Appalachian Symphony Orchestra performed, Morning,Noon, and Night in Boone. The Orchestra was arranged on stage in a normal set up, the concertmaster was on the left hand side of the Conductor, the strings in the front, woodwinds in the middle, and brass and percussions in the back. The instruments in the back were on an elevated platform, so there sound could project and be heard. Before the conductor came out, the concertmaster signaled each section to play a note. Once, the conductor came out the crowd went crazy, they clapped loudly and shouted. And Mrs. Orth was so happy and kind and thanked everyone. Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna, was very upbeat and humorous, it had the crowds attention. It started with the percussion then the brass, Oh man! it sounded like a band, with its sonata allegro fast and lively pace. Then the strings came and the whole orchestra was playing, the notes just flowed. Some would say the percussions and brass overpowered the strings, but this piece was different. The strings were loud enough to be heard. By looking at the string performer's face expressions, they were really feeling the piece, and were not stringing hard trying to compete with the …show more content…
The first movement the orchestra was smooth and graceful.The violinist were playing gently,and soft. The second movement is quite faster than the first, and the performers were smiling and enjoying themselves. By the third movement the orchestra was playing faster and louder, and having much fun. The orchestra began feeding off of the crowd, who was enjoying the piece. The fourth movement, the orchestra slowed down and were playing beautifully. The performance was graceful, the conductor just let her hand flow, and barley had to the guide the orchestra, because they had it down pack. The performers did not just play Beethoven Symphony No. 7, but they told a story. one could hear when character went from happy to
One of the pieces the UC Davis Symphony Orchestra performed was Carnival Overture, op. 92, composed by Antonin Dvorak. The conductor at this concert was Christian Baldini and the main violinist was Shawyon Malek-Salehi. This piece was made in the Romantic era with an orchestra instrumentation. The genre for this piece is concert overture and has a sonata form in a similar formate to other sonata forms from the Romantic era, making it sound dramatic compared to the Classical era’s sonata era. The live performance was true to Dvorak’s original score, which took the traditional sonata form of the classical era and changed it to incorporate a common Romantic era sonata form. Although the live performance focused on the first violinist, it still maintained the dramatic atmosphere from the original piece by keeping the sonata form, rhythm, texture, and instrumentation.
Beethoven's Symphony No.3 also known as the Eroica consists of four parts, namely, allegro con brio, adagio assai, scherzo and allegro, which is the standard structure of a symphony. In this work, the analysis focuses on the first movement so as to show how Beethoven enriched symphony. The first movement has a distinctive sonority and texture. It is considerably long as it takes about 14 minutes (it may depend on the version). Some complete symphonies from the classical period are about the same length as this first movement, so Beethoven's work set aside from the traditional symphony. It tells other composers that there is no such thing as a standard length of symphony's movement. In order to understand the first movement, one needs to consider the historical framework. Beethoven composed his 3rd symphony at the beginning of the XIX century when Europe underwent through a lot of political changes. The absolutism was coming to an end, so freedom was in everyone's heart. Beethoven manages to convey particular feelings and emotions t...
Music is virtually everywhere we go, no matter if it is background noise in a coffee shop or singing along while shopping for groceries, we can find music somewhere. The event I attended was the Flint Symphony Orchestra on October 8, 2016. I have never attended a symphony before so I was excited to go, especially since I had invited my friend to attend with me. For this event, I was already informed by my teacher that the symphony will be formal so we needed to look the part since others will be dressed fancy. This made me curious how this event will turn out. Walking past the ticket area and through the doors to the lobby made me feel instantly memorized at how grand it was on the inside. I went downstairs and there were a vast
The first Sonnet performed was a very light and airy piece. The second piece, The B minor Sonata is the largest single movement piano sonata ever composed. It is considered Liszt’s best work for piano. Sonata in B minor was very aggressive and it made me feel really uptight listening to it. I was waiting for the next note constantly. I thought for sure that this would be my favorite piece of the concert. I thought about it all through intermission. Some friends whom I saw a few seats over told me that the last piece was by far the best. I was eagerly anticipating that last composition.
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, composed by the legendary Ludwig van Beethoven, is one of the most famous orchestral musical compositions done by the German-born composer. The symphony is broken down into four movements. The symphony has such a profound effect on so many people because of its use drama by introducing sudden and powerful chords which quickly grabs the audience’s attention as well as creating a variety of musical ideas through his use of excitement by way of fast and slow tempos. The first movement, Allegro con brio, which utilizes the Sonata form, contains an opening sequence or Exposition, which initially compels my attention during its first 6 seconds due to its powerful entry and introduction of the basic four-note motive (short-short-short-long) of the piece. The quick repetition in a lower step using strings in unison keeps me engaged due to its energy, as it sort of
It has a very nice combination of the woodwind and violin. The music goes slow for first three minutes and suddenly it goes fast with the sound of violin and slows down again with the melodious sound of the flute and violin and repeats again giving the feeling of nature and after eleven minutes it is in very high notes. And again, from the 14 minutes, begins the second movement with the melodious sound of violin followed by other instruments. This part is very sad and attractive part of the orchestra too. It feels tragedy and sad music. The music is slow and in low notes. The flute in the fourteen minute is so attaching and alluring. I felt like listening to it again and again. The third movement then begins from twenty-three minute which also feels sad music. It reminds me of the good old childhood days. After the thirty minutes comes the most powerful and weighty part that is the fourth movement. It ends comfortably in F major. Among the four symphonies by Johannes Brahms, I liked the Symphony no.3. And I would like to thank Mr. Madere for giving us with such assignments which help us relax and get free from our
Each individual player in this orchestra is a soloist of sorts, playing a completely different piece than the musician seated directly next to them or across the stage. Rather than being written as a concerto, this piece, written in three movements, allows for each of the accomplished musicians to display their skill individually though each solo is not brought to the forefront of the piece, creating a what sounds like a disgruntled compilation of individual pieces that come together. This piece both begins ends with the Funeral March of Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony directly tied into the basses, at first it is quiet and difficult to recognize but as the third movement is introduced it becomes more pronounced and evident. Those who were present for this pieces introduction to society were able to see its emotional effect on its composer who had obvious emotional ties to the music. Strauss never showed up to see his work debut instead he attended the dress rehearsal, asked Sacher if he could conduct this work. Strauss was said to have given a beautiful reading of the score that many view as his most...
I really liked how the tempo of each and every piece varied and was not just one constant rhythm. I appreciated how classical Beethoven music can still be brought to life in the 21st century with modulation of instrumentation. I felt that time seemed to speed up during the performance, since before I knew it, the concert was over, hence, perhaps one can say that one was engaged into critically listening to the music and not focusing on when it will be over. Talking about listening, one can critically listen to it by using at least three elements: reception/audience, time and place, and emotional response. Recall that the audience had a widely distributed age variance from undergraduate students to senior citizens. I also said that classical music composed by Beethoven was modernized to fit 21st century expectations and it was combined with an appropriate outdoor atmosphere (despite it being muddy). Lastly, the emotional response I felt was that it made me acknowledge that music originally composed for a particular instrument can be morphed to fit the tonality of a different instrument. I consider that very creative and intriguing. Overall, I recommend this concert to my peers where UCI performers play variations of Beethoven musical pieces using string instruments and do so in a lively manner. There was no point during the performance where I felt annoyed nor bored do to all five pieces having an engaging vibe that made time go much faster than
When the musical piece playing to the 1:20-2:41, the section is repetition between the pianist and the orchestra. There are shorter in each section. For the piano, it’s lighter and softer than the beginning. And the chord is move high and deep. If this musical piece in dialogue, it’s like fighting. The piano and chord are argued with something. But, each of them
...re was very interesting transitions between the variation, for example, string section plays the variation from low to high, when they reach the highest note, the brass family takes over and continue with the scale and make it more higher. Tremolo style was used in this piece, which is a quick ups and downs stroke mode. The music were very soothing and attracted the audience. Lastly, they end the piece with the same variations that was played at the beginning.
On Wednesday, June 14, 2017, I had the pleasure of watching the Chicago Symphony Orchestra perform Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Opus 125 by Ludwig Van Beethoven. The original performance was recorded and put on YouTube, May 7, 2015, in honor of its first premier 191 years before when Beethoven decided to share his 9th Symphony with the world even though he couldn’t hear it himself. The symphonic masterpiece was recorded at the beautiful Symphony Center Orchestra Hall in Chicago and conducted by Riccardo Muti. The performance was completely deserving of selling out every single seat for one hour and twenty-two minutes. In fact, the musicians did not disappoint, Stephen Williamson was in the first clarinet chair, alongside colleagues Mathieu
I think that the symphony sounded great to our ears because the performers were all professionals. Although some of the pieces were long the music was great. They had a clear a crisp sound and they were in tune. The highlight of the performance was the last song where the drums were taken place. My favorite piece was the Piano concerto Andante. That piece was slow at the beginning and I loved the slow and dreamlike melody that the symphony projected. But, the piece changed the mood and it went from a dreamlike slow piece into a nightmare fast piece. At the end of the work, the piece had a resolving sound which I feel like it tells me a story. The piece that I liked the least of the third piece. I liked it the least because it was difficult to listen to. There were many sounds from different instruments playing all at once. It did sound like one piece, but it was a little harder to listen to than it was to the other pieces. My interest was held the entire time because each piece was
The first section, which lasts for the first 35 seconds, has a predominant non-diegetic foreground and a subtle diegetic background. The foreground segment corresponds to a musical score made by multiple violins playing a lengthy discordant piece. It is characterised for its high pitched notes which create a feeling of tension and anticipation to the audience. On the contrary, the background sounds, which encompasses both, the ripping paper and Marion’s body movements, are both diegetic and lower in intensity and volume in comparison to the forefront. It is possible to affirm that the background noises do not play a major role in the fragment but rather complete the picture the audience is
This was a beautiful piece, with exquisite dynamics and a beautiful melody. It is amazing to experience something like this, where you can truly understand how important each note, each instrument is to the overall sound of the piece. The tempo was quite fast and as the piece played, I could imagine stories that would pair with it well. My favorite part of this piece was the first minute or so of play. There was a steady rhythm to the music and the violins were absolutely beautiful. This was my favorite piece of the night. The music was gorgeous, each note ever so delicately played. This piece was interesting because it seemed to follow some sort of
They archived a perfect design and costumes aspects. The lightning of the stage was directed perfectly and the costumes for the dancers was chosen in a great taste to fit the story. The dancers did a great job in communicating the way they act with their body movements and face expression fit the subject they were trying to send for the audience. And finally, I think after Mr. Andary gave us the background about the modern dance; I was ready to attend the concert and gave my overall viewpoint of the dances. I think would not understand anything if I did not get the idea behind Modern Dance