Symphony No. 9 In E Minor

Ludwig van Beethoven-Symphony No. 9 performed by the Frankfurt Radio Orchestra on May 9, 2016, was an amazing concert to view with the many pitches and ranges of the instruments and vocalists. I enjoyed the concert more than I thought would. As I am writing this report, I am listening to it once again. This concert report reveals what I saw and heard during the concert with any significant observations.

The melody in the first movement opens with the violins and they are then accompany by the violas and the cello. As you keep listening you notice that French horn, clarinets, flutes, and oboes contribute to the harmony. The first movement is also in the key signature of G minor. As you move through the first movement you enter into the second section which is in a different key. The key signature of the second movement is in B flat major. The instruments that have the melody this time are the violins along with the clarinets and bassoons.

The second concert I attended was a performance by the Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra at TAMU’s Rudder Theater. The performers were wearing black suits with a white button up shirt for males and black, full sleeve button up shirts for females. The audience was dominantly senior adults with a miniscule amount of students. The four pieces that caught my interest are the four movements from Beethoven’s Symphony No. 3, OP. 55, Eb Major which is also called Sinfonia Eroica. The first movement is called Allegro con brio, the second is Marcia funebre: Adagio assai, the third is Scherzo: Allegro vivace, and the fourth is Finale: Allegro molto. This symphony is is the first piece that Beethoven creates in his Heroic period when he begins to write in his own style to express one ideal of heroism taken after Napoleon.

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

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.

The La Jolla Symphony concert was held on a warm Saturday night, May 5th, and it was definitely a memorable experience, since it was the first symphony concert that I have ever attended in my life. The whole atmosphere was very engaging and the music itself was very different in an insightful way. Over the course of the concert, five pieces were played as Sameer Patel conducted. Each piece was incredibly unique in their own way and did associate themselves together and also to many of the concepts we have learned in class. The concert overall was astonishing that I enjoyed every second of it and will now attend as many more symphonies as I can.

I read that the 9th Symphony is universally considered to be among Beethoven’s greatest works he’s ever written. The symphony was the first example of a major composer using voices in a symphony. The words are sung during the final movement by four vocal soloists and a chorus. They were taken from the "Ode to Joy", a poem written by Friedrich Schiller in 1785 and revised in 1803. Today it still stands as one of the most performed symphonies throughout the world. It is made of 4 movements. The first movement is in classical sonata form, however, just the beginning of the 9th Symphony jumps immediately into suspense and sense of expectancy. In the first minute, the tempo hovers between a duple and triple meter. A and E notes are used as building

Never could I have thought that my first concert experience was going to be in a college class, performed by various composers of classical music. During the concert, I got to listen to four performances. First, the Oxycotton was played by Tim Sanchez. Second, Samantha Post played Acht Stucke on flute, followed by Nicholas Gledhill, playing Blues and Variations for Monk on horn. Finally, the CSU Graduate Brass Quintet performed a piece named Misty. In this essay, I will share my personal experience of the concert and discuss the different elements of music seen in the different performances.

Brahms was a scholar and had a strong interest in Baroque music. His fourth movement makes use of the Chaconne style. It is a series of repeated variations and chord progressions, a form of ostinato or bass

The students and professors exhibited fantastic talent, while it was equally great to have Joan Tower present to introduce her pieces. Incidentally, I am very excited to brag to my friends and parents that I was in the company of a grammy award winning composer. Lastly, although this was my final concert report, I do not plan to halt my classical music experiences. The music is extremely soothing and a great alternative to the widely distributed hip-hop and rap music of our generation. With that being said, in the future I hope to attend and listen to many more classical concerts

Johannes Brahms’ Symphony No. 1, 4th Movement is monumental. The final movement begins with an extended slow introduction with a dark, ominous tone played by wind instruments. The beginning (around 2 minutes) shows a strong resemblance to the ending of Beethoven’s No. 9 Symphony Finale. There are low string instruments accompanied by surging wind instruments. Both pieces contain exhilarating melodies that close with a triumphant ending in a major key. The introduction concludes with a distinguished chorus of brass and woodwind instruments that was heard before in the beginning.

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.

As for music in the Romantic Period, I enjoyed Symphony No. in E Minor by Antonin Dvorak. This piece is so exhilarating and unique for its time. The colorful orchestration and melodious material add a distinct flavor to this this piece. When I listen to this piece it just gets me excited and ready for the day. It’s just incredible how something created so long ago can still be relevant in today’s society. This course have opened up a new world of music to me, I never knew that such unique sounds existed so long

Peter Illyich Tchaikovsky is one of the most famous Russian composers.   He was born in Votkinsk on May 7, 1840 into a middle class family.   His family greatly supported his musical interests. They gave him piano lessons and provided him with the instruction of music theory. Their move to St. Petersburg proved to be a significant milestone is Tchaikovsky’s life. It had set the course for Tchaikovsky's progress and success in the musical world.

Schubert produced a large number of works which included symphonies, operas, over 600 songs, overtures, masses, string quartets, quintets, piano sonatas, and choral works. ● Among his most famous works was Symphony No. 9 in C Major (aka Great C Major). ○ Schubert began this piece in the summer of 1825 and took two years to complete.