pianist from the sea

Chapter 334 Don Juan's Memories
The applause gradually started, and with the applause of everyone, Fu Tiao walked out from the backstage of the stage, smiled and bowed slightly to everyone, and then sat in front of the piano.

After everyone's applause stopped, he spoke to everyone.

"Franz Liszt, Memories of Don Juan."

Don Juan?

Memories of Don Juan?
After hearing this voice, everyone couldn't help but be stunned, and then became excited.

In the first half, when Fu Diao played Chopin's Don Juan, they had a little bit of expectations.

I have a feeling that Fu Diao may play something about Don Juan today.

It's a pity that at the end of the first half, I didn't hear Fu's Don Juan, but I only heard Fu's Hungarian Rhapsody No. [-].

At that time, I still felt a little bit regretful, feeling that something was missing.

But they never expected that in the second half, Fu Tiao directly fulfilled their wishes and began to play Liszt's Don Juan!

This Memories of Don Juan is no ordinary piece of work!
Compared with Chopin's Don Juan, it is more explosive and more gorgeous.

Therefore, after hearing the sound of Fu Diao, everyone immediately sat down and stared at Fu Diao, waiting for Fu Diao's performance.

Under their gaze, Fu Tiao was sitting in front of the piano.

It is not as straight as wood as before, expressing an extremely elegant state.

It's like Chopin preparing to perform at the party in the evening.

At this moment, he was sitting on the piano very normally, with his spine slightly bent, making his whole body appear in a relaxed state.

He looked extremely relaxed, and in fact all the strength in his body was concentrated on his arms.

Such a performance directly caused everyone to have a trace of doubt.

They felt that Fu Diao had changed a little bit, but they couldn't tell where it had changed.

Therefore, they just looked at Fu Diao with slight confusion, not knowing what Fu Diao would do next.

Shouldn't he be preparing for the show?Why does his body seem to be completely out of performance condition?
It's like I'm sitting there ready to chat with you.

In this scenario, what Fu Tiao is doing now will not cause confusion. If anyone else were here to learn to play with Fu Tiao, they would definitely be questioned to death by others.

The most useful thing after you become a master is to shut up people who don't understand.

People who don't understand may just open their mouth and complain directly to ordinary people.

But when faced with such a master, they would at least think about it for a moment, confirm it with their brains, and then spray.

But Fu Tiao actually didn't care much whether he would be questioned.

He showed such a relaxed state here, which was actually the beginning of the performance.

Memories of Don Juan are memories, not some other etudes or pieces of music.

Memories must only occur in a relaxed state, and will never appear in a particularly tense state.

of course!

These are just the outside!

In the final analysis, music should always be expressed through music rather than the appearance of the performer.

For example, Lang Liangyue often makes some very exaggerated movements when he plays. Some people hate him because of this, but have those people who hate him really listened to his performance?No matter how big or offensive his movements are, the music played by his hands is not deformed due to the big movements and is still so perfect.

Therefore, Fu Diao just puts himself in front of the music so that he can feel the music and understand the music, rather than being outside the music.

Under such a situation, everyone's breathing could not help but become quieter.

At this time, Fu Diao also raised his hands slightly, placed them flat on the piano keyboard, and quickly ran through the extremely difficult piano arrangement "Memories of Don Juan" in his mind.

"Reminiscences de Don Juan" (Reminiscences de Don Juan) is adapted from Mozart's opera "Don Giovanni" (full name: Il dissoluto punito, ossia il Don Giovanni). Unlike the original opera, this piece The adaptation is actually a flashback to a work called "Don Giovanni", and it is worthy of the name of this memory.

A brief summary of this work is a very ordinary story. Don Juan seduces a noble girl and murders her father.

Later, Don Juan met the statue of the noble girl's father in a cemetery. Don Juan invited him to have dinner, and the statue readily accepted it. However, this was Don Juan's own last supper. The ghost asked to shake hands with Don Juan, and when Don Juan extended his arm , he was dragged to hell.

A very simple story is a father's revenge for himself and his daughter. In traditional European literary works, there are many endings. For example, Don Juan is willing to repent and enters hell, and Don Juan is unwilling to repent and enters hell. Hell, there is also a Don Juan who joined a certain Western sect and was saved.

Let’s not discuss the last one for the time being. It is pure brainwashing. In the normal version, all Don Juans entered hell, so this song "Memories of Don Juan" starts from the hell at the end.

Part One: Zhuang Ban, D minor, 4/4 beat.The melody comes from the second act of the opera: the ghost warns Don Juan and the finale: the ghost appears at the dinner party and drags Don Juan to hell.The first part is melancholy and frustrating, with extensive use of diminished seventh chords and chromatic scales, highlighting the dark and painful atmosphere, and vividly showing the momentum of the undead.

Part 2: Andante minor, A major, 4/6 time and 8/[-] time.The melody originates from the duet between Don Juan and his lover in the first act. The main melody is completely inherited from the opera, but with the addition of cadenza and two variations, the classical melody has new content with a romantic approach.The first variation is dominated by sextuplets, which is quite gorgeous; the second variation emphasizes counterpoint, and chromatic scales reappear in large numbers in the later period, suggesting that the threat of ghosts has never disappeared.

Part 2: urgent version, B flat major, 4/[-] time.The melody is derived from Don Juan's aria in Act [-] ("Fin ch'han dal vino"), also known as the "Champagne Song".

There are two opposing themes in the third part: the gloomy E flat minor representing the ghost and the cheerful and bright B flat major representing Don Juan. The two are intertwined and repeated three times in total, and the harmony becomes more and more gorgeous.

In the end, Don Juan's melody gained the upper hand, and the whole song ended in a joyful atmosphere.Throughout the whole piece, to a certain extent, it is a flashback to the opera, which also corresponds to the title of this work, Memories of Don Juan.

and so……

After Fu Tiao quickly ran through the outline of the piece in his mind, he closed his eyes and his emotions gradually agitated, making his state of mind more in line with the state of mind of the audience sitting in the audience at that time, and then watched the scene from the state of mind of the audience. "Don Giovanni" to recall the scenes on the stage.

Betrayal, love, hell, faith...

When he was studying this piece, his teacher Klaus specifically asked him to watch the play Don Juan.

Although it was performed by someone from their school, their professional level was not inferior to that of the singers in those orchestras.

Therefore, Fu Diao can completely put himself into Liszt at that time. Thinking about that time, when Liszt returned home and sat alone by the fire, he would think of what everything was like when the troupe performed "Don Juan".

All the emotions echoed through him.

He felt as if he could gradually enter Liszt's heart.

Gradually came to understand Liszt at that time.

He also gradually separated himself from the concert hall and entered a small wooden cabin.

The fire in the fireplace next to the room flickered, just like the huge incandescent lamp above his head that heated his body.

He even felt that he slowly walked to a piano near the fireplace, looked at the piano in front of him, looked at the music score on it, and thought about something.

What are you thinking about?

Seems to be……

Don Juan!

Fu Diao's eyes suddenly opened. An extremely beautiful chord arpeggio in his left hand and a pillar chord in his right hand slammed down on the piano, as if he raised his hand instantly when the piano sound reached its peak.

boom!boom!
The opening chord struck everyone's hearts instantly. Those who originally thought that Fu Diao's sitting posture was not good were stunned, and everyone focused on Fu Diao.

Without giving anyone any chance to breathe, he continued to smash his hand down, and several chords were played quickly. The internal chord melody lines within the chords were extremely obvious, and the most shocking thing was that his left hand .While the first, second and fifth fingers of his left hand were playing chords quickly, his third and fourth fingers were constantly making tremolo. What was even more wonderful was that the tremolo he played had nothing to do with his other three fingers. There were little adhesions, as if he had grown an extra hand on his left hand, turning it into two hands to play a piece of music!
The independence of the fingers and the power control of the fingers are simply perfect.

"Wait? This skill? Why, why does the feeling of this skill go to another level? Did I really just experience a simple intermission? I really didn't... travel through time and space and come to the third Is it Fu Tiao's concert in [-]? Why has the sense of technique increased so much?"

The moment the piano came out, a music critic was the first to lose control of his expression and looked at Fu Tiao in disbelief.

When he pressed the first note in Fu Diao, he felt something was not good. The feeling of just hitting the first note was different from the feeling of hitting the chord.

This sound is very clean, and it contains only the purest pain and despair. It is like the wail of hell, making people gradually fall into it.

He had rarely encountered this feeling before. Goosebumps were rising all over his body. He had never encountered this kind of situation in his playing.

and so……

His eyes could not help but gradually widen, and a panic gradually emerged from his heart.

Just like seeing the end of the music, when Don Juan fell into the abyss, the fear and fear emerged from his heart.

This fear seemed to be exactly what Fu Tiao wanted and expected.

Did you enjoy listening to the previous Hungarian Rhapsody No. [-]?Do you think your listening skills are great?
So congratulations, now you can listen to a more exciting, cooler, more sparkling, and more splendid paradise of skills!

After all, this is Liszt's work.

It is a work by the piano king Liszt.

It is the work of Liszt, the virtuoso maniac!
As a piano king hundreds of years ago, Liszt's current works are no longer a problem for many young people, especially those in music conservatories.

Therefore, Fu Tiao can make it even more dazzling!

Let your dazzling skills be completely integrated into the music!
His hand slowly raised, but his foot continued to step on the sustain pedal of the piano. After his fingers lifted up, he slowly raised the pedal in his hand, letting the sound of the piano slowly float in the air.

The opening introduction appears for the first time, ends, and the music performs the second variation of the opening introduction at this moment!
boom!boom!
The strong accent of FF crashed down, and the sound of this chord was much louder than the previous one. Just one F in front was enough to make people excited. At this moment, two F appeared, and the sound was completely covered. All the sounds produced in the concert hall before, all the air in this medium-sized concert hall were vibrated by the piano that Fu Diao was playing at this moment.

The sound of the piano gradually extends from the first floor.

Slowly spreading over the soles of the audience's feet on the first floor, over their bodies, over their heads, and spreading to higher levels.

Then, there is the second floor, the balcony on the second floor, the third floor...

The higher up the audience goes, the more clearly they can feel the sense of power.

Perhaps due to the unique design of the floors, when Fu Tiao was playing the piano, he was actually completely enveloped by the audience. It was not so easy for his music to flow directly from the audience.

Especially the first floor, because the first floor has the largest audience, so his voice was already a little sleepy when he reached the last row, let alone other audiences.

But now... At this moment, Fu Tiao's performance seemed to be able to completely exceed the volume that he should have on this piano, showing unparalleled penetrating power and blasting the entire concert hall.

From the top floor of this uniquely acoustically designed concert hall, it thunders through to the third, second and even first floors downstairs.

The entire concert hall seemed to be trembling slightly.

It seemed to be trembling with Fu Diao's fingers.

The Old Opera House in Frankfurt is indeed the richest opera house in Frankfurt.

The piano used in it is naturally a very good and excellent piano.

It is precisely because of such a piano that it can perfectly convey everything Fu Diao wants to play.

It feels completely different from what everyone guessed.

In order to make the piano sound louder, many people use the most common method of smashing it with their bodies or fists to try to make the piano sound louder. In fact, making the piano sound louder does not necessarily mean how big it needs to be. power, but requires extremely rapid speed.

Because in the final analysis, the piano is still a very traditional percussion instrument. The volume that the player wants is obtained by striking the piano keyboard. His sound is transmitted from the surface of the piano to the hammer below, and then again through multiple levers. Pass, allowing the hammer to strike the piano strings.

Just like when you play badminton, if you just swing the badminton racket hard, the feather may only fly very high, but your wrist gives the badminton racket a very fast speed, then your badminton speed may be hit extremely fast. It directly exceeded the other party's imagination.

All of Fu Diao's fingers were raised high, and then they were lowered crazily at an extremely fast speed, using the raised-finger technique to play this piece.

You can't seem to tell from his fingers that he's particularly hard.

But you can hear everything in his music very clearly.

This professional-level ability…

Everyone in the concert hall couldn't help but be slightly shocked.

The ghost emerges in the music, seeming to call to Don Juan's soul.

Countless low chords struck.

The atmosphere of terror is created under Fu Diao's fingers.

Like a tomb or a cemetery.

It made people feel a chill in their hearts.

The performance of this music is so terrifying and shocking!
Everyone had to admit Fu Tiao's level of music playing.

The second section, or the variation of the first section, soon ended again, and tranquility returned to the air.

Fu Tiao moved his hand slowly, took a deep breath, placed his hand on the position where he wanted to play next, and then pressed it hard in the expectation of everyone.

Whoa!
Different from the previous column chords, the left hand here plays a very short chord, while the right hand plays a long series of very fast melody lines. This melody line is actually not particularly beautiful, but it is particularly popular because There are really too many dissonances in it, too many to accept.

But... Fu Diao played a completely different feeling. These densely packed dissonances turned into a very pure and natural connection under Fu Diao's performance, just like the ghostly wind of hell. sounded in his ears.

From weak to strong, from strong to weak...

The extremely powerful finger control makes every change in the volume of his voice appear extremely natural, as smooth as turning the volume controller on your computer.

Fu Tiao's fingers were running, smashing, and pushing on the piano quickly. Every movement was extremely beautiful. The bright and cold light shining on his body seemed so thorough and fiery. The feeling that filled his heart The pride and ridicule filled the entire floor like a flood under the interlacing of his fingers, and it was still slowly spreading downwards and overflowing upwards.

The emotions became more intense in his hands.

Countless innocent souls are floating around under hell, seeming to be mocking something, laughing and cursing something.

Fu Tiao has a strong control over the music and directly wraps this emotion completely under the music.

Let the music radiate into the entire concert hall.

Everyone couldn't help but feel a chill in their hearts.

They felt as if they were not in a concert hall at this moment, but in hell.

The dense crowd was like the ghosts of hell.

Bring endless depression.

(End of this chapter)