Chapter 199
Volume 6 / Chapter 199
TL: LightNovelCafe
The people who knew that the conducting would be different did not lose interest, but most of the general audience were just going to enjoy the competition. They were full of anticipation for how the new pianist and violinist would perform, and watched the 2 soloists.
When Danny and Han Ye Ji greeted the audience and went back to their seats, Jun Hyuk picked up the baton. At that moment, the air in the theater changed.
A different atmosphere than that from the morning came from the performers. Their faces showed resolution as though they are players who have appeared for the World Cup finals.
The first verse started with a signal from Jun Hyuk’s baton, and the expressions of the maestros in the royal seats changed.
It is fast!
The violin and violas move so vigorously that they cannot see the movement of their bows. Even the general audience could tell that there is an incomparable difference in speed to that of the morning performance.
If the morning performance’s 1st part had been a storm, it now went through the score faster than a tornado. The judges’ hearts beat as they listened to the music. It is so fast that they could not understand how the 2 soloists would follow along.
Notes that fill up the piano and violin completely. Performing those notes properly is not a matter of skill. It is a matter of the basic workmanship to be able to get on this movement that is faster than a tornado within moments.
Extensive practice would be necessary even for professional soloists who are already famous, but the soloists who entered the finals only had 10 days.
It is excessive to ask them to handle such a speed perfectly in such a short period of time.
When the 2nd part began however, they realized that their worries were groundless. Danny and Han Ye Ji joined the tornado perfectly, as though they had been performing together since the 1st part.
When the 2 instruments’ melodies flowed out with speed, the judges could not help but express their admiration. It is admiration for the 2 performers who adapted so well, but it is also because they realized that the morning conducting had been matched to the soloists.
The judges realized that the young conductor with a strong charisma on the podium now, can be called a maestro without exaggeration.
The audience was dizzy from the incredible change between the thematic progression of the 2nd and 3rd parts, and their hearts trembled at the timpani’s magnificent sound. They subconsciously put strength in their hands and clutched onto their chairs as though trying not to fall off.
The piano and violin are very different from their counterparts in the morning performance. The 2 people seemed to have forgotten that it is a stage to determine a winner. The morning performance showed the orchestra and 2 instruments going back and forth, but the soloists and orchestra on stage now have become one to go at the audience.
They had completely hidden themselves and left their workmanship, talent, and efforts to the orchestra.
The 4th part began without time to relish in how the 3rd part went by, and the soprano’s scream-like timbre sounded like a trumpet call from a battlefield.
Laura Goldberg’s strong technique and scale in particular showed that a large volume does not work as an excuse against ‘the orchestra’s volume is too big’. She proved here that one great singer can overwhelm the sound made by over 100 instruments.
The maestros could understand that it is a completely different performance. If the morning conducting had been like an Italian opera full of tragic beauty, it is now a struggle to win.
Jun Hyuk conducting the orchestra, piano, violin, vocal soloist, and chorus while controlling them to maintain tremendous change and speed, looked like the commander of a battlefield.
The maestros and critics watching this might still be in question and argument over whether he is the next Beethoven, but they cannot deny that another great has been born.