Cypress Hall Reflection Paper

     The sixth piece was called This The Moment sing Me a Song by Craig McGill. This piece had two singers and a piano accompaniment. The song is about a glorious moment when two people meet or possible fall in love. Regardless, it is a very important moment in the lives of the couple, represented by the male and female singers. The song talks about

When the concert first began, the three instrumentalists walked with energy despite their age. The first song, “Sonata I in G-Major Op. 2, Nr. 1” by Michel Blavet, was a Baroque Sonata. There were five movements and was played by the harpsichord, flute, and cello. All movements of the song were polyphonic because of the three instruments that had different parts and equal importance. In the first movement, I noticed that the flute tended to rise in pitch. In the second movement, I noticed that the melodies often repeated. Throughout the rest of the song the tempo changed from fast to slow and the flute would usually take the lead. On the last movement, the cello and the harpsichord

The strings were the most important; first violins had the melody, along with clarinet melodic solos, while the lower strings accompanied. The brass filled out the harmony, but did not play the main melody. Timpani were used for rhythmic bite and emphasis.

All these pieces are beyond comparable since each piece is unique. Even though most of these compositions consist of bands, each band manages its peculiar structure and presentation of each musical piece. Both presented solo piano instrumentals are diverse even though they only use a piano. The technique, style, mood and presentation of each song is in the hands of the artists and composer, giving each harmony an exclusive place amongst the

There were a total of four music pieces performed. They were “Overture from the Singspiel”, “Concerto in e minor”, “Concerto on b minor,opus 104”, and “Symphony#2 in b minor, opus 5”. I think pieces were performed belong to classical style.

The guitar recital performed by Noe Garcia was an amazing experience for me. I enjoyed some of the songs he played specifically like, Aire Istmeno made by Gerarodo Tamez, Sonata K.391, and Sonata K.178 made by Domenico Scarlatti. Aire Istmeno is a very polyphonic textured song, and due to its level of difficulty to play such a song so effortlessly smooth, with no flaws to my recognition it captured my attention greatly. The melody of the song sound like it would be played in the movie, The Legend of Zorro, it really has a Mexican sound to it. Also, what I like about the song is how it changes from a dramatic type style to a very smooth and melodic sound. The performer (Noe Garcia) really did do a great job at playing all the songs. The second

On April 23rd, I attended a musical performance by the Diderot String Quartet. The performance was held at the Bruno Walter Auditorium in 111 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, N.Y. at 2:30 p.m. The Diderot String Quartet performance that I attended was titled “Diderot String Quartet: Haydn and his Students.” The Diderot String Quartet performance is titled after the musical pieces of the concert, which included string quartets by Franz Joseph Haydn, Anton Ferdinand Titz, and Ludwig van Beethoven. The first musical piece performed was “String Quartet No. 1 in G Major” by Anton Ferdinand Titz. The second musical piece performed was “String Quartet Op. 76, No.6 in Eb Major Fantasia” by Franz Joseph Haydn. The third and final piece performed was “String Quartet Op.74 in Eb Major Harp” by Ludwig van Beethoven. Each musical piece was performed beautifully by the Diderot String Quartet, which included 2 violinists (Johanna Novom and Adriane Post), a cellist (Paul Dwyer), and a violist (Kyle Miller).

The next piece was performed by Daniel Elrod and was a tenor with a piano accompaniment and in homophonic style. The name of the piece was Die Lotosblume by Robert Schumann and was from the 19th

On October 2, 2015, I attended the Viola Quintets concert. The performance contained two violinists, two violaists, and a cellist The concert began at 7:00 pm and ended around 8:10 pm. Furthermore, it was located in the Farrell Auditorium, which is in the Saint Louis Art Museum. At this concert, I listened to professional musicians that are a part of the St. Louis Symphony perform music that was composed by Felix Mendelssohn. Felix Mendelssohn’s String Quintet No. 1 in A Major, Op. 18, and String Quintet No. 2 in B- Flat Major, Op. 87 are the two pieces the musicians played. Furthermore, these pieces are absolute music, symphonies, and have a romantic style.

The works performed prior to the intermission and the main piece included Prelude to Act 1 from Palestrina by Hans Pfitzner and Concerto for Violin and Orchestra by Philip Glass. Prelude to Act 1 from Palestrina was slow, low and lovely. The woodwind section sounded beautiful, although perhaps I’m partial to woodwinds

The second piece sounded more unique since there were soloists. The Triple Concerto. It was composed in 1803 and it was the only concerto Beethoven composed with more than one soloist. This is one of the longer pieces and continued for approximately 40 minutes. The genre of this piece is triple concerto, where there is a large ensemble with three instrumental soloists which in this piece are the

Next piece in the performance was “Symphony No.2 in E minor, Op 20” composed by L Vierne in 1870-1937. Since this piece is a “Symphony” it had 5 individual movements: Allegro, Choral, Scherzo, Cantabile and Final. Each movement had various tone, melody and tempo. However, compared to

Compositions such as Company, Facades and String Quartet No. 3 (the last two extracted from the scores to Koyaanisqatsi and Mishima) gave way to a series of works more accessible to ensembles such as the string quartet and symphony orchestra, in this returning to the structural roots of his student days. In taking this direction his chamber and orchestral works were also written in a more and more traditional and lyrical style. In these works, Glass often employs old musical forms such as the chaconne and the passacaglia – for instance in Satyagraha,[17] the Violin Concerto No. 1 (1987), Symphony No. 3 (1995), Echorus (1995) and also recent works such as Symphony No. 8 (2005),[45] and Songs and Poems for Solo Cello (2006).

On December 9, 2014, I attended classical music artist Philippe Quint’s guest appearance performance (at The Scripps Research Institute), which is part of the San Diego Symphony’s Chamber Music Series. Along with Mr Quint, Pei-Chun Tsai, Wesley Precourt and Edmund Stein delighted the audience with their sensitive artistry with the violin. Jeeyoon Kim so elegantly played the piano, Frank Renk demonstrated his talent on the clarinet, Aj Nilles and Jason Karlyn played the viola, while Xian Zhou and Chia-Ling Chien played the cello. This program included two pieces by Serge Prokofiev; the Overture on Hebrew Themes, Op. 34 and Violin Sonata in D Major No. 2, Op. 94bis, and Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70.

The oboe then plays main melody. There is a rallentando and diminuendo with a flute melody and pizzicato strings.