Synopsis and Starting Chapter Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Chapter 60
Chapter 61
Chapter 62
Chapter 63
Chapter 64
Chapter 65
Chapter 66
Chapter 67
Chapter 68
Chapter 69
Chapter 70
Chapter 71
Chapter 72
Chapter 73
Chapter 74
Chapter 75
Chapter 76
Chapter 77
Chapter 78
Chapter 79
Chapter 80
Chapter 81
Chapter 82
Chapter 83
Chapter 84
Chapter 85
Chapter 86
Chapter 87
Chapter 88
Chapter 89
Chapter 90
Chapter 91
Chapter 92
Chapter 93
Chapter 94
Chapter 95
Chapter 96
Chapter 97
Chapter 98
Chapter 99
Chapter 100
Chapter 101
Chapter 102
Chapter 103
Chapter 104
Chapter 105
Chapter 106
Chapter 107
Chapter 108
Chapter 109
Chapter 110
Chapter 111
Chapter 112
Chapter 113
Chapter 114
Chapter 115
Chapter 116
Chapter 117
Chapter 118
Chapter 119
Chapter 120
Chapter 121
Chapter 122
Chapter 123
Chapter 124
Chapter 125
Chapter 126
Chapter 127
Chapter 128
Chapter 129
Chapter 130
Chapter 131
Chapter 132
Chapter 133
Chapter 134
Chapter 135
Chapter 136
Chapter 137
Chapter 138
Chapter 139
Chapter 140
Chapter 141
Chapter 142
Chapter 143
Chapter 144
Chapter 145
Chapter 146
Chapter 147
Chapter 148
Chapter 149
Chapter 150
Chapter 151
Chapter 152
Chapter 153
Chapter 154
Chapter 155
Chapter 156
Chapter 157
Chapter 158
Chapter 159
Chapter 160
Chapter 161
Chapter 162
Chapter 163
Chapter 164
Chapter 165
Chapter 166
Chapter 167
Chapter 168
Chapter 169
Chapter 170
Chapter 171
Chapter 172
Chapter 173
Chapter 174
Chapter 175
Chapter 176
Chapter 177
Chapter 178
Chapter 179
Chapter 180
Chapter 181
Chapter 182
Chapter 183
Chapter 184
Chapter 185
Chapter 186
Chapter 187
Chapter 188
Chapter 189
Chapter 190
Chapter 191
Chapter 192
Chapter 193
Chapter 194
Chapter 195
Chapter 196
Chapter 197
Chapter 198
Chapter 199
Chapter 200
Chapter 201
Chapter 202
Chapter 203
Chapter 204
Chapter 205
Chapter 206
Chapter 207
Chapter 208
Chapter 209
Chapter 210
Chapter 211
Chapter 212
Chapter 213
Chapter 214
Chapter 215
Chapter 216
Chapter 217
Chapter 218
Chapter 219
Chapter 220
Chapter 221
Chapter 222
Chapter 223
Chapter 224
Chapter 225
Chapter 226
Chapter 227
Chapter 228
Chapter 229
Chapter 230
Chapter 231
Chapter 232
Chapter 233
Chapter 234
Chapter 235
Chapter 236
Chapter 237
Chapter 238
Chapter 239
Chapter 240
Chapter 241
Chapter 242
Chapter 243
Chapter 244
Chapter 245
Chapter 246
Chapter 247
Chapter 248
Chapter 249
Chapter 250
Chapter 251
Chapter 252
Chapter 253
Chapter 254
Chapter 255
Chapter 256
Chapter 257
Chapter 258
Chapter 259
Chapter 260
Chapter 261
Chapter 262
Chapter 263
Chapter 264
Chapter 265
Chapter 266
Chapter 267
Chapter 268
Chapter 269
Chapter 270
Chapter 271
Chapter 272
Chapter 273
Chapter 274
Chapter 275
Chapter 276
Chapter 277
Chapter 278
Chapter 279
Chapter 280
Chapter 281
Epilogue
Categories Genre: All, Comedy, Completed, Drama, Romance, Slice of Life Status: Completed ______
Total Chapters in book: 283
Estimated words: 482630 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 2413(@200wpm)___ 1931(@250wpm)___ 1609(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 482630 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 2413(@200wpm)___ 1931(@250wpm)___ 1609(@300wpm)
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Jun Hyuk and Danny finished rehearsals, came back home, and threw their exhausted bodies on the sofa.
“Did Mr. Yoon go out?”
“Because he knows New York City well, he must have gone out to take a walk.”
Danny saw a large suitcase in the living room.
“What is this? Did he pack his bags? Is he going back to Korea?”
Jun Hyuk saw the suitcase and realized right away that it is Amelia’s.
“Oh. Amelia’s here. That’s hers.”
“Oh. I guess I’d better run away. She kind of scares me.”
Jun Hyuk laughed and Danny frowned.
“Danny, I’m not laughing because of you. Imagine it. We weren’t here, so the two of them met. What do you think it was like?”
Danny started laughing right away. They imagined a middle-aged Asian man and open and lively young South American woman coming face-to-face as a scene from a comedy movie. The apartment entrance opened while the two people were laughing.
Amelia had her arm linked with Yoon Kwang Hun’s and entered while laughing, and Yoon Kwang Hun had several large shopping bags in both of his hands.
“Where did you go when you two are meeting for the first time? Shopping?”
“Yeah. They’re gifts from Amelia because of the performance. There are a few tuxedos and suits for Danny and you. We also got a suit for me and a dress for Amelia. We’re going to wear them and go to the concert together.”
But, Jun Hyuk could not respond. Amelia had run to him and was covering him in kisses.
Yoon Kwang Hun tossed the shopping bags in the living room and slipped out of the apartment. Danny also hastily followed Yoon Kwang Hun.
***
“You still don’t look satisfied, Maestro.”
When the last rehearsal was over, bandmaster Samuel Gilberto looked at Jun Hyuk and spoke cautiously.
The orchestra’s performance was perfect and the vocal soloists had been great. Even the few who had only opened and closed their mouths like goldfish, had mispronunciations, and weak voices had elegant and saintly singing that even moved Maestro Carras.
But Jun Hyuk still looked a bit trifled.
“No. I’ll tell you confidently that tomorrow’s performance will be a success.”
Jun Hyuk quickly changed his expression and spoke loudly while smiling. However, the bandmaster had already seen Jun Hyuk’s uneasy face. There is nothing he can do now though.
“Maestro. Is there anything you want to ask us for the last time?”
“Hm… Oh. There is one thing.”
The orchestra members and chorus, almost 300 people, looked to Jun Hyuk.
“Do you all remember what I said in the beginning about how Beethoven felt? Beethoven needed to withstand an alcoholic father who was trying to make him the next Mozart. But he succeeded in Vienna, where even Mozart had failed, and he is full of the desire to brag about this success. That’s in the choral symphony that we need to perform tomorrow.”
Jun Hyuk hesitated for a moment and organized his thoughts.
“Actually… When he is alone after arrogantly strutting and bragging like this… He’ll be really embarrassed and full of regret. Why did I do that? No?”
No one responded. Even if someone had that experience, it is embarrassing to respond.
“Then, do you think our Beethoven regretted it? Don’t you think he would have?”
Though no one responded, they knew that Beethoven would not be one to regret it.
“Alright. Then I’ll listen to the answer to this question during tomorrow’s performance.”
Jun Hyuk’s last words bewildered the members. He will listen at the performance? When they looked at each other in confusion, Jun Hyuk bowed to them and left the theater.
***
Danny focused on practicing with the score in the living room, while Yoon Kwang Hun laid on the sofa and enjoyed Danny’s violin.
Jun Hyuk came back to the house, saw this and sighed, taking the violin away from Danny.
“What is it? Why’d you do that?”
“Quit it. You think it’ll be helpful to practice right now when the concert is tomorrow? It’s better to just relax and rest.”
Danny knows this well, but he could not let go of the violin if he wanted to relax. This is the biggest stage he is getting on since he started on his path as a professional performer. Thinking of the concert in a day, he could not relax.
“But what about Amelia?”
“She’s fighting with your score.”
Yoon Kwang Hun slowly got up from the soda and pointed to the soundproof studio.
“What? My score?”
“I think she was shocked after hearing Laura’s singing. She’s determined to implement beyond that on the piano. Hey, are South American girls always like that? Do they run in without thinking?”
“I don’t know that. Amelia’s the only South American girl I know.”
Jun Hyuk laughed and sat on the sofa, while Yoon Kwang Hun snapped his fingers.
“Danny, Jun. I thought of something fun. What do you think? Do you want to try it?”
Yoon Kwang Hun seemed excited as though he had come up with an original idea.
“Jun plays the orchestra part on the piano, Amelia the piano part, and Danny the violin. What do you think?”
“What? The choral symphony between the three of us?”
Danny’s eyes became round.
“Yeah. Danny, since you’re nervous as it is, you’ll be doing something different. Amelia hasn’t played the piano part yet. I’m curious about her interpretation of it too.”
Jun Hyuk thought that it would be a fun combination, and jumped up from the sofa. He carefully opened the door to the soundproof studio, and a piano melody flooded out.
Amelia was so concentrated that it was hard to interrupt her, and the 3 men entered the room and closed the door. They quietly sat down and started enjoying Amelia’s piano.
“Huh? When did you come in?”
After she played the 5 songs one after the other, she got up from the piano.
“Jun, what do you think? I played as the score said but strangely, the emotion doesn’t come out.”
“It’ll be like that. The piano isn’t fun, right? One hand does nothing because there’s no accompaniment or chord.”
Piano songs are usually configured with an accompaniment and melody. These 5 songs however, are for a person’s voice. It only has one melody.
“Yeah. I’ll have to arrange the whole thing. And I tried combining the 5 songs…”
“Those 5 songs can never mix. I had no intention of making them a 5-sheet song. Instead, I’m thinking of making a piano concerto that’s played with one hand. One that’s 30 minutes to play the 5 songs in continuance.”
“What? A piano concerto?”
The 3 people shouted at the same time to Jun Hyuk’s words.
“Yeah. Why are you surprised? Playing the piano with one hand isn’t a new thing.”
Bolero’s composer, Maurice Ravel, wrote for pianist Paul Wittgenstein, who lost his right hand in WWI. Paul Wittgenstein is also the brother of genius philosopher of the period, Ludwig Wittgenstein.
does not have any shortcomings when compared to normal piano concertos. If one listens to the music without watching a video, it would be hard to tell that it was being played with one hand.
“You already made a concerto?”
When Amelia looked at him in surprise, Jun Hyuk tapped his head instead of responding.
“The configuration is done. I just have to move it onto a score.”
Jun Hyuk winked and Amelia smiled, thinking that he had created a concerto for her as a pianist.
“But why did you all come in here together?”
“Oh. We were thinking that the 3 of us should play the choral concerto together.”
Jun Hyuk tapped Danny’s shoulder as he spoke.
“He’s so nervous, we should help him relax.”
Amelia was already opening the score. She had been wanting to play the song too. Since it is a concerto, it’s not a song that she can play on her own. It’s only possible if the maestro picks her.”
“Mr. Yoon, please.”
Yoon Kwang Hun dragged a chair to the piano.
He sat next to Amelia acting as the page turner, and relaxed as he enjoyed their performance. Danny warmed up and relaxed with Jun Hyuk and Amelia’s novel performance.
***
On the day of the concert, the apartment was busy with people. President Stern, Tara, and three or four employees arrived first, and Danny’s agent came running as well.
“Oh, Amelia. I heard you were here. You’re becoming more beautiful by the day.”
“Hello, Isaac.”
President Stern gave Amelia a hug and then, he took both of her hands in his.
“Amelia. Your sponsor contract is over next year, right? Along with your agency contract?”
“Yes.”
“Then, do you want to sign on with our company? I’m willing to make the contract with great conditions.”
“Thank you, but I’ll decline. My agent has been suffering until now and just started getting better since last year. I can’t turn my back now.”
President Stern looked at Amelia smiling for a moment and tapped Jun Hyuk saying,
“Jun, you have an eye for women. It’s hard to find young woman with such loyalty these days.”
“Isaac, my loyalty’s pretty great too. Tara, what about what I asked for?”
Tara took a small box out of her bag and whispered to Jun Hyuk,
“I took a lot of care in picking this out. You’re going to have to thank me.”
Jun Hyuk gave the box to Amelia.
“Wear this to the concert today. And… I’ll tell you honestly. I don’t know this stuff, so I asked Tara to help me. It’s okay, right?”
Amelia’s eyes sparkled as she opened the box. A necklace with dozens of jewels was sparkling inside.
“I asked her to pick out something that would go well with the black dress you wore yesterday. I hope you like it.”
Yoon Kwang Hun saw Amelia’s expression of fascination and mumbled,
“Damn it. Do I have to get out of the apartment again? This early in the morning…..”
Total Chapters in book: 283
Estimated words: 482630 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 2413(@200wpm)___ 1931(@250wpm)___ 1609(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 482630 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 2413(@200wpm)___ 1931(@250wpm)___ 1609(@300wpm)
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