Symphony No. 7 In Claude Debussy's Symphony

The music concert this review covers is the Plano Symphony’s rendition of the Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy in C minor and Symphony No. 9, The Choral, in D minor. The concert was held at a church in April 16, 2016, and it was a sold out performance. Since it was a night simply dedicated to Ludwig van Beethoven, the symphony titled the concert as “Best of Beethoven.”

On Sunday, 14 October, Jeffrey Phelps, cello and Lee Jordan-Anders, piano, performed Ludwig van Beethoven’s Sonata in A Major, Opus 69 (1808) and Claude Debussy’s Sonata (1915)

The Concert opened with “String Quartet in F Major” by Maurice Ravel. The piece was divided into four movements. The first Movement, Allegro moderato - Très doux, sets the tone for the entire piece. It opens in a warm, inviting tone played by all members of the quartet. Then, it immediately leads into somewhat of an exciting climax, with the first violin taking control and the other three instruments playing similar harmonies, but quickly the music quiets. This same, quick intensity transforming to a slower, quiet melody is continuously repeated throughout the entire first movement. The second theme presented in the opening

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

For the second and final concert report, I listened to the performance of Beethoven’s 9th symphony, as played by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Beethoven lived in Germany during the late 16th and early 17th centuries, and was an influential figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in western music. The performance requires a large number of instruments, with woodwinds, brass, percussion, strings, and even a choir during the 4th movement.

On Saturday, December 12th, the High School Philharmonic All-Region Orchestra performed a variety of fascinating pieces. They were directed by Professor Edward Kawakami from Carthage College. The region orchestra began the concert with “Pomp and Circumstance March No. 4 op. 39” by Edward Elgar. The next piece that the orchestras performed was “Clair de Lune” by Claude Debussy. The last piece that the High School Philharmonic All-Region Orchestra performed was “Samson and Dalila Dance Bacchanale op. 47” by Camille Saint-Saens.

On April 14, 2016 I attended the Dvorak Cello Concerto at the Tennessee Theatre in Knoxville, Tennessee. The instruments that were being played were made up of the whole symphony orchestra. In addition, the instrument that was featured was the cello. The reasoning for this is because there was a special guest musician, Susie Yang who was performing with the orchestra and she played the cello. The structure of the performance consisted of three different main pieces of music with different sections within them. In addition, this was the first time I had been to the Tennessee Theatre. The theatre was very intriguing because of the elegance that came with it. The décor was very nice and looked expensive. It is exactly what I imagined when I thought of the setting for a symphony. It was well lit with beautiful crown molding in the celling. In addition, there were lovely curtains blocking an area that looked to be a balcony beside the stage. In addition, there was back drop lights on the walls highlighting pieces that looked to be Grecian Urns.

The concert that I chose to attend was performed by The Auburn Symphony Orchestra. Which was led by musical director and conductor Peter Jaffe. In addition, his son James Jaffe, a renowned cellist, accompanied the ensemble with a beautiful solo performance. There are three pieces that are instrumented by the symphonic orchestra. The first piece is Dances from Cake Walk, by Hershy Kay. The second piece is Schelomo, Hebraic Rhapsody, by Ernest Bloch, and the third piece is Symphony No.9 in E minor, op.95, “From the New World” by Antonin Dvorak. All three of these pieces originated in the early 19th century.

Beethoven’s fifth symphony, composed in 1808, is a fantastic musical masterpiece. It sends you on a wild emotional rollercoaster for the entire thirty-two minute length of the piece. The first movement is in sonata form, the second is in theme and variations form, the third is a scherzo and the last movement is also in sonata form.

The orchestra opened with Rossini’s La Gazza Ladra Overture. This piece was definitely a great opening segment because it builds suspense and

The first piece was Symphony No. 4 in b-flat Major by Beethoven. This piece had four parts: adagio-allegro, Adagio, Allegro vivace, and Allegro ma non troppo. It consists of violins, cellos, violas, tubas, and flutes. This symphony was written in the summer 1806 and was first performed at the palace of Prince Lobkowitz in Vienna. The slow introduction sets up a dark and suspenseful mood that stays throughout the adagio. The suspenseful music is a

On Thursday, February 25th, the Allen High School Sinfonia orchestra performed a variety of fascinating pieces. The orchestras began the concert with “Concertino” by John Cacavas. The next piece that the orchestras performed was “Prelude for String Orchestra” by Gerald Finzi. The last piece that the Allen High School Sinfonia performed was “Allegro from Sinfonia No. 6 in G minor” by Johann Christian Bach.

The recital took place on Monday, February 12, 2018 at 7pm at the Capistrano concert hall. It was a graduate piano recital performed by Eunice Bancu Aldrich. The stage was set up with the piano being stationed straight in the middle being presented with all its glory and the spotlight straight on the performer. It consisted of a single ensemble played on the piano. The music genre of the recital was classical. The lengths of the pieces were both short and long,which included powerful pieces such as: Nocturn (Homage to John Field), Opus 33 - Samuel Barber, Nocturne No.10 in A-flat major, Opus 32, No.2 - Frédéric Chopin, Nocturne No.1 in C Major - Francis Poulenc, Nocturne, Opus 38, No.4 - Lowell Liebermann. The setting was different to watch, since this is the first time I have attended a recital; it had a very different sensation to the whole performance.

There were three concertos: Stravinsky's Symphonies of Wind Instruments, Adams's Concerto for Saxophone and Orchestra, and Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, Op. 55 ("Eroica"). I attended this concert before learning of Beethoven in class, but Dr. Arthur still informed me of how Beethoven had originally written this concerto to honor Napoleon Bonaparte but had scratched out his

This concert report is about , Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Opus 55, also called, Eroica composed by the German composer Ludwig Van Beethoven it was composed between 1802-1804 and is a classical symphony. This one is the number third symphony of Beethoven performer and is so beautiful and emotional. This performance is about an hour long and the form contains four movement.