Second Piano Concerto

Wang Yifu didn't say anything to Tan Shuoduo, and quickly took his seat, and the rehearsal continued.After practicing the remaining few fragments, Qin Haiou and the band performed the work from beginning to end for the first time under Yu Song's command.This is also the first time for everyone present to hear the effect of this work in its entirety.Tan Shuo kept thinking while listening. After the initial excitement passed, he uncontrollably began to pay attention to the shortcomings of the work, and his mind was full of what needs to be revised and how to modify it.But at the same time, Tan Shuo also noticed that Qin Haiou did not show any signs of relapse today. He quickly adapted to playing in front of the conductor and the orchestra. The body and mind are as relaxed and free as they were in Pengmen.This made Tan Shuo feel very relieved, and it also made Yu Doudou feel more at ease. As long as Qin Haiou can perform at the level he is today at the concert in a month's time, then this concert will definitely be a success.

After the performance, Yu Song asked Qin Haiou and Tan Shuo for their opinions.Tan Shuo came to the piano with the score in his hand, and told Yu Song the questions he had written down and his thoughts, and Qin Haiou also came to listen.Seeing that Tan Shuo seemed to have a lot to say, Yu Song simply asked the band to rest for 10 minutes.The musicians took the opportunity to drink water, some went to the toilet, some chatted together in twos and threes, and some went to smoke outside the rehearsal hall together.

Tan Shuo spoke out his thoughts one by one. Although Yu Song seemed unapproachable, he was very dedicated. While the three discussed, he made marks on the conductor score.By the time the discussion finally came to an end, there was little time left for a break.Tan Shuo spoke so dryly that he wanted to drink some water, but he had just taken two steps when he was stopped by several musicians and pulled him over.

"Tan Shuo?... Mouse! It's really you!" a trumpeter exclaimed in surprise.

"I recognized him just now, and you said I was mistaken, do you believe me now?" the cellist holding Tan Shuo said proudly.

A flutist next to him was introducing a tender-faced violinist: "Xiao Xu, you entered school late, so I don't know you. This is Tan Shuo, an old classmate who graduated from the same class as us, from the composition department!"

"Oh! Hello, brother, hello, brother!" The violinist immediately greeted warmly.

Tan Shuo took a closer look, except for Xiao Xu, who looked at the eyes, the other three were all his college classmates. They hadn't seen each other for many years, and they didn't expect to see them in this rehearsal hall today.He smiled, feeling quite emotional in his heart. Before he could figure out how to speak, he heard the trumpet player ask, "Where have you been for so many years? Why did you disappear before you graduated!"

"Yeah! Why didn't you even come to my graduation concert?" The flutist also asked, "A lot of people asked about you at the time, but they didn't know where you were! Come on, what have you been doing all these years?" gone?"

"Hehe, I didn't do anything, I just experienced life." Tan Shuo laughed.

The cellist said: "Experiencing life? Then you have been experiencing it for too long! Do you remember Feifei from our class? I heard that you disappeared, and she cried so heartbrokenly. What did you do to him back then? "

"There are too many girls in your string department who admire me, I don't remember!" Tan Shuo said.

The trumpeter hurriedly said: "Don't digress! I think things are not as simple as experiencing life, there must be a story behind it!"

"Yes, there must be a story!" The flutist echoed, "Mouse, you haven't squeaked for such a long time, are you hiding and holding back your big move?"

Tan Shuo shook his head: "There is no big move, it's true that the moves are slow."

"What do you know! This is ten years of sharpening a sword, who will fight for the top!" The cellist looked at the flutist with contempt, and put his hand on Tan Shuo's shoulder, "Mouse, your work is awesome, it will definitely be popular in the future, We are all optimistic about you!" Then he lowered his voice and pouted in Qin Haiou's direction, "Tell us, how did you get someone to agree to play for you? That's Qin Haiou! How many people are lining up to look for it? He doesn't even like him, you are too proud to make such a big commotion as soon as you show up! Qin Haiou, Yu Zhi, even the old man came—"

"Yu Zhi was invited by Seagull," Tan Shuo interrupted him, "The old man came to see his apprentice, not me."

"Is it because the old man can't sit still?" The trumpet player also whispered, "The big apprentice is already on the stage. If the little apprentice has another problem, the old man should take a quick-acting heart-saving pill!"

"Have some virtue!" Tan Shuo scolded.

The cellist was still asking: "How did you and Qin Haiou meet? How did he agree to perform your work? This is his comeback concert. Performing new works is still very challenging!"

"It will cost a lot of money to invite Qin Haiou to perform, right?" the flutist also asked in a low voice.

The trumpeter immediately retorted: "Can a pianist like Qin Haiou be hired with money? Mouse's work is so good, it must be because he likes this work!" He lowered his voice as he spoke, The rest couldn't help getting closer, "Do you know why he suddenly stopped acting last year? What has he been up to for more than a year? Do you know the inside story?"

Tan Shuo looked around, saw several people waiting for his answer with full expectation, and laughed: "This matter involves other people's privacy, even if I know, I can't tell you!"

When several people heard this, they all scolded him for being meaningless, and even refused to reveal this, but Tan Shuo just laughed and didn't answer.At this time, Yu Song announced that the break was over, and the staff also helped to greet everyone to return to their seats, and everyone dispersed with a lot of enthusiasm.

Tan Shuo returned to his seat, filled half a bottle of mineral water, and just opened the score in his hand when he saw Wang Yifu who was sitting in the front row suddenly get up, turned around and looked this way, and then walked over alone.

Wang Yifu went straight to Tan Shuo, pointed to the vacant seat on his left hand and said, "Can I sit here?"

Tan Shuo was stunned for a moment, and quickly said "Please", but before he could stand up, Wang Yifu had already sat down.This scene immediately attracted the attention of other people in the auditorium, but since the rehearsal on the stage had already started, everyone could only keep their thoughts in their hearts for the time being.After listening to a complete rehearsal, Wang Yifu took the initiative to sit with Tan Shuo, which shows that he has at least accepted this little-known young man, compared with his attitude towards Tan Shuo when he first arrived in the rehearsal hall. , the speed of its transformation is really unexpected.

Tan Shuo didn't expect Wang Yifu to make such a sudden move. He pondered for a while, not knowing what to say, and seeing that the other party's eyes had been lingering on his score, he took the score between the two of them, and took the initiative to bear the burden. Started the task of turning the page.Wang Yifu seemed satisfied with this, and after saying thank you, he focused on reading the score.

Yu Song told the musicians about the problems in the previous rehearsal, adjusted the processing of some clips according to the feedback from Tan Shuo and Qin Haiou, and then directed everyone to rehearse the work completely again.Tan Shuo and Wang Yifu flipped through the same score while listening to the performance on the stage. At first, neither of them spoke, but when the rehearsal progressed to the allegro of the third movement, Wang Yifu unconsciously moved closer to the score , the body bowed lower and lower, and finally simply held the whole score in front of him, frowning and looking at the piano part above.The first time he heard Qin Haiou play here, he felt that this section was difficult. Now that he saw the score and confirmed his feeling, he was even more startled, and he couldn't help asking: "This section...is it too difficult? ?”

Tan Shuo didn't have the score in his hand, so he could only stare at the stage with all his heart. He was so absorbed in listening that he didn't notice that someone was talking to him.Wang Yifu waited for a while, but did not hear a response. He pointed to the score and asked again: "Xiao Tan, is this passage too difficult to write?"

Only then did Tan Shuo realize that this was not the most difficult version. Qin Haiou was able to play even the most difficult version at the beginning, so this one is no problem at present, but then he thought that even if it has been simplified, the technique of this section The difficulty is still rare, and with Xiao Cong's accident before it, it is impossible for Wang Yifu not to be worried, so he could only take comforting words: "Don't worry, Seagull has discussed this with me repeatedly, and he can do it."

Wang Yifu stared at the young man in front of him for a moment, then turned his head and continued to look at the score without speaking.The reason why he came to listen to this rehearsal today was originally for two purposes, one was to reconfirm Qin Haiou's status, and the other was to examine this new work so that he could persuade Qin Haiou to change the repertoire of the concert in the future .However, when he saw Qin Haiou's performance with his own eyes and heard Tan Shuo's music with his own ears, Wang Yifu was shaken.As Qin Haiou's teacher, why didn't he notice the progress of the students? When the two met during the Spring Festival this year, Qin Haiou was already much more mature than he was a year ago. Now it's only been half a year, and he can play even better than during the Spring Festival.And this young man named Tan Shuo is even more surprising.Wang Yifu has never heard of his name anywhere before, but his works are not like those created by fledgling composers. Not only are his techniques mature and sophisticated, his personality is outstanding and distinctive, but he is also very creative and expressive, with rich colors. , full of emotion.Wang Yifu was quickly attracted by this work. After hearing the first complete rehearsal, he had already developed a great interest in it. He took the initiative to sit next to Tan Shuo just to read the score of this work.

After reading Tan Shuo's score, Wang Yifu was even more sure that this is a rare work of genius. What's more valuable is that this work seems to be tailor-made for Qin Haiou, as if it exists to let Qin Haiou showed his talent to the maximum.If Qin Haiou plays it in his comeback concert, he can not only show the audience a new work full of charm, but also show the brand-new realm he has reached technically and musically, and the effect is far more shocking than playing regular repertoire , will definitely cause a sensation.But Wang Yifu is not a person who shows his emotions. Although he has already approved this work, he did not express any more, and he still watched the rest of the rehearsal silently and attentively.

After the whole rehearsal was over, the musicians put away their instruments and left the rehearsal hall even after they got off work.After Tan Shuo dealt with a few old classmates, he turned around and saw that Wang Yifu was also about to leave, so he planned to see him off.Wang Yifu said goodbye to Yu Song first, then patted Qin Haiou's arm lightly, whispered a few words, then looked around, found Tan Shuo, and extended his hand to him.

When Qin Haiou saw this situation, he knew that Wang Yifu had not only changed his mind, but also loved and supported Tan Shuo's works very much. He was very happy and happy for Tan Shuo.Yu Doudou is very familiar with Wang Yifu's style of dealing with things. Seeing that he took the initiative to shake hands with Tan Shuo at this time, he knew that he was really moved by the other party's music.This made Yu Doudou look at Tan Shuo with admiration while being shocked.In the past, she always suspected that Qin Haiou's admiration for Tan Shuo contained a lot of emotional elements in it, but now seeing Wang Yifu's reaction, she finally completely dispelled her doubts in this regard.

Seeing Wang Yifu reaching out to him, Tan Shuo hurriedly reached out to hold him.Wang Yifu's hands were well maintained, and his fingers and palms were dry and warm. He shook hands with Tan Shuo and said to everyone, "I wish you a successful performance." Letting go, turned and walked out.

Qin Haiou looked at Wang Yifu's back, and was full of joy at this moment. Taking advantage of other people not paying attention, he leaned over to Tan Shuo and whispered: "The teacher likes your work very much, he is very optimistic about your work!"

Tan Shuo was not as concerned about this as Qin Haiou. He was thinking about going back to revise the work, so he replied casually, "Really?"

"Of course!" Qin Haiou thought he didn't believe him, so he yelled, and hurriedly suppressed his voice, and changed into a comforting tone for some reason, "The teacher just looks serious, but he is actually very good to people. Don't be afraid."

Seeing that he had completely lost his mind, Tan Shuo didn't bother to explain to him, so he dragged him to find Yu Song, and the three of them discussed the processing and modification of the work again.At this time, the musicians of the orchestra had already left, and only the staff of the orchestra, Yu Song's assistant, Yu Doudou and others were left in the rehearsal hall.Seeing that the three were still talking, they didn't dare to disturb them, nor could they leave, so they had to wait patiently in the distance.

The three of them finished their business with the music score in their hands. According to Yu Song's habit, he would usually put away the score and leave at this time.But the work rehearsed today managed to arouse his greater interest, and this interest has extended from the work itself to its creator.Yu Song began to ask Tan Shuo some more personal questions, such as which school Tan Shuo graduated from, whether he had written any other works before, when was this work created today, and under what background was it created, etc. wait.

The rest of the staff looked at the three of them from a distance, and saw that not only did the three of them not intend to end at all, but they talked more and more vigorously.At first it was mainly Yu Song and Tan Shuo who were talking, and after a while Qin Haiou also joined in, beaming with joy, as if they were chatting about "collecting the wind", and Qin Haiou even sang a tune that was very similar to a folk song.Later, without knowing what Tan Shuo said, Yu Song swept away the majesty during the rehearsal, and burst into a burst of hearty laughter.The laughter echoed in the empty rehearsal hall, and even the staff standing in the back row could hear it very clearly.In the end, it was Yu Song's assistant who couldn't bear it anymore, and leaned close to Yu Doudou and asked in a low voice: "Yu Zhi and this Tan—" He paused, and temporarily changed his name to something more respectful, "——and Tan—" Teacher Tan, did you know each other before?"

Yu Doudou was actually in the same mood as the other party at this time, but she just shook her head calmly: "It should be the first time we met."

The assistant let out an "oh" and stopped talking.Yu Doudou turned his eyes to the three people who were talking happily.Today's rehearsal completely refreshed her understanding of Tan Shuo.At this moment, even she herself didn't know whether she admired Tan Shuo more or Qin Haiou more.It's like finally discovering that the lump of coal I dismissed was really gold, and Qin Haiou was the one who insisted that it was gold despite all the arguments.

The three chatted happily for a long time. When they left the rehearsal hall, they still felt unfinished. They continued to chat while walking out side by side. The conversation had to stop until they entered the parking lot.Yu Song said to Tan Shuo: "If you have any ideas, we can communicate at any time."

Tan Shuo nodded and said yes.Yu Song said again: "Then see you at the next rehearsal!"

Only then did I bid farewell to everyone.