(Episode 15: General pause, G.P., Stop abruptly and all rest)
I didn't like you,
but I didn't think we'd end this way.
Goodbye.
Can you manage alone without me?
The Tchaikovsky competition.
You taught me to...
evenly get 7 or 8 points from all the judges.
But you didn't teach me that even if...
I get 5 or 6 points from 9 judges, it might be...
more meaningful to get 10 points from one.
So right now,
I have regrets.
- Thank you. - Thank you.
Hey.
Song Ah.
Did you really quit the chamber because of what I said?
You said you'd go to graduate school.
You can't go if you do this.
Don't do this.
I'm not even sure if I like playing the violin.
You like playing the violin.
Tell Professor Lee you'll rejoin the chamber...
and take the graduate school entrance exam, okay?
I didn't quit because of you, Hae Na.
And I will take the graduate school entrance exam.
What?
What's the point in taking it?
Professor Lee hates you, so there's no way you'll get in.
I started it, so I want to...
wrap it up well.
Yes. One of the cello applicants withdrew.
I called to ask if...
you'd be willing to bring up your recital.
Yes, Mr. Han Hyeon Ho.
He suddenly went abroad.
(Violin, 1st place Son Young Kyun, 2nd place Lee Jung Kyung)
Hello.
Will you get off me?
Your hand is cold.
You don't know your hands get cold when you're sad.
So when your hands are cold, my heart breaks.
What do you like about me?
I'm always annoyed and prickly.
You can act prickly to me.
Do whatever you want.
Just don't be sad, okay?
Oh, hello, Song Ah.
Hello.
Director Nah.
Ms. Chae.
Yes?
Are you surprised I suddenly invited you on a walk?
It's okay.
Joon Young...
had a hard time because he was burdened with...
too many things.
Right now, I think he found his happiness.
I'm pleased.
Joon Young must be happy.
He deserves it more than anyone.
I'd like you to get along well...
with Joon Young like you do right now.
Thank you.
No, it's fine.
I can walk this distance on my own.
But still...
- You're a lot alike. - Pardon?
Sorry for taking your time today.
See you again.
Yes. Get back safely, then.
Goodbye.
After Kyung Seon's funeral,
I told you to choose between moving out to live freely...
and staying in the house and take the role of chairman.
Yes.
Did you resent me?
I did.
But...
whatever condition you set up,
I'd have chosen to stay with Jung Kyung.
Right.
So, are you happy now?
You quit the chamber orchestra?
Yes. But if you need anything regarding...
their first performance here,
you can contact me for the time being.
Why? I thought you already quit.
I still want to wrap things up well.
Okay, but today...
I was hoping to ask for your help with our foundation's...
15th-anniversary concert next month.
Joon Young, Jung Kyung, and Hyeon Ho...
were supposed to do a piano trio.
But now they can't do a trio.
I'm thinking of changing the program to Joon Young's solo.
After you're done with your graduate school entrance exam,
could you be Joon Young's liaison,
and also help us put on the event on the day?
Can you?
Well, Joon Young doesn't need too much looking after.
And it's you, so I'd really like your help.
I'm sorry, but I don't think I can help.
Oh, you must be very busy.
No, it's not that.
We broke up.
To be honest,
I still feel uncomfortable...
meeting with you.
But still,
I'm trying.
It won't be easy for us to go back to the old days.
But after some time,
won't it get better?
(Kyunghoo Cultural Foundation)
You're home?
Is that your umbrella?
I used it today.
It isn't yours?
My gosh.
Let's use the GPS.
What do you want to eat?
Whatever you want.
I knew you'd say that.
Don't you have an umbrella?
The piano had a recording function?
Yes.
Either way, I'm glad the video was taken down.
Joon Young.
We cleared it up this time,
but stealing and appropriating your work is a big issue.
Will you cover it up?
- If Professor Yoo makes you feel... - No.
Right now,
I feel like nothing's important.
Okay.
I understand.
Thank you for caring, Young In.
Mr. Park... No.
Representative Park did very well this time.
Okay, then. Let's talk about something else.
About our foundation's 15th-anniversary concert.
Can we switch the piano trio to your solo performance?
Yes.
Okay. Thank you.
I waited with the hope that...
Jung Kyung and Hyeon Ho would reconcile.
I feel kind of sad.
Still, I'm glad Hyeon Ho got a nice job.
An orchestra in the US? I feel so proud.
He called me right before he left, saying he was on a tight schedule.
Did he see you before he left?
(To violinist Ms. Chae Song Ah)
It was raining outside.
Song Ah was carrying her violin.
So...
I thought she wouldn't be able to leave...
if she didn't have an umbrella.
So I went downstairs to give her one.
She was just standing there.
So I gave her the umbrella...
and told her to use it.
I told her I'd bring an umbrella with me every day...
so she didn't have to worry about the rain.
But I...
hurt her.
She said she wasn't happy...
because of me.
The Tchaikovsky competition.
Can you manage alone without me?
Park Joon Young is absent again.
I looked forward to taking a lecture with him.
He's harder to meet than a celebrity.
I heard he didn't come to any other classes.
Did he go back abroad or what?
I wasn't able to bring much,
but I made this and that for you.
So remember to eat.
Okay.
Are you going somewhere?
I want to take a walk. You can go to sleep first.
Joon Young.
How have you been?
Your dad and I...
feel very sorry when we think of you.
Your face...
looks very haggard.
It's nothing, don't worry.
Is something wrong?
Even if something's wrong,
you're not the type that expresses it.
They said it might rain at night.
Take an umbrella.
Mom.
It's so hard for me.
What?
My gosh.
(To violinist Ms. Chae Song Ah)
- Hello. - Hello.
(Seoryeong University 2021 Grad School Performance Exam)
(Score Sheet)
Great job, Song Ah.
- Thanks. - Cheers.
Sorry I'm late.
I called him today.
Oh. Is that why you asked to meet here?
Yes.
Did you come late to buy us dinner?
Come on, give me a break. I'm just a small business owner.
I'm a grad school student.
Are you asking for pity in front of me?
Sorry. It's on me tonight.
Can we get another beer?
- Sure. - Great.
You'll do just fine on your own.
I don't want to condemn you.
I just came to chat.
15 years ago,
after Joon Young first met you,
he was so pleased.
He said you taught with such passion.
That you were a good teacher.
You want to teach well.
Didn't you buy...
that piano to teach your students better?
While doing my job, I realized that not many people...
are that ambitious.
Everyone makes mistakes.
The problem would be to not learn from them.
You lost Joon Young, but try to become...
a good teacher to someone else.
Don't just focus on their fingers...
but look into their hearts too.
Be a teacher, not a professor.
You can do that, Tae Jin.
Get back safely.
Bye.
Will you walk?
Yes.
- Dong Yun. - Yes?
After you quit playing the violin,
were you okay?
Are you okay...
since you broke up with Joon Young?
Yes.
I don't feel as bad as I expected.
It's a good thing.
At first,
when I first decided to quit playing the violin,
I felt fine. But...
after I sold the violin I played,
that's when I got really sick.
I couldn't leave my bed for days.
If I think about it now,
it was only natural that I got so sick.
I played the violin for 15 years.
At one time, I was really in love.
How could you get over that time just like that?
It takes time to move on from love.
Getting physically sick...
is only natural.
I heard the Traumerei recording.
Song Ah, that was...
I played that for the last time.
- For one last time. - Your feelings for Jung Kyung.
I tried to understand them.
What is so complicated when you say...
you don't love her anymore, but yet you can't cut her off?
Only after we parted,
only after I lose it,
I realized that...
I loved it so much, not just an average amount.
I knew it then.
How much you will love...
isn't something you can decide at the beginning.
I will quit...
playing the violin.
I will...
quit.
The piano.
And...
everything else as well.
Joon Young said he'll quit playing the piano?
Yes.
Does he always do as he pleases?
He refused everything I suggested,
and he's not even answering the phone.
Park Joon Young is the sole reason I quit this company.
What do I do if he doesn't change his mind?
Chris is totally breathing down my neck right now.
So, Ms. Cha.
Can you please persuade Mr. Park?
I know he listens to you.
Representative Park Seong Jae.
Yes?
There must be a reason Joon Young is doing this.
Let's wait.
And...
don't tell his mom in Daejeon.
You know what I mean, right?
Yes.
But Ms. Cha, what do I do if he really doesn't come back?
Do I keep repeating the same thing?
This is driving me crazy.
By the way, Ms. Cha.
My previous seat over there.
Why aren't you hiring someone else?
I thought you'd be the only one who can persuade Mr. Park right now,
so I called you like this. I apologize.
You're his closest friend.
Could you please persuade Park Joon Young?
If Park Joon Young retires,
it would be a great loss for the music industry of Korea.
I heard you want to quit playing the piano.
Don't quit.
You don't know how precious...
your talent is.
I kept thinking about...
what my feelings for you were.
Consolation?
You're right.
I was so used to being consoled by you.
But Joon Young,
I was...
jealous of you and your talent.
That's why I might've been mistaken that I loved you.
Jung Kyung.
I want to be happy too.
Although it may be too late.
I don't feel happy...
playing the piano.
That's why I want to quit.
There is...
a face you make only when you're with Hyeon Ho.
You looked different when you smiled in front of him.
I don't think I could've made you smile like that.
Although you probably don't know what kind of face it is.
(Ms. Kim, Accompanist)
Yes, Ms. Kim.
Oh, parking?
You can park in front of the concert hall near the campus.
Shall I send you the map?
Okay, I'll see you later. Bye.
(Seoryeong University, parking)
I'm afraid I'll have to withdraw my application...
due to personal reasons.
I'm sorry for the inconvenience.
What?
The director of Kyunghoo Cultural Foundation?
Yes. She passed away this morning.
Jung Kyung.
Dad.
Joon Young.
When did you come back?
A while ago.
I took a flight back as soon as I saw the news.
Shall we go?
Thank you, Joon Young.
Goodbye. Take care.
Thank you for coming.
Hang in there.
Okay, thank you.
Congratulations on making it in...
the orchestra.
Thank you.
The people are waiting. You should go.
Okay. Take care.
(May her soul rest in peace.)
This is Chae Song Ah, who used to be an intern at our foundation.
Oh, I see. Thank you for coming.
Thank you.
Have you been doing well?
Yes.
What about you?
I've been well too.
My graduate performance is today.
I'll play a Brahms piece.
You switched pieces.
Yes.
Also,
I will quit playing the violin.
I thought about it,
and I'm a little like Brahms too.
I fell in love with...
what doesn't love me back.
That unrequited love...
must stop now.
But it's okay.
I loved on my own and got hurt on my own,
and this is how it ends,
but for a while,
I think I was happy.
That is good enough.
Goodbye, then.
Take care.
Song Ah.
Let me...
play for you.
What?
At your graduation performance.
Let me play. I want to.
Brahms...
You don't like his music. You can't play it.
I can.
I want to play Brahms.
(Instrumental Music Undergraduate Graduation Recital)
Hello.
Can I take one? Thank you.
In 1853, Schumann,
with his pupil Albert Dietrich...
and young Brahms,
composed a violin sonata.
Brahms...
(Chae Song Ah)
composed Scherzo, the third movement.
(Scherzo by Brahms, from the F-A-E Sonata)
Are you ready?
Yes.
Their friend, violinist Joseph Joachim...
Let's go.
first played this to Clara Schumann's accompaniment.
It was composed around a phrase that Joachim liked,
and was titled the F-A-E Sonata.
Are you ready?
Yes.
They will enter.
For today...
Thank you.
Then...
I should go.
Träumerei.
I thought about it.
Why did Professor Yoo...
steal your recording of it?
You must've played many pieces on the piano that day.
Why did Professor Yoo...
pick Träumerei?
Perhaps...
of all the pieces you played that day,
"Träumerei" was the piece...
that touched his heart the most.
Because you followed your heart...
when you played "Träumerei".
So from now on,
I hope you keep...
following your heart...
when you play.
The piece we played today.
"F-A-E Sonata".
(F-A-E Sonata, free but lonely)
It means, "free but lonely".
But I hope...
you can be...
free...
and happy.
Thank you for playing with me today.
Take care.
I love you.
You told me to follow my heart.
That's why I'm saying this.
I know I don't have the right to say this,
and I know...
I might hurt you too.
But it's too hard for me.
If I don't say it now,
I might regret it for the rest of my life.
I'm sorry.
But right now,
I only want to think of myself.
I love you.
I found out later...
that although the piece we played that night...
(F-A-E Sonata, free but lonely)
was a free but lonely sonata,
the phrase Brahms liked...
was "F-A-F".
(Frei Aber Froh: Free but happy)
It meant, "free but happy".
(Frei Aber Froh: Free but happy)
I found out...
much later on.
(Do You Like Brahms?)
(To violinist Ms. Chae Song Ah)
We all want to work with you.
Mom, get divorced.
I want you to live your life.
If it was our original 15th-anniversary concert,
Director Nah would've loved watching it.
- Hyeon Ho. - Jung Kyung.
Take good care of yourself. Goodbye.
When is your boyfriend's graduation performance?
We broke up.
You asked if we could be friends before, right?
I came as a friend.
I've learned so much thanks to you. Thank you.
Goodbye. Take care.