Concert Report Essay

The first movement began with a very strong texture as the music reflected a very powerful theme. It began with the heavy instrumentation from the strings including cellos, violins, and basses. The tempo was also relatively fast and generally upbeat. About a minute and half in there was a very noticeable solo by the violins which was a bit softer in terms of the texture. The melody seemed to be very upbeat and cheerful. Lasting the form of the movement was very well structured and the instruments backed each other up smoothly.

Instruments I heard during this music piece were violins, violas, and clarinets. The first theme within the music is exposition; the music begins quiet for a short amount of time. However, during the middle, the transition becomes louder. The second subject begins quiet and gets louder towards the end. The second theme, the development is loud within the middle of the music however, the music begins and ends quietly. There is dynamics that contrast within this part of the music. The dynamics in the recapitulation is similar to the exposition, where the first subject is quiet from the middle to where the transition is louder. Then the second subject begins quiet and gets louder towards the end. The first and second theme contrast in nature by there rhythmic composition. The first theme has shorter values, whereas, the second theme has longer.

The very first music piece started off slow but then flutes and chimes came in and took the song to a different level. It then later on has the same type of beat which helps it continue to flow. I really like the flute solo that was played around the middle of the song. In the next song it starts out as if it is a church choir. The song sounds serious and probably takes part of some ritual or ceremony. The third song sounds very inviting and calm. This song also is song by a choir or a group of people. Throughout the video the church is present so in that case this means that this song had an importance inside the church. The beginning of the fourth song is different by how the drums are the first things you hear. In this song you will also presence all the songs playing at the same time. The

The piece starts of with a light sound and homophonic texture. The bass, piano, saxophone, and trumpet are on the melody with the drums countering underneath. Soon, the saxophone comes in with a solo over the rest of the instruments. This solo is flowy and lingering. The melody seems to be conjunct. I envisioned a person ice skating, gliding around on the ice without tripping or stumbling. As the saxophone settles out, there is a decrescendo. There is a combination between a homophonic texture of saxophone and trumpet over bass, drums, and piano and polyphonic textures of the bass, piano, and drums playing various different melodies. This created a great deal of tension with made for a not so tonal rhythm. In this part, the ice skater is doing a lot of starting and stopping, stumbling. The piece ended with a short, but complete cadence that resolved the

ACT II starts off with a basso continuo playing in the background. The main voice then comes in and sings slowly and with much passion. This piece is more gloomy because of the words the singer sings. He describes him saying goodbye to the sky and sun. The melody is also sinking down when the singer mentions the word “morte”. When the singer mentions flying and height the song gains rhythms very quickly to imitate motion going up. ACT III starts off slow and descending. Then, a soft high pitched voice comes in singing slowly. Later in the song the voice rises into a higher range that creates emphasis on the words especially when the words exclaim. The words get higher and more intense as the song continues. The pieces are very similar in some

Together, and furnished with the appropriate palettes, they illustrate this cosmic adventure that starts with the characterization of their “Spaceship 9”. There’s an imminent sense of danger brought by an insistent chord, an unambiguous rhythmic provocation by Shipp who inspires Maneri for a few virtuosic and fool-blooded runs that initially sound like a horn. The percussive currents emitted by Dickey sometimes gain the form of an imperial march. Despite some textural iteration

I wasn't entertained by any of the pieces they played or by anything specific related to the actual orchestra. One thing I did find to be entertaining was people watching. A gentleman sitting three seats over from me looked like he was asleep, although his wife looked like she very much enjoying the concert. During one of the compositions, she looked over at him and hit him on the shoulder as to wake him up. If I had to guess I would say that she made him go. Observing the audience and their actions and reactions was enjoyable. I could tell each person had a different view on a song, or a different opinion about an instrument. Noticing things like that is what got me through the symphony.

The piece starts with a very dissonance sound. They were very loud and played on a major scale. There was a lot of harmonic tension between musicians they couldn’t stay on key. The timbre was very “brassy” and harsh with a conjunct melody. The song seemed to have a larghetto tempo sounding very slow and sad. The piece also has a low pitch throughout the entire song.

Throughout the Classical Era, music has gone through drastic changes as a direct result of certain world events, as new circumstances birthed new technologies, scientific discoveries, and philosophies that allowed composers to see and think of their world in different ways, who in turn expressed these new visions through their

speed and fervor as time passes. The first movement opens with a haunting baseline with a nostalgic

The slow but sizable crescendo followed by a somewhat abrupt decrescendo creates a roller-coaster like feel. The composition is a mixture between major and minor key, but our group feels it is mostly in major. The feeling is excited, jubilant, boisterous. There are sections which are played in minor key that evoke the nostalgic, lightly melancholy emotions. We felt that the bright timbre was a priority because the composer emphasized the variety of tone color in the same melody by playing different instruments.

October 28th was the day of the Latin Music Recital in the Caine Performance Hall. This was only one of many performances that week. Latin is a genre of music that unless I have come across it at other such events I have not heard it otherwise. Thus it is a genre that I had to do some research on in order to better appreciate what I was hearing. This concert was basically split into two parts each part had a main soloist on guitar that was accompanied by other musicians.

​This critique will discuss the performance of The Chamber Singers and The University Singers in concert. This event was presented by the CSUB music and theater department which took place Tuesday, November 1, 2016 at the Frances B. Dore Theatre. For this event, I was well prepared since it took place on a Tuesday evening and I did not have to work. One thing I did differently to prepare myself for this concert was to take a pen and a small notebook to write down notes of what I observed.

I was enamored with the spectacular orchestra concert. At warm up time it was a cacophony of sound with trumpets, trombones, violins and oboes creating pandemonium. The performance was a phenomenal sensory experience, with music surreptitiously creeping up on me, sweeping over me, and encompassing all with euphonious colorful rivers of harmony.

As described, the different textures used in this piece are homophonic and monophonic texture. Generally, the gamelan melody is played in homophonic texture, and the trompong solo is in monophonic texture to attract full attention to the melody line.