Entertainment: Is this how you play music?!

Chapter 344 Why is he still attacking?
Wake up in the morning and embrace the sun.

The mood is beautiful.

Li Can was somewhat prepared, but not much.

I knew there might be a big reaction, but I didn't expect that "Ode to Joy" would still be making a strong impact.

The Austrian Cross of Science and Honor is awarded to Austrians or international friends who have made outstanding contributions to the sciences and arts and have gained widespread recognition and renown.

In fact, thanks to "Ode to Joy," many people are already thinking about how to bestow some honors upon Li Can.

For Austria, this would be a great opportunity if it could truly enhance the intensity of cooperation.

How could such a great work and such an artist not receive the honors and recognition of the art capital?
Li Can wasn't in a hurry, but the others were.

This wave of "gift-giving" hits the nail on the head.

Otherwise, how could they have started working on the medal awarding process so quickly?

"A beautiful day begins with a phone call."

Li Can smiled as she dialed Andrew's number early in the morning.

The time difference between Austria and Germany is negligible.

This is not abrupt.

"Hello? Li? You remembered to call me? Is something the matter?"

Andrew's slightly surprised voice came from the other end of the phone.

Although Andrew was somewhat resentful of Li Can in his early years and even harbored some hostility, he has changed a lot since the exchange began.

After gazing into a wider world, Andrew, who realized how limited his previous perspective had been, underwent a true transformation.

The transformation from genius to master.

However, this transformation takes time. Andrew is still essentially a young man, and Li Can only needs one sentence to completely break down Andrew's defenses.

"No, I just wanted to let you know that I'm going to be conducting the New Year's Concert at the Golden Hall, and the orchestra is Viannet."

Li Can chuckled, pausing only slightly.

“Andrew, although I haven’t started rehearsing yet, I know that Viagra is really amazing.”

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Andrew has a slightly reddish complexion.

Although he is also a guest conductor for the Vieux, it should be noted that there are differences between conductors of the same orchestra. Even a genius like Andrew needs more than ten years of experience to be able to conduct the New Year's Concert.

I can't stand it any longer.

"toot toot"

Berliners, Berlin souls, Berliners—once the phone is hung up, you can't find anyone.

Andrew was incredibly decisive.

Li Can was stunned for a moment, then looked at the phone that had been hung up and laughed out of embarrassment.

"whee."

After packing my clothes, I left the hotel and headed straight for the Golden Hall.

Just before I stepped into the Golden Hall, my phone beeped, and I received an email in my inbox.

Upon clicking, I found it was from Andrew.

Wishing you all the best for the performance. By the way, Li, your "Ode to Joy" was also very good.

"That German guy, hey."

Li Can smiled and shook his head.

They can talk big online, but when you ask them in real life, they don't say a word.

"Li, you're here. Shall we go?"

Wharton has been waiting for a long time.

Seeing Li Can enter the hall, he walked towards him.

"Ok."

Li Can nodded without hesitation, and the two headed straight for the rehearsal hall.

At this moment, the Weiai Orchestra was fully prepared, and the musicians were full of energy.

There was no show of force, no questioning, and no dissatisfaction.

Quite the opposite.

Every musician's eyes shone with fervor as they watched Li Can walk from the hall entrance to the conductor's podium, as if welcoming the arrival of their idol.

"Hello everyone, I am Li Can. It is an honor to work with you all and to learn from you. I hope we can communicate more."

"it is good!!"

Li Can's words have just been translated.

The musicians then clapped in unison.

Countless musicians even admired it in their hearts.

Li Can is truly worthy of his name; he is so humble. Only a man like him can be called an artist. He is the very embodiment of the light of human music.

"This New Year's Concert will feature six works, including two Viennese classics as the opening piece and 'Ode to Joy' as the closing piece."

"The remaining tracks are three new songs."

"Next, let me talk about the three new pieces we will be collaborating on at the New Year's Concert."

Li Can went straight to the point, without any other pleasantries or introductions.

In Li Can's mind, these things are unnecessary; what's important is how to perform the work well.

But this kind of personality is actually very appealing to musicians.

Especially under the filter of a master, musicians have even greater respect for Li Can's behavior of only caring about the music itself.

"For everyone, understanding the culture may be a bit difficult, so I will invite some domestic artists to serve as cultural consultants."

The musicians exchanged glances, all eager to try.

New stuff!
The musicians present knew a little about the music and art of the Xia Kingdom, but not much.

Because of their heavy workload, musicians often find it difficult to delve into their hobbies. Now, with the opportunity to openly embrace "exotic" music and art, it is a very attractive prospect for them.

"The three pieces are 'Yao Dance,' a single-movement ternary form; 'The Butterfly Lovers,' a concerto based on sonata form but not quite a concerto; and 'Cloud Palace Melody.' I will now discuss the key aspects of these pieces in detail."

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The musicians looked at each other, their eyes filled with surprise and delight.

It is entirely derived from translation.

In fact, the translation of the music title was done in advance, and some artistic modifications were made in China.

Li Can spoke in Chinese, but the translation used the modified German title of the work.

However, if this German name were translated and polished, it would sound to foreign musicians as "Night Song of Yao Mountain," "Beautiful Love Will Turn into Butterflies," and "Heavenly Palace of the Gods."

It immediately piqued people's curiosity.

“Sounds like fun!”

"The Heavenly Palace of the Gods? Eastern mythology? Interesting. I've performed many Western mythological works, but this is my first time performing an Eastern one!"

"Beautiful love will turn into butterflies." Is this a kind of Eastern romanticism?

“I bet that ‘Night Song of Yao Mountain’ must be a very ethnic work. Li is right. We need to learn it from scratch this time.”

The musicians were in high spirits.

Although no one spoke out to disrupt the order, they were all constantly thinking about it in their hearts.

soon.

Li Can then explained to everyone the profound expression that the core of the work needed to be conveyed in this performance.

A work.

Performing on different occasions.

They all need to express different kernels.

This is what conductors should pay the most attention to. "The content of 'Night Song of the Yao Mountains' is very simple, just very ethnic. The essence of the story is that in the mountains, under the moonlight at night, everyone holds a ballroom dance party."

A ballroom dance party?

I understand.

easy to understand.

The musicians nodded repeatedly.

In communication across cultural differences, it is essential to focus on the key points. Clearly, Li Can's focus on these key points has led to a preliminary understanding of the essence of "Night Song of Yao Mountain".

As for whether the analogy with Li Can might lead to a misunderstanding...
A professional orchestra like Weiai doesn't just use formulas they understand; on the contrary, after understanding its essence, they place even greater emphasis on "nationalization."

"The beautiful love that turned into a butterfly, also known as The Butterfly Transformation, is a tragic love story set in the ancient history of the Xia Kingdom. It tells the story of love under oppression."

"Let me give you an example."

Li Can raised an eyebrow and smiled slightly.

"In order to consolidate his position, the minister wanted his daughter to marry the prince. However, during her studies, the daughter met a talented but impoverished nobleman. Their love was viciously suppressed. In the end, the impoverished nobleman died of heartbreak and grief, and the daughter was forced by her father to marry the prince."

"On their way to their wedding, they passed the grave of a fallen nobleman. A thunderclap rang out and the grave exploded. The daughter threw herself into it, and the grave was immediately destroyed. It was as if even God was lamenting for the lovers. After the rain, the two flew away together and transformed into free butterflies."

Li Can gave a vivid and detailed introduction.

The musicians now understand even better.

Do you really think that dating in the West has always been free?
That's pure nonsense.

Before modern times, tragedies involving Western aristocratic women in arranged marriages were not uncommon.

To talk about landlords and scholars and all that nonsense would require introducing the ancient systems of the Xia Kingdom and explaining the terms, which would only increase the cost of understanding.

But after Li Can explained it like that, he understood it all too well.

Everyone knows about the family dramas involving members of the royal family.

"The third work, as the name suggests, is the palace in the heavens of the Eastern divine realm. In Eastern mythology, gods are all human beings who have made great contributions. Therefore, when facing gods, we should treat them as we would our revered ancestors. This is the underlying theme of our Eastern mythological culture."

The content presented in the performance carries different meanings in different contexts.

A conductor's approach to conducting a work is never static.

The same music, as long as it's not "program music," can express completely different ideas and stories.

The core of "resistance" in "The Sound of the Cloud Palace" depends on the angle from which the conductor wants to express it.

In this exchange, Li Can wanted to use Eastern mythology to showcase the Eastern concept of "divine beings" rather than the story of Journey to the West.

We'll wait until it's time to express a spirit of resistance before doing any other color design.

At this moment, Li Can only needs to focus on expressing the grandeur of Eastern mythology and the "ethereal" quality derived from humanistic principles.

The same work can express different ideas.

The musicians at Vieille know this better than anyone.

No professional musician would be so naive as to assume that a "certain piece of music" expresses "a certain story or idea".

All performances are based on the conductor's direction.

Even Li Can is no exception, and neither is "Ode to Joy".

Even when Li Can conducts famous Austrian pieces, his interpretation will certainly be completely different from that of other conductors.

After a brief introduction to these pieces...

The musicians became excited.

This interpretation and arrangement by Li Can is indeed more suitable for performances in this kind of cultural exchange, but the work will also inevitably extend to more different angles and interpretations, and no musician can resist these.

Can't wait.

"Okay, next is to distribute the scores. The scores have already been broken down by the music department, and what you will receive is the most detailed score."

Li Can nodded.

Translation and paraphrasing.

Walton waved.

The prepared sheet music was then distributed.

"Going forward, I will organize rehearsals every Monday and Tuesday, and the rest of the time will be for individual practice. This process is tentatively scheduled to last for a month. Whether the time for group rehearsals will be increased depends on everyone's practice progress."

Li Can's words made the musicians nod in agreement.

This is just a bottom line.

But once rehearsals begin, speeding up is inevitable.

"The first piece we'll rehearse is 'Ode to Joy,' which is the one everyone is most familiar with. For the other pieces, we'll have individual practice sessions first, and I'll immediately have a domestic teacher serve as a performance consultant."

No one objected to Li Can's arrangement.

Or rather, the existence of objections simply doesn't exist.

Once the arrangements were made, the initial meeting was over, and there was no rush to begin rehearsals.

After Li Can returned to the hotel, he naturally began to arrange matters in China.

As Li Can spoke, Professor Xu Qing took notes on the other end of the phone, somewhat reversing the natural order of things.

"Okay, two Yue Opera teachers and six folk music performers, I'll find them for you right away."

After hanging up the phone, Professor Xu Qing acted swiftly.

At the Minzu University's School of Music, two Yue Opera professors received a call from Professor Xu Qing.

After Professor Xu Qing finished explaining his demands, there was a brief silence on the other end of the phone.

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"Huh? Me? I'm going to be a consultant at Viacare? Is that a good fit for my major?"

Faced with such an invitation, the two professors' minds went blank for a split second.

Although we are both music majors.

But Eastern music and Western music are not the same subject.

Vienna, Austria, Golden Hall, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra.

Go there to be a consultant for Yue Opera?

Such niche vocabulary!

"The piece that Li Can gave to Wei Ai was adapted from the classic Yue Opera story 'The Butterfly Lovers.' I haven't seen the specific piece, but it is said that it has a lot of Yue Opera timbre simulation and performance, which is relatively unfamiliar to Western orchestras."

Professor Xu Qing spoke with a smile.

"Several folk music performers were also with us. We needed someone to demonstrate how to switch instruments and simulate the timbre. We also needed to consider the performance nature of Yue Opera when dealing with the dramatic elements of symphonic music."

After the explanation, the two professors immediately understood everything.

A surge of curiosity immediately welled up within me.

Sound simulation, dramatic processing.

This is indeed a very important aspect in the practice of classical music with cross-cultural themes.

But the two professors were still surprised.

There's a sense of bewilderment about how Li Can quietly brought his expertise to the international stage.

"Okay, I'll set off right away."

The two professors did not hesitate.

Curiosity about Li Can and his work overwhelmed everything else.

After carefully reviewing the materials sent by Xu Qing, he was filled with even more doubts.

"Didn't he go to play video games?"

"Yeah, how come it's been outputting again without us even noticing?"

The two professors exchanged a glance, their faces filled with incomprehension.

"The Vienna New Year's Concert? Vienna? The Golden Hall?"

"Ah this?"

(End of this chapter)