Please, come home and practice the piano

Chapter 976 236. The Aftermath of the Ending [Twelve]

Love will not be the background color of giants.

As Ang Lee spoke in such a powerful voice, it seemed as if the sound of Brahms's Second Piano Concerto from the night before rang in everyone's ears again.

It turns out that the vast and epic sound that makes people want to look up is the cry from the bottom of the heart of the giant.

"Wow————————"

The applause from one person turned into a whole group, resounding throughout the event venue again.

Facing the applause, Ang Lee seemed to be back at the scene the night before.

At this moment, he was also thinking about whether he had interpreted the piece as he had just described the night before.

After a moment he sighed softly, a smile forming on his lips.

Suddenly, a voice came out of nowhere, "Then Teacher Li, are you a giant?"

Then people started laughing and asking questions.

Ang Lee obviously didn't expect that the melon would eat him like this, and he laughed along with the audience.

"I certainly don't want to be a giant."

Wow!

The place was boiling with excitement! Questions were thrown onto the stage one after another like cannonballs.

Facts have once again proved that gossip is human nature.

Looking at Teacher Xiaomi who is standing in the audience at this moment, her smile has become a charming landscape.

And in the next second, Teacher Xiaomi was dumbfounded.

"Well, well, that lady in the white hat sitting in the second row."

Li An not only moved his mouth, but also pointed at Chen Xuan as if to shirk responsibility, "It's her, it's her."

The scene is boiling 2.0!

Before Teacher Xiaomi could react, he became the target of public criticism.

In order to see clearly who was Mr. Li Ang's girlfriend, the people in the back row all stood up.

She is happy, but also really shy. Faced with this situation, Teacher Xiaomi feels a little bit "complaining" in her heart.

But since Ang Lee has introduced her, she can't just sit there and do nothing.

When it comes to manners, our teacher Xiaomi has got it very well controlled.

He stood up and looked around with a smile, then bowed low, and finally made a gesture of invitation towards the stage.

As if to say that the protagonist is here, he smoothed the hem of his windbreaker and sat down again.

The whole set of movements is smooth and flowing, indescribably graceful and beautiful, needless to say, and at the same time gives people a very cultured feeling.

In this situation, everyone seems to have found the answer -

No wonder Mr. Ang Lee doesn’t want to be a giant. The reasons couldn’t be more sufficient.

No matter how "nosy" the fans are, they would not ask any more questions after seeing Xiaomi's behavior. If they continued to "persist", it would seem too ungentlemanly.

Ang Lee also took advantage of the brief silence to reorganize the atmosphere on the scene.

He only answered half of the boy's question.

Brahms' artistic achievements were by no means the result of his "ego".

This is the viewpoint that Ang Lee verified with historical facts for everyone present.

If Brahms had not had such a high admiration for classical music as he viewed the universe and life, how could he have made his chamber music stand on equal footing with his orchestral and vocal works, and finally become the last person in the history of German and Austrian music to achieve the pinnacle of perfection?

"Here, we can go back to the beginning."

Lee Ang said as he looked at the boy, "I said at the beginning that you and I agree on one point. Throughout Brahms' life, he always seemed out of place."

"So if it has nothing to do with Kalara, then what is it that is so incompatible with him?"

As he spoke, Ang Lee walked around on the stage with the microphone upright. The fans below the stage stared at him, as if they were thinking hard about this question.

Before we knew it, the scene became increasingly quiet, as if it had turned into a large lecture hall.

About three seconds passed.

"Before we can solve this problem, we have to invite another old friend out."

"Does anyone know who it is?"

A male voice from the audience: "Beethoven."

Ang Lee gave a thumbs up: "Beethoven."

"Brahms and Beethoven have one thing in common: the words classical and romantic are always entangled in them."

"Many friends who like classical music are confused about how to define which school these two belong to."

"It's very important to understand that both of them were facing a crisis of romanticism in order to understand the issue."

meal.

“Germany is the stronghold of Romanticism, and Beethoven and Brahms both lived in the broad Romantic era.”

"When Beethoven was young, early Romantic literature in Germany was already flourishing, but the classical edifice in music remained unmoved."

"This is due to the perseverance of two generations of Haydn and Mozart. The influence of early romanticism on them was limited to their special musical temperament, and the classical style itself remained unchanged for them."

"Who's next?"

Audience: "Beethoven."

Lee Ang: "Yes, the torch has been passed to Mr. Bei."

There were a few chuckles from the audience.

"Everyone, what is the main theme in the field of music at this time?"

Audience: “Classicism.”

Ang Lee: "Classicism, that is to say, when Beethoven took over, the mainstream was still traditional."

After a pause, "Okay, now let's look at Brahms."

“When Brahms wrote, the classical style had become history and romanticism had arrived in full force.”

"The clash between the old and new rules has already been decided, and Western music culture has taken off from here, as if it had wings and started to soar forward."

"Just as the new rules were born, just as the musicians were looking for their own solutions, romanticism and realism intersected, as if another new era would come tomorrow. It was really just a moment, and the emergence of the late romantic style directly sent the clock for the entire romantic era."

"So let's look at all this from Brahms's perspective."

“He was born during the heyday of Romanticism, witnessed its decline, and died at about the same time as Romanticism.”

"As a person and in his time, he no longer has anything to do with the classical style."

"But when we look back at history, there are always some people who are out of touch with the times. When Wagner, Mahler and others were eager to explore the depths of the musical universe, Brahms was looking forward to the past."

"Perhaps he was a nostalgic person, or perhaps he was just born in the wrong era. We have no way of really knowing what he was thinking at the time. All we can refer to are the works he left for future generations."

"From his works, we can clearly see the genre he loves."

"And based on the way these genres were accomplished, we can go back to the golden age of the classical style."

"So going back to the moment when Brahms decided to create, we can see that if he really wanted to follow the path he had chosen in his heart, whether he wanted to or not, he had to engage in the battle between declining art and contemporary art."

Li An stopped talking.

"In the torrent of the times, he had no choice but to face reality in order to fight for his inner persistence."

"Does it really seem out of place to do this?"

As Ang Lee spoke, everyone couldn't help but think of many things, including today and themselves.

"Perhaps from today's perspective, from a historical perspective, Brahms, as an artist, was indeed out of tune with the literary and artistic environment of the time, but as the person involved, did Brahms think that he was out of tune?"

"I don't think Brahms ever considered such a question."

"A man who dares to put himself in a desperate situation, a man who dares to fight against the present."

"A person with such courage has almost reached the pinnacle of the romantic style. It can be said that he is the embodiment of romanticism." "I will challenge the rules even if there are thousands of people against me."

"Ask yourselves, what could be more romantic than this?"

Challenge Rules
Even if there are thousands of people, I will go.
What could be more romantic than this?
It seemed that at this moment, at this scene, Brahms' name was given new meaning and was deeply engraved in everyone's heart.

Looking at Li An again, Liang Shan's eyes had turned into fanaticism.

He Jiarui, who was sitting next to Fang Yongbo, didn't know what was wrong at the moment. He was so excited that his whole body was hot. He wanted to learn Brahms' piano works immediately, and learn from Teacher Li!
But Lao Fang still had that smile on his face.

a long time.

A soft sigh was heard on the stage.

Ang Lee said, as if reminiscing about an old friend, “In the last few years of Brahms’ life, he created some very soft and personal works.”

"It's not that these works lack tension. Works like the Clarinet Quintet, the Intermezzo, and his last work, the eleven hymn preludes for organ, are full of a calmness that could be placed at the end of any era."

"To put it in an analogy, if Haydn's late symphonies still sound like the work of a young composer, then Brahms' late works give people a subtle depiction of the sunset."

"It was the twilight of Romanticism, and for every composer of the time, this strange afterglow of the sunset was difficult to describe."

"It seemed to radiate an even, steady, warm light."

"It's not as dazzling as Mahler's music."

“It is not like Bruckner’s symphonies, which suddenly rise up from the horizon and stand tall.”

"It's not like Strauss's music, which bursts out suddenly like a solar flare."

"Looking back at Brahms's music, it seems that from the beginning, his music was the product of a creative mind, who completely mastered his material, infusing it with technique and soft golden brilliance."

"As he grew older, the golden glow in his works naturally turned into a reflection of the setting sun."

"Brahms is such a real person in my eyes."

"In that era, when Wagner monopolized the opera house, when Strauss's stunning symphonic poems became the talk of the whole of Europe, Brahms' music continued to show what he had always shown in a gradually improving way——"

"It includes this maturity and integrity."

“The Soul of Beethoven and Schumann.”

“The Will of Classical Music.”

“And the rigor of a pure and serious musician.”

"He was dedicated only to creating pieces of absolute musical purity and beauty, and to those genres that best realized and enhanced these pure voices."

"This is Brahms' simple yet complicated life. He did just this one thing in his life."

"So for the last time, let's return to the question of what it is that is so alien to Brahms."

Ang Lee's last words were spoken softly, but they still had a powerful impact on everyone's heart.

"I think it's probably us."

Probably us.

"Wow————"

Compared with the previous applause, this time the applause was more restrained and contained an indescribable emotion.

Ang Lee looked around the audience, smiled and bowed.

As for Brahms, he felt that this was the end of it.

At least at this last moment, he thought he had vindicated Brahms.

Perhaps if Brahms were still alive, he would probably tell him that you don't have to do that.

Perhaps this is the incompatibility between Brahms and himself as a member of "us".

But every person is unique.

Art is free, Brahms is free, and Ang Lee is naturally free as well.

In a sense, he, like Brahms, just did what he wanted to do.

"Wow————————"

Another round of calm applause.

At this moment, Ang Lee was also glad that he had chosen to believe in the voice of his heart in the very end.

Throughout the process of searching for Brahms, he kept asking himself: Does this really seem out of place?

Now it seems that the problem itself is not that important.

"Wow————————"

As the continuous applause gradually became more enthusiastic, Ang Lee's heart gradually began to fly again.

Yeah, why think so much?

The choice has been made, the play has been made, the result is out, so let it be.

Why think so much? He is just a teacher. He teaches his classes seriously, insists on improving his teaching, and travels around when there are performance opportunities. Isn't that good enough?

very nice.

Lee Ang grinned.

very nice.

Teacher Xiaomi in the audience seemed to feel something at this moment.

The two looked at each other from a distance, and Teacher Xiaomi's smile became a beautiful sight.
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There was a little problem with the fans before the end.

It was supposed to be over an hour ago, but after taking photos and signing autographs, everyone still lingered around and was reluctant to leave.

Teacher Li's voice was filled with expectation and reluctance.

It seemed that after these short three hours today, Ang Lee really became their music teacher, and everyone really wanted to continue discussing with Ang Lee.

Seeing this, Li An said happily, "It is indeed time to eat, so let's do some homework, okay everyone?"

The scene was quiet for a moment.

Teacher Li came back with a serious tone.

"Cough cough."

"If we assume that Brahms's music was written under controversial conditions, we will miss the power that lies within it."

"I think you all understand what I am talking about now."

I understand!
It’s so clear!

It is no exaggeration to say that more than 80% of the people at the scene felt that Brahms' music was no longer obscure and difficult to understand.

It is indeed as Mr. Ang Lee said, they have always thought that Brahms' music is obscure and difficult to understand, and the main reason is that they are the ones who are incompatible with Brahms!

"I've been listening to Brahms's Piano Trio No. 1 in B major recently. Please go back and revisit it. Leave your thoughts on my Weibo and I will definitely reply to you."

Everyone: "!!"

"Lee Ang Piano, you can find out which one is me by searching. There are also some fun videos on my B station account that can help you kill time. If you like them, please give me a triple like. I am so miserable. If you don't believe me, go and see for yourself!"

Everyone: "Hahahaha!"

Many people immediately took out their mobile phones.

"Also, friends who want to know more about piano teaching can pay attention to Piano Classroom No. 4. This is my personal studio. I will personally answer all your questions. Also, I haven't started working on TikTok yet, everyone."

The classroom suddenly turned into a vegetable stall where Ang Lee was selling his wares.

Liangshan: This
Fang Yongbo: Look at how worthless this is.
At the same time, in the ward of Meow Meow Pet House.

The two children were looking nervously at the little bean bun who was getting an injection.

Little Doubao was just quiet, as if he was born with a smiling face, and it seemed that he was still smiling at this moment.

Even the store manager nearby said that it was rare to see such a kitten.

After Doubao got the vaccination, Xiaoche quickly took Doubao back into his arms.

"Meow." After a short meow, the little bean bun immediately buried his head in his chest.