The Master I Picked Was Maurice Ravel

The title of the first song is “Roman Carnival Overture, Op. 9” , preformed by the Youtube Symphony Orchestra and written by Hector Berlioz. It is a classical piece composed by Michael Tilson Thomas. The tempo for this song was all over the place. It starts off as a crescendo, then towards the end of the crescendo it becomes a mezzo-forte allegro. Suddenly it drops down to a pianissimo largo. It goes on like that for a few more steady beats then turns into a piano. As more instruments join in, it becomes a mezzo-piano adagio. When the chorus comes on it turns into an allegro. Throughout most of it, it is legato. There were many times in the beginning and end that it was an accelerando, but through most of the middle it is a ritardando. I could not tell what the meter was for this song because it seemed like it was all over the place. For rhythm, I noticed that there were a few parts that were repeated, but there was not any syncopation. The melody was predominantly conjunct and it seemed to be very tuneful. The harmony became a little dissonant in the beginning, but during most of it, it was consonant. The texture was homophonic because there were many instruments playing for most of it. The only time it was monophonic was at the start when there was a solo. The concert section that was an allegro, put me in thrilled mood. The decrescendo largo part was so moving that it made me want to cry. Overall, I liked it, it was very consonant, which made it pleasing to listen to. It was very good because the temp was vivace for a good amount of the song. This music made me picture a relationship between a man and a woman. Throughout parts they fight and during other parts they don’t, but no matter what they do, they are very passionate throughout it all.

To begin with, the concert started out with a piece from Count Basie called “Hay Burner.” This piece was done by a big band, a band with many instruments and musicians, and that is exactly how it was performed by the University of Indianapolis Jazz Ensemble. The band had a total of four sections: saxophones, trumpets, trombones, and rhythm sections. Throughout the piece, the band focused mostly on the ensemble rather than the soloist, however, the alto saxophone did have a solo. This piece reminded me mostly of the boogie-woogie style of jazz, due to its bluesy tones and driving piano style.

The name of this work is Act One: Youtube Symphony Orchestra @ Carnegie Hall. It lasts for about one hour. This is the first symphony orchestra of its kind. Many things set it apart from all others. Approximately three thousand people from all corners of the globe sent in video tape auditions of their musical talents. From this a total of ninety six people were chosen by " Youtubers". The orchestra consists of both male and female musicians. The attire is all black and formal, such as dresses, suits, etcetera. From certain angles, one can see that the music hall is packed with people. The dim lighting gave great and appropriate ambiance.

when listening to the songs, the low pitched male voice drifted into the ear, and the pictures hits my mind, which are dance, tears and memories. “City of stars, there’s so much that I can’t see”. When the last imaginary disappears, everything was just like a dream. “Who knows, is this the start of something wonderful and new, or one more dream that I cannot make true”? Once dreams meet the reality, people will awake from their dream and face the real situation. Through the lyrics and the music tone, it leaves the significant memory for the audience and draws people into the sadness love story. The lyrics bring people go depth into the storyline and makes people think more about the internal meaning of the film. I think the songs really fits to the movie. Hearing the songs will bring back the movie scenes, and due to the movie’s storyline, the music in the film become extraordinary important and make people feel really

Most of his music made me feel like getting up to dance and sing. Although some of his music made me sad. The songs were also slow and meaningful. I felt happy most of the time while I listened to his music.

This piece is comfortable to me by reminding me of a more uncomfortable and nervous time in my life. I spent a semester in Denmark going to an immersion school. I remember the feeling of being in a new culture, being very confused, and very far outside my comfort zone. I think of riding on trains and watching everything fly by because that was what I was doing while listening to this song.

The first composer was Liliya Ugay. Before the performance ugay talked about the number of expressions she wanted to bring out before the piece was played. From the start the main thing I noticed was the dynamic contrast.

The song was called “Funk Indeed Free”. The texture to this song was very soft. Not all the instruments were competing with each other like the last song. The song had some form to it aside from the trumpet. The trumpet was very wild and had many different ranges. The melody was the same throughout the song aside from the trumpet as well. There was a steady flow throughout the whole song. The dynamic of the song was very calm and quiet aside from the trumpet. I didn’t appreciate that because it was so distracting. The tempo was at a mild pace. Not all the instruments were played during this song. It was only 2 instruments played at a time during the whole time.

The musical style seemed most like smooth jazz as the sound was mellow and the background musicians carried a slow steady tempo throughout. The melody seemed to ebb and flow though the electronic wind instrument soared, hit piercing notes and occasionally rapidly move up and down the scales. The style was similar to that of Miles Davis “Tutu,” as Davis continued to produce high piercing notes as the background slow tempo persisted throughout keeping the overall sound velvety. Neither soloist appeared to interact with the rhythm section but cleverly play above, below and around it. Overall the performance held to a timbre that was restrained as well as was

Closely resembled the first performance leading me the conclusion it was from the Romantic era. The rhythmic diversity of this performance made it very interesting to watch making it much easier to reflect on the ideas we have discussed in class. This act seemed to be mostly homophonic, but also included polyphony. The only downfall of this performance was due to the fact the only instrument played was the piano, if other instruments were included I feel as if the there would be a much stronger emotional sense.

I find the different instrument in the background was amazing. The guitar and drum in the background makes a rock rhythm. Therefore, there is nothing more to say, but hearing the music makes me wanna bobble my

For the track that I will be choosing, I picked the piece Messiaen, Les Corps Glorieux-V1. Joie et Clarte des Corps Glorieux from Antony Bruno’s graduate organ recital. This recital was held in Galbreath Memorial Chapel, which held a unique sound to facilitate a recording. The full track starts an intro in at 0:02 seconds, but the real piece does not start until 0:20 seconds. The piece last a total of 6 minutes and 28 seconds and features a dynamic rollercoaster of sounds.

I noticed that the violins were doing a plucking sound with their instruments known as pizzacato. It was cool seeing each group play in sync. It was interesting how they can make different emotions whether it was scared, curious, etc. For the 2nd it sounded more romantic had more string in my opinion. The melody was somewhat intense. The 3rd which is considered the 4th sounded more classic. I loved the bell effect that they made it really did sound like snow bells. I couldn’t find the instrument that was sounding like the bells I assumed though it had to be like a tambourines or something like that

The online concert that I listened to was called Le Carnaval des Animaux- Ciklus Virtuoso, which lasted about twenty-seven minutes. Le Carnaval des Animaux composed of a chamber orchestra, it was a small group playing. If I listened to this on a CD, I would think this was a symphony orchestra. While watching this concert, I observed many different things. The instruments that I saw were pianos, cello, violin, clarinet, xylophone, flute, and the viola. The piece’s dynamics started out pianissimo (very softly) and then began to go from soft to louder over time which is called crescendo and the other instruments started to chime in. The most played instrument in the concert was the piano. When the pianos were playing, they sometimes took low runs of octaves. The piano played a cackling tune as the violin started to play louder. The first movement concluded with all the instruments using a fortissimo (very loud) note. In the middle of the concert, the pianos played a higher, softer, version of the melody while the violins were playing at the same beat. More towards the end, the piano was played gentle, while a solo cello played a slow smooth melody. The pitch of the violin sound went from high pitch to low pitch. My observation throughout listening to this concert were, it sounded to me like the violins and cellos were attempting to make squeaky noises to imitate a certain type of animal. The same scale was played over and over again. The flute was played very softly, while the cello was played louder. Towards the middle of the concert, the melody is played by the flute. The xylophone was played in rondo form, which was played in more than

The first piece was “Overture from the Singspiel”, which is composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The conductor is James Martin. When it comes to the acomposer, Mozart was born January 27, 1756, Salzburg, archbishopric of Salzburg [Austria]—died December 5, 1791, Vienna), Austrian composer,