Victor Agutelaranos Para Pescar

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The stage was set up with a piano in the center of stage and a PowerPoint presentations was located on the right side of the stage. The recital begins with Victor Agudelo introducing himself as a composer and pianist .He talked about where his techniques originated from and began playing his first piece “Telaranos para pescar”, also known as “Fishing with Cobwebs”. This piece starts with the dynamic of pianissimo and it crescendo often throughout the piece. It has a duple meter as well as notes being played with accents. There is a wide pitch range and this piece has a polyphonic texture. There are parts of the piece that are played freely and with no rhythmic pulse. This piece have a lot of interesting parts that I did not get to hear during …show more content…

It was hard to follow and it did not sound pleasant. However, I listened to the full piece after the recital and I enjoyed it more than when I was actually there. I found it very unusual how he played the random notes on the piano and where the rests was located. I liked how he started the piece with suspense that made me wonder what he was going to do next, which surprised me. After he played this piece, he rushed through his PowerPoint, which presented the sheet music as well as information about the piece. I was displeased with this because I wanted to know more about the pieces he was performing for the audience. I could tell that others was dissatisfied as well because some people started to leave after ten minutes of the performance as well as people were on their cell phones. However, some of the audience members seemed really interested and payed close attention to the performer. Agudelo then proceeds to his next piece “Memorias Del alma” also known as “Memories of the soul”. The piece has a rubato tempo and begins in pianissimo. There is a wide pitch range played in this piece. The dynamics throughout the piece changes from pianissimo to fortissimo, therefore it gradually becomes louder until the end of the …show more content…

The audience clapped after this piece, so I assumed that they enjoyed this piece just as much as I did and was not too fond of the last one. He then went through the power point presentation rather quickly. One more piece that I would like to mention is “Un Café para El Sonambulo” also known as “A Coffee for the Sleepwalker”, which is my favorite piece composed by Agudelo. The piece has the genre of festival and starts with the dynamic pianissimo then immediately crescendos. It has a wide pitch range playing with a polyphonic texture. There are notes that are played with accents as well as syncopation . Also, the tempo changes throughout the songs as well as having an ABA form. I enjoyed how the piece was dramatic yet calm. The melody, which is “A”, caught my attention the most because he was using word painting. As the notes got higher, the volume did as well and the piece got more dramatic by playing the notes with accents. The audience clapped after this piece as well, however there were quite a few pieces that he played and the audience gave no feedback. During the recital, I looked over the sheet music and noticed that the score had music written for the right hand as well as for the left hand when playing the

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