MMB Chapter 460 The Music Competition on the Eve of the Wedding
Chapter 460 The Music Competition on the Eve of the Wedding
Chapter 460 The Music Competition on the Eve of the Wedding
At [-] o'clock in the evening, the morning glow in the west shimmered the water surface of Venice. Yu Dongqing simply packed up, put on a suit and leather shoes, and left the hotel. He took the Vigondola, a unique boat in Venice, and swayed along the river. Wandering to Elena's house.
Elena still lived in a small street behind St. Mark's Square, but today it was very lively. Her parents were there, as well as a group of male and female friends, including Nick.
In the room on the second floor, Yu Dongqing saw Elena.
Elena is dressed very beautifully today, with a floral skirt inside a small off-white suit, and her flaxen hair is particularly dazzling.
I was very happy to see Yu Dongqing coming. First, I introduced it to my parents, and then introduced it to a group of my young friends:
"This is my friend from China, Mr Yu Dongqing, whose wife Mingmei is my best friend at the London Film School."
"He came to Venice. In addition to attending my wedding, he will also participate in this year's Venice Film Festival. The film "Chinese Youth" co-produced by him and his wife was nominated for the Best Director Award in the Horizon Unit of Venice this year! By the way , he is also a famous musician and has written many good songs."
After Elena's introduction, the young men and women around looked at Yu Dongqing differently.
This handsome uncle from the East is actually a director and musician!
"Mr. Yu, did you write the song "Scarborough Fair"?"
Suddenly someone spoke.
It was a blond girl speaking in English.
Yu Dongqing nodded.
"It's really you, that song is so beautiful!" The girl was surprised and delighted.
The girl explained herself as Elena's classmate Linda, whose hometown is in North Yorkshire, England.
"Our hometown is very close to the small town of Scarborough, I often go there to play, and now that song has become the latest popular song in our place!"
Wow.
Hearing what Linda said, the young men and women around immediately exclaimed.
They haven't seen the movie made by Yu Dongqing, and they may not know what other songs he wrote, but this song "Scarborough Fair" is so good.
After Susan sang it, it almost became a well-known song.
Immediately, several young people began to discuss, as if they were discussing something, but unfortunately they were speaking in Italian, which Yu Dongqing could not understand.
However, he now has his own business to do.
He took out a gift from the bag he was carrying, and it turned out to be a pair of lucky dolls produced by a pair of very cute clay figurines.
"This is from Mingmei and I. In the words of our Chinese, I wish you an early baby." Yu Dongqing said to Elena with a smile.
"Wow, it's so cute, thank you!" Elena took it carefully.
After a few youths discussed the matter, a young man murmured a lot of Italian to Yu Dongqing, and Linda immediately translated it into English:
"Mr. Yu, can I invite you to our concert later?"
Ok?
Linda explained with a smile that according to the local wedding tradition in Venice, the groom, together with his relatives and friends, would bring a musician to play a serenade under the bride's window to express his love for the bride.
If the bride knows music, she will play an instrument and sing in return.
Elena's groom is called Amedeo, the son of a wealthy local businessman. It is said that he will bring a huge band this time, and he will sing himself.
Elena's family is also very famous in the local area, so naturally she dared not show weakness, and immediately asked friends who knew music to help, and the two sides had a great potential for PK.
Now that a famous musician is coming from the East, how can there be no reason not to participate?
Yu Dongqing suddenly felt.
Isn't this like the antiphonal song of some ethnic minorities in the south of China?
It's more complicated than what Nick said.
But very interesting.
At eight o'clock in the evening, I don't know who shouted what, Yu Dongqing didn't understand, but seeing a group of people downstairs running out of the yard, and those upstairs also standing by the window to watch, Yu Dongqing went to the back curiously to take a look glance.
Good guy.
I saw a fleet of boats appearing in the river downstairs.They came straight to Elena's house in a mighty way, and the two boats in front were not equipped with electrical appliances, furniture and other wedding items, but all musical instruments!
And they are all big guys, Yu Dongqing saw a huge piano placed in the middle of the boat.
The people behind are also holding musical instruments in their hands, such as violin, alto, cello, trumpet, French horn... cheering this way.
This is really a whole band - no, a symphony orchestra brought over.
The boat soon docked at the shore, and the people on board went ashore one after another, and stood under the building of Elena's house, with the band lined up all the time.
Yu Dongqing saw a handsome young man in a suit standing at the front, probably Elena's groom.
"City Orchestra!" a girl exclaimed.
Yu Dongqing didn't understand what he was speaking in Italian, so Nick beside him hurriedly introduced in a low voice.
"The Venice Orchestra is one of our famous Italian orchestras. The Amedeo family was able to invite the orchestra. It seems that they have worked hard this time."
shit
Yu Dongqing was also taken aback
To get married and even invite a city's official orchestra over.
This posture.
The woman's side is obviously a group of wanderers, and there seems to be a small band, but they are not to be outdone. In front of the two windows facing the street on the third floor, two teams of men and women appeared, all playing violins in their hands.
On the side of the street, musical instruments were playing together, and the bridegroom officer stood under the window and began to sing to the window sill.
It was an Italian folk song.
Although Yu Dongqing can't understand the lyrics, the melody of the song is very beautiful, although it is a bit like "Santa Lucia" in the original time and space
But this singing skill is really mediocre.
Clearly not professionally trained.
However, she still received warm applause from the bride's side, and Elena, who was sitting on the bed, smiled happily when she heard it.
But the orchestra led by the groom's official back showed professional qualities, especially a bearded man in a suit singing loudly to the window with the accompaniment of the band.
It turned out to be a standard tenor voice!
Bel Canto!
aria!
The song also shocked Yu Dongqing, the melody is very similar to "My Sun" in that time and space!
"Oh, Amedeo actually invited Alexander here." A girl said.
Nick, who had already gone upstairs, immediately translated this sentence into English beside Yu Dongqing, and explained in a low voice: "Alexander is a famous tenor in Venice and the lead singer of our Venice Municipal Orchestra.
No wonder he is a professional, but he is still worse than Pavarotti in the original time and space. The latter can switch freely in the entire range of two octaves, the king of high C.
But in other words, how many people can have the skill of Pavarotti?The man below sang very well.
Compared with the woman's side, it seems a little weak.
No way, with the blessing of the powerful pipeline orchestra and the tenor, the solos of several people were basically turned into scum.
"Mr. Yu, can you play?" Linda said.
Yu Dongqing has no idea.
Naturally, although he can also sing the song "My Sun", how can his broken voice compare with the professional tenor below?
(End of this chapter)