musicians of old

In the rehearsal hall, the fragrance of pink in the air is rendered by the shadow of orange gas lamps.

As a conductor standing on the stage, a conductor with equally sharp ears and eyes, Walter didn't feel that he would misjudge someone.

But the tone of the other party was too firm, and when they met each other, it was like "Mr. Scheler has something to explain in detail".

He had to scan all the musicians suspiciously, and then felt that the teacher should not have pretended to be a musician to mix in the crowd.

"Oh, so he went to the bathroom?" Archbishop Fields continued to ask with a polite smile.

After hearing this questioning, Walter became more puzzled.

Could it be that the teacher got in and then got out again?
He looked around again, and after repeated confirmation, he said cautiously: "The teacher didn't come over today. But, Mr. Archbishop, I want to ask—"

The crowd became quiet again.

Walter was not stupid. Since he had already told himself that he could experience the experience that day, he could probably guess what was going on at the moment, but the problem was that he had just entered the rehearsal hall after two days of wrangling with his boss!Anyway, I should work hard for a day to do this, right?
He felt like he hadn't started yet!

As a rigorous conductor, besides being uneasy and excited, he also thought that it was necessary to reconfirm it with someone who "knowledges":

"I want to ask first, is this the 'Awakening Song'? Why is it not in a live concert? Is there something I misunderstood, this is somewhat uh, sorry, I don't know how to organize the language, I just feel like this It seems a little random."

The emotional intelligence or character of Walter's command is indeed a bit inarticulate.

Logically speaking, when he said things like this in front of so many big people, it would somewhat attract grief and indignation from some people who had racked their brains for decades and failed to succeed, "You fucking know Feel free to say it when you know why!!!”

But in fact, everyone didn't listen to his words at all, and everyone's attention was caught in the previous sentence and couldn't get out——

"? Mr. Scheele didn't come today??"

"He never came!?"

Everyone felt that there was an auditory hallucination in their ears.

"Your Excellency Walter, what I would like to confirm first is—" Queen Eleanor spoke in an elegant Janus language. The head of the Principality of Tia City, who left traces on his body, felt that things were absurd at the moment, "Mr. Scheler is your teacher, right? You are rehearsing a new symphony poem written by your teacher, right?"

"Yes." Walter nodded.

"May I ask, why didn't Mr. Scheler come to see it?" Queen Eleanor asked the doubts in the hearts of everyone present.

The crowd behind was finally cleared out of some passages by the staff, and the media reporters who rushed over rushed to take pictures one after another.

"The teacher wants me to arrange it myself." Walter answered truthfully in front of the media.

".Is it because he has more important things to do?"

"Yes, he said he went out to play today."

".Okay, so what's the name of this work?" Amidst the sound of the photography shutter, the queen's response stayed for a longer time.

"The Poetry of Awakening."

".So, did you come prepared? This must sound like a work full of deep secrets and difficult skills. It must be extremely difficult and take a long time, right?" The fluency of the dialogue gradually became rigid, and the intervals gradually became longer.

"It's really difficult." Facing the long guns and short guns, Walter scratched his head embarrassedly, "The teacher started writing the day before yesterday, and it was written and sorted out the day before yesterday. Today is the first rehearsal. You may have heard it outside just now. There are many shooting points. They are all uneven, the processing of expressions and terminology has not yet started, the balance of the voices is not very good, some of the brass groups are not very accurate, and the ensemble has broken down a few times in general.”

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Seeing that everyone was silent or hesitated to speak, Walter continued to express sincerely:

"To be honest, we have to perform this song at night, and we may have to hurry up and arrange it during the day. After all, the audience also pays for the tickets."

Facing a large group of big names far above him, his music director began to wink at Walter desperately.

It's all a good thing, the pie hit him on the head, but don't talk about such details! !

However, Walter under a large circle of shots continued: "The main reason is that the time is too short. If the flaws in the performance are too obvious, even non-professional friends may be able to hear it. For a professional orchestra That's not very good, although the original plan was to be an encore..."

"What? Encore!?" Archbishop Fields suddenly yelled, "Who is your music director? Don't you check this kind of thing?"

The head of the band winkingly was startled, and immediately stopped his expression, and stood in the crowd calmly with his hands behind his back.

The next moment, he saw the eyes of investors and musicians all subconsciously focus on it.

The air seemed to condense for a few seconds.

There was a whispered discussion behind the crowd:

"That person is the music director? He looks quite old."

"Did I hear it wrong? Encore? Not the official song?"

"Is the Akobi Symphony Orchestra so strong? The new work that can achieve awakening is actually included in the encore? And the composer is not invited to the rehearsal?"

"The problem is, didn't Mr. Walter say that he got the score from the teacher the day before yesterday? Why did he just arrange it for the first time?"

"..."

The music director began to sweat on his forehead, but fortunately, a low-pitched question made him feel like he was finally pardoned and brought things back on track:

"Commander Walter, please take us to Mr. Scheler."

The person who spoke was none other than Chief Inspector He Meng.

This Scheler! ...

He Meng is now in an exceptionally good mood. The progress of the Southern Continent investigation team he is in is really miraculous, and Scheler has brought him surprises one after another.

The two students of Scheler alone have attracted enough people's attention through the famous singer contest and the "Wake Up Song". Even without the extra support from the Special Inspection Office, his reputation in the Southern Continent will quickly expand.

Fanning became famous first, and now there are more works that are well-known to the public, but Scheler has shown such musical talent, elegant temperament, and the characteristics of works with completely different styles formed in a completely different cultural environment , if it works well, not to mention the long-term planning
This year, it is entirely hoped that there will be a wave of following and debate, and the pattern of "North Fanning, South Scheler" will be formed first!

He Meng felt that he had a clear idea of ​​his future work direction and reporting to the leader.

"That's right, we should go to Mr. Scheler first." He Meng's words made Archbishop Fields nod his head, "Commander Walter should know the general movements of your teacher today, right?"

He said with a wry smile: "I hope it won't be too far away, because as we all know, according to the tradition of the United Kingdom, the celebration of the 'Flower Ceremony' should be chosen at the place where the 'Fanghua Poet' wakes up. This is where the Poet Laureate of the Year fulfills the 'Wake Up Song' performance..."

"However, I have lived for so long and have never met someone who can be awakened by rehearsing an introduction, and I have never met a composer who did not come to listen to the rehearsal of the new work and went for a drive... Well, this really has to go back and read more doctrinal documents, Let’s see how to identify this situation, if the places are similar, it will be easier to identify.”

"Maybe a little far." Walter said, "Teacher, he went to the fox lily field."

The crowd looked at each other in dismay.

This is too outrageous, right?
Just now he said that he hoped it would not be too far away, good guy, this person went directly outside the city of Tia?
"Please take us to visit him." Queen Eleanor said with a smile, "No matter how the 'Flower Ceremony' celebration location is determined, at least, we need to crown Mr. Scheler, present a golden cup, and never wither the nectar. With Jerez wine, thank him, and thank you and the musicians of the Akobi Symphony Orchestra for opening the summer of 914 in the new year in the Southland."

"It's a great honor." The music director next to him took a step forward with a smile on his face. "Our orchestra is also very grateful to Mr. Scheler for supporting us with the inspiration of fragrance, so I will take you to find him now."

He had already ignored other people's comments just now, as long as he was not embarrassed, it would be others who were embarrassed.

"It's something I'm very happy with." Seeing the archbishop's gaze on him, Walter also quickly expressed his opinion, "However, for this concert tonight, I think it's better to rehearse a few times alone, after all, the audience We bought tickets, but our current shooting is still a little uneven, and the pitch is still..."

It was obvious that the steel content in his head was still exceeding the standard.

"Let Mr. Director lead the musicians to practice again, let's go there first." He Meng immediately made a decision, and then Fields waved his hand, and Queen Eleanor also took graceful steps.

"..." The director's smile froze on his face, and Walter forcibly stuck a baton in his hand.

Five minutes later, when everyone walked around from the rehearsal backstage to the ticket checking hall and pushed open the main entrance of the festival concert hall, they smelled the rich and fragrant fragrance in the air, and saw the rain of flowers and the crowd of citizens surrounding the steps. .

……

A high slope in the Fox Lily field.

The parasol faithfully absorbs the rays of the hot sun above the head, and the gauze curtain hanging along the umbrella makes the inside ventilated and cool. Luna in front of the tea table puts her hands on her knees and sits upright on a small stool.

An, who was sitting cross-legged on the tablecloth on the ground, gently shook the canvas shoes on her feet, stretched a small picture scroll in her hand, and continued to explain to the people around her in a soft voice:

"...In the Tiya region, the 'Fanghui Poet' is considered to be the son of the ancient source god 'Primary Eater'; The image is "Pan", the god of shepherds; and in the principality of Akobi, Nerissa Islands or Paragodos Island in the rainforest area, he is considered to be the forest god "Masias" who is good at music."

"The painting "Apollo and Macias" presented by Master Luckert to the teacher was created by art master Ribera Jose after reading an ancient play of the same name. The most critical part of the picture is Two figures, one is 'Saint Apollo' with a laurel wreath on his left head and a lyre in his hand, and the other is the above-mentioned one, holding an eros pipe - the original form of the flute - and baring his upper body The satyr 'Masyas'..."

The three can see that Saint Apollo in the picture shows a graceful body in the bright light, sitting on a stone in a leisurely posture, not only holding a lyre in his arms, but even a cushion on the stone; On the right side of the dark tone, Macias is tied to a tree, and one leg is tied to a nearby tree stump, so his body is stretched unnaturally, his arms are raised, and the Eros tube falls to the ground. The skin of one arm had been peeled off, and he was howling in pain while dripping with blood.

Speaking of this, Ann looked up from the painting and saw his teacher was leaning on the recliner, stopping to listen to his explanation.

On the manuscript spread out on the side, it records the beginning of the second movement, and its subtitle is: "The Flowers of the Field Tell Me".

In the quiet plucking of stringed instruments, he wrote a swaying and melodious A major melody for the oboe, which was then developed by the clarinet, flute and French horn. From the perspective of his musical character, it is obvious that the composer played in the Fox Lily Field. Feeling inspired by the spectacle.

But their voices have developed for 16-18 bars, and the handwriting is gradually interrupted. Judging from the ups and downs and rhythms, the teacher's theme music seems to stop abruptly at a half-point position.

"So, what happened between them?" Fanning asked his students with a pen.

Ann looked into his blue eyes, then lowered his head with flickering eyelashes, and flipped through the old books while holding the scroll with one hand:
"Masias, the god of the forest, is very good at playing musical instruments, and St. Apollo, the Gentile, claimed that he had received the revelation of the 'God's Theme', and the strong divinity contained in it was enough to be the 'key to the dome', so Macias Apollos challenged St. Apollo to a concert, and a priestess 'born from a well and a wound' summoned seven witnesses to serve as judges..."

"The concert competition begins, Macias's flute has the power of indulgence and demagoguery, making everyone dance wildly to the beat, while San Apollo preliminarily explores the 'theme of God', and his lyre calms the audience Down, with tears in his eyes, the witnesses finally judged that Saint Apollo won, and Macias, who was the loser, was skinned, and the main tonality in D minor of the "God Theme" was carved on the skin..."

"Saint Apollo regretted it afterwards, and avoided discussing the 'God's theme' all his life, and 'revealed the location information of the buried key outside, and kept it in dust', declaring that 'if future generations find it, they must first know '..."

"So, did Macias who was skinned die later?" Luna couldn't help asking at this moment.

Ann shook his head: "As one of the witnesses, the 'Sweet Tree' covered Macias' skinned body with leaves and flowers, and dipped it in the 'Pool of Blood', the leaves and flowers grew into wounds. Bandages, so Macias fell into sleep and was promoted to the Lord of Witnesses, and his skin, because it revealed the main tone of the "God Theme", possessed another kind of oracle power, and was "born from the well and the wound" 's priestess smuggled away..."

Fanning has not yet had time to sort out the identities of the characters in this origin story.

The detail at the back made him unable to resist turning the nib of his pen to think deeply:
"The process of the music competition seems to imply that a certain group of opponents Macias was skinned because of the defeat of the music competition. The main key of the 'God Theme' engraved on it turned out to be in D minor? Why is there such a coincidence?"

"Could it be...the gel membrane?"

"And the bandage covering His wound is the leaves and flowers soaked in the 'pool of blood', leaves and flowers."

When he was lost in thought, Ann stretched and stood up after telling the story, but just as soon as he lifted the gauze curtain along the edge of the parasol, he exclaimed:

"Hey, why are there so many people?"

"Is there someone? Are you here to find the teacher?" This was expected by Luna, but when she got close to her sister, she made a more exaggerated voice, "Oh my god, how many people are here?"

I saw the undulating half-hillside flower sea on the opposite side, and the people all over the mountains surrounded several carriages in front and approached us!