Concert Review : A Musical Analysis Of A Concert

The first song that they played was very lively and loud. The song was basically a series of solos and the composer described it as

When the concert first began, the three instrumentalists walked with energy despite their age. The first song, “Sonata I in G-Major Op. 2, Nr. 1” by Michel Blavet, was a Baroque Sonata. There were five movements and was played by the harpsichord, flute, and cello. All movements of the song were polyphonic because of the three instruments that had different parts and equal importance. In the first movement, I noticed that the flute tended to rise in pitch. In the second movement, I noticed that the melodies often repeated. Throughout the rest of the song the tempo changed from fast to slow and the flute would usually take the lead. On the last movement, the cello and the harpsichord

It was performed by the big group percussion ensemble and incorporated the use of bass guitar, violin, and one drum set. The violin was playing a different melody as the rest of the group was playing in unison. At the end of the performance Tony Savage, drum set player, took a solo with light harmonic accompaniment.

On the night of February 11, 2017, Sarah and I traveled to the Music Hall at Fair Park to see Broadway’s hit “An American in Paris.” This was one of the most breathtaking shows I have ever experienced. From the talented dancing, magnificent acting, and wonderful singing it was a great way to spend my night! George and Ira Gershwin composed the music in this show the and the performers did a fabulous job making it entertaining. It was an amazing show to get to write about for my last Honors Paper, and I hope to see it again one day.

On Sunday night February 26, I went to the music center located at New Mexico State university to the Atkinson recital hall to watch the North American Saxophone Alliance region conference concert. The concert only consisted of saxophones and a few accompaniments first to the stage was Jessica Maxfield who played alto saxophone accompanied by Hannah Crevistion on the piano. The duo played accouple of movements from “Garden of Follies” composed by the Andrew Norman. The first movement they played was “Spandrels”, the tempo on this piece as soon as they start was a very fast tempo and lot of accents marks. She goes on to play to play four more movements called “Crossed Paths, Blue Mountains thoughts, Fourth Act and Regarding Crystals”. All the move moments she had played gave a more serious and suspenseful tone. The piano would play notes that were very sharp dissonance notes throughout all the movements and the saxophone would bring it more to a tonic sound but it’s still very textural music, and lots of sharps played.

One thing that was interesting to me about this concert was the order which the songs were performed. Typically when I attend concerts the fun and lighthearted songs are toward the end as a sort of “reliever” from the seriousness. In contrast, this concert had the lightheartedness mixed in with the more serious or slower songs to keep the audience’s attention. For example, to start the concert there were two traditional songs that were performed, Jubilate Deo and Alleluia. These songs have many different arrangements using essentially the same word but with a different notes and rhythms and are mainly meant as “beauty songs” to show off the talent of the singers in areas such as tuning or tone. Both of those songs could be taxing to those who don’t regularly attend these types of concerts, so the chorus added in the song “The Battle of Jericho” which was a complete “one-eighty” from the style of the first two songs, grabbing the attention of people who somehow already lost interest. This pattern continued until intermission when the audience was allowed to talk to the performers and other audience members. In general, the order which the concert was put together was, I believe, intended to keep the audience’s attention, rather than just expecting the audience to listen because they’re

The first song was a paraphrase on Greensleeves. I was amazed by how perfectly insync they were. The song ended softly and quick. The next song was Carol of the Bells by Dudley. There was one harpist who played the melody. It was very smooth, soft and fit in perfectly with the season and theme. The last and final song of the night was the Waltz of the Flowers. From The Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky. There was a soloist who played on her own for the beginning without any background music. Throughout the piece, there were many soloists and they all played smooth and consistent. I thought this song was very lively and

Throughout the concert, five pieces were performed by two different choirs. The first three being a small group without interments and the second a large group accompanied by a small chamber orchestra. The first group, the chamber choir performed three pieces from

Most of the songs that were performed in the chamber concert on October 20th 2016, were more contextual and emotional approach. With the measures of duple and triple. Some were hard to identify because it jumped to different themes and change in rythmes. The concert dress code was more casual and normal. The performers gave their full potential to bring the music to live. There were six performers overall. They performed a duo and then performed as a whole group to bring a mixture of sound. As three grand pianos and two toy pianos were used to create suspense and bring a set of tone to their audience.

The beginning of the concert started off with a performance of Claudin De Sermisy’s “Content désir (1544). There were viols and recorders used during this performance. I wasn’t very impressed by the overall performance. The muscians were not always on the same page and it sounded bad at times.

As the lights rose I could automatically hear a four four beat with accents of one , two and three as the drums where struck with a intense meaning as the bass came in I could fell it straight to the chest as the base guitar was strummed. As these two sounds joined together it gave a sense of a grand entrance or a grand presentation. The Procession was the strongest as it always in the church setting and the Piano as usual played a main part because it is the base of all instruments. As the singers approached the stage singing the opening song you could here the difference in styles in their voices but, there harmonies where so tight and together their strong differences made them a stronger ensemble. Together was just breathe taking, they

There were a total of four music pieces performed. They were “Overture from the Singspiel”, “Concerto in e minor”, “Concerto on b minor,opus 104”, and “Symphony#2 in b minor, opus 5”. I think pieces were performed belong to classical style.

As you have most likely already read on my data sheet, I listened to Dr. Joe and Friend play at Ayuthai Restaurant on November 12th. The venue features jazz ensembles pretty often, although I am not sure why… Are the Thais even bigger fans of jazz than the French, or is it a personal preference of the venue owner? My first concert experience was overall pretty good. I had a difficult time recognizing selections so I had to stay for the full two hours. I ate a lot of Thai food. Appetizer, entree, and dessert… I would have felt like a pig if the couple seated next to be hadn’t order over double the amount of food I did. Point being, I highly recommend Ayuthai Restaurant, and now onto my critique.

The second vocal ensemble of the night started out with a song which included a twelve bar blues, called “ I use to know you”. This performance consisted of the most combinations of solos of the night as well as using an improvising style. The entire band started all together which led to a Trumpet solo. Then Jose on the Sax did his solo followed by the pianist comping. Then the choir along with the band joined together to lead to a female solo which was particularly interesting since she was scatting. The second performance of this ensemble was “Spring can really hang you up the most” which consisted of 3/4 time and 4/4 time. This started with a female solo vocalist then a male one. The band as a whole played together and ended with a male solo scatting. The third and shortest performance of the night was a vocal acapella piece, “Love walked in” which was short and sweet. The fourth performance of the night was a Richmond Rogers piece. This had a rhythmic swing/salsa feel from the “Lady is a tramp”. This started with the rhythm section, with the male vocalist and horns. Then the female vocalist from the choir joined and concluded this piece. The fifth performance for the group was a sequel to voice stand an acapella piece by Greg Jaspers. This song started with the choir using their voices as the instruments altogether. The final performance of the night was one of

The concert that I attended was played by Michael Kirkendoll on Wednesday, November 8 at Beall Concert Hall. Kirkendoll played two pieces during the performance. The first was called “Marriage, Mile 55 From the Road,” which talked about the disturbing tale of a man that explains how he murdered his wife. The second piece, “De Profundis,” talked about a distal longing for love from a homosexual man who was arrested because of who he loved.