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Chapter 1659: Chapter 1325: Music Sage (Part 2)

And the instrument Qin Zhen is responsible for is surprisingly a flute.

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The exclamation was fleeting.

A minute before the stage started, the hall was silent enough to hear a pin drop.

The audience had high standards, and no one dared to make a sound for fear of affecting the competition.

The conductor’s platform.

The top conductor of Blue Star, named Chen Mi, turned and lifted the baton.

Prelude, Adagio, E minor.

This is a symphonic work in a grand narrative style.

The grand feeling is omnipresent right from the introduction section.

Strings!

Timpani!

Woodwinds!

The intertwined instruments competed to play vigorous and passionate rhythms, conveying an intense sense of tension and pace, creating a powerful shocking effect!

And amidst this effect.

There’s also a faint sense of nostalgia seeping through.

This symphony not only tells a grand narrative, but also expresses intense emotions.

And on the big screen.

The title of the piece has already appeared.

This is Qin Zhen’s Eighth Symphony, and the first movement is called "To the New World," with the theme being the changes from the merging of the eight continents of Blue Star, and its pervasive impact on contemporary people.

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Lin Yuan quietly listened to the symphony by his ears.

Qin Zhen is the most renowned symphony master of contemporary Blue Star.

Work by such a master is naturally extraordinary, and it’s not an exaggeration to describe his work as breathtaking.

Lin Yuan even thought that if someone like Qin Zhen were born on Earth, he would surely become a deity in the contemporary music scene, possessing uniqueness.

Because Earth could not produce such a contemporary master.

If one must find someone comparable, it could only be through searching in global history for those few most brilliant names in the music world.

But at this moment.

Lin Yuan was not thinking about winning or losing; he was enjoying the moment, enjoying this unfamiliar yet stunning piece.

And after a brief transition.

The second movement of the symphony began.

B-flat major, astonishingly with a total of eight beats.

With careful listening, one can discern that each of these eight beats carries a different flavor.

For instance, the first beat.

The woodwind section played it, performing in the bass a few haunting chords filled with sorrow, after which Qin Zhen performed a slow theme with an exotic beauty and mystical charm on the flute, accompanied simply by strings, involuntarily bringing to mind the Qin Continent.

The second beat...

The third beat...

The second movement seems to incorporate the eight thematic styles of Qin, Qi, Chu, Yan, Han, Zhao, Wei, and Zhong Continent music.

This isn’t such a shocking idea.

But the practical difficulty is incredibly daunting.

Qin Zhen needed to fuse the musical styles of the eight continents into one movement.

Qin Zhen accomplished it.

At that moment, Lin Yuan felt that Qin Zhen deserved to be called great on the Blue Star music scene!

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Symphonies typically have four movements.

Qin Zhen’s symphony also adheres to the standard four movements.

The third movement.

This movement is noticeably longer than the previous two.

With a scherzo style, as if presenting the transition between two centuries through music.

The first half.

The music leaned towards a light, lively, and bouncy mood, back when Blue Star hadn’t yet merged, each continent had its own ways of life, and people could find contentment in their small worlds.

In the latter half.

The theme turned grand again, even though the focus of instruments and melody had distinctly shifted, the theme still resonated with and imitated the former, showcasing the unique features of the pentatonic scale in all its glory!

Is it better to merge or not to merge?

No one knows the answer to this question.

But what is certain is that everyone has gotten used to the new era’s waves, with the continents becoming increasingly united, while their homeland gradually becomes a sentiment; in fact, this has already become a society of The Great Unity!

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The ending of the third movement feels a bit like a transition.

There is usually an interval between movements.

But in Qin Zhen’s third and fourth movements, the connection is very tight.

Almost as soon as the former ended, conductor Chen Mi began the performance of the fourth movement.

This is the climax of the entire symphony!

A typical Allegro!

A grand sonata form!

It is like a summation of the current great merger of Blue Star, where the grandeur climbs to a peak, simultaneously nurturing a new theme, intertwined into a stream of emotions!

At this moment.

A new era is born, instilling everyone with a sense of responsibility and mission!

The principal theme of this movement is jointly played by horns and trumpets, majestic and grand;

The secondary theme is a gentle, lyrical melody, played by the clarinet.

After all this development, it forms a glorious conclusion!

When the last note falls, the applause onsite continues like an endless tide!

This is a symphony enough to dominate contemporary times!

It is also a piece that nobody can find fault with, which can be crowned with the name of greatness!

It is also a symphony worthy of this grand Blue Star music scene showdown, a perfect answer sheet!

Meanwhile.

It is also a piece that made Lin Yuan grateful for not underestimating, for decisively inviting Beethoven’s work...

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Central State Music Hall.

Thunderous applause filled the scene.

"Among Qin Zhen’s symphonies, this is the one that moved me the most!"

"The structure of this symphony is genius, turning the impossible into the possible, as if telling the story of world history’s evolution through a single piece, such a piece should indeed be born in the transition of two centuries!"

"Other than its inclination towards the popular style, I can’t pick any flaws."

"The melody, technique, and even the scale are perfect, this is his new representative work!"

"His personal performance, responsible for the flute part, touched the heart!"