Under the stage is a pot of porridge.
The cello is the elder and mentor of the entire fugue ensemble. He found out that he had Parkinson's disease on the third anniversary of his wife's death, and thought that the biggest challenge next was how to reluctantly quit the stage and find a suitable successor.
Viola finds it difficult to accept the reality at first. She is used to the three men around her who care for her from different angles, and that the four of them sit in a circle and weave into a field that covers her life and music. Cello has closely cared for and guided her since she was a child. She couldn't imagine if she would have the strength to continue playing without him sitting next to her.
Viola's husband is the second violin. In fact, he was unwilling to take second place. He disliked the rigorous and conservative nature of the first violin, and believed that it was this person who limited the orchestra's exploration of new styles. He also twisted another deeper knot, which originated from the old love between his wife and the first violin. He has never been sure if Viola loves him or if she just married him because of her pregnancy. However, in order to try to make the orchestra harmonious and his wife happy, he suppressed the depression for many years and worked hard in the same position.
The first violin, rigorous and unsmiling, bears a lot of pressure and expectations, and insists on playing according to the marked score. Although the former lover is still facing her every day, she has already married someone else's wife, and her daily life has been invaded by the orchestra. She is full of affection and has to pour it all out on the bowstring.
They have been together for more than 20 years and have performed more than 3,000 times, becoming a prestigious quartet. On this seemingly empty and clear stage for 20 years, all four of them have gone through thousands of mountains and rivers.
As the cello fell ill, the first domino fell, and all the past suddenly rumbled, intertwined and repeated, and it was hard to say a word, which controlled everyone's judgment and choice of the next step. Cello is dedicated to finding the next cello. Viola is committed to keeping things as they are. The second violin is committed to making himself the first violin. First Violin is committed to not letting the orchestra get out of hand.
Viola said, if the cello doesn't play anymore, then I quit too. The second fiddle says it's a time to make some changes. The first violin said there could be no worse timing. Viola persuaded her husband to be the second violin. The second violin is full of grief and anger, okay, you two ex-lover team up to bully me, and sleep with someone else in a confused way. This time, it was Viola's turn to be sad and angry, and kicked the second violin out of the house. The second violin simply began to tear his face to follow a question that seemed to have nothing to do with the orchestra - after so many years, do you love me or not, do you love me or not. Viola said, . . . I don't know either. The daughter of the second violin and the viola showed her love to the first violin out of admiration for the first violin, as well as sympathy for her father and vague revenge for her mother to ignore her own pleasure. The first violin practiced for many years, once he broke down, fell into a year-long love and couldn't extricate himself, pouring a bucket of oil on the fire of the other two.
So in the last rehearsal before the cello farewell performance, the viola and the second violin fought face to face. Get me out.
Then, the four of them walked onto the stage as always, and they were still playing in a seamless and integrated manner. This time, the cello failed to persevere to the end. Beethoven No. 131, seven movements without interruption, he stopped in the middle to give way to the next man. When the music sounded again, everything continued and changed.
In this process, there are two other key players. One is Alex. She does not belong to the fugue, but is connected to it. She is the daughter of viola and second violin, pupil of cello, and Lolita of first violin. She and Fugue grew up together, moved forward together, inherited the talents, memories, and tacit understanding of the four people, and also shouldered their entanglement and hesitation. She is the condensation and witness of the whole fugue, and it is clearer and firmer than the fugue itself. She was the one who first pulled the most important thread out of the mess - the fugue could not be dissolved. She took the initiative to pay the price she could, and broke up with the first violin in love. The fresh and beautiful apple face that was crying, showed a cruel but pure and vigorous will.
The other is Nina. Nina is like the wolf in the legend of "The Wolf is Coming". As the successor of the cello, she is named in the first few minutes of the story and has been rolling around on everyone's tongue, but it is not until the last few minutes. Appear. They kept bringing her up, but they didn't seem really ready to meet her. But in the last performance, she actually appeared, silently walked onto the stage, and silently sat in the place vacated by the cello, which seemed abrupt and completely logical. The first violin pondered for a long time, and silently closed the marked score. New combinations, new attempts, everyone knows that Fugue has turned a page for more than 20 years at this moment. In the audience, Alex smiled and the cello burst into tears.
Alex and Nina are two sections of this story, the past that has to be abandoned at every intersection, and the new life that has to be embraced. There are a lot of reluctance, reluctance, unclear, and incomprehensible, but they have to.
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