Later, the strings came in as an accompanying section along with the guitar playing chords. After the English horn finished the melodic solo, Mr. Williams played the melodic line, which is almost identical to that of the English horn. Mr. Williams’s solo was very melancholic, yet uplifting. Both the soloist and the orchestra were very sensitive to harmonic changes and drama during the movement. The cadenza was very impressive musically and technically.
The Levy Piano Quintet Although my ears are not exactly trained to interpret and understand classical music like modern music, I still came away impressed, but at the same time somewhat confused by this performance. Kean Hall was packed to capacity, so it was a good thing I had someone buy my ticket in advance. Frank Ezra Levy is a French-born, world-renowned performer and composer. According to the program, to this date he has more than one hundred published works to his credit, including four symphonies. In the first piece, the instruments played are the piano and violin.
It appeared late in what scholars define as the first period of Beethoven's career, just a year or two before the crisis brought about by his gradual loss of hearing. By the mid-1790s, Beethoven had tried most of the important instrumental genres, save for symphony and string quartet. Those were the pieces in which his teacher Haydn had made his greatest mark and enjoyed his most significant successes. When Beethoven did come forward with his first symphonies, he built on the achievements of Haydn and Mozart while not hiding his debt to them. Contemporaries reacted to the work of Beethoven by using the word "masterpiece" repeatedly and praising its "originality."
One innovative aspect, commented on by Bartók in his programme note for the first performance, was the way he saw the whole orchestra as generating a constantly changing concertino drawn from the various orchestral sections, so that while the brass, for instance, may have the spotlight for a period, there is no individual virtuosic part, and the rest of the orchestra plays the ripieno part; thus, it is novel, yet reaches back in time to the concerto grosso of Baroque times, as do the canon and fugato sections of the development which I will look at later. A
MUS 250 Music Appreciation Concert Evaluation Form Name of Student: Ruochen Wang Featured Artist(s) or Group(s): Purdue Bands & Orchestras Genre of Music: ___Orchestra____ (e.g. classical, country, jazz, etc.) Instrumentation: Flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, bass clarinet, contra bass clarinet, alto sax, tenor sax, baritone sax, trumpet, horn, trombone, euphonium, tuba, percussion, violin, viola, cello, and bass Date of Concert: Saturday, November 23 Location of Concert: __West Lafayette, IN__ (city, state) Venue of Concert: _________Playhouse, concert hall_____ (e.g. concert hall, outdoors, etc.) Quality of the Sound: ______Excellent_________________________(Excellent, Good, Fair, Poor) Comment: The Loeb Playhouse is wonderful.
For example, the song at times changes from a quiet saxophone soli, to a loud shout chorus, to a uniquely created improvised solo. The second track on this album—“Love Theme from Hair”—is my favorite on the CD. I like this song because it is a soft ballad that is simplistically happy. Mike Vax delves into this tune and explores range, melody and emotion as the featured soloist. This song is not a standard or an original, but it holds a special place in my jazz repertoire.
These instruments include violins (first and second), violas, cellos, basses, flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, trumpets, trombones, tuba, horns, and timpani. On January 11, 2011, the Concertgebouw Orchestra had a guest performer by the name of Joshua Bell who is currently known as the best violinist in the world. Typically during an orchestra performance, people tend to fall asleep because the music is either so soothing, or so boring. Of the different orchestra’s I have seen, I do have to admit that, besides Joshua Bell’s solo, this was the most boring orchestra. Their music was beautiful, intricate and simply amazing.
He wrote his first symphony at the age of eight, his first opera at twelve and conducted twenty performances of that opera at fourteen. Wolfgang Mozart, a musical inspiration, influenced many musicians through his passionate works of complex styles of classical music. Known as one of the most accomplished composers of the 18th century, Mozart began composing music at age five. He wrote his first opera at age twelve. Mozart’s father, “a violinist at the court of the prince of Salzburg,” taught him how to play the clavier and encouraged him in his art (“Wolfgang” World History).
In fact, in the case of many successful jazz players, it is just the beginning. Bassist Neils-Henning Orsted Pederson has cited J.S. Bach as a primary influence on his playing and has even performed the “Minuet II” from his Suite for Cello Solo live in concert. [3] Pianist Herbie Hancock claims to have fused the contrapuntal practices of Mozart and Bach into his improvisation. [4] Many
Your range and flexibility is also an aspect that is important while improvising, as a large range is often desired. A great example of a musician who has large range and flexibility during improvisations and scats would be Ella Fitzgerald, and I've found especially in her rendition of “How High The Moon”. You can hear within the first 45 seconds that she has exceeded an octave easily through her phrasing. Another thing that is different with jazz singers is their posture. Most vocalists appear cool, unattached and dispassionate with what they're doing, a method I believe is to really focus in on the song and connect with it.