Chapter 62: The End of the Journey to Ceylon
At this time, the Wiener Golden Theater was very quiet, only occasionally small voices could be heard, and everyone was waiting silently.
Seeing Thomas in a dress, he walked up to the stage and burst into warm applause, and the gentleman, who was over 60 years old, took off his top hat and bowed slowly to everyone without speaking. The applause stopped, and everyone's eyes were locked on him.
Thomas sat in front of the piano and put his fingers on the keys, the old man learned the piano at the age of 9, he gave his life to the piano, and there were wisps of piano sound in the hall, melodious, a kind of piano rhyme but resonant. Although the sound of the piano is like a complaint, all the quietest and best times, the most brilliant wind and frost, are slowly flowing.
Everyone at the scene was fascinated, including Aoki in the background, who was sighing that it was too powerful, Thomas's piano skills were not comparable to his own boy, who was half his age.
That's it..... Another song....
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At the end of the whole performance, Thomas stood up and said, "Dear friends, I would like to share with you an interesting thing, he smiled and said slowly, as if chattering at home, the audience was like his friends and relatives. Today I encountered foggy weather at Mader airport, and I have to say that it was really unfortunate that it made this old man who was already half in the ground thunderous, and couldn't help but curse the damn weather. ”
His witty words caused laughter to be heard from the audience, and Thomas waved his hand, "But at that time, the beautiful sound of the piano came from the airport, which quieted all the irascible passengers at the airport, including me, an old man, it was a kind of music that I had never heard before, different from Western piano music, it was full of magic and made me indulge in it for a long time." ”
Speaking of this, he paused again, and then said: "It's an honor for me to invite him to the scene today to share with you this piano song from Huaxia "The Street Where the Wind Lives", applause to welcome my friend Mu. ”
The audience was very excited, because Thomas's recital had not had a guest for many years, and they were full of anticipation for who this wooden person he highly praised was.
After hearing the introduction, Aoki, who was wearing a suit, slowly walked up from the backstage and hugged him, and Thomas said happily: "Don't skimp on your damn applause, the audience, believe me that he is a genius and will surprise you." ”
Thomas returned to the piano again, this piano is a piano, it has a history of 100 years, its surface is pasted with a layer of wooden planks, which is symmetrical and beautiful and beautiful, like a hand-drawn painting, the wood used to make the piano is now very small, it has become a protected species in the world, and cannot be used in felling, so his piano is unique.
Aoki sat on a chair in the center of the stage, holding the erhu in his hand and nodding at Thomas, only Thomas and Aoki's seats were lit under the dimming of the scene.
The soft voice sounded slowly, a song that everyone on the scene had never heard before, he was very different from the piano music composed by Thomas, first warm, then soothing, and finally there was a trace of sadness in the piano sound, after a rapid note sliding, the people on the scene seemed to hear the sound of their own hearts....
At this time, the sound coming from the piano has slowed down again.... The lights over Thomas went out, leaving only the Chinese youth on the stage with a mysterious musical instrument in his hand.
The sound of the erhu in Aoki's hand conveys a heavy sadness that surpasses the romance of the piano, and the sound of the piano still does not stop, the two pieces of music are like a group of lovers whispering in the ears of the listeners, confiding in each other, telling each other about their love, but the tones of the two instruments will never coincide, but chase like butterflies, as if two lovers can never be together.
The audience in the audience has different looks on their faces at this time, some are confused, some seem to be recalling something, some are crying, real tears, this song is not cheerful, with sadness, people with different circumstances will have different associations after listening to it.
In the perfect interpretation of the piano and erhu, tactfulness and melodiousness are scattered, and the longing and longing of resentment wander.
People are different, today is not yesterday. Across the long other side, the smoke and rain and the mountains and rivers are forgotten in pairs, and the streets where the wind lives have changed their vicissitudes.
The end of the song.....
The lights on the scene turned on, and the two slowly got up like everyone bowed for a curtain call, and the applause at the scene did not stop, echoing for a long time in the sky above the music hall that has been sitting for hundreds of years.
It's great, this piece of music from China is refreshing, and I can't calm down for a long time.
Thomas, who returned to the backstage, hugged Aoki and said, "Wood.... It's amazing, you're applauding you when you hear it. After speaking, he patted him and motioned for him to come on stage to take the curtain again, although today was his concert, he gave the honor of the second curtain call to this young Chinese friend Mu.
Aoki didn't shirk either, and returned to the stage gracefully again, bowing and thanking himself to enjoy this incomparable stage.
Aoki, who stepped down again, bowed to Thomas: "Thank you, Thomas, for giving me this opportunity to perform on the best stage in the world." ”
Thomas looked a little unhappy: "No... My friend, it is my pleasure, you are very talented, you have surpassed many musicians I know in this piece, even if it were not for my invitation, I believe that in the near future you will be standing alone in this golden hall. ”
In the end, he gave the erhu in his hand to the old man on the other side of the world.
"Wood... Can't you really stay a few more days? I still have a lot of things I want to communicate with you. Thomas was a little sorry that Aoki said that he would leave Wiener tomorrow and return to China.
"Thomas, I would love to stay in this beautiful city and discuss music with you, but I am actually a singer in Huaxia, and there are still many things waiting for me to go back and deal with in pop singers, but we will meet again, right?"
Aoki also admires this old man with very high musical literacy, and he also has a lot of musical problems that he wants to discuss with him, but time does not allow it.
"Of course we'll see each other, but you're my only friend in Huaxia. If I can go to that beautiful country in the East one day, I will definitely find you as soon as possible."
"Of course, you're also my only friend at Wiener. ”
Aoki left the old man his address and phone number in Huaxia, and Thomas also sent Aoki and his party to the car, looking at the cute old man waving behind the car.
Aoki's nose was sour, this trip to Ceylon surprised him, it was really a magical trip, and what he experienced today was like a dream.
I also got acquainted with a world-famous musician, a pianist, and performed with him at the Golden Theater.