The features about Mozart’s music is his passionate about his music and it brings ease, grace, spontaneity and at the same time creates balance, restraint and has perfect proportions. Mozart was especially fond of the woodwinds, in particularly the clarinet and the no one could match his tone colors. His last masterpiece Concerto for Clarinet, K. 622, is the greatest composition for this instrument (Kamien,
The music was generally fast and the sound was very brassy to me. The purpose of the songs they were playing seem to be expressing a mood to me, as if the audience should be very awake and alert. It was not calming at all but I'm not sure it was supposed to be! I would say that the overall unifying principle of the entire concert is the range in melody. The choir put a spin on the way I ever looked at lyrics but the melody that they created was both high and low, they just stayed in harmony even when they weren't all singing at one and it was guys vs girls.
The next piece performed is Christopher Columbus. Throughout the song, there is a good low brass sound. Crisp, clean, and in tune. The Piano solo in this song is one to remember; Free and flowing, but on the beat. “How about you” featuring Rebecca Leuber was a bit sloppy.
The song Now in Our Lives is more relaxed and romantic compared to his other quick, strong be-bop songs. The majority of the song consists of low, sluggish melodies. However, there are many parts throughout the song that have many fast notes played. There are quite a few changes in rhythm throughout the piece which stimulates the piece. There’s a nice piano, bass and drum accompaniment that help to establish the laid-back feel of the music.
From the beginning of the piece, as the trumpeter makes his entrance, he plays long, drawn-out notes and employs minimal use of vibrato. Gaffney elegantly elongates his phrasing in order to create a soothing atmosphere as the music avoids overt flashiness and distraction, instead relying on its simplicity and steadiness to allow the listener to sink into deep contemplation. Powerful, but not overbearing, the piano accompaniment plays with a multitude of thick chords, providing rich harmonies for the melodic line. According to Bonds, the music’s character may change dramatically as a result of these harmonies (7). Demonstrating this, the piece manages to achieve a thick texture despite only utilizing two instruments due to the combination of the piano’s heavy chords and the trumpet’s warmness and consistency of sound.
He would use his voice when talking with other people and they would write back in his books. His music was considered very off-beat, but the royalty still loved it. He once stated his music was for a later time. His final piece, The Ninth Symphony, is considered one of the greatest musical pieces of all time. Despite becoming deaf, Beethoven managed to maintain his excellent demeanor and popularity among the royal class.
Throughout the entire musical there was a significant job by the brass as a whole and I loved how it added to the show. The warm tone of the trumpets and trombones added to the dark and casual atmosphere, and was far more effective than a woodwind instrument as the lead, for this would create a sharp and often light hearted feel to most songs. The entire orchestra did a great job adding the background and really enhanced the emotion behind the musical. They mostly kept in the background, instead of being overpowering, keeping the focus on the play, not the music. Without an orchestra, a musical would just be very plain and boring due to the fact that the catchy tunes kept me
The first group started off the right foot with an interpretation of the Rocky Theme Song. The members of the band used instruments like trumpets, saxophones, trombones, piano, drums, flugelhorns, and clarinets. Throughout the song different members of the band would switch off doing impressive solos, however my favorite was one of the trumpet solos that was performed by Ian Martinez, he truly stole everyone’s attention with his energy and apparent love for his part in the song. The ensemble played many songs I enjoyed, and was excited to hear a rendition of an old classic by Count Basie. The second ensemble and the first ensemble were similar in style, but the second ensemble used considerably less solos and played with an electric guitarist.
Glassworks is a compilation album that contains six musical pieces. I will be covering this composition as if it were one continuous track. While I enjoy his piano work, this was my least favorite composer and musical selection. I enjoyed the first 7 minutes of this album and began to dislike it heavily around the 7:02 mark. The rhythm and tempo become over the top and in my opinion, it goes from amazing piano work to what seems to just be noise.
Beethoven didn’t have a real patron, but his music was paid for by the nobility of Vienna. After he began to grow deaf, but he still continued to compose, conduct and perform even