16) The Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra will be conducted by Ondrej Lenard. They will be preforming composers Sergei Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67: He Tells the Bird to Distract the Wolf.
00:00 The bird, flute, starts off with a high pitch and a quick tempo.
00:02 Sounds like something falling, like the bird swooping down, there is also a little decrescendo.
00:06 The flute comes in again.
00:10 The dynamic becomes a little bit louder then it was before.
00:22 There is a high but soft pitch here.
00:24 The wolf, horn, comes in here with a slower tempo and a lower pitch.
00:30 The dynamic becomes louder.
00:40 Flute comes back in this time louder then before and then goes into a decrescendo.
00:49 The original volume comes back out of nowhere.
00:57 Multiple string instruments come in at this point.
01:00 The last note is quick and sharp with a high pitch. In this composition the listener is able to tell that there is some form of interaction between the bird and the wolf since both of the instruments that represent them are used. The listener can assume that the way the bird kept the wolf distracted was by flying over him and trying to get the wolf to keep his attention on the bird.
17) Composer Sergei Prokofiev wrote Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67: Peter Catches the Wolf with a Lasso. The Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra will be conducted by Ondrej Lenard as they perform this piece.
00:00 Starts off at piano and sounds like something is falling, possibly the lasso
Among other animal imagery, birds appear frequently throughout the story in times of crisis. The birds often foreshadow dangers that lie ahead. For instance, when Robert's team takes a wrong turn, "the fog is full of noises"(80) of birds. Then the birds fly out of the ditch and disappear. Robert and Poole know that "[there] must be something terribly wrong...but neither one knew how to put it into words. The birds, being gone, had taken some mysterious presence with them. There was an awful sense of void--as if the world had been emptied" (81). The birds return and when Robert nears the collapsing dike and "one of the birds [flies] up cut[s] across Robert's path" as if it is trying to prevent him from going any further. Robert does not heed the warning and almost dies in the sinking mud.
On November 27th, the Allen Wind Ensemble Band performed their winter band concert consisting of Scherzo for X Wings by John Williams, Hymn to a Blue Hour by John Mackey, and Second Suite in F for Military Band by Gustav Holst.
The most distinct sound throughout the play is a musical piece called the "Blue Piano".
The concert opened with A Moorside Suite from England; it began quietly accompanied by the clarinet and saxophone. The tempo started out slowly, then shifted to fast and back again to slow, throughout the entire piece. There was an appearance of a few soloists including the oboe, clarinet, and saxophone. This movement ended with the entire orchestra leading to a final chorale that builds to a fortissimo climax.
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.
I decided to attend the Symphony on the Prairie on July24, 2015. I haven’t been to a Symphony Orchestra since I was very young and I was unable to attend the Symphony last Friday or Saturday. My fellow classmates invited me to the concert on July 24, 2015. I wanted to view a concert so I agreed to attend the Symphony with them. I also like Harry Potter and Star Wars; and they played pieces from both movies in the Symphony concert. Unfortunately there wasn’t any vocal throughout the concert but there were many instruments. These instruments include the entire string family (violin, viola, cello, and contrabass), the woodwind family (flute, piccolo, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and contrabassoon), the brass family (English horn, horn, trumpet, trombone, bass trombone, and tuba), and the percussion family (timpani, harp, and keyboard)
As we moved further along, the bass player, Chris Kozak took over. He slowly emerges from the silence as he carefully tapped the cymbals. The dynamic remained piano as the tempo gradually gets faster (accelerando). This heightened the tension before they all began to play together at 12:26 and returned to the initial mezzo forte dynamic of the piece. Towards the end, a characteristic of African music was highlighted where they performed a series of call and response. It was thrilling to hear this.
Scene 5: The music during this part is harsh, which represents the danger that is approaching. During certain sections, the music is drown out by the roaring of Kong and the screaming of the woman. However, it is still noticeable how the music speeds up as Kong gets closer to the woman. The strings play an important role during this part since they can play quick notes easier than other instruments that may be in the orchestra. The music returns to its normal speed and the trumpets are prominent once again as he takes the
The first song played from the Orchestra was Infernal Dance. The whole orchestra plays a loud chord to show the intensity of the piece. The rhythm of this movement is syncopation due to the rhythm not being on the beat. This makes the strong beat weak, thus giving a chilling ambience. Infernal Dance then transitions to the soothing movement Berceuse. Berceuse is a lullaby played by the bassoon. The Orchestra concludes the concert with Finale. Finale is the finishing piece of The Firebird and uses one french horn for the melody in a dynamic of piano. The whole orchestra soon joins in creating a hymn like choral. Instead of ending with a grand note, the brass takes the melody at a faster pace developing a celebratory ending. With its uneven rhythmic and extravagant arrangement this Suite fashions a spellbinding
At the bird’s appearance and apparent vocal articulation, he is at first impressed, then saddened. He compares this evening visitor as only another friend which will soon depart, just as “other friends have flown before” (58). But the raven again echoes quite aptly his one-word vocabulary, thus leading the man on to think more deeply about the possibilities that exist at this juncture. Somewhere deep inside him, he has realized that it doesn’t matter what question he poses, the bird will respond the same.
The western classical concert that I have chosen to review is A Tale of Two Symphonies.
I have never been personally a fan of the romantic orchestra music but going to listen to a concert live is breathtaking. I attended the Fayetteville Symphony Orchestra, Masterpieces concert with music director Fouad Fakhouri performing Igor Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms and Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No.1 in D major. There was a full stage of musicians and a complete choir to back it up.
Through sonic, visual, and textual means, Kenneth Branagh’s The Magic Flute explores two contrasting themes: strength and weakness. Throughout the entire opera film, we witness both the afore mentioned themes from a variety of different characters, and the fate to which these attributes lead each individual. Mozart’s beautifully written music backs up this intriguing storyline, with well-placed arias, leitmotifs and an excellent score. As the story follows the adventure of Tamino and Papegano, many times we witness acts of both strength and weakness. Once Tamino has been saved from the gas by the Three Ladies, he is given the picture of Pamina along with the request to save her.
He wonders why the birds are just waiting in the sky as if they are waiting for a command, why they are restless, and he thinks it is strange that they are little birds and they are the type of the birds that normally keep to their own territory and don’t have a history of attacking people . When he looks out toward the coast, he sees the birds flocking in his direction and he believes that for some odd reason, they are going to come down to the
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