Piano Concerto Analysis

The C Major Sonata, K. 309 was written on November 8, 1777 for the fifteen-year-old Rosa Connabich who was the daughter of the leader of the Elector Karl Theodor’s famous Mannheim orchestra, Christian Cannabich. It was composed for solo piano. The three movements include Allegro con spirito, Andante un poco Adagio , and Rondo: Allegretto grazioso. The opening theme of the first movement uses a symmetrical paragraph of fourteen bars with seven measures each. It is followed by a pair of 3-bar balancing phrases. The slow movement also adapted the well balanced phrase structure at its exposition. This particular style was never unusual to musicians during the period. It has been used by many others including Josef Antonin Stepan whose Sonata no. 57 in E flat embraced almost identical elements as in Mozart’s C Major Sonata. However, Mozart made his own mark distinctively in various moments. For instance, in the second movement, there was a frequent alternation between two dynamics, piano and forte.

Later on in his life, Bach composed the Orchestral Suite No.3 in D Major. This work's second movement was appropriately titled Air, because it was an aria for the orchestra. Bach wrote music for single instruments, duets, and small ensembles. Bach's works for solo instruments include the six sonatas and partitas for violin (BWV1001-1006), the six cello suites (BWV 1007-1012) and the partita for solo flute (BWV1013). Bach's best-known orchestral

Composers since the early classical era have used sonata form to express through music ideas which are at once complex and unified. This form contains a variety of themes and permutations of these themes, but is brought together into a comprehensible whole when these excerpts reappear. Beethoven, in the first movement of his Piano Sonata Opus 2 Number 3 utilizes this form to its full potential, modifying the typical structure in his characteristic way.

Dvorak 's Cello Concerto represents one of the most important repertoires in cello literature. It requires the performers to have control over their technical ability and limitless of imagination in musicality in orders to do a successful performance. Dvorak 's cello concerto have always been one of the concertos that every cellist want to play during their studies, and have the knowledge and background for this particular piece will definitely help me a lot to have a better understanding of this composition and allows me to explore more musical ideas that I have yet to discover. In orders to have a better understanding of music, it is important to look into manuscripts/first Edition and compares with the edition that published during the twenty century. In addition, by listening to varieties of recordings, you can hear very interesting interpretation in a different period of recording time period and relates to some the historical events that occurred during then. In this essay, I will be discussing some of the materials that I find that can help me to have a better understanding of the music, and understanding its relationship with Dvorak and how Nationalism had influenced him. Dvorak Cello Concerto is one of the all-time favorites and it 's important as a cellist to act as the voice for Dvorak.

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

a)The "Beethoven Concerto"s and Op. 37's Placement in the Genre and as a continuation of Mozart's Style

In the book,“The Piano Lesson” Augustus Wilson tells a story about his family who is struggling with their past. The story begins with a Boy Willie coming up from the South to bring up the idea of selling the family’s legacy, a piano, which he will sell to buy the land that his ancestors were slaves on. The only problem is that his sister Bernice owns half the piano and she doesn’t want to let him sell it.

The video Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto no.2 op.18 by Anna Fedorova was composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff, who was a composer, conductor and also among the top pianists and was considered a great representative of Idealization in classical music in Russia. The piece made him famous as a concerto composer as it is among the most favorite pieces. This artist tirelessly worked hard before producing this piece of work as he knew how original and strong the Symphony work was. He made daily visits to Dr. Nicolai Dahl, who was an excellent violist and cellist and also travelled to Italy and Crimea, from where he brought with him sketches for this piano concerto. Anna Fedorova, the Ukrainian pianist, then performed it with the Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie with Martin Panteleev as the conductor.

This “program music” included many odd instruments like the harp, oboe, and tuba. In another composition, Tchaikovsky used actual cannons (1812 Overture). He went on to compose many outstanding pieces. Collectively, Tchaikovsky had composed 169 pieces, including symphonies, operas, ballets, concertos, cantatas, and songs. His most famed and easily recognizable works include Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, and the Nutcracker.

The basic elements that make up a concerto include three movements with one movement usually dedicated for a solo instrument such as the piano or violin with orchestra accompaniment. Since the late 18th century, the first movement is most likely in the sonata form

It is in triple meter and usually in moderate tempo. The trio (B) is usually quieter than the minuet (A) section and requires fewer instruments” (Kamien 168). All of the previously mentioned requirements for the piece to be in minuet and trio form are all evident. The “A” movement does have a moderate tempo and the trio or “B” movement is quieter and has fewer instruments as opposed to the first movement that has the piano with orchestral accompaniment.

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.

Lutoslawski begins his first movement with an overture, creating a menacing tune using the drum. In his second movement, Lutoslawski creates a capriccio with the horn, strings, brass instruments, woodwinds and drums. Finally, Lutoslawski ends his Concerto for Orchestra in three sections. He begins with a dangerous tune on the drums. He then inserts a toccata, using the xylophone and violin to create a mystical tune. Finally, Lutoslawski’s finale is a haunting tune created by the snare drum, horns, flute, strings and xylophone.

Sergei Prokofiev was a 20th century Russian composer. His father, Sergei Alekseievich Prokofiev, was an agriculturalist and his mother, Mariya Zitkova, was a self-taught pianist. Since his mother was a pianist, he found the love for music at a young age. Prokofiev composed his first opera at the age of 9, and when he was around 13 years old, Prokofiev attended St. Petersburg Conservatory to study composition. Prokofiev wrote in many genres including ballets, operas, symphonies, and even film music. He has played and lived in many countries including Russia, America, and Itlay. Throughout his career, many of Prokofiev’s work brought him great recognition. However, his Piano Concerto No. 3(1921) marked one of the peaks of his dynamic national style. This concerto was dedicated to his friend Boris Bashkirov.

Chopin’s third sonata is a masterwork filled with pianistic elements, daring harmonies, experimental form, and a wealth of expressivity. In this four-movement work, references to other Chopin compositions and influences from fellow composers are found. At the same time, there is a progressive element; it looks forward to the heights which would be achieved by Chopin and later composers.