Second Piano Concerto

The next morning, Qin Haiou took the two of them for a walk in the quiet back mountain.He stayed away from the stage this year, and usually did not pay attention to the news of the music world. Lu Liqiu and Chen Xu told him the interesting things that happened during the year. The three of them talked and laughed, feeling very relaxed.Qin Haiou was thinking about the idea that came to his mind yesterday, and while Lu Liqiu was taking a nap and Chen Xu was chatting with Yu Doudou, he went to the rice noodle shop to find Tan Shuo alone.

Tan Shuo has been busy composing the third movement recently, and there is no cadenza to listen to, so he has not appeared at Xiaopengmen for several days.When Qin Haiou came to look for him, he had just reached the stairs when he saw him lying on a dining table in the rice noodle shop writing music scores from the open back door next to the stove.In addition to the table he occupied, the other two tables were also covered with manuscript paper, and the left and right rice noodle shops were closed, so he could use the space in the shop as he wanted.

Qin Haiou felt a little funny, walked over and said, "No matter how many tables you make, it's not enough."

Tan Shuo bit his pen and remained silent, wondering if he heard it.Qin Haiou reached out and tapped the table under his nose: "I'll go up and find a score."

Only then did Tan Shuo notice him: "Oh! Okay, you can look for you!"

Qin Haiou came to the second floor, opened the door and saw that the room was already fully covered, and returned to the previous state where he couldn't get in.Qin Haiou didn't dare to touch them for fear of disrupting the order of the arrangement, so he just dragged out the baskets of manuscripts under the bed and started rummaging for what he wanted.What he was looking for was a trio work played by piano, cello and violin. When he read these manuscripts for the first time, he liked this work very much and thought of recommending it to Lu Liqiu and Chen Chen.When Lu Liqiu mentioned performing on the same stage yesterday, he immediately thought of this work. Since the two are in Xiaopengmen now, why not take this opportunity to let them play it?

He squatted by the basket and poked inside, looking for it, when he suddenly had a new idea.He also picked out the cello and violin-based works and put them together with the trio work, then stuffed the basket back under the bed, and went downstairs with the stack of music scores he had chosen.

When Qin Haiou returned to the store, although he didn't want to disturb Tan Shuo's creation, he interrupted him: "Lend me these scores."

"Okay, okay!" Tan Shuo nodded while writing without looking at what he had borrowed.

"I'm going to entertain two friends these few days, so let's put Huacai's matter aside for now." Qin Haiou said again.

"Okay, you are busy with your work!" Tan Shuo continued to nod.

Qin Haiou walked out with the score in his arms, and just as he reached the door, he remembered something again, turned around and asked, "If someone wants to commission you to write a new work, will you accept it?"

Tan Shuo paused, without thinking: "No answer!"

Qin Haiou was stunned for a moment, this guy refused too simply: "Why?"

Tan Shuo was finally willing to raise his head to give him a glance, and poked the score on the table with the tip of his pen: "I don't have time!"

Qin Haiou nodded clearly, but he already had a plan in mind.He went back to Xiaopengmen and made two copies of the score of the trio. After Lu Liqiu woke up, he distributed the score to the two of them: "I have a trio here, which has never been played before. How about we try it out?" ?”

Lu Liqiu and Chen Zhi looked at the score, and immediately took their instruments to the piano room with great interest.Music is their common occupation, the most familiar and favorite way of communication, and an indispensable and important part of their friendship.Whether it is on stage or off stage, as long as they have the opportunity to play music together, they will find endless joy and great satisfaction from such communication and co-creation of art.Because of this, they find opportunities to perform on the same stage every year, or get together to exchange ideas.But in the past year, because of Qin Haiou's departure, the three of them couldn't even meet face to face, let alone parties and performances. At this time, when they heard that there was a new work to play, Lu Liqiu and Chen Xu responded immediately Qin Haiou's proposal.

The three of them came to the piano room, prepared their instruments, and first tried out the work in its entirety.They are all world-class performers, and they can play directly when they get the sheet music. Coupled with the tacit understanding between them for many years, they cooperated very well in the first audition.At the beginning, Qin Haiou only saw the uniqueness and brilliance of this work from the sheet music, but today he finally heard its performance and liked it even more.Lu Liqiu and Chen Zhi felt the same as him, and they were very pleasantly surprised after playing it once.However, Tan Shuo's score not only did not have a signature, but also did not even have a work number. Lu Liqiu had noticed it when he was playing, and asked: "Who wrote this, and where did you get it? How do you even have a name?" nothing!"

Qin Haiou asked without answering, "How do you feel?"

"It's very interesting!" Lu Liqiu made no secret of his love, "Nowadays it's hard to find new works of this level!"

Qin Haiou looked at Chen Fu again, and Chen Fu also said: "It sounds good. It's very distinctive. I like it."

Seeing that they really liked it, Qin Haiou said, "If we play this work together at my comeback concert, what do you think?"

"Okay!" This thought was exactly what Lu Liqiu wanted, and he waved his bow excitedly, "Why don't we go to your comeback concert! I think this piece is very good, very suitable!"

Chen Xu hurriedly pressed his arm to calm him down: "The second half must be a concerto, so don't worry about it. If the first half is the seagull's solo, then this piece can be arranged at the end of the first half."

"I agree, let's do it!" Lu Liqiu shouted.

Seeing that they agreed, Qin Haiou was very happy: "It's a pity that the time of the performance can't be decided yet, but I will let you know as soon as possible."

Lu Liqiu patted him on the back with the score: "Don't worry, I won't miss your comeback if I miss anything! Even if I can't support you on stage, I will definitely be there to cheer you on!"

Chen Su smiled and said: "Since we have decided to act, how about we practice again?"

The three of them took their positions again after talking, but this time they were not in a hurry to play together, but first practiced some passages of their respective voices separately.In addition, Tan Shuo's manuscripts still had a lot of alterations and unclear handwriting, and the three of them also carefully identified them one by one.

After doing these homework, they played together several times from beginning to end. The more they played, the more excited they became, and they were reluctant to stop when it was time for dinner.

Lu Liqiu was distracted from the topic earlier, but remembered it again during dinner, staring at Qin Haiou and asked, "You haven't told me, who wrote this song?"

Qin Haiou picked vegetables and grilled rice and ignored them.

"It can't be another secret!" Lu Liqiu was depressed, he ate two mouthfuls silently, and suddenly he had a flash of inspiration, "Is this secret and that secret the same secret?"

Qin Haiou tried his best to hold back his laughter: "Eat quickly, there are more secrets waiting for you after eating."

Lu Liqiu was not willing to be reconciled, and turned his target to Doudou and Chen Ganning, but the two were just like Qin Haiou, until the meal was over, Lu Liqiu still didn't ask any questions.

"Fuck you!" Lu Liqiu said angrily when the three of them returned to the piano room.

Qin Haiou stuffed the sheet music he picked from Tan Shuo into his arms: "Don't be angry, just take a look at this."

Lu Liqiu caught it and took a look, said "Huh", and immediately calmed down, sitting on the sofa to study.

Qin Haiou said to Chen again: "There are also cello works here, you should come and see them too!"

Chen Xu also sat down when he heard the words, Lu Liqiu first quickly went through all the music scores, and after taking out the cello-based works and handing them to Chen Chen, the two began to read them separately.Qin Haiou sat on the piano bench and waited patiently. To avoid disturbing them, he didn't even touch the piano, but took down the manuscript on the music stand to pass the time.The three stayed in the piano room peacefully, and after an unknown amount of time, Lu Liqiu suddenly hummed along with the melody on the music score.Qin Haiou didn't care about this, but Chen Zhi had a lot of opinions, because she was also seeing the excitement.But Lu Liqiu was already attracted in, he couldn't hold back after humming for a while, stood up and grabbed his violin.

"Liqiu." Chen Xu put down the score and looked at him.

Lu Liqiu was oblivious to the warning in her tone, and pointed to the score with bright eyes and said, "This is good, this place is really well written! Listen!"

As he spoke, he started playing to the score, humming while playing the piano, stepping on the rhythm with his feet, and moving all over his body.

Chen Xu had no choice but to give up trying to stop him, and turned around to ask, "Seagull, where did you find these works?"

Qin Haiou thought for a while and said, "I can only tell you that these are all written by the same person."

"What?!" Lu Liqiu watched the score with his eyes and listened to all directions, and immediately stopped playing to join in.

Qin Haiou said: "My commission, the trio, and these works in your hands, these secrets are all the same secret."

Lu Liqiu was stunned, and then sighed: "Then this person is very powerful! Who is it, who is it? It is impossible for us not to know such a powerful person. What's the point of you holding back?"

Qin Haiou smiled and said, "You really don't know. He's a newcomer."

"Impossible," Chen Xu also smiled, "The rookie's methods are not so sophisticated. Seagull, if you don't know how to lie, don't force yourself."

"Okay, okay!" Qin Haiou raised his hands in surrender, "This is a buried composer, but I won't say his name for the time being, and you can't possibly guess it. You will naturally see him on the day of the performance. , don't force me now!"

Lu Liqiu wondered: "The buried composer? Then how did you dig out this treasure?"

"It's a long story," Qin Haiou said.

Chen Chen flipped through the scores in his hand again, and said regretfully: "This man is indeed very talented, but it's a pity that these works are either unfinished, or they are sketches, ensembles or chamber music works, which are not suitable for me to perform in recitals. s work……"

"It's easy!" Lu Liqiu said immediately, "Seagull, introduce this person to us!"

"What are you going to do?" Qin Haiou asked.

"Ask him to write a work!" Lu Liqiu said.

Qin Haiou looked at him, a smug smile slowly appeared on his face: "He doesn't have time."

"How could this happen!" Lu Liqiu paused for a second, but he refused to let go, "Then when will he have time?"

"When he finishes writing my commission, he will have time." Qin Haiou said with a smile, "So, you have to line up."

Considering that Qin Haiou's commission was the finale of his comeback concert, the jackpot was clearly out of reach for him, so Lu Liqiu decided to settle for the next best thing: "Okay, then I'll wait for him to finish writing your work." Yes, I’ll ask him to write one for me too.”

At this moment, Chen Chen got up and walked over: "Wait, Seagull, can I join the queue?"

"Of course." Qin Haiou nodded, "Ladies first!" Then he turned to Lu Liqiu, "I'm sorry, it's her when I pass, and it's your turn after she passes."

"You guys are too bullying!" Lu Liqiu yelled.