Chapter 125: The Great Cantata
When Shen Chong left the stage, the audience shouted again, "Sing one more song!" again, but this time the shouting was not as enthusiastic as when Li Qingfeng took a stand. It's not that Shen Chong doesn't sing as well as Li Qingfeng, or that the songs are inferior, but Shen Chong's performance makes them realize that the performance in the future may be just as exciting.
In fact, Yan Xiuwen's "When That Day Comes", Zhang Bangmo's "Fifteenth Moon", and Jiang Dawei's "Where the Peach Blossoms Bloom" were all applauded.
When Jiang Dawei finished singing "Spring in the North" and left the stage amid the applause of the audience, Bai Qiuling came to the center of the stage again. She looked at the dark and oppressive audience in front of her and smiled at the newspaper: "Decades of hard work, decades of hard work, under the leadership of the party, hundreds of millions of Chinese people have become full of public opinion, and together they have entered a new era with the magnificent rising sun." Finally, let's invite the famous singer Guo Lanying to sing "Into the New Era"!"
Hearing Guo Lanying singing, the stadium suddenly resounded with tsunami-like applause. Many audience members stood up and applauded wildly.
Xu Wangqiu's reaction to the audience was not surprising, Guo Lanying is a palace-level artist with an unparalleled status in the hearts of the audience. He remembered that in 2019, he suddenly went to his girlfriend's house for the New Year, and when Guo Lanying appeared at the party, his girlfriend's parents were very excited, and his girlfriend's grandfather exclaimed like a child, Guo Lanying came out!
In the extremely warm applause, Guo Lanying walked to the center of the stage and looked at the audience in front of her with a bright smile. She has been singing and singing for more than 30 years, and she has long been accustomed to seeing big scenes. For her, it's just an ordinary show that can't be ordinary. She smiled and nodded at the band, signaling that it was time to begin.
After receiving Guo Lanying's instructions, the band began to play, and a burst of passionate and cheerful music sounded.
None of the audience spoke, they all pricked up their ears to listen to the band's performance, quietly waiting for Guo Lanying's singing.
Guo Lanying listened to the prelude and cut to the point accurately: "I always want to confess to you, how heroic my mood is, I always want to confide in you, how much I love life, hardworking and brave Chinese, and enter the new era with high spirits......"
Guo Lanying was born in Bangzi, Shanxi, and became the top brand of the troupe at the age of 13. After the People's Liberation Army entered Shanxi, she was deeply attracted by "The White-Haired Girl", so she left the troupe and joined the art troupe to engage in opera performances. Guo Lanying's singing voice is different from many people, it is the singing method of Shanxi Bangzi fusion Western opera, and there is a unique taste in it.
During the exercise, Guo Lanying was so miserable that even her waist was discounted and she was almost paralyzed. Now that the movement is over and everything is over, she really has a feeling of stepping into a new era. She sang her most real feelings into the song "Into the New Era", and used the most simple and soul-touching voice to show this work with excellent lyrics and music to the audience.
In Guo Lanying's singing, the audience heard the joy of reform and opening up, felt the infinite love for life, and the infinite vision for the future, and this is also their heart.
Almost everyone felt that the song filled their hearts, and the joy and joy of the song flowed down the veins and throughout the body. They couldn't help but admire in their hearts, Guo Lanying is worthy of being a people's artist, singing with love and telling with heart!
Xu Wangqiu turned his head to look at Xu Wangchuan, the song "Into the New Era" was copied by him, but the lyricist marked Xu Wangchuan. After the concert, "Into the New Era" will definitely be popular and will become a classic repertoire for many important performances. As a lyricist, Xu Wangchuan will inevitably be courteous to the state. With this aura, he will have a lot less trouble doing business in the future.
Xu Wangchuan sensed Xu Wangqiu's gaze, turned his head and asked, "What's wrong?" Xu Wangqiu said with a smile: "Today's performance should be a success." There should be no problem with the performances here in Beiping, but the performances in other cities are not certain. When the time comes, you must be careful not to poke out any baskets. Xu Wangchuan nodded and said, "Don't worry, I'll pay attention." ”
Xu Wangqiu didn't say more, turned his head to look at the stage, and thought that there should be no problems with the performances in the magic capital, Tianjin and Yangcheng, the main thing is to be familiar with the performance process;
At this moment, Guo Lanying had already sung to the high/tide part: "The leader of the past and the future, leading us into that new era;
At the end of the song, the 18,000 spectators clapped their hands vigorously and chanted "one more song" in unison. The applause and cheers were like a volcanic eruption, making the whole world tremble.
Guo Lanying stood in the center of the stage, looked at the applauding and cheering audience, bowed deeply, and said with a smile: "Next, I will sing "People Say Shanxi is a Good Scenery" for everyone. ”
There was another round of applause and cheers. This song is an interlude from the movie "The Young People of Our Village", which became popular all over the country in the 60s. Most of the audience at the scene listened to Guo Lanying's singing for the first time at the scene, and they were all looking forward to it.
Listening to live music is completely different from listening to radio and listening to records, just like it was easy to listen to music on the Internet in later generations, but people are still willing to pay a high price to go to concerts, and in addition to supporting idols, the most important thing is that listening to the live atmosphere is much better.
Many viewers feel that when Guo Lanying sang "People Say Shanxi is Good", her voice was not as clear and transparent as 20 years ago, but it was much thicker, and it had a more shocking power. Her grasp of feelings is even more perfect, her eyes and gestures are so appropriate, making the audience's hearts rush and stir with her singing.
When the music of Guo Lanying's third song sounded, the atmosphere of the scene completely exploded, and countless audiences stood up. This song can be said to be known to everyone in China, and it is even known as the second national anthem, the episode "My Motherland" from the movie "Shangganling".
When filming "Shangganling", director Sha Meng said to composer Liu Chi: "I hope that this song will spread all over the country with the performance of the movie, and it will be a household name, known to women and children, and will endure for a long time." After a few years, this movie will stop acting, as long as you sing this song, you will think of the moving scenes in the film, and you will miss those volunteer heroes who can sing and cry!"
Apparently they did, and decades later the film "Shangganling" was rarely mentioned, but "My Motherland" has been sung all the time, and as time goes on, it has shown more and more its brilliant brilliance.
One year, Taiwanese scholar Lung Ying-tai gave a speech at the University of Hong Kong on the theme of "One Song, One Era". Lung Yingtai first played two songs of "Counterattack/Attack on the Mainland", and then asked the audience: "Which is your enlightenment song?" Zhou Weili, vice president of Baptist University, took the microphone and said: "I remember that when I entered the university, many senior brothers took us to sing 'My Motherland'. Lung Yingtai didn't expect someone to say red songs, and felt that Hong Kong people were not very good at singing, so he said: "Really, how do you sing it?" I don't know who started singing, and very few people started to sing along, and there was even ridiculed laughter, but more and more people joined, and it eventually became a chorus.
Guo Lanying has been singing "My Motherland" for more than 20 years and has sung it thousands of times. But no matter how many times she sang it, every time she sang this song, she was fully engaged: "A big river has wide waves, and the wind blows the fragrance of rice and flowers on both sides." My family lives on the shore, and I am used to hearing the captain's horn and seeing the white sails on the ship......"
Guo Lanying's singing voice is like a hand, slowly unfolding a picture scroll in the audience's mind, almost everyone saw a slowly flowing river, saw the snow-white rice flowers on both sides of the river, saw the alum on the boat, and saw their hometown.
At the beginning, Qiao Yu wrote good lyrics for "My Motherland", but director Sha Meng felt that "a big river" was a bit stingy, and suggested changing it to "Ten Thousand Miles of Yangtze River". Qiao Yu said that writing in this way will make those who are not on the edge of the Yangtze River psychologically distant and lose their sense of intimacy; and from the experience of the motherland, no matter where you are, there will always be a river at your doorstep, and what happens on the river is closely related to life, entrusting your joys, sorrows, and sorrows, as long as you think of home, you will think of this river.
The fact is also the same, whether it is an old man or a childish teenager, whether it is on the other side of the ocean or in the distant space station, as long as the song of "a big river" sounds, as the descendants of Yan and Huang will feel a strong emotional resonance, and often tears will be in their eyes. Because this song will remind everyone of the motherland and their dear hometown.
The audience has heard "My Motherland" countless times, but when they heard Guo Lanying's singing at this moment, they couldn't help but burst into tears, feeling a stream of blood burning in their chests, and an uncontrollable surge of emotion. No matter what their voices are, whether they usually like to sing or not, at this time, they can't suppress the excitement in their hearts, and they sing with Guo Lanying with affection.
Cui Jian and his friends lost their usual frivolity, with tears in their eyes, and sang affectionately: "This is the beautiful motherland, where I grew up." In this vast land, there are bright scenery everywhere......"
Su Bai and the girls, as well as the girls of the women's volleyball team, all burst into tears and sang affectionately: "The girl is like a flower, how broad-minded the young man is." In order to open up new horizons, awaken the sleeping mountains, and change the appearance of the river......"
Bai Qiuling was singing along, Li Guyi, Jiang Dawei, and Yan Xiuwen were singing along, and Gu Jianfen, Xie Fei, and Xu Wangchuan were also singing along: "This is the motherland of heroes, and it is where I grew up. In this ancient land, there is the power of youth everywhere......"
Xu Wangqiu was also in tears at this time, thinking that if the movie I made could be like "My Motherland", it would still be circulated decades later, and the audience would still be deeply moved, then my life would not be in vain. He took a deep breath to calm his undulating heart, and then sang along with Guo Lanying: "Good mountains, good waters, good places, and all roads are spacious." A friend comes with good wine, and if the jackal comes, he is greeted with a shotgun......"
The 18,000 spectators at the scene were like a disciplined army, singing in a neat voice: "This is the powerful motherland, where I grew up." In this warm land, there is peace everywhere in the sun......"
When the last syllable of "My Motherland" disappeared, the entire gymnasium seemed to be silenced, and there was no sound, not even the sound of breathing, revealing a solemn meaning. Xu Wangqiu looked at Guo Lanying in the center of the stage, and couldn't help but hold his breath, as if he was worried that his breathing would disrupt this solemn atmosphere.
After a brief silence, the entire stadium was ignited by the enthusiasm of the audience. The applause and cheers literally tore the sky apart, and the heavenly river poured down from the sky, flooding the entire stadium.