Chapter 106 The Dream of Music (Ask for a Monthly Pass for the Second Watch)
——Double the last day of the monthly pass.
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The carriage ran smoothly and abnormally on the crowded streets of Aalto, slowly heading to the Musicians' Association in the borough, without making Lucian in the carriage feel the slightest bump.
"Alto has become so lively." Lucian felt the unprecedented hustle and bustle of Alto through the half-open window, and the crowds walking on both sides of the avenue were several times larger than usual at this time.
On the avenue, you can see many unfamiliar carriages, because the coats of arms on their carriages are not familiar to Lucian, "This is the coat of arms of the Viscount of Taran of the Holy Helz Empire, and this is the coat of arms of the Baron White Maple Forest of the Syracuse Kingdom...... Hehe, I can be considered a heraldic scholar."
Natasha's study has books dedicated to noble coats of arms, and this kind of book occupies a large part of the study, so although Lucian has not read them in full, through strong memory and search and comparison, he can basically understand common coats of arms.
Looking at these carriages with a bit of exoticism, Lucian shifted his attention to both sides of the avenue, where he could see bards and street performers every ten meters.
"Uncle Joel?" Lucian suddenly found that at the corner of the street, Joel was happily playing the "your" harp, and although he was missing two fingers in his left hand, it did not affect him from playing ordinary music on this simple instrument.
Signaling the coachman to park the carriage on the side of the street, Lucian walked up to Joel, looked at him with a smile, and listened quietly to him after playing a warm and romantic serenade.
The surrounding pedestrians applauded, and some took out the copper gnar and threw it into the hat in front of Joel.
But none of them recognized it, and the quiet young man smiling next to them was the genius musician they had been talking about before.
After playing, Joel said to Lucian humorously: "It's hard to stay at home for a long time and have nothing to do."
John is favored by Sir Wayne, and Lucian often finds various reasons to take care of them, and Joel and Alyssa can live a very good life even if they don't work.
Lucian didn't feel ashamed of Joel at all: "I can see that Uncle Joel is very happy, and it is a beautiful thing to be able to simply enjoy the happiness brought by music." Joel didn't pay attention to the copper gnar in his hat at all.
"That's right, the arrival of the Aalto Festival rekindled my enthusiasm and led me to take to the streets again to play, but no longer for living." Joel was even happier when Lucian understood, "I feel like I've gone back to the past, not long after I came to Aalto, just like them, full of musical dreams and simple dedication to music, after so many years, I finally found this beauty." He pointed to the strange bards and street performers nearby.
They are completely different from their peers who have been in Aalto for a long time, they are all trying to play their music to pedestrians, showing their singing voices, hoping to get praise and affirmation rather than money.
Lucian likes this simple beauty very much: "When I see them, I feel happy."
"So that's why I love the Aalto Festival." Joel laughed, then picked up the seven-stringed "your" harp and played a soothing and melodious music.
Lucian watched him immerse himself in the music world of his dreams, without disturbing, and after standing quietly for a while, he walked around the neighborhood and enjoyed the performances of bards and street performers, occasionally throwing out a few copper gnars to show his affirmation.
And from their different flavors of music from different countries, Lucian is also absorbing the essence and perfecting a piece of music he created.
After Lucian adapted it into a piano piece, he made a lot of changes and treatments to the rhythm, dynamics and speed, etc., in order to make a showy performance in his own concert.
Since there is no highly similar music on this sonata on earth, Lucian is completely slowly adapted by himself, which can be regarded as a real adaptation of his own.
Walking slowly on the streets, Lucian found that he really liked this vibrant city, the melodious music, and the lively scenes were so beautiful: "If only there was no church."
"Sir, come to our concert? It's free!" Suddenly, a man in his twenties ran past him, who sincerely invited Lucian, his green eyes full of enthusiasm and anticipation.
Lucian asked suspiciously: "Concert?"
"Yes, sir, we rented a big house on the street for a concert and invited everyone to listen to it for free!" The man with fluffy brown hair introduced very quickly, "By the way, I'm Piola, the first violinist of the band, would you like to participate?"
Lucian was just about to listen around before two o'clock in the afternoon, so he smiled and nodded: "Where is it?"
Piora cheered: "Thirtieth listener!"
Then he took Lucian into a street and entered the hall of a small two-story civilian house.
In the center of the hall was a makeshift stage with two violins, a viola, a cello and a harpsichord borrowed from somewhere.
After bringing Lucian in, Piora smiled apologetically: "Sir, please wait fifteen minutes, we need to invite more friends. During this time, Grace will play the harpsichord for you."
Lucian probably understood what was going on, they should be bands from other countries, taking advantage of the opportunity of the Aalto Music Festival to pursue their musical dreams, but because they were not famous, nor did they have enough money, they could not rent those concert halls in Aalto, and even if they did, there were not many audiences, so they could only use the form of free and humble concerts to let more people know about them, get affirmation, and make a name for themselves.
After Piora went out, the girl named Grace played "For Sylvia" on the harpsichord, and the familiar melody sounded in Lucian's ears.
This piece is easy to learn, and Grace plays it well, but Lucian frowned slightly: "The harpsichord can't produce that pure feeling like the flow of spring water, and the melodic effect like a song is a little worse."
Due to its other advantages, the harpsichord was not immediately eliminated by the piano.
After four or five songs that Lucian was familiar with, Piola and two other men and a woman brought in more than twenty guests one after another.
Seeing that the guests had made the small room crowded, Piora decided to start the concert, he walked onto the stage, picked up the violin, and said enthusiastically: "We are the band from the pearl of the sea 'Sturk', I am the first violinist Piola, this is the second violinist Sharon, violist Green, cellist Leslie, badminton harpsichord musician Grace, welcome to our concert."
It can be seen that they often hold similar free and humble concerts in their original city, so they have a lot of experience and use a lively serenade to stimulate everyone's emotions from the beginning.
After that, there were some small works such as fantasia composed by themselves.
Although Lucian does not have any real creative ability yet, he has been exposed to the Aalto Musicians Association and has reached a certain level of piano playing, so his ability to identify music is still very strong, and he nodded slightly: "There is spirituality, there are a few good melodies, and the harmony is also good, but it is far from outstanding." Their basic skills are good, even in Alto, they can become qualified musicians, unlike most bards who have developed habits and can't change them even if they want to.
After a humble concert of less than an hour, because it was free, because the people of Aalto really love music, Piola and the others received warm applause, which made them very encouraged and very excited, so they all walked off the stage and prepared to exchange their music with the audience.
Piora went directly to Lucian, a young man with an extraordinary temperament: "Sir, what do you think of our Fantasia in C minor?" He wanted to hear the gentleman's feelings.
"Yes, but I think there are still certain flaws in the development of musical logic, the way of starting and the density of notes......" Lucian said seriously.
"Ah......" Piora didn't expect to get such professional advice, and it took more than ten seconds to come back to her senses, so she started talking to Lucian eagerly.
The other audience members quickly left after talking about their auditory feelings, so Leslie, Grace, etc. gathered and watched the professional exchange between the two with a slight surprise, and then joined one after another.
"Thank you, sir, for our valuable advice." Seeing Lucian ready to leave, Grace quickly thanked him.
Lucian smiled gently: "This is a ticket to the concert, I have to leave, I wish you a happy time in Aalto."
"Thank you for your blessings, we will definitely be happy, because there are still a few days left to start the Aalto Music Festival, in addition to the concerts in each concert hall before midnight, the concert in the Psalm Hall has also announced the arrangement today, the first day from 8 p.m. is a concert belonging to masses and hymns, and many famous musicians will send their own religious works." Piola mentioned these and looked very excited, "The evening of the 4th is the symphony of the venerable Mr. Christopher, and the evening of the 5th is the first concert of the genius musician Mr. Lucian Evans."
Lucian was slightly confused: "Has it been arranged?"
"Of course, one represents the past and the present, and the other represents the present and the future, and the arrangement is really interesting." The silver-haired violinist Sharon said with equal excitement and excitement, "To be able to hear the concert of Mr. Christopher and Mr. Evans with my own ears, we have no regrets in spending seven months coming from the beach to Aalto."
During the Aalto Festival, concerts in the Hall of Psalm will be performed simultaneously in the Civic Square through a special magic circle to ordinary people who have not been able to get tickets.
"Seven months, ...... by the sea" Lucian's heart moved, and he talked to them about the dangers and experiences of travel, and it was not until it was close to two o'clock that he said goodbye and left with satisfaction.
Seeing Lucian's back disappear into the gate, Grace sighed very much: "I didn't expect that if you find a gentleman on the streets of Alto, you can have such a high musical literacy, worthy of being a music capital."
"Oh no, we were so rude that we didn't ask for this gentleman's name." Piora patted her forehead in annoyance.
After arriving at the Musicians' Association and greeting Elena, Lucian went to his exclusive lounge to prepare for the afternoon practice with the band.
Not long after, there was a knock on the door, Lucian opened the door, and unexpectedly saw Natasha and Camille.
"Lucian, be careful lately, don't go out at night, the 'Silver and White Horn' has signs of activity again in many small towns on the edge of the principality." Natasha closed the door and admonished Lucian seriously.
(End of this chapter)