For this fieldwork project, I attended the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra’s concert on Sunday, April 8th at St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church in Mahtomadi, Minnesota. In all honesty, I did not conduct very much research before the concert. I made the decision to attend the concert the Thursday before (very last minute) and ran out of time to do a large amount of in-depth research about the musicians and the pieces they were to perform. I did, however, get a little information from the website I purchased the tickets from. I knew that three to four pieces would be performed by several different groups of musicians from the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. However, that was about all the information I garnered at first. While I did not conduct a lot …show more content…
Prior to attending, we arranged to carpool and rode to the concert together. Upon arriving, I was amazed by the sheer size of the church. After walking in the main entrance, I looked up and stared at the high, vaulted ceil and noticed the giant glass windows all around. When we arrived, a sizable crowd had already gathered. In the main entrance area, a large number of people walked around looking for tickets, talked to each other, and some made their way toward the main chapel where the performance took place. After we walked around for a couple minutes and received our tickets, we made our way to the chapel’s entrance, had our tickets taken, and walked into the performance space where I took my seat in the far back right corner. For as impressive as the entrance was, the chapel itself was a sight to behold. The room itself had hundreds of seats, in the form of church pews. As I took my seat, I was surrounded by people eagerly chatting away. We sat under high vaulted ceilings. Large metal supports and beams for performance lights and a large sound system intersected the ceiling. At the front of the chapel sat several choir perches with risers and a central area where most of the performers sat in anticipation. Surrounding the interior were large glass windows which provided copious amounts of light into the church, giving the room a cheerful
She closed her eyes slowly, tuning the harpies out. When she opened them, she gazed up at the ceiling, tracing the high, arcing beams that came together in a beautiful golden rosette. The church her mother-in-law had chosen for her departed son’s service was an old one, with timber walls, huge, multi-paneled stained-glass windows and enough golden gild that put together, could probably rival the weight of the Charging Bull on Wall Street.
On Monday March 25, some members of the baseball team, my girlfriend, and I traveled to Murray State University to watch a concert performed by Nelly and the St. Lunatics. It was a terrible night to go anywhere because it was raining and storming the whole way, but there was nothing that was going to stop us from going to the concert. We where all so hyped up about it and couldn’t wait to head out. My brother, who attends Murray State, had gotten us excellent seats about seventy-five feet away from the stage.
I have been to many different concerts throughout my life but this year I experienced two exceptionally unique ___ that I had never seen before. The first one was a spectacular chamber recital that took place at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra performed by pianist Yefim Bronfman and violist-violinist Pinchas Zukerman. The program included Schubert's Violin Sonatina No. 2 in A Minor, Beethoven's Violin Sonata No. 7 in C Minor, and Brahms’ Viola Sonata No. 1 in F Minor. The second was a performance by the notable quartet “Anonymous 4” presented by the Universality of Chicago at the Rockefeller Memorial Chapel. The program included a series of medieval French motets from the 13th Century French polyphony, taken from the Montpellier Codex. The two performances were extremely different in nature and but at the same time very similar in what they were trying to achieve. For instance, while the first concert consisted entirely of an instrumental performance, the other was exclusively vocal. However, both were able to bring to life great examples of iconic artists from our past. I left both c...
On Friday November 15, 2013, I attended a concert that I found very interesting. It took place at 7:30 pm at the First Presbyterian Church of the Covenant. The group performing was the Erie Chamber Orchestra but as a special the Slippery Rock University Concert Choir was also there.
On Tuesday, October 17, 2017, I attended a musical concert. This was the first time I had ever been to a concert and did not play. The concert was not what I expected. I assumed I was going to a symphony that featured a soloist clarinet; however, upon arrival I quickly realized that my previous assumptions were false. My experience was sort of a rollercoaster. One minute I was down and almost asleep; next I was laughing; then I was up and intrigued.
After walking inside and trying to first experience, the church, and all its beauty and ornateness, I began examining the floor plan and elevations of the cathedral. Grace Cathedral was build in a gothic style, which it represents in its architecture inside and out. There were three huge rose windows. One at the very top of the main entrance and one on either end of the transept. There wer...
Last Friday, November 10th, music enthusiasts packed Sage Chapel to attend the choral concert given by the 50 boys and young men from the St. Thomas Boys Choir of Leipzig, the last performance of the Cornell Concert Series in 2017. Despite the frigid gusts of wind, the line in front of the entrance nearly wrapped around Sage Chapel minutes before the concert started at 8 p.m. The much-anticipated concert attracted faculty and students across the campus, and even audience beyond the Cornell community. Among the audience there was even a German family with their daughter who were paying a visit to US.
...utiful as the altar. It rose all the way to the ceiling and was made of solid gold. At the crest of the shrine was a life-size golden statue of the Virgin Mary. This was almost as stunning as the paintings of the dome. She stood atop the altar constructed for her son, and held her hands out to us as if she was trying to silently tell us we should follow in the path of God if we wanted to go to heaven. I stood there for what seemed like an eternity staring at all the beautiful works of art some people devoted their entire lives to. It helped me realize there was an entire side to life I had yet to explore. Church was a place not only of God and purity, but a historic testament to life hundreds, and even thousands of years ago. And with that I left, embarking on life with a whole new perspective and appreciation for things that I never before gave much attention to.
There were many people looking for a place to sit and a place to reserve seats for family members that were not there yet. In one case a young man, dressed in a white shirt and bow tie, was practicing his violin and watching the door anxiously. Many of the performers,
In conclusion, the concert was really interesting and I enjoyed myself. In my opinion the two pieces that I really like in this concert, are Sounden Horn and Polonaise from Engine Onegin, the shift between the melodic lines and the element of beauty is what made me like it. In the future I would recommend it to my friends and I will not mind to go with them at all. This kind of music is the best to me by far.
As I looked around I did not notice any special, about the room, it seems as though the room is always how it is. Although it did fit perfect in the show, it was very open, if I had to explain it. It made it really easy to see everyone performing. I notice that everyone in the audience were dressed up for the occasion. All the seats were filled with Parents, students, probably family members, everyone was there waiting for the performance to start. It was even delayed to people still trying to buy tickets. Not one single soul that was there didn’t end up dressing up. During the intermission I saw 8 kids running by me all wearing suits and
I attended the Sacred Heart Catholic Church located in Cotulla, Texas. The church was a nice, structured well-kept small building. The entrance were two wooden doors. To the left and to the right of the entrance were two dishes that contained holy water. As people were passing entering the house of God, I watched as they dipped their finger and motioned the sign of the cross. The seats were wooden benches, very nicely polished. The worship space was beautiful. A big statue of Jesus on the Cross was on the wall. To the right of the worship space was a medium sized statue of The Virgen Mary with flowers around and a kneeler. There were also candles lit and some that were not. On the side walls were beautiful, glass pictures of the resurrection of Jesus Christ from beginning to end. I also saw doors on the side of the church used for confession.
I attended the Los Angeles Philharmonic classical music concert at the Walt Disney Concert Hall on Friday 29 November 2013. The classical concert started at 8:00pm to the enjoyment of the huge audience that had been waiting for this amazing music extravaganza. Classical music concerts always offer magnificent entertainment and the audience in this concert was expectant to derive such entertainment or more. In attendance were Christian Zacharias who was the conductor and Martin Chalifour who was the LA Phil commanding Principal Concertmaster and Bach violin player. In readiness for the concert, I enjoyed a special dinner prepared for the audience. More specifically, LA Phil staffer introduced us to the evening classical concert amidst cheers from the audience. It was such a refreshing and joyous feeling to be part of this audience.
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.
When I was a child I used to be frightened of entering such a place for it seemed so imposing and somewhat dangerous, especially when music was being played. One day, in order to keep a promise I had made, I saw myself forced to enter. It took me quite a while to get the courage to pass through the old oak door, but the moment I stepped in, I realized just how enchanting and breathtaking this building could be. Its fantastic architecture and exquisite frescoes reflect perfectly the unity between this earth and the unseen kingdom of angels in such a manner that one cannot say where one ends and the other begins. The way in which the church was built is also the vivid testimony of a medieval period. Although it is a place that can sometimes be cold and ask for respect it is where prayers are answered and magic is done. An overwhelming feeling of inner harmony takes over you once you enter and God seems much closer. Darkness and light are welded perfectly together creating Redemption’s house. The tower allows you to see the entire town from the smallest river to the biggest building site, offering you its mightiness.