musicians of old

Chapter 442 Blessed Are Those Who Mourn
"Cut off the tea table glass directly and seal it up, and continue to protect the rest of the site."

Owen glanced at the strange damaged note one last time and gave an order.

The crowd quickly returned to the church, where nearly [-] believers had already gathered.

Amid the scent, the people headed by Bishop Tucville walked through the arches supported by square stone pillars without turning their eyes. Only Owen and a few investigators looked worn out and looked around at the same pace.

The head of the diocese, Hester, is a very respected priest on weekdays. He not only does his best to maintain the public security on the mysterious side, but also does rescue work in life outside the church. Under the conditions, he helped many righteous people and poor civilians.

The news of his sudden death at the beginning of the new year made the atmosphere of the morning prayer a bit solemn compared to the tranquility of the past, and there was some confusion in the preparation stage of the ceremony.

All the eyes of the congregation were on Fanning and his group who came in later, especially on Hester's boss, Bishop Tucville.

The main problem lies in the selection of the "Mercy" psalm in the first part of the regular mass.

The original song rehearsed by the choir has a joyful and moving atmosphere, which is very suitable at the beginning of the new year, but the accident suddenly broke out, so the opening is a bit out of date.

The basic quality of the clerical staff and grassroots clergy in the church is still there, and this problem has also been found in the gate, so now when these knowledgeable people with higher teaching ranks come in, some people immediately walk around Ask in a low voice.

At the silent emergency moment, Bishop Tukville's heart was running fast.

It's a little troublesome, even if you add a prayer for an ordinary funeral and then switch to the mass of the "Mercy Sutra", the emotional connection is somewhat abrupt.

Do you want to be sad and solemn first, and then still bask in joy?

The requirement of perfection is too much to achieve in a short period of time, and the repertoire level of a choir in a small town must also be considered.

Tukville walked for half a minute, and he didn't think about it when he was about to reach the altar, so he had to slow down temporarily.

Only Fan Ning did not slow down, and went straight to the altar by himself.

The eyes of the congregation fell on him, and his eyes fell on the high pipe organ in the rear. There was a musician sitting there, his lower body was covered by the bandstand. From this angle, only a black back and head could be seen.

Owen, who was a hundred meters away, also stared at Fanning's movements.

I saw this middle-aged gentleman, who was dressed cleanly and staidly, took a few steps and stood directly next to the leader of the choir.

"Blessed are those who mourn."

Fan Ning's hands are basically vertically upright, slightly opened, palms turned forward slightly, looking up at the sun.

Following a standard gesture of paying tribute to "The Unfalling Fire", there seemed to be a faint vibration of F bass in the air, and a series of deep and heavy prayers in F major were slowly chanted from his mouth !

The blueprint that Fanning chose to adapt this time is the greatest large-scale vocal work of Brahms, the "torch bearer" in the romantic period of his previous life: "German Requiem"!
This work has a total of seven movements, and the present is the first movement. Fanning made a small chorus adaptation based on the theme in it, and revised the original lyrics text in a way that is more suitable for the Church of the Holy Sun.

Compared with the overwhelming heroic effect of the original band and choir, the voice of unaccompanied chant is another solemn and solemn style, which not only fits the current atmosphere better, but also avoids the "old days" to a large extent Reproduce pollution from music.

If there is a need to reproduce the original large-scale works in the future, Fanning will only dare to choose the music of the Baroque period instead of the current Romanticism.

"Blessed are the mourning ones, because they will be comforted."

First the ultimate "candle", and then the profound "key", the original lead singer of the choir suddenly felt excited, as if the spiritual water surface of the ancient well was lightly tapped by the tip of a "key" , There were ripples!

A melody could not help appearing in his mind, which began to follow Fanning in imitation in the B-flat major five degrees above, two bars apart:

"Blessed are the mourning ones, because they will be comforted."

And the other choir members have also been inspired, and the chant of this chorus has been pushed forward one after another——

"He who sows with tears will reap with joy."

"He who goes out with seeds and tears will return with joyful sheaves!"

For a time, more pure and strong sunlight poured in through the circular or curved windows, interweaving a three-dimensional effect of interspersed and scattered, light and dark intertwined.

Many of the congregation, who were sallow and emaciated, but with shabby and clean clothes, began to tremble, weep, and look up at the dome with their hands down.

"Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted."

"You shall be comforted, you shall be comforted"

At the end, the atmosphere of the chant returned to silence, and at this moment, the few congregants in the church who were possessed by demons, had run into evil spirits, or were still young under the bewitchment of secret religious groups, suddenly the spiritual altar was clear.

"This Lavoisier?."

Owen doesn’t know much about the twists and turns of the scriptures and Mass in the church, and his artistic accomplishment is slightly shallower than He Meng and Gang in the investigation team, but his spiritual perception as a master is no problem , at this moment, I clearly felt the extremely strong power of mystic purification in the secret atmosphere of the church!
"This Lavoisier actually created a chant on the spot that serves as the function of the "Entering the Stage"?"

Bishop Turkville and several clergy around him were deeply moved.

The original rehearsal of the "Compassion Sutra" and the sound of the high-level pipe organ sounded normally. It is a classic work by Ma Xiao, a "New Moon" musician in the early Middle Ages.

The music itself is a masterpiece, but without Lavoisier to participate in the performance and singing, and the choir in the small town is limited, the effect is somewhat stable.

But those believers who listened did feel the process from mourning to receiving pity, and from tranquility to joy.

Perfect connection!Perfect consolation!
"This man is divine!"

"There are too many sorrows in this world, but he came from the Lord to be a teacher!"

The clergy and believers stood with their hands down, looked up at the dome again to pay their respects, and turned their gazes back to Fan Ning first.

While the "Sutra of Compassion" was in progress, Fan Ning seemed to glance at the organ bandstand again, but did not react too much.

He spoke again, and it fell into the ears of several stunned acolytes and deacons:

"Your cake is baked to the point of curling."

"It's not the material for consecration, so it can't be credited to your merit."

An acolyte with a naturally curly head and a beard, who was listening immersedly the whole time, suddenly trembled with fright.

Fanning spoke softly, with a heartbroken expression on his face, and continued to remind these clergymen, and apart from them, only other wise people could hear it, and it did not affect the purity of the mass ceremony——

"The stretching of your altar cloth is not correct."

"Charcoal, is the charcoal burning well?"

"Have you checked the frankincense in the incense boat?"

"The bread and wine should be brought to the offering place in advance. Those who have broken the precepts should confess first and then receive Holy Communion. Do not stand in a place where the sun is strong."

"What kind of mission did you receive in this parish, and what kind of etiquette did you perform? You still don't have time to understand it."

(End of this chapter)