A party lasts four hours.
Originally, Yuan Yi was supposed to sing three songs, but a large chorus was added at the last minute.
Therefore, Yuan Yi's workload increased significantly.
The chorus performance was scheduled for around 10 o'clock.
Apart from those who will be performing in the next show, all the other singers took to the stage to sing.
Everyone looked on with surprise and shock as Yuan Yi stepped onto the stage again.
Who is so kind as to get to perform on stage three times in one gala?
However, everyone understood when they saw that all the performers on stage were veteran artists who had already finished their performances that day.
This might be a special program for today.
But that wasn't the end of it; after the singers took the stage...
People carrying musical instruments emerged from behind another curtain.
They quickly found their seats and sat down.
The audience at the scene and the viewers in the live broadcast room were all surprised to see this group of people appear.
"Are they from the symphony orchestra?"
"Is it the symphony orchestra that played 'The Song of Breaking the Battle Formation in the Moon Palace'?"
"It should be! Didn't you see that the conductor of the symphony orchestra is Teacher Shaohua? He's the concertmaster of the symphony orchestra!"
"He's the one who recorded the symphony 'Breaking the Array of the Moon Palace' last time!!"
"I know that, I even looked it up! And I heard that the 'Song of Breaking the Enemy's Formation in the Moon Palace' is about to have a large-scale performance."
"Is the symphony orchestra going to perform 'The Battle of the Moon Palace' this time?"
"Impossible. If it were a performance of 'The Song of Breaking the Enemy's Formation in the Moon Palace,' why would they use these veteran artists and Yuan Yi on stage?"
"Judging from this, it might be a song for a large chorus!!"
The host didn't introduce the song title, so the audience was completely confused!
Two minutes later, everyone was ready!
Yuan Yi stood at the very front and nodded to the symphony orchestra beside him.
Upon receiving Yuan Yi's signal, Shao Hua immediately raised his baton high.
Just then, the sound of a piano rang out, a series of tinkling sounds.
Following the sound of the piano, Yuan Yi strode forward two steps, separating himself from the crowd behind him, and then loudly recited.
"but."
"Children of the Chinese nation."
"Who wants to live like a pig or a sheep?"
"At the mercy of others."
"We are determined to win."
"Defend the Yellow River, defend North China, defend the whole of China."
Yuan Yi recited the lyrics from the beginning in a passionate and impassioned tone.
After finishing his recitation, Yuan Yi turned directly to face the many veteran artists.
At this moment, Yuan Yi and Shao Hua, the conductor of the symphony orchestra, were doing the same thing: one raised both hands, and the other held up his baton.
As if they were telepathically connected, at the same time, both of their hands suddenly swung downwards.
Instantly, the voices of the symphony orchestra and choir were transmitted directly to the ears of the audience at the venue and in the live television broadcast room through the microphone.
"The wind is howling, the horses are neighing."
"The Yellow River is roaring, the Yellow River is roaring."
"The hills west of the river are ten thousand feet high."
"The sorghum is ripe in Hebei and east of the river."
"Among the mountains, there are many heroes who fought against the Japanese."
"In the green gauze tent, guerrilla fighters display their heroism."
Mixed male and female voices, high and low notes, and male and female voices alone.
One layer after another, wave after wave.
"Defend the Yellow River" is the seventh movement of the "Yellow River Cantata". The song is sung in unison in a single section with multiple phrases. Later, it is written in the form of a canon and is sung in a round, with the style of a march.
With its lively and vibrant melody, rapid leaps, and gradually expanding melodies, the song vividly portrays the magnificent scene of guerrilla fighters advancing wave after wave, fighting bravely to defend the Yellow River and the entire nation.
This song uses melodies from folk percussion and Cantonese lion dance music as its material, which makes the song sound lively, bold, and has a strong national style.
After the unison singing, the two-part, three-part, and four-part round singing forms were adopted, creating a magnificent and undulating atmosphere.
The interspersed refrain of "longge, longge" during the round adds variety and interest to the music.
This artistic technique easily evokes the image of revolutionary armed forces gradually growing stronger in the struggle.
He is like the surging torrent of the Yellow River, unstoppable, and the invaders will surely be submerged in the vast ocean of people's war.
After the round of singing, there is a long instrumental interlude, which not only further enhances the atmosphere but also portrays the characters.
They also used a gradual key change technique to prepare for the final part of the song.
This further highlights the Chinese people's firm determination to wipe out the invaders completely.
The entire chorus of "Defend the Yellow River" only lasts about three minutes.
In those short three minutes, the song directly stirred up a surge of heroic spirit in people's hearts.
A fire seemed to burn in everyone's hearts, and they couldn't help but think of the revolutionary predecessors of the past.
In such a harsh and challenging environment, they drove away the powerful invaders with airplanes and cannons using outdated weapons.
My admiration and respect for them only grew stronger and more fervent!
After the performance, the veteran artists and Yuan Yi and others left the stage.
But the symphony orchestra remained motionless.
The cameraman slowly turned the lens towards the symphony orchestra.
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