113 Piano Solo (1/2)
Chapter 113: Piano Solo
Translator: Kris_LiuEditor: Vermillion
The whole city was applauding Lucien’s performance. In this world, people were not used to this kind of strong sensory stimulus. They were shocked.
”I almost can’t breathe,” said Lilith. ”Mr. Evans’ conducting gives the symphony a new life.”
”No one knows a music piece better than its composer!” Sala was still applauding, his eyes were shining with excitement.
Compared with those traditional conductors’ conservative style, people who did not have too much knowledge about music absolutely preferred Lucien’s way of presenting the music.
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”He’s crazy.” Verdi was first impressed, but soon he felt that it was too much for him, ”Lucien simply has no idea about what is elegance!”
Verdi was not alone there. Many other conservative musicians who adhered to past practices nodded as Verdi was commenting.
It could be foreseen that a bunch of critic reviews of Lucien’s conducting would be found on tomorrow’s Music Criticism and Symphony News.
”I don’t think so, Verdi.” Natasha shook her head, looking quite excited, ”This way of conducting was born for Symphony of Fate! Don’t you think?”
”I agree with Her Grace.” Christopher, the authority, was on Natasha’s side, ”Lucien’s conducting style lit the great passion of the whole orchestra, and together they presented us with an even more exciting version of Symphony of Fate. This conducting style, I would say, suits theme music very well.”
”But Mr. Christopher…” Verdi looked at him.
”I know what you want to say, Count Verdi.” Christopher smiled, ”Indeed, Lucien was pushing a bit too hard. He was being too direct when he was presenting Symphony of Fate, and that left the audience less space for further imagination.”
Even Natasha had to admit that what Christopher said was true.
”However, I think we should not be too tough with a young musician and his first concert ever.” Fingers crossing, Christopher looked at the grand duke, ”We need a creative younger generation, and being tolerant and open-minded is the first step.”
The grand duke smiled and nodded. What Christopher said was exactly what he was thinking.
Both what Natasha and Verdi wanted to say was pretty much all covered by Christopher. Verdi turned his face to the other side.
”I’m wondering, please forgive my interruption, Your Grace, why Lucien chose to put Symphony of Fate in the second place of tonight’s concert.” Michelle, the prince of the Kingdom of Syracuse, asked in confusion, ”I mean… the remaining part of the concert is pretty much composed of piano solos only. That seems quite imbalanced to me.”
”Um?” The grand duke picked up the repertoire card beside him and took a quick look, ”That’s right… Michelle, you made a good point here. What do you think, Christopher?”
”Well… Lucien’s best-know music work is Symphony of Fate. Using Symphony of Fate as the ending piece of the concert might be the most ideal arrangement.” Christopher gently rubbed his chin a bit, ”For now, like prince Michelle said, the repertoire card does look quite imbalanced to me, and I didn’t notice this earlier.”
Taking a short rest, Sard’s eyes were half closed. He smiled and said to them, ”I believe that Lucien’s not an idiot. Maybe he’s very confident in his piano solo, or maybe he prepared something new. It’s interesting to wait and see, isn’t it?”
By the time they got to that conclusion, the whole orchestra had left. Now, there was only a piano on the stage.
Instead of facing toward the audience, the piano was facing a different angle.
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