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
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