– Dido and Aeneas Vivaldi – The four seasons J. S Bach – Mass in B Minor Monteverdi – L’Orfeo Handel – Messiah Domenico Scarlatti – Keyboard Sonatas J. S Bach – The well – tempered clavier Romantic (1810 – 1900) 2. Instruments: Full Orchestra‚ Concert Grand Piano‚ Violin‚ Cor Anglais 3. Typical forms/structures: Opera‚ Music Drama‚ Programme Music‚ Song Cycles‚ Short Piano Pieces 4. Composers and their works/pieces: Weber – Der FreischÜtz Rossini – William Tell Wagner
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wanted to bury myself or run off the stage at that very moment but I just froze up and turned beet red instead. The placement I have on stage in the orchestra is an enviable one. As head of the second violins‚ I sit close to the conductor’s stand and can easily see and feel the beat of Anita’s baton. It’s also a ‘hot seat’ in the orchestra. The conductor relies on me to be musical‚ in tune‚ alert‚ and above all‚ steady with the timing. When I sit in my seat I aim to lead my section with confidence
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unpredictable manner. The melody (violins) started off very slow and quickly increased their tempo. The orchestra performed many instances of crescendo and decrescendos; this kept the audience on the edge of their seats in anticipation. The second part consisted of an opera in one act entitled “L’Enfant Ee Les Sortileges by Murice Ravel‚ which was sung like an act‚ and played by the orchestra. Both parts of the performance were very unique in there own ways‚ however‚ what intrigued me the most‚ was
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1. The four main properties of musical sounds are; Tone Color (Timbre)‚ Pitch‚ Dynamics and Duration. Tone Color also known as timbre pertains to the distinguishing attributes of one voice or instrument from another. A good example is the tone difference between a saxophone and a guitar‚ or even between a nylon and steel string guitars. Pitch mainly has to do with the relative highness or the lowness of a sound. It is determined by the frequency of the vibration of sound. Smaller objects (shorter
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Bibliography: Freed‚ Richard Program Notes for Beethoven ’s 9th Symphony. National Symphony Orchestra: 26 September 2007 (Accessed 20 October 2007)‚ http://www.kennedy-center.org/ Gibbs‚ Christopher H. Notes on Beethoven ’s Ninth Symphony. Program notes of the Philadelphia Orchestra: June 13‚ 2006 (Accessed 19 October 2007)‚ http://www.npr.org/ Kerman‚ Joseph‚ Alan Tyson: ‘Beethoven‚ Ludwig van ’‚ Grove Music Online ed. L. Macy (Accessed
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during his exploration of the exhibition that was arranged by many of Hartmann’s friends..Pictures of an Exhibition‚ which was originally a work for solo piano‚ was orchestrated by Maurice Ravel many years later. I felt that the Chicago Symphony Orchestra does something really unique that educates their audience to the background behind the music‚ which is something that the audience may never know under normal circumstances. As they describe it‚ music has a lot to say and it speaks more if you understand
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Horns such as the cor de chasse and trompe de chasse (pictured left) fall into this latter category. Shortly thereafter‚ the horn began to appear in the concert halls and theaters. Too raucous for inclusion with the fine oboes and violins in the orchestra pit though‚ at first the hunting horns were used only onstage in scenes depicting‚ naturally‚ the hunt. Famous French Horn Players | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/list_5799771_famous-french-horn-players.html#ixzz2RsdIC8vS http://www.hornsociety
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As a composer‚ Mahler all his life stood in a shadow of his far more famous friend and rival‚ Richard Strauss (1864-1949). While the audience in Europe saluted Strauss’ tone poems and his operas with enthusiasm‚ Mahler received recognition as an up-and-coming director/conductor of the Vienna Court Opera‚ but remained controversial as a composer. Although Mahler failed to win a well-deserved recognition as a successful composer during his lifetime‚ Mahler’s symphonies have become a firmly established
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movie palace‚ but later on it became under the property of the san diego symphony‚ this acquisition took place in 1984‚ they renovated the hall dramatically adding a lot of technologies. the name of the orchestra that performed in this event is San Diego Civic Youth Orchestra. this civic youth orchestra foundation started in 1955‚ and since then it has enriched the lives of young musicians all over Southern California‚ they are group of young men and women whose age does not exceed 22. The conductor
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in the orchestra‚ also in the wind band in European region to replace the ophicleide‚ an ancient instrument which was popularity used in the orchestra during that time. Actually‚ there were no solo pieces
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