Orchestra Concert Essay

The concert performed by the Allen High School Symphony Orchestra, which combines the Chamber and Sinfonia Orchestras, was an amazing concert but was not a flawless one. The pieces all sounded quite wonderful on the outside, but by diving deeper into the music and truly listening to and observing the performance with a sharper eye, there were some problems that appeared in a couple different areas, and those problems came mainly from three distinct areas: tone, technique, and musicianship.

On Friday, July 10th, I chose virtually to attend an online YouTube Symphony Orchestra Concert-2011. Many beautiful pieces were performed by a magnificent orchestra that included more than sixty participants and consisted of instruments such as: flutes, oboes, horn, clarinets, bassoons, trumpets, percussions and strings. Concert’s selections varied in length, temperament, mood and dynamics. Orchestra Symphony gave an overpowering, extraordinary presentation and delivery.

The performance that I attended was of the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra playing the Overture to The creatures of Prometheus, by Beethoven, the Concerto for Orchestra by Kodaly, and Harold in Italy, by Berlioz. The orchestra was conducted by David Currie, and I think that they played very well overall.

I feel that the fourteen members of chamber orchestra and the two vocalists did an outstanding job. This piece was well put together. I loved the harmony that was brought forth between the orchestra and the vocalists. The two vocalists a tenor known as Paul Groves and a soprano known as Anna Larson, did a beautiful job staying in tune. The way that their voices went back and forth in harmony was just beautiful.

I learned a lot in music appreciation, without this course I would not be able to understand patterns in music or different tempos. This live performance opened my eyes to the world of classical music I never thought of the whole “Star Wars,” trilogy sound track being based off the classical era. Each piece that was played I could make comparisons and analyze the songs based on what we were taught throughout music

I attended Western Kentucky University 's symphony concert. It was on Friday, October 30th at 7:30pm. It was held in Van Meter Hall. Their event was named “It 's time for a treat.” The symphony was conducted by Dr. Brain St. John. Before it began, I read over the program that was handed out to find out basic information. The history of the pieces helped in understanding them. The concert featured many well-known works by famous composers such as Camille Saint-Saens, Modest Mussorgsky, and Berlioz. The three pieces that are the most memorable in my mind are “Overture to La Cenerentola”, “Là ci darem la mano”, and March to the Scaffold from Symphonie Fantastique.

The concert was very good overall. I am not interested in the classical music concert, but this concert made me thing different towards the classical concerts. Also I learned about the instrument called organ, very interesting instrument. I strongly recommend going to the organ concert. Especially if Dr. Carol Williams and Martha Jane Weaver are starring, you should definitely attend. No regret

Symphony of Terror was conducted by Peter Bay, who is a well-seasoned veteran in the orchestrate world. Having composed all over the country, he settled down in Austin several years ago, perhaps having found inspiration from the beautiful surroundings. The ending of 2014 completes Bay’s 16th season working for The Symphony of Austin. Here, he conducts an orchestra of up to one hundred people. Everyone sits in a semi-circle and

My first concert experience turned out to be very different from what I expected. Even though I would not choose to listen to classical music normally, the concert has made me enjoy this type of music more and made me think about how much more there is to music than just lyrics and a

The second concert I attended was Die Fledermaus a Comic Operetta in three acts. Die Fledermaus is an example of a singspiel, which is a sung musical work on the style of opera with spoken dialogue. Johann Strauss wrote Die Fledermaus in forty-two days and was premiered for the first time in 1874. The Auburn opera workshop performed Die Fledermaus to give students the opportunity to perform operatic literature in a staged setting. Die Fledermaus was performed in three acts with an orchestra. The orchestra included the Violin, Viola, Violoncello, Bass, Flute, Piccolo, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Horn, Trumpet, Trombone, Timpani and Percussion.

The Differences between the Classic and Romantic Era’s Orchestra’s Within the Classic and Romantic Era’s what is known in modern day society as the “classical orchestra” where used in these era’s and there was many differences between the two orchestras of the two time periods. The Classic Era was the most significant period for the development of the orchestra and how the instruments where orchestrated. Some of the differences between the two periods ranged from size, orchestration, influences of composers, and enhancements of instruments. Within this paper I will be discussing some of these differences between the two periods.

For this concert report I chose to go to a performance of student composers held at the Kimball Recital Hall. I chose this one because I wanted to see some of the talent that my peers have in the music realm, and also it was one of the only concerts I have been able to attend because I usually work at night. It was impressive to hear pieces composed by students. I cannot imagine creating something as complex as a musical composition, much less actually performing it, so this aspect of the concert was particularly awe-inspiring. There was a large attendance, and I think that much of the audience consisted of friends of the composers and/or performers. I went with three friends, who I convinced by telling it would be interesting to see

Although the concert started a little late, the first piece was Mozart’s Concerto No. 3, which he composed when he was 19. The instruments played in this piece were 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 horns, and strings. The violin soloist was Karen Gomyo. There were 3 movements to this piece, and as I learned in class, this was definitely a classical concerto.

Style characteristics of the Baroque era are distinctive Rhythms usually against a steady beat. Dynamics usually remained at the same level through the whole piece though there were expressive changes to bring out rhythmic accents. The Tone and color of the Baroque era derive from instruments such as the flute, harpsichord, organ, violin and the obo. Keyboards instrument were added as continuo. The common group of instruments would be the strings however woodwind and brass instruments were

Classical music has been played in many different venues, with many different instruments, in many different time periods so it is very interesting to compare all of the performances. The performance I went was definitely very different from how the music would’ve been played when the composers first wrote them. The 200-year difference allows me to explore all of the unique aspects that both the first performance and my current performance added to the experience that classical music concerts. Although concerts of the 1800s and 2000s differ because of venue, musician popularity, and finances, they have similarities in style, audience reaction and musician interpretation.