"Don't try to challenge a conductor's ear, especially in rehearsal."

Next, Kaplan asked before the exam if any ordinary musicians were willing to try the first-class paper. Although Qiong's face looked a little strange before, she finally raised her hand from the back row, attracting the attention of a group of classmates.

After the test papers were distributed, the principal and other musicians took the test one after another. Then Belinda, the newly hired full-time music clerk, entered the scene and laid out the parts of Svelink's symphonic poem "Summer Nights in Lebich" for each musician.

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"This short symphonic poem should be part of the repertoire that everyone has been practicing for a long time. I have heard everyone's performance for several years in a row. However, before rehearsing today, I would like to give a general explanation...

Asking, does anyone know what the 'Lebiqi' in the title of the song means?"

"Miss Principal Violin, tell me?" Fan Ning first clicked on the orchestra's second-in-command.

"Is...a place name of the Holy Kingdom of Janus?" Julius' tone was not very sure.

"No, this seems to be the name of a poet." Noel, the new timpanist, raised his drumstick from behind.

"That's right. Do you know what the specific connection between this symphonic poem and the poet 'Lebich' is?"

The timpanist shook his head blankly.

So Fan Ning began his explanation: "One of the characteristics of the Romantic period is that composers were keen on creating title music, and deeply explored the inner connection between music and sister arts such as poetry, literature, painting, and philosophy. Everyone is studying symphony

When writing genres such as poetry, we must focus on understanding the humanistic background of the creation of the work..."

"Lebic was a poet from the Kingdom of Holy Janus. He was born in the 1930s. His life was short, and he died after only living in his thirties. Svelink's symphonic poem was inspired by

Lebic's love poem "Midsummer Night", this poem is written in a sentimental narrative technique full of romanticism, and roughly tells a scene like this - "

"The protagonist and his lover went on a date at the Flower Square on a summer night. They had some conflicts and unhappiness before. Both parties subconsciously regarded this date as an opportunity to repair their relationship. While walking and talking, the atmosphere was warm and sweet, and suddenly

There was a storm, so they got separated in the crowd. After the rain stopped, they saw each other again, but as if their memories had been washed away, they regarded each other as a strange passer-by, passing by each other and disappearing in the street scene.

The end…”

Everyone was fascinated by Fan Ning's explanation. They all felt that such a narrative had a strange imaginative color and seemed to have a strong symbolic meaning.

"So the three-section structure of this symphonic poem corresponds to the three narrative scenes in the love poem. In the E major theme section in 6/8 time, we have to capture the quiet beauty of the summer night and the sweet mood of the lover's date.

, the 4/4 beat E minor insert in the middle section is to vividly and delicately show the scene of the coming storm..."

"The most subtle thing is the third section where the theme reappears. The music here is roughly the same as the first section. They both depict the quiet scenery of a summer night, but the mood is completely different. We need to make some changes to reflect the melancholy of parting.

And a complex state of mind that coexists with a sense of relief and loss..."

The principal clarinet played a sustained A note, and after the band's pitch calibration was completed, a cantabile Andante was played slowly from Fan Ning's baton.

Under Fan Ning's explanation, the musicians grasped the atmosphere of the theme very well. In the medium-tempo rhythm similar to three beats, the woodwind column chords maintained a dreamy and romantic tone, and the strings played a moving and breathy tone.

The long melody is like a sweet summer night street scene.

After the approximately 4-minute theme presentation section ended, Fan Ning signaled the band to stop.

"Starting from measure 76, try it again, the string section sounds a bit messy."

The music regressed and flowed again. After eight bars, it was stopped again by Fan Ning. He frowned and looked at Julius.
Chapter completed!