Concert Review Essay

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For the first concert report, I have decided to attend the Divan Consort performance. As I entered the Meng Concert Hall, I noticed that the whole building has a round shaped theme. The sides of the walls are shaped into cones and the seats are set up along the same design, which is circumnavigated around the stage. Above the stage is another few rows of seats that may include vocal performers. Also, the venue appears to be extremely wide and high. For instance, the height from the stage to the ceiling occurred to be elevated. The high-leveled ceiling leaves a great amount of empty space, which could be used for sound. In fact, empty space increases energy waves that could help the sound quality and possibly increase the volume of the performance. …show more content…

The song “Etchmiadzin and Mount Aratat” appeared to be sad and mellow. Also, the rhythm of the song was extremely nonmetric since the sense of beat changed simultaneously. The range of notes tended be narrow since Dominique would go up a half-step a few times then he would go down a half-step a few times. The harmony produced in this work was outstanding and quite catchy, although it was repetitive throughout the song. The first three minutes of the song is repeated about three times throughout the performance. Also, we could describe the rate of speed as adagio since the the tempo is quite slow but not too slow. Even though the song was slow and mellow, the dynamics of the work was quite aggressive, similar to mezzoforte. The whole performance kept me engaged and excited, but I was curious why he was hitting the strings with the bow several times towards the middle of the

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