but such weather is the norm for the thunderstorm season in Uflandsel.

In the courtyard behind the Turner Art Hall, in a deep corner where flowers are in full bloom, the raindrops beat on the branches and leaves like a sieve.

"Cuckoo, cluck"

Pairs of leather shoes ran over the mud, temporarily disturbing the tranquility of the place.

Nearly a hundred solemnly dressed black figures were walking.

They walked through the railings, flowers and lawn paths, took off the top hats with dripping water droplets, bent down in front of the newly built marble pedestal to place bouquets, and then lined up one by one, standing still.

On the third day after the premiere of the "Second Symphony", the funeral had just been held. According to the instructions of the conductor Kaplan, "the number of people should be kept small, the scale should be kept simple, and the ceremony should be kept short. The place where I was thinking about before I was alive is a little closer, but the conclusion of this matter is based on not disturbing the living."

Considering the strong respect and memory of the people, the sacrament hall was open to the public all night.

But based on the artist's will, the announcement of the funeral said, "It is recommended that mourners from all walks of life stop and leave. Flowers and messages are not rejected, and those who stay for a long time or make grand gifts are not sensitive."

Therefore, although there was an endless stream of people who came to pay their respects, in fact, in the end, there were less than a hundred people who participated in the official funeral in the early morning and the current funeral monument.

Except for a slight discrepancy between the relatives of the deceased and the representatives of the group, the rest of the people were all artists. Pure media, politicians, businessmen, publishers or critics were not allowed to attend, and the funeral organizer arranged them in the hall to wait for follow-up.

In this secluded corner of the courtyard, it is about three hundred steps away from the nearest entrance to the Turner Art Hall. The trees and stone railings properly divide the view, and exotic flowers and plants bloom in the stepped flowerbeds.

Next to it is a clear water pool full of lotus flowers, and through the branches behind, you can vaguely see a small stone road leading to the back mountain.

It is said that during the conception of the "Second Symphony", the former music director Carolne van Ning often walked along this small gravel road, took a short cut up the hill to look at the city and look for inspiration.

The artists bowed flowers one by one, and Olga took her daughter to put the black and white photo frame into the stone trough.

In the photo, Kaprun wears high-end gold-rimmed glasses, tie straight, holds a precious pen, presses a paper full of operators and formula charts with his arms, sits at a big desk and looks at the camera with a smile. The appearance of a deputy business elite.

From the formal resignation of Santa Ramborg's financial circle to the present, he has been studying music day and night, but he has not had time to leave a photo of conducting the band or playing the piano.

The leader of the regiment, Xi Lan, pursed her lips tightly. At this time, she took a step forward and wiped the marble surface of the tombstone and the pedestal with a white silk towel.

Especially wiped away the rainwater and soil in the groove of the epitaph.

That sentence is said to be a key inspiration for the composer when he conceived the "Second Symphony". Written on the title page as a message.

The second-person pronouns that are not commonly used make it difficult for people to distinguish whether they are learning about the dead, or the dead are sending messages to the living——

"You were clubbed down, and you soared high on angel wings."

The process of erecting a monument is as brief as a funeral ceremony.

After the matters related to the deceased were settled, the artists moved back to the ticket checking hall of the Turner Art Hall.

There are so many people from all walks of life waiting here, even the corridor on the second floor is full of solemnly dressed figures.

Everyone's eyes were first focused on the wall on the left hand side of the entrance.

"Wall of Past Conductors of the Old Symphony Orchestra"

The entire surface of the marble is wide and smooth, and two black horizontal lines symbolizing the time axis go up and down to run through it in parallel.

Olga, who has the dual identities of the regiment's administrative manager and the deceased's wife, took a step forward with her simple and dignified back, and lifted the metal grid engraved with black-golden inscriptions to the height of a timeline below.

This is the position of the successive permanent conductors.

"Ting." The crisp and cold sound of the buckle being inserted into the groove.

「吉尔伯特·卡普仑，新历913年9月5日——新历914年7月20日。」

The second person who stepped forward was the tall and burly Lee Viadlin. The inscription square in his hand was aligned with the horizontal line of the time axis above. This was the position of the previous music director and chief conductor.

Anton Conor had passed away, and Fan Ning unilaterally withdrew from the membership. He did this as Fan Ning's current music teacher, not as a member of the official Extraordinary Organization.

"Ting." The cold voice sounded again.

「卡洛恩·范·宁，新历913年8月25日——新历914年7月20日。」

Sheeran, Roy and others stared at the names above for a long time.

It has been three days.

Originally number one and number two in the orchestra, one fell on the podium in the end, and the life and death of the other is unknown.

The Special Patrol Office has not heard anything yet, and Joan has also been silent since saying goodbye.

"A number of people who have understood have visited the back mountain of Turner Art Hall on the first day of the performance, and they have stayed for at least 36 hours."

The tenure inscription grid had just been embedded, and a deep and serious male voice came from behind.

The two chiefs turned their heads away, and the Marquis McAdam was standing behind them at some point.

"Thank you, Dad."

Roy knew her father's mysterious and invisible power of "derivation", she frowned and thought about it.

A number of people, a place, and a duration. What does the combination of these three revelations mean?
"Houshan?" Sheeran paid more attention to the location.

She naturally remembered the place where the three of them entered the secret door to explore last year, and finally woke up from the nightmare where they lay.

It is almost certain that this is another operation team of the Special Inspection Office, and it is almost certain that the purpose of its visit to the back mountain is to guard Fan Ning who was kidnapped into the well.

But why so much longer than 36 hours?
If counting from shortly after dawn was brought, it was about 12 hours until the premiere ended, and then, did you continue to stay until this time the next day?
While the two were thinking, they began to be carried by the crowd to move in the other direction of the hall.

The funeral management party once stated in the announcement that after the funeral of the deceased, the regiment has an important matter that needs to be publicly announced to all sectors of society.

This has undoubtedly aroused great concern from all parties. Everyone is speculating whether it is related to the sudden resignation of director Fanning or the funeral of conductor Kaplan.

The brightly lit event auditorium was not only full of seats, but even the aisles were full of people and camera equipment.

In the middle of the stage is a long wooden table, and a white curtain covers something like a photo frame.

Minister Noel of the Ministry of Culture and Media, together with Olga, the executive manager of the regiment, took the stage and slowly unveiled it.

"Kaplan Art Foundation Committee"

"Click." "Crack." The sound of the shutter of the camera equipment came and went.

Judging from the name alone, it seems to be the unveiling ceremony of a newly established public welfare project.

Olga, who was led to the stage by the host Minister Noel, explained in a calm tone——

According to the will of the conductor Mr. Kaplan, the "Kaplan Art Fund" is now established in the name of his husband and wife.

As Mr. Fanning has announced in his resignation letter, all the copyrights of Turner Art Hall’s business and his personal works will be donated to Ms. Sheeran permanently and free of charge...

After negotiating with the latter, the operation and development of the "Kaplan Art Fund" will be entrusted to the Turner Hall of the Arts, and its use will only be used for the two major projects of "Art Popularization" and "Music Relief" initiated by former director Fan Ning .

As for the source of funding, at first there were two parts:
One is the net income from Mr. Kaplan’s investment in the financial industry during his lifetime;

The second is all the net income of the troupe related to the copyright of "Resurrection Symphony", including but not limited to the box office of self-operated commercial performances, copyright fees of other commercial performances, share of score sales, share of record sales, etc.

In fact, in the few days after the show, pre-orders from all over the world have exceeded 40000.

Comparing the four-star rating threshold of 5000 pre-orders set by the Recording Industry Association, or the data ranging from 5000 to 10000 pre-orders when albums were released by the Turner Art Hall in the past, this is simply a miraculous thing, directly breaking the human record industry. record sales in history.

The "Kaplan Art Fund Committee" needs about a week of preparation.

The "Second Symphony" disc produced at full speed will probably take this long to hit the market.

Therefore, there will be two major events on August 8. One is the official release and delivery of the record, and the other is the official operation of the art fund. At that time, a trusteeship handover ceremony will be held with the Turner Art Hall and the first batch of donations from all walks of life will be accepted.

The inflow and outflow of funds belonging to the social donation part is subject to the supervision of the cultural department throughout the process, and is regularly disclosed to all walks of life.

After Olga announced the establishment of the "Kaprun Art Fund", Minister Noel finally made a concluding speech.

First he expressed his gratitude, then he expressed his deep memory, and then he summarized the core points of several representative art reviews after the premiere of "Resurrection Symphony" ended:
The wording of "Voice of Janus" is concise but shocking. This old mainstream media from the Western Continent, the birthplace of serious music, directly stated that Carolne Van Ning had broken through the category of "greatness", and even called "Voice of Janus" Symphony No. [-] in C minor is "one of the most important symphonies in the history of human art."

"Tioline Cultural Weekly" pointed out from a more pragmatic point of view that the "Second Symphony in C Minor" performed by the great conductor Kaplan is a spiritual wealth that belongs to all music lovers, ". When life is in good times, don't be arrogant, what dies will be resurrected, and there is no need to be depressed when facing frustration. All are just the ups and downs of dust. After a short rest, death is also new life."

The recording studio celebrated that feat in a special essay for "Hoffmann's Gramophone"—

"Now he will be the light in our gramophone case, greater than ever, and every art pilgrim will tremblingly pick up this absolute sound, just like erecting a lighthouse in the dead night."

In seven or eight art reviews, the word "great" appears frequently in the description of Kaprun, but for the composer himself, this vocabulary has begun to break through.

Everything came to an end, and the current affairs process also came to an end temporarily, and everyone dispersed one after another.

The old symphony orchestra must continue to bring music to the public, and there is still an endless stream of well-known conductors and soloists from various countries cooperating with it. Some musicians are rehearsing orchestral music under the leadership of the conductor, and some are preparing for solo, Chamber music or concerts with vocals.

Sheeran returned to Fanning's former music director's office.

She didn't want to go anywhere except for necessary outings, and she stayed here almost all the time these days.

Bedtime is also in his living room.

When she was sitting at the desk in a daze, there were two light knocks on the door. Olga came in with a stack of documents, and little Irene followed behind and called out "Sister Xilan" in a low voice.

"As I said last time, you should be called teacher, baby." Olga's voice was soft and gentle.

"It's okay to rest for a few more days." Sheeran still held her cheeks in both hands, staring at the oil painting in front of her in a daze.

"Thank you, but I've been resting for almost 20 days."

"it does not matter."

"You need to sign the employee salary reduction form."

"Reduction order?" Sheeran tilted her head in surprise.

"...He is gone, the salary expenditure of the permanent commander needs to be stopped from next month, and the personnel procedures are the same." The tone of the administrative manager is still calm.

The girl drooped her eyelashes, and the unscrewed cap of the pen was covered again.

"He's still here."

Olga's body shook slightly.

"Or in another way, it will be automatically distributed to the art fund account every month." A smile appeared on Sheeran's face.

"Doesn't he like to work hard, so let him keep working hard to earn money for the music rescue project."

It was night when Olga returned home with her daughter. The maid carried little Irene into the bathroom as usual. The other servants were about to start cleaning and tidying up the room, but she temporarily stopped them.

"Wait a minute."

She stood in front of the grand piano in the living room, with an open book still on the music stand, and the baton and the opened pen were laid aside, as if the user had left temporarily.

It is indeed a temporary departure. It is normal to go to the hospital in the past few years, and it is the same every time before going out.

A considerable portion of the library's records had been removed, leaving many gaps.

The corner next to the greenery is empty, and the phonograph that was moved to the nursing home has not yet been retrieved.

"Now he will be the light in our gramophone case, greater than ever, and every art pilgrim will tremblingly pick up this absolute sound, just like erecting a lighthouse in the dead night."

If so, he will be home in a few days.

She walked into the bedroom where the gas lamp was not turned on, exhausted her last strength in the darkness, slightly adjusted the small hammock beside her daughter, and then lay down with all her clothes on.

I don't know how long it has passed, and the consciousness is a little bumpy in the wandering.

There seems to be the sound of music in the world.

The jolting feeling seems to be caused by riding in a carriage. It was very late after several conducting lessons from Mr. Fanning. Little Irene was sitting in his arms, and Kaplan on the opposite side repeatedly shared today’s latest gains with him. , he hummed the carefree ballad and beat leisurely triple time with his bare hands.

The second movement of the "Leandre" dance, the theme of "A Moment of Remembrance".

The turn when passing the intersection was a bit sharp, and when I looked again, the opposite side was empty.

The light and transparent tones of the stringed instruments sounded, and the long horn sounds of the clarinets and flutes.

"There are no people, are you practicing against the air?"

Fanning's voice was full of helplessness.

"Call him up at tea time in the future. Why is this guy so stubborn and doesn't know how to relax."

Congreve was making tea, Roy was fiddled with roses and bellflowers in flower pots, Sheeran and Joan were arguing about "should we add milk or tea first to Earl Gray tea", there should be someone sitting next to Lu, obviously Can't see clearly, but people just talk to him from time to time.

"You are the midnight composer, and your whole family are midnight composers." The squid ring squeaked in Fanning's mouth.

The white lace of the hand-embroidered doily is so delicate, teacups, teaspoons, tea dregs bowls, sugar bowls and milk gu bottles are all available. You can even see the orange satin flowers tied on the paper towels, but you can’t see the opposite side. people.

The simple and innocent dance steps and the warm and song-like melody sounded again.

The cello group expressed another touching counterpoint melody with full of affectionate breath.

"The me after death, I am still there, I can hear it, and I will respond to the person I miss in the dark."

Finally, I can clearly see that he is waving the beat. This is a familiar stage, but the auditorium is empty, but the outline of his figure is slightly pale.

Like a ray of bright morning light, a ray of refreshing breeze, without any cloud to hide the fog.

"Dreams are all fake, right!" Olga shouted loudly.

"Of course both waking up and dreaming are real!" Kaprun turned his head and smiled at himself.

A more intense carpet-style triplet sounded, and the wind music sang softly under the starry night sky.

"Gift, this is a gift! New Year's gift!!"

He picked up a red colored ball and threw it straight into the air above the auditorium.

"Please accept our New Year greetings!"

He stretched out his hands in the shape of a trumpet, raised his head and shouted loudly, backing back again and again while shouting.

"Yay!" "Happy New Year!!!"

The bright smiles of many people were frozen in the film.

Colorful, shiny gold and silver papers of various colors rotate and dance under the reflection of the crystal chandelier.

It's the theme of "Leandre" again, with too quiet pizzicato without any weight.

The color of the pieces of paper began to fade, and everything gradually peeled off, and finally there was nothing but whiteness.

Brings dawn, and the vision sees a blinding light.

To be able to meet the rare sunshine again during the thunderstorm season, and the air was so quiet that there was no wind.

Not a breath of wind.

"Mom, I asked Dad last night." Little Irene was already sitting on the hammock next to her.

"Really, what did you ask?" Olga said softly.

The pillow was wet a lot.

"When the uncles and aunts talked during the day, they said that he was still there. I asked him if it was true or not. Did it count in dreams? He said that both waking and dreaming are real."

"Yes, both waking and dreaming are real." Olga smiled softly and sat up.

"So, he can hear me talking or playing the violin?" Little Irene's eyes lit up.

"he knows."

She lifted her daughter from the hammock, sat in front of the mirror, and began to tie her daughter's hair.

Then put the records that have not had time to put them back in place, and insert them one by one into the gaps in the bookcase.

"Ding dong~"

The wind chime hanging on the door is ringing.

Melodious and ethereal, like the bells imitated by a glockenspiel or celesta in the "First Light" movement.

Sparse and fine dust floats and swims in the light, and the floor shines like glass.

He knew that this was the second dawn.

(End of Volume [-])
　I recommend a friend's new book on the Creation Stream. Personally, I feel that it is as exciting as "I Am God", which is full of epic and religious sense.Tomorrow is the critical time for his promotion, I hope everyone can go and see it, and give a follow-up~
　　
　
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