Preview

Beethoven Observation

Good Essays
Open Document
Open Document
582 Words
Grammar
Grammar
Plagiarism
Plagiarism
Writing
Writing
Score
Score
Beethoven Observation
Beethoven’s Emperor
The concert was in after Thanksgiving Day. After tiring Black Friday shopping, I thought symphony would be relaxing for me and I wasn’t wrong about my thoughts. When I bought my ticket, I thought I was going to listen just Beethoven but I was wrong. I listened different pieces from different composers. I was perceptive listener. I did my best to observe as much as I can and through this observation I took some notes during the concert in order to write my report.
First piece was Pohjola’s Daughter Op.49 which was composed by Jean Sibelius. It has very colorful scores and it was played by a large orchestra which has 2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 2
…show more content…
After intermission orchestra and pianist Stephen Hough played the last pieced which gave the name of the concert. It was Piano Concerto No.5 in E-Flat major, Op.73 “Emperor” which composed by Beethoven. Piece style is Romantic. It has three movements. These are Allegro in E-flat major, Adagio un poco moto in B major, Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo in E-flat major. Last piece was the most amazing piece of the concert I think. Besides, the piano, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani and strings were scoring. First movement began with the solo piano. The vigorous, dynamic main theme followed complicated thematic transformation. The expository materials were repeated with variations and virtuoso figurations. In the second movement stings and wind instruments played in amazing harmony. The contribution which stings made during solo piano was also very gorgeous. Piano also was kept continue to play in B major. For the final movement. First, solo piano was begun to play and afterwards whole orchestra joined the piano. Orchestra played dynamic. After playing with orchestra, solo piano decreased tempo and after decreasing solo piano also increased tempo and orchestra joined the piano

You May Also Find These Documents Helpful

  • Good Essays

    Bartok left two major concertos unfinished: the Third piano concerto and the Viola Concerto. The former was complete except for the orchestration of the last seventeen measures, but the latter required much more extensive work. The manuscript for this unfinished work was given to Bartok’s friend and informal student Tibor Serly, who reconstructed the work and prepared it for publication. The first performance was given on December 2, 1949, in Minneapolis. The work has become a staple in the orchestra repertoire and has enjoyed great popularity with audiences for over sixty years. However, musicologists and critics…

    • 1051 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    The second piece that the orchestra performed was Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 63. This piece was written in 1935, when Prokofiev was returning to the Soviet Union. Naturally, Prokofiev became even more influenced by the arts and culture of his home country (Stophlet). Prokofiev was forced to balance his originality and creativity with the political standards of his country. This piece contained three movements: Allegro moderato, Andante assai, and Allegro ben marcato. Out of three compositions played during this performance, it was Prokofiev’s that sounded the most contemporary.…

    • 702 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    The in class concert with three performances that I attended on 15th of February was an very interesting experience for me as I have not been to a classical music concerts that often. The first piece, Oxycotton, was performed by Tim Sanchez using the marimba. The second one, Acht Stucke, was performed by Samantha Post using the flute. Nicholas Gledhill using the horn performed the third piece, Blues and Variations for Monk. The last piece, Misty, was performed by CSU Graduate Brass Quintet. In this paper, I am going to write about the performances that I heard and about the different music elements that they used in each performance.…

    • 459 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    The only performer, performing this evening was an aspiring pianist named Judy Huang. The performer had a charismatic personality, with a little bit of an accent. She gladly welcomed us and opened her recital by introducing herself. The event occurred in the Art Building, C-104 at approximately 5:00 P.M. on Tuesday of October 07, 2008. She humbly dedicated and donated her time to share her piano skills. She proudly opened her recital by presenting how honored she was to be able to perform for college students that had appreciation for the art of music. She played some fast pace and slow moving melodic classical music with accuracy and perfection. Some of the classical songs she played includes: Sonata…

    • 328 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Beethoven's 9th Music

    • 255 Words
    • 2 Pages

    Beethoven’s 9th symphony conducted by Leonard Bernstein is a truly sophisticated piece of art that takes you through a roller coaster ride of mixed emotions. Feelings of sorrow and fear throughout the piece are coated with affirmation, that there is a light at the end of the tunnel, and then Beethoven continues onto exploding your emotions using sounds that bring feelings of extreme proudness and accomplishment. This end of the journey is a magnificent chorale using a modified version of Schilling’s poem Ode to Joy.…

    • 255 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Better Essays

    Holding truth today and in the past, attending classical concerts is hailed as a sign of both sophistication and style. Very reminiscent of 18th Century attendances at places like the Music Center at Strathmore, my noteworthy experience broadened my musical horizon. As a newcomer to classical concert-going, I was enthralled by the aural masterpieces and the alluring atmosphere. In partaking in the National Philharmonic's opening concert of the year at the Music Center at Strathmore, one experiences the warm ambiance of classical music in modern times while retaining its renowned value.…

    • 926 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    The orchestras played this piece to create a great closing to the concert. The conductor made a great decision to arrange this song to be at the end giving almost a sense of closure. The addition of the percussionist again helped give the piece the nice lifted feeling, as well as help the orchestra stay together; however the dynamic contrast between the four sections was rather light.The use of a snare drum drastically changed this piece, it feels more like a slow waltz. The little use of dynamics, however, kept the melody from popping out as much as it should have. In the beginning of the piece everybody played the notes with space between then; however towards the end, a few of orchestra members played the notes smoothly and connected whereas the rest of the orchestra played the notes spaced. The intonation and a steady tempo was retained throughout the performance which gave this piece a focused tone. The violins and violas did an excellent job using full bows, but the cellos needed to use long bows so they can create a deep, rich, and crisp sound. This piece made the audience feel excited and eager to hear more because many of the audience members recognized this…

    • 791 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    The first half of the program included two pieces, Piano Quartet in E-flat major, K. 493 composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Die Gebüsche composed by Franz Schubert. The most impressive piece for me was the first one. It was a chamber music from classical period. This concerto-like quartet had three movements, which gave us an echoing through the performance. There was a material between piano and strings that changes along the piece. The first movement was a sonata-form Allegro. A bright and genial opening establishes the major tone of the entire piece. This sonata-allegro also had a lot of narrow leaps which allows me feel lively. The second movement Larghetto was like a rapt dialogue between piano and strings. It started with solo piano. Then, it has a downcast and made me fell leisure. The third movement Allegretto was the finale of the piece, which has a moderately paced rondo. The characteristics of classical music include symmetrical, balanced phrases melody, dance rhythms, diatonic, tonic-dominant harmony, multimovement sonata-allegro form and homophonic. The violin tonic-dominant and the form of homophonic allowed me ensure that the piece is composed in Classical ear, but not from Baroque…

    • 581 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    They played several different pieces, each one being very different from the last. The two main instruments that were used in each piece were electronic synthesizers and electric violin. However, the synthesizers…

    • 500 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Classical Music Concerto

    • 840 Words
    • 4 Pages

    They composed concerts for unusual instruments such as the clarinet, trumpet, bassoon, and French horn.This allowed to overcome and work around the limitations of wind instruments at the time. The works are with such high quality that they are often still played today.…

    • 840 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    The first part of the performance “Concerto For Orchestra” uses the Orchestras color and dynamism to turn old-age music into the stuff of blockbuster. The first half consisted of 3 flutes(2 doubling piccolo), 2 oboes (1 doubling English horn), 3 clarinets (1 doubling…

    • 266 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    Concert REview

    • 518 Words
    • 2 Pages

    The performer of this concert was a solo act that played the music on the piano. The music in this performance was typically music that was used for orchestral concerts and the opera. The musical texture of this performance was monophonic and four different movements were performed. Leopold performed Of Foreign Lands and People, Curious Story, Important Event, and Dreaming. The textures of these pieces were monophonic but the melody of the…

    • 518 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Chopin's The Awakening

    • 647 Words
    • 3 Pages

    The classical composers of the past connected me to the world in a way I never thought possible. Every song was a new adventure. Once, I was the passenger of, as Berlin critic Ludwig Rellstab described it, “a boat passing the wild scenery of Lake Lucerne in the Moonlight” in Beethoven’s “Moonlight Sonata.” Another time, I was a soldier in the Turkish military, being encouraged by Mozart’s “Rondo alla Turca.” And yet, I was still only a listener. In all my fantasies brought about by the pieces I revered, I could only stand aside and listen as a nameless pianist led me wherever they so chose. Without realizing it, my fantasies changed. I was no longer the passenger, but the moonlight itself, moving the water to my will. I was no longer a soldier in the Turkish military, but instead the Janissary band itself, playing to embolden an army taking its first steps towards…

    • 647 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    An application of Analysis of Beethoven’s ‘Pathetique’ piano sonata No. 8 inC minor, Op.13 with particular focus on musical features such as melody, thematic content, rhythm, form and structure, and harmony.…

    • 4391 Words
    • 18 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Good Essays

    Within any great musical composition there lies many instances of musical emotion that stirs the soul and creates within an individual, a sense of strong connections with both the piece and the composer. In this great masterpiece, Beethoven has penned such a work that offers an individual senses of both the darkness and lightness of musical emotion contained within several musical passages while maintaining the softness and power of light, melodic runs. Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony truly captures his musical style and features four movements, each with their own individual musical message. The emotional impact of this masterpiece can be felt in various ways as the listener releases the tensions of the world and embraces the genius of Beethoven’s…

    • 498 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays