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.
One of the reasons is because of the benefits of classical music, which seems to draw almost everyone to them at some point in his or her life. Classical music can stimulate people's minds, nurture their soul, bring them to whole new worlds. Besides that, this paper also aims to show how classical music has influenced my life and still does so. I believe classical musichas benefits to everyone, no matter he is a professional musician or he has not been introduced to it yet. I will begin my paper with my personal experience with listening to classical music and then I will show how classical music benefits people's life in different ways.
- In the piece, Magnificat, the sensual level is introduced immediately as it gives off a peaceful vibe with its’ major key and smooth notes. Gradually, the piece begins to portray a lot of energy from the quick, allegro speed and the wide range. As the choir sings, “Magnificat”, at the end of the word the pitch is raised and you begin to expect it each time they sing it. The first part of this piece, the runs are quite smooth allowing for the change in range to be smooth as well. The second part slows down greatly, giving off a more soothing vibe.
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.
Rossin’s operas were more varied and appealing to audiences due to the way he intergrated aspects of opera buffa and opera seria into his productions. The importance of the voice in Rossini’s operas demanded a sophisticated, effortless and exquisite tone within each singer. This style was characterized by the flexibility, range and control of the voice while singing florid embellishments or a simple lyrical line. Today, this style is known as bel canto which literally translates to “beautiful singing”. Rossini’s melodies reflect this beauty by the development of a scene structure that distributes the story throughout the whole act and consists of mood changes and drama within an aria.
The violin moved to center stage as the most important string instrument. Performers reached new heights of expression and technique. Virtuoso Players reflected these abilities in their own compositions. Even in vocal music, instruments played an important role with the voices. A couple of composers from this time period were Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel, and Antonio Vivaldi, but a host of other composers, some with huge output, were active in the period.
Songs were often played to accompany poems and plays. The music would represent the mood of the play, and musicians would sit in a gallery above the stage. Music to be in the court was very popular. Composers would often write a piece in the name of a nobleman, and then give it to them as a gift. Others would try to catch the eye of the Queen, who was always on the hunt for new music.
The two sonatas were reportedly first performed for Duke Georg and his family privately in the September of 1894. The two sonatas were written in F minor and E-flat major, corresponding to the two clarinet concertos by Weber (Swafford, 1997). Significance of the Study Given the significant contributions of Johannes Brahms’ compositions and music publications, several studies have been conducted on his composition styles. The current study similarly seeks to understand the differences between the viola and clarinet versions as published by Brahms, particularly focusing on the distinct characteristics of the two instruments. The study introduces new dimensions to the extant literature by exploring alterations that Brahms made for the viola and the sound of identical passages which can be expressed differently according to the instrument.
I was drawn to this concert for two main reasons. First being that I am a fan of Nobuo Uemtasu’s work, and his modernized take on music with a classic sound, and second that the songs provided a background for the game they were made for. The game series of games entitled “Final Fantasy” are all story centric and the music does just as good of a job telling the story as the writing does, crossing the concert into theatre through the recorded animations onscreen during the concert. There are multiple plots as it covers different additions to the series, however the songs played the day I went focused on the eight of the series. The plot involves a young man sheltered by society thrown into the hands of fate, being led to throw down an empress consumed by power, all set in a fantasy world of love, betrayal, and magic.
He also uses a lot of melody dominated homophony in this piece, including at bars 12 to 15 where the violin has the melody and is accompanied by the woodwind. At this point the writing for the violin is very typically virtuosic. Another feature of this piece which is typical of the Classical style is the fact that it is in sonata form with a slow introduction (bars 1-17), an exposition (bars 18-111), a development section (bars 112-153), a recapitulation (bars 154-232) and a coda (bars 233-end). The introduction begins in the tonic key (E flat) but at bar 10 changes to the tonic minor (E flat minor). Within the exposition there are 2 subjects and a transition stage.