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Producer System: My Girlfriend is a Cellist-Chapter 68 - 66 Gan Yanyu Cannot Play This Piece (Request for First Subscription) (Request for Monthly Ticket)
Chapter 68: Chapter 66 Gan Yanyu Cannot Play This Piece (Request for First Subscription) (Request for Monthly Ticket)
This symphony, composed by Mozart in 1788, contains what kind of emotions?
Let’s put it this way.
When Lin Tian listened to this piece of music, he couldn’t help but imagine: Momonoki Kanami and the annoying supervisor went on a business trip together, and they encountered a heavy rain, so they had to take shelter...
The feeling of urgency, tension, heart-wrenching, yet incredibly exhilarating and anticipating what’s next, arose spontaneously.
Of course, to say it formally.
Behind Symphony No. 40 is a sad story.
At that time, Mozart’s wife was sick in bed, without money for medicine, and his child was about to starve, without bread.
On the paper, Mozart first wrote not the music, but a letter begging for a loan.
In the letter to his wealthy friend, Pu Hebei, he wrote: "I firmly believe you are my true friend, and because you know that I am an honest man, I pour out the twists and turns of my heart to you and ask for your help..."
His friend, in the end, only gave a little bit of money.
It was in such a state of desperate sadness and anger that Mozart wrote the last three works of his life.
Symphony No. 40 in G Minor is one of them.
Indeed, all adaptations and covers of this piece have never been able to fully express its true emotion.
What it contains is Mozart’s tearful smile.
Through this piece, one can clearly feel Mozart’s breath, sensing the loneliness of his soul that "ponders the vastness of the universe, alone and shedding tears"...
With deep respect for the great composer, Lin Tian wrote down this piece.
...
Perhaps it was because of the influence of the old fan of classical music, Gan Yanyu.
Previously, Lin Tian just shifted songs, nothing major, so what if he copied some compositions?
But now when Lin Tian writes these pieces, thinking about the background, encapsulating these musicians’ lifelong anguish, he somewhat feels a sense of loss and shame for not having experienced it with them personally.
As Gao Zhenyang has said.
To experience, to resonate.
What Lin Tian can do is to make these musicians’ compositions shine and warm in this world.
And Lin Tian with Gan Yanyu, strive to convey the real emotions and the meanings the composers wanted to express to every individual in the world.
Unknowingly...
Lin Tian seemed to gradually feel the hefty significance and unparalleled charm behind the few words "classical music".
...
Of course, respects paid.
The name needs to be changed.
Otherwise, when Symphony No. 40 is released, others might ask...
Where did the previous 39 symphonies go?
Can’t explain!
Lin Tian certainly can’t release all 40 symphonies at once, right?
Symphony No. 40 consists of four movements, Lin Tian has only written down the first movement, renaming it should be fine.
After much thought, Lin Tian changed the name to—
Symphony No. 40 in G Minor "Pathétique".
This way, it neither changes the original intention of the piece nor disrespects Mozart.
Satisfied with his work, Lin Tian took a look.
Next, just waiting for Gan Yanyu to come over tomorrow.
Exhausted, Lin Tian took a bath and then lay down on his bed.
Today, so many things happened, in the morning he went to the Music Academy to perform, in the afternoon Gan Yanyu fell ill, fortunately, it was nothing serious, he slept in her house in the afternoon, when he woke up everything was safe...
Compared to what followed.
Lin Tian now looks forward more to Wednesday’s concert.
...
...
The next day.
At noon, the doorbell at Lin Tian’s house rang on time.
Lin Tian opened the door and saw the young girl standing outside.
He was stunned.
"Beautiful, who are you?"
"Ah..."
Hearing Lin Tian’s words, Gan Yanyu touched the braids on her shoulders.
"Is it... very strange?"
The transformation of Gan Yanyu today indeed shocked Lin Tian.
The contrast.
Her usually slightly cold black long hair was tied into braided twin ponytails today.
Dressed in a fresh spaghetti-strap floral dress, with an unbuttoned white cardigan over it.
A different artistic vibe, with a touch of the girl-next-door, like an artist who would go painting in the park over the weekend.
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"If you’re talking about something strange..."
Lin Tian stroked his chin and placed his hand on Gan Yanyu’s head.
Round and quite a bit shorter than himself.
Lin Tian felt like he was touching a child.
"Would it be better if you wore a hair clip here?"
"I think so too, but I don’t have a suitable one."
Gan Yanyu’s face turned red, feeling that the conversation could veer into weird territory, she walked straight into Lin Tian’s house.
As soon as she walked in, she saw the music sheets Lin Tian had placed on the table.
"Is this the new piece?"
Gan Yanyu exclaimed with surprise and quickly walked over to pick up the sheets.
Just then, Lin Tian’s phone rang.
After the call, he said to Gan Yanyu, "The instruments from the music store have arrived, I’m going downstairs to get them, wait for me for a bit."
"Okay."
"..."
""G Minor Pathétique Symphony"?"
Gan Yanyu softly read out the title.
Then, alone, she sat on the sofa, humming the music from the sheets.
"..."
As she hummed, the girl’s voice suddenly stopped.
Gradually, her heartbeat accelerated with a thud.
Her pupils also trembled.
Looking at the cello beside her, her hand uncontrollably grabbed it.
...
By the time Lin Tian retrieved the instruments delivered by the music store and returned home,
Gan Yanyu had already started playing!
She sat on the sofa, pulling the bow across the cello.
Her braids dangled over her shoulders, her cute face filled with unusually intense and excited emotions...
It was as if she was engaged in a sport that was exceedingly mentally draining.
She only played a short segment before stopping.
She gasped heavily.
"What’s wrong?"
Lin Tian closed the door, walked in, and seeing something was off with Gan Yanyu, he asked.
"Lin Tian, this piece you’ve written... it’s so beautiful, so much so that... I might not be able to handle it."
"What do you mean?"
Lin Tian didn’t understand Gan Yanyu’s point, and sat down beside the sofa.
"As soon as I entered into this piece, I felt like there were urgent cries next to my ears, speaking to me..."
"This feeling... makes me feel breathless..."
Gan Yanyu stared into Lin Tian’s eyes.
Her expression was somewhat sorrowful.
For Gan Yanyu,
her performances were always fully immersive, especially when playing a brand new piece...
She would listen intently to the voices in the music.
But the voices in this piece caused her to feel a frantic tension in her chest.
This tension enveloped her in the supreme beauty of the music, yet it also made it impossible for her to endure.
"Lin Tian, how did you come up with this piece?"
Gan Yanyu couldn’t help but ask.
She wanted to know, in what kind of mental state had Lin Tian been when he wrote this piece.
Lin Tian knew that this was not the time to be casual.
So he seriously said:
"Inspiration from a dream."
"From a dream..."
Gan Yanyu could understand.
After all, she didn’t want to believe that Lin Tian’s emotional state had reached such a point of grief and loneliness.
If that were the case, it would drive Gan Yanyu mad.
To write such a piece from a dream’s inspiration... it seemed, Lin Tian truly was chosen by destiny.
"Lin Tian, is this a piece that some lonely composer dreamed into giving you?"
Gan Yanyu couldn’t help saying, her tone revealing a hint of weariness,
"I might not be able to perform this piece."