Guo Yan's worries are actually known to Shen Long, and he himself understands that Wang Qiming has practiced cello for 27 years, and his performance skills are indeed good in China, after all, he can enter the official symphony orchestra; But in New York, in front of the Lincoln Center, it is not enough.

This is the center of classical music in the world, gathering the world's top talents, I dare not say that you can beat a cellist casually, but it is an indisputable fact that Wang Qiming's level is not worth mentioning here, and it is indeed unrealistic to rely solely on his own performance skills to conquer the audience here.

The other street performers around him were also looking at him curiously, and it was not yet the future of the New York Philharmonic's full of Chinese musicians, it would be 24 years before Wang Liang became the first Chinese principal oboe in the New York Philharmonic, and Huang Xin would not be the first principal violin in the New York Philharmonic until 34 years later.

Even the famous Tan Dun is still studying with Seiji Ozawa in the United States, and it will not be until next year that he will win the second prize of the International Weber Chamber Music Composition Competition for his string quartet "Ode to the Wind", thus making a name for himself in the classical music world; Chinese performers were still rare creatures at the Lincoln Center at this time.

Shen Long smiled, bowed slightly to the empty front, and then calmly began his first piece, the "Cello Concerto in A minor" by the German composer Schumann.

The smile on Guo Yan's lips after hearing the prelude became even stronger, because this piece was composed by Schumann and his wife Clara in 1850 when they had just moved from Dresden to Düsseldorf and were beaming with joy to welcome a new life; When they first came to the United States, she played this piece, and she immediately understood the other party's intentions.

Except for one or two playful passages in the finale, this cello concerto has a basic opportunity to show off its skills, and it is a sensitive and delicate inner outpouring from beginning to end, but this does not mean that this piece is easy to play.

For a true musician, playing right and playing well are completely different concepts, and the player needs to understand the emotions contained in the piece, which is elegant from the heart from beginning to end, and it is not so easy to convey this elegance completely.

So after Shen Long's performance was over, there were no more audience members in front of him, and only Guo Yan was there to applaud vigorously, and these audiences and the surrounding street artists only applauded politely and slightly, after all, Shen Long's performance was too far from Fournier's version.

Seeing their reaction like this, Guo Yan suddenly became nervous, and then looked at the piano box in front of her, there was not even a penny in it, she immediately looked at Shen Long, only to see that he still had a smile on his face, and there was no trace of waves, as if all this was expected by him.

Shen Long then performed Haydn's Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major, which is composed of three movements: Allegro, Adagio and Allegro Rondo, which are humorous, elegant and bright, and are a model of classical music.

This piece is more suitable for this kind of occasion, after Shen Long's performance, there was a little more applause, and there were a few more dots of coins in the piano case, but it was still far from the others, and if it continued like this, there was no way to make up the standard of forty dollars today.

As soon as she thought of this, Guo Yan's eyes began to dim, after this period of observation, she has gradually eliminated her stubbornness about street performers, and even likes the life here, anyway, here they at least have the opportunity to continue to engage in music, and once they go to the restaurant, it means that the music dream is completely broken.

However, she looked at the piano box in front of Shen Long again, and a wry smile appeared on her face, musicians also need to eat, but they can't support themselves with this income.

After a short break, Shen Long closed his eyes slightly and brewed for a while, and then began to play the third track, when the prelude sounded, Guo Yan showed a surprised look on his face, while the surrounding audience and street artists were full of confusion, what kind of song is this?

Many people know "Liang Zhu Violin Concerto", but there is still cello in this piece, and there is also a special cello version, and Shen Long is now playing the cello version of "Liang Zhu Concerto".

He knew that his performance skills alone could not conquer the discerning audience near the Lincoln Center, and that no matter how high his playing level was, he could not match the world's top cellists such as Fournier, Dupree and Werstein, and that he could not fully integrate the feelings of Western composers into the works of Western composers.

So he took out the "Liang Zhu Concerto", the most Chinese song, but all Chinese who have read the book know the story of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, and have also seen countless literary and film works based on Liang Zhu, and his understanding of this love tragedy is extremely profound.

Therefore, Shen Long can fully immerse himself in this piece composed by Mr. Chen Gang and Mr. He Zhanhao, and fully understand what they want to express through this piece; In addition, he also incorporated some techniques that would later be used by the world's leading cellist Yo-Yo Ma when he played "Liang Zhu".

With a never-before-heard tune, and the occasional new technique, the street artists who could appear around Lincoln Center were all knowledgeable, and they all put away their smiles and listened to the tune with a serious face.

The cello's voice is low, euphemistic, and extended, taking these foreign listeners to feel the love between Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, and the bright spring at the beginning, the singing of birds and the fragrance of flowers make the listeners smile on their faces.

Then, with a rich and mellow tone, Liang Zhu's sincere and pure friendship was deepened and the affection of mutual admiration was played, and Guo Yan saw that the couple in the audience was getting closer.

Then the performance method of skipping notes is used in many places to make the melody lively and jumping, and play a bright and cheerful rhythm, showing the happy life of Liang Zhu's classmates for three years, reading and playing together.

It immediately turned into a slow movement, and in an intermittent tone, it showed the inner emotions of Zhu Yingtai, who was dressed as a man, who wanted to speak and stopped, contradictory and shy, and expressed the scene of eighteen send-offs, long pavilions, and reluctance.

At this point, the first act of "Liang Zhu" ended, Shen Long put down the bow, and the scene resounded with warm applause, and even some street performers walked over to this side, obviously they were all moved by this song.

Sure enough, only the national is the world! If I had continued to play the famous songs of the West stupidly, they wouldn't have reacted like this!