Night Of Music

A Night of Music

A night of Music at the Dunham theatre, the first piece played at the venue was a wonderful piece by Gustav Holst called Second suite in f. Starting off very subtle and with a sequence that continues throughout the whole piece. As the brass and percussion make entry the pitch of the winds dim down while the others increase making the dynamics of the music vary from a very delicate to very strong when the percussion and brass sections start playing. It's melody had a very folk tune to it, then doing some research Gustavs music was derived from old folk tunes which many folk tunes are composed in strophic form. It's homophonic sound was well accompanied by the percussion adding a very strong march while not losing its initial
Although it was not very clear I made the assumtion that the trumpets were playing with a firm staccato tone to match the mood of the song. This song is a polyphonic sound because it is clear multiple sounds are being heard all at the same time. The flutes with clarinets and wood winds in the background along with the main melody of the trumpets coming in strong, the low brass mocking the trumpets in a simpler form but in a repetitious melody, not to forget the percussion occasionally coming in with a variety of sound. For example, symbol crashing because towards the end it played an important role as the ending became evident the trumpets would play their notes in a measurement follow by the low brass mocking that same sound except in a deeper tone or pitch, as this was happening the music had a crescendo building up more and more forte. Accompanied by the symbol crashing all came together to make a powerful ending with all instruments playing in unision chord when the conductor gave the signal it all came to an end. The ending of this piece was an exciting moment, without noticing the music builds in crescendo when least expecting the song ends leaving behind a silence ring in the