Follow the sound and follow the way

The drive from the small town to the concert hall is only 10 minutes. Mu Kang's brain power is not enough, and he can't figure out anything.Fortunately, there was no social entertainment before the opening of the concert. Mukang followed Tim and Eugen into the concert hall expressionlessly, maintaining the image of a meditator looking down at the ground all the way.

Mu Kang's seat was in the VIP seat, several rows away from Tim and Eugen's seats, and the three sat separately after entering the arena.The seat to Mukang's left was empty, and to his right was Steve, taken aback by his melancholy composer presence.

Steve tentatively asked, "How are you, Kang?"

Mu Kang raised his head and said with a good attitude: "Hi Steve."

Steve: "Didn't see you during L'étranger, Evan said you have something to do?"

"Yes, I'm very busy." Mu Kang, who was full of thoughts of "how can I become a partner with A Yan", had long since forgotten the embarrassment at Lin Yan's place, and asked like a new kid at a concert, " Where's Evan?"

Steve was slightly startled: "It's in the background."

Mu Kang was also stunned. He and Steve looked at each other for a while, regained some sense, and said with a smile, "You're right."

Steve asked with concern: "Are you okay, Kang?"

Mu Kang waved his hand: "It's okay, I'm just...too excited."

"I see." Steve nodded understandingly, "L'étranger was really good, thank you very much, Kang."

"It's okay, I'm also looking forward to Evan's interpretation." Mukang said, "I'm sorry Steve, can I borrow your playlist to see?"

Mu Kang was so distracted by the promising future of himself and A Yan that he even forgot to take the commemorative playlist with the composer's long introduction printed on it when he entered the door.

The first half of the concert premiered two original works, namely "Rhapsody in the Mountaintop" by Christian Rich, author of "Livinginlakeside" and "L'étranger" by Meucang; the second half was Debussy's "Nocturne" and "The Sea".Due to live recording in the first half, many radio microphones were arranged around the stage.

Steve introduced: "The recording should be released early next year, do you have any ideas for the cover?"

Mu Kang raised his eyebrows: Cover?

He suddenly had a plan, and said brazenly: "Use the photo of me and Evan together."

Steve: "..."

Composer Christian Ritchie is checking his tickets and preparing to enter the arena. He is full of expectations to meet his new friend who Steve called "kind and friendly". He never thought that his status is so bad, and he is a talented person who has been crushed by love before he even appeared on the stage. completely ignored.

Lin Yan, who is as smart as Lin Yan, can't figure out Mu Kang's play, and Steve, who is seeing him for the first time, is even more helpless.He wanted to remind Mukang that "Chris's work will still be played this time", and he was bound by the social spirit of "maintaining decency", so he felt that it seemed a bit abrupt to point it out directly.

Mu Kang didn't realize it, and asked impatiently, "What do you think?"

Steve laughed dryly: "Haha..."

Mu Kang: "Do you need me to go up and take pictures in a while? Or do I take pictures later?"

Steve: "This..."

Mu Kang: "Huh?"

Steve: "..."

He looked at Mu Kang in embarrassment, sitting on pins and needles under the gaze of the other party, and suddenly saw a savior appearing behind Mu Kang.

Steve stood up at the speed of fleeing for his life: "Chris! Here!"

Mr. Christian Rich walked over with a big smile on his face.He has long flaxen hair and tied a neat ponytail behind his head. He first greeted Steve, and then said to Mu Kang enthusiastically, "You must be Mr. Mu!"

Chess is short.Mu Kang thought regretfully: I forgot that there is still this person.

He stood up and stretched out his hand, and said politely: "Hi Mr. Rich, nice to meet you, call me Kang."

"Call me Chris." Chris shook hands with Mukang and said lively, "Nice to meet you, I've heard Steve mention it several times!"

"I have also admired you for a long time." Mukang said sincerely, ""Livinginlakeside" is an amazing work, and I am looking forward to your new work."

"Thank you. Although I haven't heard your work, I believe in Steve and Evan's choice." Chris said, "I also look forward to your blockbuster today."

Steve took the opportunity to say, "Chris, why don't we introduce some new friends to Kang?"

Mukang didn't mention the cover again, Steve finally breathed a sigh of relief, secretly thinking that Chris came at the right time.

Since this performance will premiere two new works, in addition to those sponsors with manors and yachts, there are also some experts and media in the VIP seats.Music critics in the classical music world have always been critical and difficult to please, and Mukang is a newcomer to them. Steve and Chris boasted together for a long time, but the other end's attitude is still only polite, definitely not enthusiasm.

Music critic A said indifferently: "Hello."

Music critic B said without interest: "Hello."

Mu Kang had nothing to do with himself and said, "Hello."

The three-party conversation paused after a round of hypocritical "hello", and no one wanted to start a new topic.

Chris: "..."

Steve: "..."

The person who was praised was not distracted at all, so Chris had no choice but to take over the conversation and introduced his new work to the music critics.

Mu Kang was in the auditorium and his heart was on the stage, and his eyes kept wandering. He kept looking at the stage. He knew that Lin Yan would not appear at this moment, but he still wanted to look for him like he was suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder.

At [-]:[-], the opening bell rang on time, the entrance to the concert hall was closed, and the entry of personnel was over.

The lights under the stage were gradually turned off, and everyone finished talking and returned to their seats to sit down, and the auditorium gradually became quiet.

The chief of the orchestra came out first, bowed to the audience and led the orchestra to tune in.The opening of the concert proceeded step by step, and the time for the conductor to take the stage arrived at no haste.

The audience was silent, and everyone waited with bated breath.

Mu Kang's long-standing palpitations came back again, and his teeth and claws were killing him.

He was so nervous that his hands and feet became cold and his breathing was difficult. Like a terminally ill patient who was dying, he stared closely at Lin Yan who was striding towards the spotlight in a tuxedo.

As if that was his only lifeline.

There were countless screams on and off the stage as usual, and Chris exclaimed in a low voice: "My God, he didn't bring the score?"

The two new orchestral works, which have never been published before and are fully orchestrated, add up to a total length of nearly four to 10 minutes. It has not been more than two months since Lin Yan got the score, but he did not treat it differently, and still memorized every note.

Mu Kang thought clearly: Of course he doesn't need a score.

Mu Kang participated in hundreds of silent nights by the lake.He may be running, reading a book, or writing music, but Lin Yan is unshakable, always playing the piano and studying the score in front of the piano.

Lin Yan often watched the whole night without moving, sometimes playing music, sometimes just playing the piano, sometimes talking to Mu Kang, sometimes not saying a word.

The conductor on the stage is loved by all things, with a straight figure, elegant demeanor, and gentle smile; the conductor off the stage lives a simple and boring life, except for sleeping, exercising and eating, the rest of the time is almost at work.

Among the conductors in the audience, only Mu Kang witnessed it with his own eyes.

Love is beautiful, bright and hot, even if the sky is full of talents like Mu Kang, he is still humble and unassuming in front of it

Long time no see, Ah Yan, it's only been a few hours.

Talented man Mu thought anxiously: You are so nice, am I really... worthy of you?

Lin Yan naturally didn't know about Mu Kang's mental struggle like a reborn.He stepped onto the podium neatly, turned his back to the audience, picked up the baton lying alone on the music stand, and looked around the whole group.

The baton danced lightly in the air, and the conductor and actors synchronized their breathing in three beats.

The first performance work, "Rhapsody in the Mountaintop".

Christian Rich loves to explore the connection between music and nature. "Livinginlakeside" sings about nature and interesting life, while "Rhapsody in the Mountaintop" goes a step further, hoping to express nature and extreme self through music.The beginning of the whole piece is the melodic writing that Chris is good at. The first theme played by the first violin is very ethnic, and the music is beautiful and quiet, symbolizing the magnificence of the European plain.

The oboe joins in the last section of the theme, not to be outdone, and the turning point comes without warning, suddenly disrupting the beautiful atmosphere laid out by the strings.Different from the people at the bottom of the mountain, climbers go to the end of the road, pursuing another scenery and another mood.

This rhapsody describes the steep turn of the landscape after reaching the summit, and the infinite freedom that human beings gain through comprehension of nature.Lin Yan presents all his fantasies to the audience. Every time the music creates a scene, the next phrase that follows corresponds to the completely opposite strength and weakness.

Because this freedom comes from the upside-down of the world: the plain under your feet becomes the plain you look down on, the mountain you look up on becomes the mountain under your feet, and the sun on the horizon becomes the sun above you.

There are countless mountains on the earth. Although Mu Kang doesn't know which mountain Chris wants to express, he knows which mountain Lin Yan is interpreting.

They once stood on the top of the deserted Alps and looked up at the earth together. Their bodies were covered with ice and snow, and their artistic conception was desolate and far away. But the memories were full of sweet and joyful touches, and there was a more beautiful blue than the summer sky.

"Rhapsody in the Mountaintop" ended with a short fff accent announcing the end of the fantasy. Lin Yan swung his arm heavily for the last beat, and the audience cheered excitedly almost at the same time.

The applause in the concert hall was loud and the atmosphere was extremely warm.Music critic A said to music critic B: "Mr. Rich lives up to his reputation, the imagery is too strong."

"Not only that," said critic B, "this work is bolder than his previous works."

"It's an adventure." Music critic A sighed, "Fortunately, Evan conducted it."

Music critic B nodded: "Evan has contributed a lot."

Chris was so excited, he clapped desperately with tears in his eyes, and yelled at Steve through Mukang: "Evan is so incredible! Can I still ask him to conduct in the future?".

Steve exclaimed, "It depends on whether he's available."

"Evan is too busy." Chris joked. "Sometimes I wonder if he is an American. It seems that Southeast Asia and Africa are his hometown."

Mucon's new work "L'étranger" was the finale of the first half.This work is not only mysterious to those who have never heard of Mu Kang's name, but also makes the composer himself quite curious, who was squeezed out by Lin Yan.

Lin Yan's secret redemption plan did not reveal anything to Mu Kang.

The reason why a secret is a secret is that it always has a dark face and should not be made public.

Lin Yan pointed the baton at the clarinet part, and made eye contact with the performers for about five seconds.

The chief clarinetist nodded slightly, Lin Yan took a deep breath, and the tip of the stick popped out in a delicate arc.

The first theme dedicated to Mu Dacai, after seven years, once again sounded in a professional concert hall.

Camus' novel "L'étranger" tells the absurd life of the protagonist Moseau in an absurd world.He lost his relatives, violated the dogma, killed people by wrong hands, and imposed various injustices on himself. He was still indifferent and ruthless. When he was sentenced to death, he attributed everything to "the sun's fault."

Mosseau isolated himself, was out of tune with the world, and had no soul to return to; Mu Kang's "L'étranger" also described a soul that isolated itself and had no home to return to.But different from Mosuo, Mukang's music is a cruel self-analysis, describing the stories of foreigners in the attitude of an outsider, sharp and profound, undisguised, and has nothing to do with absurdity.

Therefore, this is not Mosuo's story.

This is Mu Kang's own story, and Lin Yan has seen through it from the very beginning.

The musical genre is still Mukang's best fugue, but there is no longer any echo between the voices.The first theme exclusive to Mu Dacai was used in E minor, and the solo of the clarinet led to the statement of the previous situation, with a gloomy mood and lasted for [-] bars.The ensuing bassoons and strings were stacked layer by layer, creating dissonant and piercing harmonies, which hit the soul directly and shocked all the audience present.

The unheard-of harmony has not been resolved, and the tonality collapsed in an instant. The second theme exclusive to Mu Dacai is played by the cello, which appears in C-sharp minor. It has nothing to do with the first theme. wheel statement.

This round of statements should have been followed by the uninterrupted triplet of the trumpet, which was Mu Kang's heart-pounding torture to himself, mocking him over and over again: You are weak and hypocritical, what are you?

Mu Dacai has been ignoring dignity for a long time. He is weak and unable to break free, and he is also hypocritically unwilling to give in.

He wished he could chop up his past self and hang it at the gate of the city to feed the crows.

Lin Yan couldn't bear the self-destructive self-destructiveness of his sweetheart. Seeing it hurt in his eyes, he said to him with tears: I don't agree.

The triplets of brass pipes sounded incessantly, each sound was uttered singly, and each sound was accented, as if every time Mu Kang uttered a self-deprecating remark, Lin Yan would answer loudly: I disagree.

There is no passing by, no fishing in troubled waters.

The second theme is still flowing slowly in the lower part. Lin Yan did not deny Mu Kang's sinking past, but only persistently expressed the conductor's consistent non-repetition, non-compromise, and non-backward through music.

Lin Yan's grotesque self-mockery was forcibly interpreted by Lin Yan as a self-confrontation that never bowed his head.

The last bar of "L'étranger" is the long sound of the bass clarinet and the plucking of the strings. The baton clicks out the last beat, stops in mid-air, and time stands still for a moment. Spread endlessly in space.

It seems that all creations in the world are closely surrounded by the deep emotions of Lin Yan and Mu Kang.

Despair is replaced by hope, and the direction of the music is clear and transparent, pointing directly at the universe.

Mu Kang thought: just like his eyes.

There was silence in the concert hall, and everyone was first washed by the composer's harmony, and then blatantly nailed in place by the conductor's full devotion.Lin Yan, who was supposed to be indulging, became the first person in the audience to get out of it.

His head was covered with sweat, some dripped on the ground, and some flowed into his eyes, which made him find a good excuse for the soreness in his eyes.

This song is over, and his summer dream is also over.

Silence is sinful, and I will no longer be silent.

This gift, I hope you like it.

Lin Yan sighed softly, blinked away a tear that couldn't be suppressed from the corner of his eye, and turned around to face the auditorium first, not afraid of the long silence that was rare in the scene, and had a well-thought-out plan.

He looked straight into the darkness calmly, smiled slightly, and was as radiant as a son of God who descended from the sky.

Chris covered his mouth with tears in his face; Steve grabbed Mukang's shoulders hard; music critic A murmured, "My God."

Music critic B stood up abruptly and shouted loudly: "Bravo!"

"Bravo—"

"Barvo!!"

All the experts in the VIP seats stood up, the continuous "Bravo" spread out from the front row like a tide, the cheers sounded incessantly from every corner, the audience stood up one by one, and everyone applauded vigorously.

Lin Yan stepped off the podium and nodded to everyone happily, looking no different from the hundreds of performances he had experienced.

Mu Kang was in the center of the field, with thunderous applause in his ears, and many people around him were looking at him.

Chris on the left was crying like a child, Steve on the right was yelling at the music critics, and Mukang suddenly became the first protagonist in the audience, but turned a deaf ear and turned a blind eye.

Standing on the stage was his incomparable world, which made him toss and turn without taking his eyes off him, and all nonsense social etiquette had to be stepped aside.

Music is omnipotent and omnipotent.

Lin Yan, who turned into a hero, not only reshaped the self-esteem of Mu Dacai with music, but also recalled his arrogance and wantonness that he was familiar with.In front of love, how humble he was before the performance, how stubborn and firm he is now.

Just because Mu Kang understood, every note and every breath contained what Lin Yan wanted to say to him.

Never bow your head.

A lifetime of confrontation.

Today is different from the past, and Mu Kang's back is no longer a dream woven by alcohol.He found Lin Yan through stars and moons, and since then he has had a solid support in his life.

He held a beautiful faith that was buried deep in the ground and finally broke through the ground in autumn, and it was equally divided and flourished.

Mu Dacai doesn't know the rules, doesn't shy away from ice and snow, and doesn't fear gods and Buddhas.

I don't care whether Ah Yan is willing or not.

I don't care whether something is worthy or not.

I just want to be with him forever.

Laozi is to be his partner.

Only him.

The author has something to say

Thank you very much for the throat-piercing screams of the little angels in the last chapter. I almost don’t know the word "ah". I hope that such a thick and long chapter today will satisfy the babies! (づ￣3￣)づ╭?～

"Nocturne": Claude Debussy–Nocturnes, L.91, sometimes also writing TroisNocturnes, three-movement symphony, Debussy completed in 1899.

"The Sea": Claude Debussy-LaMer, L.109, three-movement symphonic sound painting, written by Debussy in 1903-1905.In the playlist, "The Sea", a collaboration between Abbado and the L group prototype, was played.