Jiang Zhiyan, dressed in a burgundy suit, sat impeccably in the first seat on the left-hand side near the aisle. The elegant and charming woman in a black dress beside him was Jiang Yun.
At this mont, while Jiang Yun was searching for Su Wan, she happened to et Su Wan’s gaze directly. Her eyes froze montarily, and she dared not display any emotions on her face, but in the next mont, she received a distant smile from Su Wan.
Jiang Yun was overjoyed, nodded slightly at Su Wan, and smiled in return as a response.
Once conductor Joseph walked slowly to the podium amid a clear round of applause, everyone quietly awaited Fu Weiheng’s entrance.
A minute later, the lights at the back of the hall dimd, seemingly signaling sothing, and the audience, sensing this, spontaneously began to clap and looked toward the ergency exit at the side of the stage.
Indeed, amid another wave of enthusiastic applause, Fu Weiheng, with a violin in one hand and a bow in the other, erged from there to the side of the podium, exuding spirit, elegance, and poise.
Conductor Joseph and Fu Weiheng shook hands politely, and then together, they led all the ensemble mbers in standing and bowing once more to the audience to express thanks.
At this mont, the opening bell sounded in the venue, and after the audience fell silent, a sweet and official female voice announced through the speakers—
"Please enjoy the first piece, the violin concerto ’Carn Fantasy’ created by Sarasate, perford by Fu Weiheng and all mbers of the H&Y Hengyan Symphony Orchestra."
Another round of applause rose and fell. Fu Weiheng raised the violin chinrest to his cheek; everyone on stage was ready. As the conductor’s hands dropped, a bright lody was imdiately played in the vast and silent concert hall.
’Carn Fantasy’ is a fantasy piece by Sarasate that compiles the most well-known lodies from French composer Bizet’s famous opera ’Carn,’ featuring Spanish national style. The entire piece is filled with Sarasate’s unique and extrely challenging violin techniques, fully showcasing the perforr’s violin skills. [Source: Baidu]
The entire piece consists of four uninterrupted sections, preceded by a short introduction—an Andante moderato, where the orchestra plays a strong rhythmic prelude of the Aragonaise from the fourth act of the opera, followed by the violin, utilizing vibrato, string changes, tremolos, and harmonics, and concluding this brief introduction in a calm pizzicato.
Then officially entering the first section, the orchestra plays the lively, playful rhythm of the famous Habanera, and the violin imdiately follows, fully embodying its title as the "soprano" in the family of instrunts during this segnt.
The second section is a slow Largo, with the violin playing the lody with very delicate intensity, concluding softly with a series of harmonics.
In the third Andante moderato section, the woodwinds gently blow the lody of the Seguidilla, followed by the violin repeating this light lody, then fervently displaying pizzicato, harmonics, glissandos, tremolos, and other complex, high-difficulty techniques. [Source: Baidu]
The final Moderato sees the violin suddenly performing the main the, then gradually accelerating with frenzied continuous tremolos, reaching the loudest play, and finishing the entire piece.
After the last strong note concluded, five seconds later, the entire audience erupted in an ardent and exhilarating applause, with all the audience mbers standing up in unison, cheering for this spectacular opening piece—
"Bravo! Bravo!"
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