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
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percussions. Especially, the first cellist one could see it in his face expression that he was truly enjoying the piece, he stood out from the rest of the orchestra. one could stare at him the whole time. Enigma Variations, Op.36, was a very slow piece. The percussion and brass overpowered the strings, but the loudness and fastness declined.The performers were concentrating on this piece due to the slowness. They weren’t confident,and just praying that they wouldn’t mess up. the conductor was very happy and led the orchestra well, but the players themselves didn’t look happy but very focused. Their face expressions were serious, and the strings were looking more at their finger movements and music books than at the conductor. Overall, the performance was just okay due to the slowness of the piece. Tzigan, Rapsodie de Concert for Violin and Orchestra, called for the orchestra had to do an arrangement and a tuning for the woodwinds, because the piece was so high pitch. which maybe the piece very unpleasing. The soloist solo was disjunct and scattered. His performance was not convincing, he just looked nervous and wasn't confident. He wore his pink tie. The orchestra wasn’t confident either,they were watching the conductor during the whole piece. The conductor would quite some instruments and bring out others to make them sound together, her hands movements were full of force. Overall the performance was good for such a difficult. However, the conductor and performers seemed nervous about the piece and would not take their eyes off of their music books. The conductor was no longer smiling, she was looking dead serious and was very focused on the strings. Because they were the main instruments for this piece. And the performers were not having fun, they were concentrating on the music. Beethoven Symphony No.7, the overall performance was good.
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
sad. Overall, this was an amazing performance, one would not expect such a great performance for a non-professionals. It was cool how the orchestra could move from very fast and loud to slow and quiet and just one cue. The conductor was great, she lead the orchestra she brought out and took away instruments as needed and the orchestra followed. The performers did a great job, if they messed up the played it off well. The performance was convincing, the crowd was in awe . When one looked around the crowd were not on their phones, but their eyes staring right at the orchestra. This performance is one that, the crowd would never forget .
The first movement felt as though it was the beginning of a riddle sure to be solved later in the symphony. It began with a sense of suspense with all basic elements of music: tonality, melody, and rhythm. The entire first movement was of an established sonata, between all instruments. However, what caught my attention was the mumble of the low strings which erupted into violins. I was on the edge of my seat for what was to come.
5 the 4th movement. Beethoven’s innovation of bigger orchestra’s was a game changer in the Classical Era and he definitely deserves to be ranked as a “Maverick of Sound.” This piece is rumored to be an autobiographical tale of Beethoven losing his hearing and was done in the period’s traditional sonata form. This piece beautifully evoked the mood of what I imagined as Beethoven’s dilemma of “fate knocking at the door.” Everything in this composition is built around the four opening notes. The tempo allegro was brisk and lively. The exposition set the tone with string instruments followed by the entire orchestra repeating in a march-like character. The bridge was similar in mood to the opening and was announced by horns. The recapitulation led to a long coda that punctuated the ending which built to an exciting climax accentuated by a dynamic fortissimo resolution to the frenzied tension. This joyful finale was great fun to listen to and a most excellent way to end the
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...
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...
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.
...xcited to have this experience. Part of the drama of the concert at first is felt when the musicians come in and sit down and begin tuning up their instruments. I would not be able to comment on the performance of the orchestra. During the performance, I seen the audience were moving with the music, but I felt like that everyone seems knows more music than what I learned throughout this semester. After I went home and did some of the research on these music I finally understand why these people like to attend the orchestra concerto, it was because that every piece of music has a history behind it. The Los Angeles audience seemed to me to be people who know music and who will listen to something new in a respectful way. All the same, when the more familiar sounds of the last piece were heard, I could feel a little sense of relaxation and fun coming into the room.
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
The Los Angeles Philharmonic Classical Music Concert Report. 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.
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
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.
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
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