Rondeau
4 days before concour
(the last day of registrating the piece’s choice)
*in the hall before
the music rooms*
I wonder if there is someone
that can be asked about this song, I can get the feeling but I haven’t got the
grip of aura yet, Kaori mumbling. Suddenly… “
Maybe I can help?”
said an anonymous voice.
“Who?” shouted Kaori.
“Whoa, you don’t have
to be like one of those horror movies victims, it’s just me.” Said Jocelynn
from one of the music room.
“Ohh, it’s you.. Ehh, do you really mean it?”
said Kaori.
“Of course,I do. What?
Are you expecting something like I’m actually a yandere and ready to stab you
or attack you randomly?” replied Kaori.
“…. Yandere? You know
such words? Are you a fan of anime?” said Kaori.
“Oh, yes. From shonen
to shoujo. Action, drama, romance, even supernatural and tragedy genre.” Replied
Jocelynn.
“Whoa, I thought…
someone like you would just like opera or a theater… or something that is NOT
like manga or anime.” Said Kaori.
“Ohh, I love all of
them, Opera to theater. I love all of them. Besides I’m living in Japan, so I’m
supposed to learn the culture, right? Besides I love all of those act-related
things. Altough it’s an animation.” Said Jocelynn.
“So, back to the
topic. Can you help me? You are an expert on things like opera, right?” said
Kaori.
“Hmm.. So you are
going to perform L'amour est un
oiseau rebelle from Carmen right? Uhm, in my opinion
if you want to play this one that bad. Why don’t you just play the “Habanera”
part from Sarasate’s Carmen Fantasy?” said Jocelynn.
“Eh? What? It is the same?” asked Kaori.
“It is. It seems you are really never get
into classical music at all, right?” said Jocelynn.
“Ah, yes. I’m a complete amateur!” said
Kaori.
“You are so proud of yourself haha, by the
way. Let us see if the dorm’s library has the piece book.” Said Jocelynn. “C’mon!”
“Ahh, yes!” both of them are going to the library.
*in library*
“I got it! ^^ here!” said Jocelynn.
“Oh, let me see, let me see! :D” said Kaori…..
“Harder than this…” after Kaori opened the piece.
“But, I’m pretty sure you can play it. For an
ordinary amteur to be in here. You must be a REAL genius. Now now, don’t think
me as a yandere that use sarcasm all over the place.” Said Jocelynn.
“Well, then. Ehm if only Tomoka is here, so
there is someone who can play the Piano.” Said Kaori.
“I can do that for you.”
“Ah Charles, you are looking for a piece too?”
asked Jocelynn.
“Ah, no. I actually want to look for a piece
that I’m going to play for the second week.” Said Charles.
*really? He is already thinking about the
second week, heck even the second theme has not been announced yet.* Kaori
mumbling in her mind.
“So, then.. Habanera from Sarasate’s Carmen
Fantasy right? Well, let’s do it then. C’mon Kao-chan.” Said Charles
*Kao-chan? Please don’t add another weird
name -_-“ *
~Carmen Fantasy – I “Habanera”~
*weird, I actually enjoyed playing this one
more than the actual version of Habanera. This one has more swag and sounds
better. Plus, I have mastered the actual habanera. So…*
“Ehhh.. ohh.. it’s a bit different. Let me
try it one more time.” Said Kaori.
“Well, I guess that’s all for today.” Charles
left the Piano like a boss.
“WAIT! WE HAVE NOT FINISHED. Oh well.” Said Kaori
*cue an anime screeching screams*
“Let’s continue with me, then.” Said Tomoka
from outside the room.
“Tomokaaa-saan~~~” shouted Kaori
“I actually listened to your performance,
haha you are really an amateur. Hey, don’t you know that this piece is an
international standard piece for concour. And you gave it a decent performance.
I think I underestimated you a bit.” Said Tomoka.
“Eh? Is it really that hard? I thought this
was more like an “improved” version of the ordinary one?”said Kaori.
“*sigh* you are really a genius, to be honest
I can not even play some part of the piece eventhough I have mastered Habanera
with my violin” said Jocelynn.
“By the way, have you asked the judges to
change your piece. Today is the deadline.” Said Tomoka.
“Don’t worry, I have everything under
control.” Said Maria Ohka from the second floor of the library.
“Maria-sama?” said Jocelynn.
“Yes, your rendition is superb. Why? This is
the first time you played it, and you only made some unnoticeable mistake, but I’m
sure the more you play, the better you can perform. I don’t even care for that
Tetsuya-brat for making you have a miserable life. Besides I am the one who is
in charge with the piece registration. Hahaha.” Said Maria Ohka
“What’s wrong, I want to listen to your
practice again.” Said Maria Ohka.
“Yes!” said Kaori.
~playing Carmen Fantasy I- Habanera~
“Good, good!” said Maria Ohka.
“But, I can not still get Carmen into my
performance. It looks like I can’t have her swag when she flirted with the
guys.” Said Kaori.
“Jocelynn. You are actually majoring in vocal
right? Sing me the Habanera.” Said Maria Ohka.
“Yes, but really? Right now?” said Jocelynn.
“Yes of course.” Said Maria Ohka.
~singing the Habanera from Carmen~
*note : this convo is happening in the middle
of the song*
“That’s it. Kaori-san take a look. Can you
see the swag? You should just imagine there are many brats around you lurking
around, but you don’t afraid in fact you want to get ALL OF their hearts. Give
up your pride and flirts with them. You are hungry of love. That’s the swag of
Carmen can make you turn into a bitch who is ready to catch your guy. Get it?”
Explained Maria Ohka.
“Hungry of love, eh? And is it safe to say
that Carmen also reflecting the spirit of freedom? The freedom of love. The
feeling that all you want is Love right now.” Said Kaori.
“Good one, that is what your performance
should be.” Said Maria Ohka
“Great, Jocelynn. It looks like you have not
lost your vocal technique even after 2 years of hiatus” said Maria Ohka.
“Thank you so much, but I am not in hiatus. I
have given up in vocal major.” Said Jocelynn.
“Oh you have?
I pity you. By the way Kaori-san keep practicing and get the swag! I’m
looking forward for your performance. Ciao!” Maria Ohka left the library.
“I’m sorry, but I must leave right now. But,
then you have known Carmen’s swag. I bet you can perform way better than that.
Adieu” said Jocelynn.
“It looks like there is something bitter
between Maria-sama and Jocelynn-san” said Tomoka.
“Of course there is. But then, what can we do
now? We still have not known each other well.” Said Kaori.
“Let’s continue the practice then” said
Tomoka.
"Tomoka, san.. I'm wondering... Why did many people here use french so much" said Kaori.
"Ehh...."
And then, they continued to practice. Since I
want to make it fast. Next Chapter is the first concour performance ^^
Classical corner
Carmen Fantasy – Pablo de
Sarasate (spain)
Hello!
^^ welcome to another edition of Classical Corner. In this edition I want to
talk about Pablo de Sarasate’s “Carmen Fantasy”. Well it looks like if you have
read the story. We can conclude that Carmen Fantasy is actually an
international standard of violin competition. Well, it is a very hard piece,
considering the composer. Sarasate is also the one who composed Zigeunerweisen. You guys
who have listened to this piece should have amazed of how crazy the composer
is. The same thing also came out from my mind when I first listened to Carmen
Fantasy. At first, I did not listen the piece from the overture, I listened it
from the Gypsy Dance part (which is Chanson Boheme in the
original opera Carmen) in a second I was amazed. Really. And Sarah Chang’s
rendition literally blew me up.
Like
our heroine said, this piece is more like an “improvised” piece of “Carmen”
notable-pieces. That’s true, since the
motive and the melody don’t change at all. In my ears, I can notice that tempo
is somewhat different from the original piece, and of course since it is for
violin solo, there are parts which somehow are more difficult. Oh FYI I have
talked about Habanera in the previous edition ^^
skip to 0:59 to listen to Carmen Fantasy version of "Habanera"
skip to 0:36 to listen to Carmen Fantasy version of "Chanson Boheme" (Gypsy dance)
