There are lots of exceptional musical pieces composed by famous musical legends such as, the German music composer, aesthete, and influential music critic, Robert Schumann; who composed Symphony No. 4 in D-minor, Op. 120 in 1851. Or the distinguished Wolfgang Mozart, a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era, who composed over 600 works; one of which is Concerto in A-major for Clarinet and Orchestra, k. 622. These two musical masterpieces were performed at the UC Davis Symphony Orchestra, Mondavi Center, under the name of Spain 2012 on March 11, 2012; along with prelude “L’apres-midi d’un faune” by Claude Debussy. In this paper, I will be comparing the work of R. Schumann, Symphony No. 4, to the Clarinet Concerto, of W. Mozart; in effort to point out the major similarities and differences in these two artistic pieces of music.
Beginning with W. Mozart’s music piece, Concerto in A-major for Clarinet and Orchestra, it was originally written for the outstanding basset clarinet of Anton Stadler, towards the end of 1791. This work of art was one W. Mozart's final completed works and his final purely instrumental work as for he dies in December following its completion. Unfortunately, according to the program notes, the concerto does not survive in its original form as W. Mozart had written it, but is generally heard as an adaptation of unknown authorship dating from about 1800. The concerto consists of three movements, in a fast-slow-fast form: Allegro, Adagio, Rondo: Allegro; and the instrumentation for this concerto is kept relatively small and simple, consisting of solo clarinet, two flutes, two bassoons, two horns and strings; interestingly leaving no room for cadenza, an instrument we would normally expect to find...
... middle of paper ...
...derlines the melancholy character of the music. However, the four movements of Symphony No. 4 are connected and played without a pause, but still are performed thematically. The three motives ties the symphony together, overall creating one of the most beautiful introductions and Romanze that depicts an alluring atmosphere, and ends with a mesmerizing finale, making the listener’s feelings waver between fascination and wonder.
Works Cited
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarinet_Concerto_(Mozart)
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._4_(Schumann)
• http://symphonysalon.blogspot.com/2005/12/robert-schumann-symphony-no4-d-minor.html
• http://www.theorymuse.com/mozart/mozart_clarinet622_ben.pdf
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Schumann
• http://www.laphil.com/philpedia/piece-detail.cfm?id=1431&bc=1
On Monday, April 21, 2014, along with my friend JJJJ and my Mom, we went to see Alter Bridge perform in concert at Rams Head Live down in the Marketplace in Baltimore, Maryland. The doors opened at 7 o’clock and the concert started at 8 p.m. with the band Monster Truck as the opening act. We went and ate dinner before going to the concert, but when we entered the venue, Rams Head was packed. The show was sold out and there were people ranging from ages fifteen to mid-fifties. There were both men and women in attendance, but I noticed there were more men than women. When we arrived, we only made it for Monster Truck’s final song, but the song we heard was better than I had expected. Monster Truck is comprised of four members: a guitar player, an organ player, a drummer, and a bass player who also is the lead singer. Based on the one song I heard of Monster Truck, they reminded me of a modern-day Deep Purple with even hints of Boston in the way they sounded. After Monster Truck finished, everyone was full of excitement for Alter Bridge to come on.
Some of Mozart’s famous pieces were A Little Night Music (Eine kleine Nachtmusik), 1787, Don Juan (Don Giovanni), 1787, The Marriage of Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro), 1786, and The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte), 1791. A Little Night Music or Eine kleine Nachtmusik was admired for its lively, joyful quality, and its memorable melodies. In the 21st century, A Little Night Music remains the most frequently performed and iconic of all classical compositions. The second I heard this piece I knew exactly what it was, and loved the sound of the string instruments. Don Giovanni was one of the greatest operas of all that capture enormous power. It also portrayed the feat of the
Mozart’s Flute Concerto opened with a familiar ritornello which played by the string instruments. At the beginning, the dynamic of the ritornello was forte then it changed to piano. When the flute was soloing, the string instrument became soft and served as a harmony which supported the melody played by the flute soloist. The first movement ended with the ritornello. The flow of the second movement was smooth but lacked some interesting features. The third movement
A sufficient reason for attending many NYCB performances, even of the same program when possible, is that one can never tell beforehand when the constituent elements of the ballet-going experience will jell effectively for them. For a non-musician like myself, it is difficult to “see" the music, but on Sunday afternoon it felt as if I did. Mozart’s and Tschaikovsky’s composition never sounded so sublime. Alexander Glazounov’s music was imbued with an irresistible beauty of its own. And the company was firing on all cylinders for this matinee! Maria Kowroski and Tyler Angle were deeply moving in Mozartiana; Teresa Reichlen and Russell Janzen, spectacular in Cortège Hongrois. All the subordinate parts, by Daniel Ulbricht in one work and Lauren King, Emilie Gerrity, Savannah Lowery and Ask la Cour in the other, were performed admirably. The work of the corps members shone throughout. This was easily the most satisfying of the five
I can still recall that atmosphere whenever I think about it; that wonderful evening with my favorites and all about that evening. The Curtis Culwell center was an amazing experience and surely will be in the coming years. That feel of the auspicious and pleasant day with the serene ambience, when one of my favorite singer-composer brothers came to Dallas for a live concert can still be remembered by me. Salim- Sulaiman, the singer-composer brothers from India, famous for their music and love songs and their spiritual touches mesmerized the whole arena. The best part about their concerts in the tour of North America was their initiative. It was an initiative towards the famous Aga Khan Museum of Toronto, Canada and all the profits from the
This project lets us know the sonata form was the popular form in the classical period. Analyze the music materials in Mozart’s horn pieces let us figure out the way that Mozart composed. The horn concerti that Mozart composed were interesting because even Mozart used some mocked word to Joseph Leutgeb; these concertos still are the compact music. Currently, the numbers of Mozart’s horn pieces were different because Köchel used the started time to number them that was not using the finished time that people always thought. Mozart’s works still finding out anywhere nowadays, so this list of Köchel catalogue still will be changed in the future. No matter in past or today, the Köchel catalogue of Mozart’s compositions still is an important research because, without him, we perhaps cannot find or organize these Mozart’s works clearly and
Beethoven gives the cello a much more significant role that it is usually allocated in classical pieces -- it is a meaningful participant in the melody, and not just a “base-holder”. The variations take the listener through a full spectrum of musical variety: major and minor, fast and slow tempo, sad and joyful, leaving an almost magical impression.
Mozart’s Symphony No. 41 was his last and longest symphony he composed. While listening to this breathtaking piece of music, one specific aspect of this piece stood out to me; this being the instrumentation. In this symphony, many different instruments were used. While listening, I recognized many of them. A flute, two oboes, two bassoons, two horns, two trumpets, timpani, and strings make up this famous piece that is known world-wide by millions of people.
Analysis of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony demonstrates that this work is the quintessential example of the sonata form, as well as an embodiment of the most fundamental principle in symphonic composition that follows the classical pattern, which is the “flowering of an extended composition from a kernel by a process of organic growth” (Machlis 224).
On Sunday, September 25, 2016 at 7:30 p.m. Flutiest Wayla J. Chambo performed contemporary music pieces based on Poems. The program included solo flute pieces, flute with electronic music and also some world premiere pieces. All pieces from the concert were based on the Poems by Chambo herself. This project aims to present interactions of text and music, and it was impressed through the whole concert.
For my concert i had to attend I decided to go to the Wind Symphony conducted by Dr. Karen LaVoie which was help May 1, at Dever stage. When arriving I was kind of surprised by the large attendance and surprisingly Dever was having one of it’s cooler nights. At first I was surprised to see older people joining the students in the ensemble on stage but after looking through the program learnt these musicians were former Alumni. I love that idea of inviting alumni to still be apart of the symphony it allows students to learn from these people but also invites people from our community to come back to WSU.
Sunday afternoon, the 18th of September, the music faculty treated the college to a lovely concert. The bottom floor of The Porter Center was packed as the doors opened and people flooded in. The concert started with Koeun Grace Lee and Katherine Palmer doing a duet on piano. They both teamed up and played an amazing piece by Mozart called Eine Kleine Nachtmusik.
Music in the nineteenth century saw the creation and evolution of new music genres such as the piano miniature, short expressive piano pieces. During this time raw emotion and expressionism prevailed as the focus of music during this described “Romantic” movement. Robert Schumann’s “Grillen”, from Fantasiestucke, Opus 12 was written in July 1837 contains several virtues of music during his time period. Schumann’s uses various qualities in his music such as form, pitch, rhythm and meter, and texture so express different attitudes within his music. These qualities convey music that characterizes romanticism as very emotional, expressional, and dramatic. Schumann’s piano miniature remains a supreme example of the Romantic style in its uses of form, pitch, rhythm, and texture.
The Classical Period brought forward new musical innovation. The sudden change in emotion and contrast in the music from the classical era is one of the many fascinating topics. However, the topic most talked about to this very day is Mozart’s Requiem. The mystery of which parts were composed by Mozart puzzles many. Even the rumor that surrounds Mozart’s cause of death is fascinating. Peter Shaffer’s play Amadeus, added more controversy to this intriguing mystery.