The VIP tickets are in the middle part in front of the seats, and the sound heard is relatively uniform and the sound channels are balanced
First-class tickets are usually arranged behind the VIP tickets and on the left and right sides. The sound heard by the first-class ticket audience is a bit biased, but they can feel the performance of each performer up close
The same applies to other ticket types.
Regardless of the ticket type, as long as the audience does not make loud noises (except when applauding and when performing Chinese dramas), listening to live concerts is still much better than listening to recordings. Because live concerts can fully demonstrate the spatial art of music and are very atmospheric.
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Article: Brave Heart
As an industrial product of modern civilization, records have a history of just one hundred years. Before that, in addition to music scores, the inheritance of human musical civilization was Mainly relying on the living musical expression of live performance. For thousands of years, live listening has been the only way for ancient people to experience music. Even today, when the record industry is extremely developed, live performance still attracts thousands of music lovers with its lively intimacy and warmth. Concert hall, song and dance theater. . .
As a musician who has just started to come into contact with European classical music, the charm of live performances must be full of reverie and temptation in our minds. When we are about to step into love with extremely pious excitement, Before worshiping music at the Music Hall, in order to enable us to experience and feel more and greater joy from the "sounds" we are about to hear, the following experience and precautions are probably necessary for each of our friends who are new to classical music. To understand and master.
Selection of concert repertoire
In big cities like Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou, there are numerous concert halls, and concerts are performed almost every day, such as Beijing Music Hall, the performance schedule for the next year can be filled up by the end of the year. We must use the limited funds and limited time at hand to choose the most suitable performance for us to listen to from the dazzling array of performances. There are two main basis for selection:
First, choose the performance that we have strong interest in, And I like to listen to the repertoire, so that even if the performance group's own performance skills are not satisfactory, the music itself can still bring us the due emotion. For those tracks that you are indifferent to on the record, no matter how fantastic others say them, it is ultimately how others feel. If you encounter the poor performance of the band again, I am afraid that those great music will never be restored in your heart. It’s day!
The second is to focus on the performances of some well-known international music groups and famous music artists in China. Such rare performances often occur once in decades in China. Especially for some elderly art masters, their performance visit to China may very well be their first and last time. If you miss one, you may regret it for the rest of your life. For example, the exchange performance between cello master Rostropovich and conductor Seiji Ozawa at the Century Theater in Beijing in the autumn of 2000. What they brought to our Chinese Philharmonic audience was not only the touching music, but more about themselves. The musical personality reflected.
Preparation before the performance
If you are very familiar with the performance you are about to hear, and you can even find several classic recording versions at hand, then it is best for you to avoid listening to it at this time These wonderful recordings will prevent you from creating too deep preconceived obstacles in your heart, thus affecting your concentration when listening live. The overall level of the China Symphony Orchestra is the highest among domestic music groups, but some friends often express great disappointment with their live performances. The main reason is probably because the excellent and classic recordings of famous foreign orchestras that we have heard are too The more you listen to other people's recordings and the more you understand them, the more obvious the gap will be in comparison with the state diplomacy scene, and the greater the disappointment will be.
If you are not familiar with the track you are about to listen to, then you should collect and understand as much relevant information as possible. It is best to find a recording and listen to it first, so that you can listen to it live. Then you won’t feel too sudden or confused. As for the sources of relevant information, there are many sources, including libraries, the Internet, and of course friends who like music.
Concert Hall Precautions
In most people’s minds, suits and leather shoes are required to listen to symphonies. In fact, this is not necessary in China. After all, suits are not our traditional ceremonial clothing. As long as they are clean and tidy, not slovenly, and the attire allowed in the lobby of a star-rated hotel is acceptable in the concert hall. Some classical musicians' performance costumes are eye-poppingly fancy, such as cellist Maisky, violinist Kennedy and others. Their performance costumes have always been very individual. Casual, comfortable, and casual are not only the trends in modern clothing, but also the inevitable trend in concert hall attire. Of course, there are also specific concerts that have specific dress codes that must be adhered to.
On the day of the performance, be sure to arrive near the concert hall as early as possible and enter early. There are many benefits to entering in advance. You can calm your mind and wait for the music. You can have plenty of time to read the detailed introduction of the music, band, and conductor in the program, and you can avoid hasty browsing during the performance, etc. . . Of course, the most important thing is that this is the minimum respect for the performing groups and artists. Nowadays, many concert halls refuse to admit latecomers during the movement. Even so, during the short break between movements, it is not only troublesome to find seats in the dark auditorium, but also attracts blank stares and displeasure because the seating disturbs others.
The sharp ringtones of mobile phones and pagers will definitely sound frightening in the concert hall, especially the ringtones that appear during the performance. In order to avoid the occurrence of such extremely dissonant sounds and avoid causing irritation to surrounding people You'd better turn off the "hateful" looks from the crowd before entering the venue. If you do have to wait for particularly important pages, be sure to set them to vibrate. Try to avoid bringing items that can easily make noise into the venue, such as plastic bags, plastic bottles, shopping bags, etc. Generally, there is a free storage space for these small items in the entrance hall of the concert hall.
Beijing Poly Theater now explicitly prohibits children under 1.2 meters tall from entering. This is a wise move! According to scientific research, children under 1.2 meters tall generally do not have emotional control. That is to say, it is difficult for them to stay quiet for a long time and listen to music in the concert hall. Their involuntary "action" consciousness not only affects the parents' Appreciating emotions will disrupt the listening environment of surrounding listeners. Therefore, except for some special concerts specifically for children, try to avoid bringing children who do not have emotional control to the concert hall. Otherwise, it will not only be uncomfortable for the children, but also the parents, adjacent audiences, and even the conductor. They will all be affected. Different levels of influence and interference.
Several points of attention during listening
The points mentioned above are all for the purpose of better entering the best listening state. And when we finally hear the beautiful and moving fairy music, we are moved speechlessly, what issues should we pay attention to?
The first thing is not to clap or cheer randomly. It is said that when Western artists performed symphonies hundreds of years ago, the audience was allowed to applaud between movements. When the applause and cheers were too enthusiastic, the conductor would improvise and repeat the movement just played to entertain the audience. However, after hundreds of years, today's customs have greatly changed. It has become a common etiquette not to applaud between movements. Maintaining silence between movements can not only ensure the integrity of a grand work, but also ensure the continuity of our appreciation thoughts. . Therefore, no matter how exciting and moving the previous movement is, we can only leave all our sincere gratitude and passion to be released at the end of the piece.
If you don’t know much about the work being performed and want to know when the music ends and when to applaud, there is a simple way to judge: take some time to familiarize yourself with the program and understand the movement of the work before the performance. Number, count the movements carefully during the performance. Generally, the conductor and performers on the stage make simple rest movements between movements. The audience in the audience also adjust their posture, cough wildly, etc. After all the movements are played, the conductor generally Everyone will turn around and take a bow. At this time, you can clap and cheer as much as you want to express your gratitude to the artists. The reason why I asked you to count the movements carefully is to prevent you from blindly following some irrelevant people to applaud, make noise, and add chaos during the movements.
I have seen jokes several times in Beijing caused by too enthusiastic applause between movements.
One time was at the opening ceremony of the Beijing International Music Festival in 2000. Since a large part of the audience had government hospitality tickets, as soon as the first movement of Sarah Zhang's Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto ended, the whole audience erupted. The thunderous applause and warm applause alarmed the lady in charge of presenting flowers outside the venue, so she hurriedly came onto the stage holding flowers to present flowers. The following scene was really embarrassing for the Chinese people. . . Another time was in the auditorium of Tsinghua University. As soon as the first movement of Brahms’ Violin Concerto ended, there was thunderous applause. Several female students also stood up after hearing the sound and ran onto the stage to lay flowers. . .
After solving the problem of blind applause, all that remains is to avoid "little actions" that are quite disturbing, such as whispering between pieces of music, looking at the program list, drinking water, eating melon seeds, etc. No matter what "little actions" you do, You have to first consider whether your actions will affect the people around you. After all, this is not a comfortable environment for one person to listen to the sound at home!
Many classic records are produced by the most prestigious orchestras, the most outstanding conductors, the best recording venues, the best equipment, and the most outstanding recording engineers, coupled with careful In the post-production, that kind of "celestial disc" level auditory performance is far better than an ordinary domestic live performance. If we listen to an orchestra with poor quality in a concert hall with unsatisfactory acoustic conditions, I can't forget the wonderful things in those "Heavenly Disks" in my mind, and frequently make various comparisons between them. This is not only unfair, but also has no positive meaning. We are here to listen to live "real" music, not to look for gaps and shortcomings, let alone find fault with it (of course gaps and shortcomings inevitably exist). The positive and wise approach should be: put aside all the prejudices in your mind, actively immerse yourself in the music you hear on the spot, feel the music itself with your heart, and capture those musical moments that shock and move us. This is what we usually do. The real purpose of listening to live music is the real purpose of music lovers, and only in this way can they be worthy of their hard-earned money and precious time!
At the end of the song
In a regular music season performance by a regular orchestra, after the official program ends, there is usually no encore (encore), and those exchanges, Visiting performances, because they are rare to see and hear, are always indispensable for encores. At this time, the orchestra and conductor will try their best to give their best and most exciting touching moments, and their The amount of encore performance and encore repertoire depends largely on the intensity of the audience's applause and cheers. If you really like their performance, you might as well applaud more vigorously and enthusiastically.
For etiquette reasons, as long as the concertmaster (the one sitting in front of the first violin) does not get up and leave, we the audience had better not get up and leave in a hurry. People have come all the way to express their love for you. We shouldn’t be rushing to travel just a few minutes away for a performance!
When you are still immersed in the aftertaste of the music and have to leave the show, don’t forget the objects left on the seats and the things left at the door.
If you are willing, after listening to the concert, you may wish to communicate with some music friends about your own listening experience, or write down some unforgettable feelings so that more friends can understand through your description. , indirectly feeling those musical moments that you will never forget, "it is better to enjoy it alone than to enjoy it with everyone", which is also a wonderful thing!