EIU Wind Symphony Concert Report
I attended the EIU Wind Symphony concert on December 4, 2015. It started seven in the evening and was in Dvorak hall in the Doudna Fine Arts center on Eastern’s campus. Alicia Neal was the conductor of the symphony. It was a symphony composed of some of Eastern’s best music majors and it showed their skill throughout the entire performance.
The symphony was composed of woodwinds, brass, and percussion. On the woodwinds, they had piccolos, flutes, oboes, bassoons, clarinet, bass clarinet, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, and bari saxophone. The brass instruments they played were the English horn, trumpet, horn, trombone, bass trombone, euphonium, and tuba. The percussion was spread out throughout the stage and many of the performers ran back and forth in order to hit the next note with the correct instrument. The percussion instruments included snare drums, timpani, cymbals, xylophone, marimba, chimes, a woodblock, and many other various percussion instruments. They …show more content…
It was a character piece because it gave the listener a chance to visual the horseman, Shepherds, and gipsies in the Puszta. The song was filled with consonance and was performed in the major key. The tempo tended to vary a lot but it was mostly fast. The tempo made the listener want to get up and start dancing. The melody was conjunct and extremely tuneful. It’s melody sticks in the listeners head days after hearing it. The first movement was a comfortable tempo. The second movement was a smoother and softer tempo making the piece slow down for a while. The third movement’s tempo was fast and made listener sit back in their seats because the transition from the second to the third was so quick. The fourth and final movement’s tempo was fast and sounded as though it had an accent on it. Puszta: Four Gipsy Dances was overall a fast song with a tuneful melody that left the listener feeling uplifted and
The symphony was composed of woodwinds, brass, and percussion. On the woodwinds, they had piccolos, flutes, oboes, bassoons, clarinet, bass clarinet, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, and bari saxophone. The brass instruments they played were the English horn, trumpet, horn, trombone, bass trombone, euphonium, and tuba. The percussion was spread out throughout the stage and many of the performers ran back and forth in order to hit the next note with the correct instrument. The percussion instruments included snare drums, timpani, cymbals, xylophone, marimba, chimes, a woodblock, and many other various percussion instruments. They …show more content…
It was a character piece because it gave the listener a chance to visual the horseman, Shepherds, and gipsies in the Puszta. The song was filled with consonance and was performed in the major key. The tempo tended to vary a lot but it was mostly fast. The tempo made the listener want to get up and start dancing. The melody was conjunct and extremely tuneful. It’s melody sticks in the listeners head days after hearing it. The first movement was a comfortable tempo. The second movement was a smoother and softer tempo making the piece slow down for a while. The third movement’s tempo was fast and made listener sit back in their seats because the transition from the second to the third was so quick. The fourth and final movement’s tempo was fast and sounded as though it had an accent on it. Puszta: Four Gipsy Dances was overall a fast song with a tuneful melody that left the listener feeling uplifted and