Music Concert Review Essay

I had the opportunity to attended a faculty recital on Wednesday, November 8, 2017 at 7:30 in the Squires Recital Hall at Lee University. Flutiest, Kristen Holritz and pianist, ChoEun Lee worked marvelously with one another. I chose to attend this concert because I had previously attended a senior recital and jazz ensemble and wanted to experience something I had yet had the pleasure of viewing. Ms. Holritz and Ms. Lee performed works composed by Erno Dohnanyi, Philippe Gaubert, and Franz Schubert. Faculty recitals are immensely important in the music community, especially for those double as both performers as well as educators. The second work performed was Gaubert’s, “Sonate No. 1 in A Major”, which was composed of three movements. The piece began, instantly setting the mood as a tranquil, majestic-like state. If I had to infer, I would say this particular piece fits well into the Romantic period (1825-1900), which was an age in which musical works contrasted with those from the Classical period, holding a much greater emphasis

802”. This particular work was comprised of a multitude of crescendos and decrescendos, as well as a wide range in the tempo across the entire composition. At times I felt like the flute unintentionally overpowered the piano; however, this did not happen often. Compared to the two works performed previously, this piece was much more lively and robust. Judging by Ms. Holritz and Ms. Lee’s body language, both performers appeared to be very familiar with the composition and prepared for the performance. One of the variations seemed to have carried a melody closely related to the children’s nursery rhyme, “Row, Row, Row Your Boat.” The undertake of a wide variety of staccato notes performed on the flute was thoroughly impressive and unexpected prior to the concert. Much emotion was poured into this particular piece and was entirely