This document provides biographies of violinist Isobel Howard-Cordone and pianist Didzis Kalniņš, as well as information about the pieces they will perform. It details both of their extensive training and experience in classical music. It also lists the composers and works that will be included in their concert, such as pieces by Lutosławski, Prokofiev, Wieniawski, Chausson, and Strauss. The concert is dedicated to the memory of Paola Paulon for her support of music.
This document contains technical indications and interpretive comments for J.S. Bach's Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin from renowned violinist and composer Georges Enescu. The notes were collected by violinist Serge Blanc during his five years of study with Enescu. Blanc has compiled Enescu's guidance on sonority, phrasing, tempo, fingering and expression for the pieces, which Enescu considered the "Himalayas of violinists." This collection aims to pass on Enescu's invaluable insights to future generations of violinists.
Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828) was an Austrian composer known for over 600 songs, 7 symphonies, and instrumental and chamber works. Though his works had limited success while he lived, interest grew after his death. He received early training from his father and brother and showed talent from a young age. Schubert composed prolifically throughout his short life, gaining recognition from friends and later composers for his melodic genius and influence across musical genres.
The document provides biographical information about Franz Schubert and analyzes his Unfinished Symphony. It notes that Schubert grew up in Vienna and showed musical talent from a young age. As a composer, he wrote over 1,000 pieces but only 100 were published in his lifetime. The document then analyzes the structure and key elements of the first movement of the Unfinished Symphony, including its unusual instrumentation, themes, mood changes, and development section. It highlights Schubert's innovative approaches to sonata form and orchestration in the piece.
Franz Peter Schubert was an Austrian composer born in 1797 in Vienna. He composed over 1000 works, including 600 songs, 7 complete symphonies and an unfinished 8th symphony, 30 chamber works, and 21 sonatas. Schubert showed early musical talent and received instruction from his father from age 5. He was largely self-taught as a composer after attending several schools. Schubert's style was influenced by Beethoven and Mozart, and he excelled particularly in piano compositions and Lieder. He died in 1828 at the young age of 31.
Robert Schumann was a German composer and pianist in the Romantic period who wrote primarily for piano until 1840, when he wrote around 150 songs in a single year. This included his famous song cycles like Dichterliebe and Frauenliebe und Leben. In 1842, during his "Chamber Music Year", he composed his highly popular Piano Quintet in E-flat major, dedicating it to his wife Clara. The work follows the traditional structure of four movements - Allegro Brillante, In modo d'una marcia, Scherzo, and Finale - with the last movement containing themes from the first and fourth movements in a double fugue.
George Enescu was a renowned Romanian composer, conductor, pianist, and violinist in the early 20th century. He studied music at the Vienna and Paris Conservatories. Some of his most famous compositions include the two Romanian Rhapsodies from 1901-1902 and his Symphony in E-flat Major from 1905. Enescu had a distinguished career as a performer and teacher, conducting orchestras in Romania and giving masterclasses around the world. He made significant contributions to promoting Romanian music and composers internationally.
This document contains technical indications and interpretive comments for J.S. Bach's Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin from renowned violinist and composer Georges Enescu. The notes were collected by violinist Serge Blanc during his five years of study with Enescu. Blanc has compiled Enescu's guidance on sonority, phrasing, tempo, fingering and expression for the pieces, which Enescu considered the "Himalayas of violinists." This collection aims to pass on Enescu's invaluable insights to future generations of violinists.
Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828) was an Austrian composer known for over 600 songs, 7 symphonies, and instrumental and chamber works. Though his works had limited success while he lived, interest grew after his death. He received early training from his father and brother and showed talent from a young age. Schubert composed prolifically throughout his short life, gaining recognition from friends and later composers for his melodic genius and influence across musical genres.
The document provides biographical information about Franz Schubert and analyzes his Unfinished Symphony. It notes that Schubert grew up in Vienna and showed musical talent from a young age. As a composer, he wrote over 1,000 pieces but only 100 were published in his lifetime. The document then analyzes the structure and key elements of the first movement of the Unfinished Symphony, including its unusual instrumentation, themes, mood changes, and development section. It highlights Schubert's innovative approaches to sonata form and orchestration in the piece.
Franz Peter Schubert was an Austrian composer born in 1797 in Vienna. He composed over 1000 works, including 600 songs, 7 complete symphonies and an unfinished 8th symphony, 30 chamber works, and 21 sonatas. Schubert showed early musical talent and received instruction from his father from age 5. He was largely self-taught as a composer after attending several schools. Schubert's style was influenced by Beethoven and Mozart, and he excelled particularly in piano compositions and Lieder. He died in 1828 at the young age of 31.
Robert Schumann was a German composer and pianist in the Romantic period who wrote primarily for piano until 1840, when he wrote around 150 songs in a single year. This included his famous song cycles like Dichterliebe and Frauenliebe und Leben. In 1842, during his "Chamber Music Year", he composed his highly popular Piano Quintet in E-flat major, dedicating it to his wife Clara. The work follows the traditional structure of four movements - Allegro Brillante, In modo d'una marcia, Scherzo, and Finale - with the last movement containing themes from the first and fourth movements in a double fugue.
George Enescu was a renowned Romanian composer, conductor, pianist, and violinist in the early 20th century. He studied music at the Vienna and Paris Conservatories. Some of his most famous compositions include the two Romanian Rhapsodies from 1901-1902 and his Symphony in E-flat Major from 1905. Enescu had a distinguished career as a performer and teacher, conducting orchestras in Romania and giving masterclasses around the world. He made significant contributions to promoting Romanian music and composers internationally.
This document provides a program for a concert featuring selections from Mozart's opera The Marriage of Figaro performed by students. It includes biographies of the student performers and conductor David Grandis. Additionally, it gives background information and plot summaries for The Marriage of Figaro and pieces from Massenet's Thais and Bizet's Carmen that are also on the program. The document encourages donations to the Kae Brown Memorial Symphony Orchestra Endowment and announces a raffle for a trip to Paris, with proceeds benefiting the endowment.
This document provides information about a concert featuring works by Modest Mussorgsky, Camille Saint-Saëns, and Modest Mussorgsky being held on October 28th, 2016 at 8 PM at Commonwealth & Poe. The program includes Khovantchina Overture, Danse Macabre, Night on Bald Mountain, and Conte Fantastique (The Mask of the Red Death) featuring harpist Isabelle Frouvelle. Brief biographies of the conductor David Grandis and soloist Isabelle Frouvelle are also included, as well as program notes on Danse Macabre and Night on Bald Mountain. The roster of orchestra members and information on the student leadership is
Franz Schubert was an Austrian composer who was born in 1797 into a musically knowledgeable family. Throughout his childhood, he studied various instruments and began composing frequently from a young age. Although he took a teaching job to support his family, he continued composing and performed his works with friends. During this productive period of his life, he introduced songs like "Der Wanderer" and "Die Forelle." Later, he faced financial difficulties and illness, but still created major works including his "Unfinished Symphony," "Death and the Maiden" string quartet, and lieder like "Schöne Müllerin" before his untimely death in 1828 at the age of 31.
Franz Schubert was an Austrian composer known for his melodic music and as one of the first romantic composers, who showed talent at a young age and received musical training but struggled with illness and poverty during his life, composing over 600 songs before his early death at age 31, leaving a lasting legacy as a brilliant songwriter and influential composer.
Matt Cooper will perform a faculty piano recital at Eastern Oregon University featuring works by Bach, Poulenc, Beethoven, Schubert, Fauré, and Debussy. The program includes the Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue by Bach, 15 Improvisations by Poulenc, Variations in D Major by Beethoven, Impromptu in F Minor by Schubert, Impromptu No. 3 in Ab Major by Fauré, and Reflets dans l'eau and L'Isle joyeuse by Debussy. The works showcase a variety of styles from the Baroque era to Impressionism and represent the genres of fantasia, fugue
S.V. Rachmaninoff was a renowned Russian composer, pianist, and conductor born in 1873. He showed early musical talent and studied at the St. Petersburg and Moscow Conservatories, winning awards for his compositions. As a composer, his works included operas, symphonies, choral pieces, and his famous piano concertos and preludes. He had success early in his career but went through a creative crisis until a comeback with his Piano Concerto No. 2. He faced hardship after the Russian Revolution forced him to emigrate from Russia in 1917, eventually settling in the United States where he toured and recorded extensively as a pianist until his death in 1943.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) was a child prodigy composer from Salzburg who toured Europe playing for royalty as a young boy. As an adult, he composed over 600 works, perfecting classical forms like the symphony, concerto, and opera. His masterpiece, Don Giovanni, was an innovative 1787 comic opera that used realistic characters and plotlines rather than mythology. It tells the story of the libertine Don Juan figure Don Giovanni and his comeuppance for constantly seducing and abandoning women.
This issue of The Sinfonia Music Group newsletter features Giuseppi Verdi as the featured composer with biographical information and funeral photos. The opera of the month highlighted is Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell. The director provides a review of Sinfonia Music Group's recent concert, Concerto d'Eleganza, which included both contemporary and classical pieces. The newsletter also includes a tribute to the late composer Pierre Boulez and suggests the Radetzky March for the music library article.
The document provides information about various classical composers including George Frideric Handel, Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Liszt, Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms, Giuseppe Verdi, Felix Mendelssohn, Antonín Dvořák, Richard Wagner, Igor Stravinsky, and Claude Debussy. It discusses key details about each composer's life, major musical works, and the instruments they played. The projects were completed by students as part of a music composition course.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a prolific and influential composer of classical music born in Salzburg, Austria in 1756. He displayed remarkable musical talent from a very young age, composing his first works at age 5 and touring Europe extensively as a child performer. Throughout his life, Mozart composed symphonies, sonatas, operas, and other works that have endured as pinnacles of classical music. He died in 1791 at the young age of 35 while completing his Requiem, leaving behind an immense musical legacy.
Fryderyk Chopin was born in 1810 in Żelazowa Wola, Poland. He was a renowned Polish composer and pianist who is considered one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. Some of his most famous compositions include the polonaise, etude, waltz, mazurka, prelude, ballade, nocturne, sonata, rondo, and variations. Chopin gave his first concert in 1818 and later moved to Paris in 1830, where he spent the rest of his life composing and performing until his death in 1849. His heart is buried in Warsaw, Poland.
Chopin's music poses an interpretive challenge as his scores provide precise performance directions that are often ignored. The study analyzes Chopin's manuscript of his "Black Keys" Etude, noting his markings of "leggierissimo e legatissimo" contrast starkly with the common forceful, fast performances. To truly understand Chopin, interpreters must carefully study his original scores and heed his strict instructions, as he saw any alterations as "sacrilege." Prioritizing the composer's guidelines over personal preferences allows Chopin's unique musical language and intentions to be revealed.
Listen Magazine Exclusive Interview with Yuja WangJackie Fugere
This document summarizes an interview with pianist Yuja Wang. Some key points:
- Wang discusses how she was introduced to classical music through her parents and fell in love with Russian Romantic composers like Rachmaninoff at a young age.
- She is currently focused on Russian Romantic works but wants to further explore composers like Beethoven and Mozart as she matures as a pianist.
- Wang enjoys blending elements of rock music into her interpretations of works like Prokofiev and strives to capture the playfulness and exaggerated emotions in pieces like Stravinsky's Petrouchka.
- She sees Chopin as the most perfect composer and his works directly express celestial emotions through their
Mozart was a child prodigy who began composing at age 4 and could speak 15 languages by age 6 due to his extensive travels across Europe performing from a young age. Though he was very prolific and popular during his lifetime, composing over 600 works, he struggled financially and died in poverty at age 35. However, Mozart is now considered one of the greatest composers of all time due to his masterful works across many musical genres.
Renowned violinist Stefan Jackiw will perform Samuel Barber's Violin Concerto with the Seattle Symphony on February 11th and 13th. Music Director Gerard Schwarz will lead the orchestra in performances also featuring works by Barber and Brahms. Jackiw will join the orchestra for Barber's Violin Concerto, and the program also includes Barber's Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance as well as Brahms' Piano Quartet No. 1, orchestrated by Arnold Schoenberg. Talks and discussions will precede and follow the performances.
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) was a highly influential German composer and pianist of the Romantic era. He combined classical influences like Bach and Beethoven with romantic melody and harmony. Some of his most famous works include four symphonies, two piano concertos, one violin concerto, and over 200 songs. Brahms had a close friendship with Clara Schumann and spent much of his career in Vienna, where he produced many late masterpieces. He is regarded as one of the most important composers of the 19th century for enriching the romantic repertoire.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was an influential classical era composer born in 1756 in Salzburg, Austria. He began composing at age 4 and was taught music by his father Leopold Mozart, who was a court composer. Mozart lived in Salzburg until 1773 and produced many famous works throughout his life, though he died in 1791 at age 35 in Vienna, Austria in poverty and in deteriorating health while working on his Requiem Mass.
Dover Publications will publish a new edition in November 2015 of selected works for cello and piano by Auguste Franchomme, edited by Louise Dubin. The pieces have been out of print since the 1800s. Dubin's introduction will provide background on Franchomme's technique, influences, and the included pieces. The edition will include facsimiles of Franchomme's first editions with his fingerings and bowings. It will feature his Three Nocturnes Op. 15 and arrangements of pieces by Weber and Chopin.
La compañía mantiene vivas sus tradiciones jugueteras a través de la innovación constante. Prioriza la seguridad de sus productos y actividades diarias, así como la calidad en la fabricación de sus juguetes usando procesos y materiales de máxima calidad. La compañía también se caracteriza por ser consistente, honesta y fiable en todas sus actividades internas y externas.
Here is the keynote speech I delivered the 15th of September at the occasion of the opening of their new incubator in Brussels. A keynote to inspiring starting businesses and potential entrepreneurs ...
This document provides a program for a concert featuring selections from Mozart's opera The Marriage of Figaro performed by students. It includes biographies of the student performers and conductor David Grandis. Additionally, it gives background information and plot summaries for The Marriage of Figaro and pieces from Massenet's Thais and Bizet's Carmen that are also on the program. The document encourages donations to the Kae Brown Memorial Symphony Orchestra Endowment and announces a raffle for a trip to Paris, with proceeds benefiting the endowment.
This document provides information about a concert featuring works by Modest Mussorgsky, Camille Saint-Saëns, and Modest Mussorgsky being held on October 28th, 2016 at 8 PM at Commonwealth & Poe. The program includes Khovantchina Overture, Danse Macabre, Night on Bald Mountain, and Conte Fantastique (The Mask of the Red Death) featuring harpist Isabelle Frouvelle. Brief biographies of the conductor David Grandis and soloist Isabelle Frouvelle are also included, as well as program notes on Danse Macabre and Night on Bald Mountain. The roster of orchestra members and information on the student leadership is
Franz Schubert was an Austrian composer who was born in 1797 into a musically knowledgeable family. Throughout his childhood, he studied various instruments and began composing frequently from a young age. Although he took a teaching job to support his family, he continued composing and performed his works with friends. During this productive period of his life, he introduced songs like "Der Wanderer" and "Die Forelle." Later, he faced financial difficulties and illness, but still created major works including his "Unfinished Symphony," "Death and the Maiden" string quartet, and lieder like "Schöne Müllerin" before his untimely death in 1828 at the age of 31.
Franz Schubert was an Austrian composer known for his melodic music and as one of the first romantic composers, who showed talent at a young age and received musical training but struggled with illness and poverty during his life, composing over 600 songs before his early death at age 31, leaving a lasting legacy as a brilliant songwriter and influential composer.
Matt Cooper will perform a faculty piano recital at Eastern Oregon University featuring works by Bach, Poulenc, Beethoven, Schubert, Fauré, and Debussy. The program includes the Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue by Bach, 15 Improvisations by Poulenc, Variations in D Major by Beethoven, Impromptu in F Minor by Schubert, Impromptu No. 3 in Ab Major by Fauré, and Reflets dans l'eau and L'Isle joyeuse by Debussy. The works showcase a variety of styles from the Baroque era to Impressionism and represent the genres of fantasia, fugue
S.V. Rachmaninoff was a renowned Russian composer, pianist, and conductor born in 1873. He showed early musical talent and studied at the St. Petersburg and Moscow Conservatories, winning awards for his compositions. As a composer, his works included operas, symphonies, choral pieces, and his famous piano concertos and preludes. He had success early in his career but went through a creative crisis until a comeback with his Piano Concerto No. 2. He faced hardship after the Russian Revolution forced him to emigrate from Russia in 1917, eventually settling in the United States where he toured and recorded extensively as a pianist until his death in 1943.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) was a child prodigy composer from Salzburg who toured Europe playing for royalty as a young boy. As an adult, he composed over 600 works, perfecting classical forms like the symphony, concerto, and opera. His masterpiece, Don Giovanni, was an innovative 1787 comic opera that used realistic characters and plotlines rather than mythology. It tells the story of the libertine Don Juan figure Don Giovanni and his comeuppance for constantly seducing and abandoning women.
This issue of The Sinfonia Music Group newsletter features Giuseppi Verdi as the featured composer with biographical information and funeral photos. The opera of the month highlighted is Dido and Aeneas by Henry Purcell. The director provides a review of Sinfonia Music Group's recent concert, Concerto d'Eleganza, which included both contemporary and classical pieces. The newsletter also includes a tribute to the late composer Pierre Boulez and suggests the Radetzky March for the music library article.
The document provides information about various classical composers including George Frideric Handel, Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Liszt, Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms, Giuseppe Verdi, Felix Mendelssohn, Antonín Dvořák, Richard Wagner, Igor Stravinsky, and Claude Debussy. It discusses key details about each composer's life, major musical works, and the instruments they played. The projects were completed by students as part of a music composition course.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was a prolific and influential composer of classical music born in Salzburg, Austria in 1756. He displayed remarkable musical talent from a very young age, composing his first works at age 5 and touring Europe extensively as a child performer. Throughout his life, Mozart composed symphonies, sonatas, operas, and other works that have endured as pinnacles of classical music. He died in 1791 at the young age of 35 while completing his Requiem, leaving behind an immense musical legacy.
Fryderyk Chopin was born in 1810 in Żelazowa Wola, Poland. He was a renowned Polish composer and pianist who is considered one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. Some of his most famous compositions include the polonaise, etude, waltz, mazurka, prelude, ballade, nocturne, sonata, rondo, and variations. Chopin gave his first concert in 1818 and later moved to Paris in 1830, where he spent the rest of his life composing and performing until his death in 1849. His heart is buried in Warsaw, Poland.
Chopin's music poses an interpretive challenge as his scores provide precise performance directions that are often ignored. The study analyzes Chopin's manuscript of his "Black Keys" Etude, noting his markings of "leggierissimo e legatissimo" contrast starkly with the common forceful, fast performances. To truly understand Chopin, interpreters must carefully study his original scores and heed his strict instructions, as he saw any alterations as "sacrilege." Prioritizing the composer's guidelines over personal preferences allows Chopin's unique musical language and intentions to be revealed.
Listen Magazine Exclusive Interview with Yuja WangJackie Fugere
This document summarizes an interview with pianist Yuja Wang. Some key points:
- Wang discusses how she was introduced to classical music through her parents and fell in love with Russian Romantic composers like Rachmaninoff at a young age.
- She is currently focused on Russian Romantic works but wants to further explore composers like Beethoven and Mozart as she matures as a pianist.
- Wang enjoys blending elements of rock music into her interpretations of works like Prokofiev and strives to capture the playfulness and exaggerated emotions in pieces like Stravinsky's Petrouchka.
- She sees Chopin as the most perfect composer and his works directly express celestial emotions through their
Mozart was a child prodigy who began composing at age 4 and could speak 15 languages by age 6 due to his extensive travels across Europe performing from a young age. Though he was very prolific and popular during his lifetime, composing over 600 works, he struggled financially and died in poverty at age 35. However, Mozart is now considered one of the greatest composers of all time due to his masterful works across many musical genres.
Renowned violinist Stefan Jackiw will perform Samuel Barber's Violin Concerto with the Seattle Symphony on February 11th and 13th. Music Director Gerard Schwarz will lead the orchestra in performances also featuring works by Barber and Brahms. Jackiw will join the orchestra for Barber's Violin Concerto, and the program also includes Barber's Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance as well as Brahms' Piano Quartet No. 1, orchestrated by Arnold Schoenberg. Talks and discussions will precede and follow the performances.
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) was a highly influential German composer and pianist of the Romantic era. He combined classical influences like Bach and Beethoven with romantic melody and harmony. Some of his most famous works include four symphonies, two piano concertos, one violin concerto, and over 200 songs. Brahms had a close friendship with Clara Schumann and spent much of his career in Vienna, where he produced many late masterpieces. He is regarded as one of the most important composers of the 19th century for enriching the romantic repertoire.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was an influential classical era composer born in 1756 in Salzburg, Austria. He began composing at age 4 and was taught music by his father Leopold Mozart, who was a court composer. Mozart lived in Salzburg until 1773 and produced many famous works throughout his life, though he died in 1791 at age 35 in Vienna, Austria in poverty and in deteriorating health while working on his Requiem Mass.
Dover Publications will publish a new edition in November 2015 of selected works for cello and piano by Auguste Franchomme, edited by Louise Dubin. The pieces have been out of print since the 1800s. Dubin's introduction will provide background on Franchomme's technique, influences, and the included pieces. The edition will include facsimiles of Franchomme's first editions with his fingerings and bowings. It will feature his Three Nocturnes Op. 15 and arrangements of pieces by Weber and Chopin.
La compañía mantiene vivas sus tradiciones jugueteras a través de la innovación constante. Prioriza la seguridad de sus productos y actividades diarias, así como la calidad en la fabricación de sus juguetes usando procesos y materiales de máxima calidad. La compañía también se caracteriza por ser consistente, honesta y fiable en todas sus actividades internas y externas.
Here is the keynote speech I delivered the 15th of September at the occasion of the opening of their new incubator in Brussels. A keynote to inspiring starting businesses and potential entrepreneurs ...
Multiple lines of evidence support the theory of evolution, including fossils, comparative anatomy, embryology, biochemistry, and the geographic distribution of organisms. Fossils show transitional forms and derived versus ancestral traits. Comparative anatomy reveals homologous and vestigial structures. Embryos of different species exhibit homologous structures early in development. Biochemistry demonstrates complex molecules shared across species. Geographic distribution patterns also provide evidence of evolution.
Brief introduction of the Romantic Age and its characteristics.
Includes:
2 slide introduction
Influential People of the Romantic Age
In dept Characteristics
Concluding Characteristics
End
Este documento proporciona instrucciones para crear un flyer efectivo con 5 pasos clave: usar un titular llamativo, incluir imágenes de alta calidad, incitar a la acción, determinar el público objetivo y ser diferente. Los estudiantes deben crear 4 flyers para una ruta turística que incluyan el nombre de la empresa, el destino, detalles del paquete turístico y forma de contacto, siguiendo esta guía y considerando criterios como la prolijidad y originalidad.
A University Of Southern Iowa College StudentAmanda Reed
The pianoforte, invented in the late 18th century, had a significant impact on music history by allowing composers to write more complex keyboard works that took advantage of its dynamic range and sustaining tone. It replaced the harpsichord as the primary keyboard instrument and inspired the creation of new genres like the piano sonata and concerto. The pianoforte's versatility made it a popular instrument that is still widely used today and helped shape the development of classical and romantic era music.
The document provides a descriptive summary of a performance at the Honolulu Museum of Art's Doris Duke theater. Dr. Thomas Yee performed on harpsichord alongside an ensemble called Tresemble, consisting of various string and woodwind instruments. The performance featured both traditional Baroque music as well as contemporary works. The harpsichord used was a special commissioned instrument with painted artwork on the inner lid. The intimate venue created a unique experience mixing old and new musical styles.
Johann Sebastian Bach´S Early Baroque MusicTracy Berry
Johann Sebastian Bach composed his Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G Major, which demonstrates various musical possibilities through its scoring for violin, continuo, two flutes, and strings. The piece exemplifies characteristics of early Baroque music such as melody, texture, and timbre. Antonio Vivaldi was a renowned Italian composer best known for his concertos, particularly The Four Seasons. He wrote over 500 concertos featuring various solo instruments accompanied by orchestra. Vivaldi's concertos were innovative in their melodies, solo passages, and contrast between solo and tutti sections.
The document provides a concert report for a performance of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. It discusses key details about the performance, including that the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and Southwestern Seminary Oratorio Chorus performed the piece at the Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth on October 14. Beethoven composed the symphony between 1811-1824. The symphony is in D minor and features vocal parts in addition to the orchestra.
The document is a concert critique essay describing the author's experience attending two orchestra concerts. The first concert featured the Dallas Symphony Orchestra performing a piece by Shostakovich. The orchestra was large and able to perform in a lively manner. All members seemed attentive to the conductor. The second concert featured the Richardson Symphony Orchestra performing a piece by Bach. The strings played with the bow hair. The orchestra increased tension and played at a pretty fast tempo.
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This paper will use five jazz music title compositions from the WGUC radio station which will be described through music journals. The titles of the music will be researched to determine whether it is newly composed or whether it is a standard jazz tune. The artist or group of artists for the songs will be researched and then placed into the most appropriate classical, contemporary or historical context. The composition will be evaluated to find out the instrumentals as well as the way human timbres are used and the manner in which they interact. The jazz type or genre which most effectively fits the composition will also be identified. The five compositions that will be focused on include the Wolf gang Amadeus Mozart: Horn Quintet, Paul Creston’s partita for violin, flute and strings, Antonio Vivaldi concert performance on #6 in a minor for violin as well as the Kegelstatt trio performances. It will also include William Grant ’still lyric quartet.
Peter Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet
Date: 01/9/2017
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra – Daniele Gatti
Genre: Classical
Style: Romantic
Country: Europe
Released: 2004
Label: Harmonia Mundi USA
This work Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5 and Romeo and Juliet is a masterpiece that is often overplayed even when the marketplace has several recordings of similar genres. The original dynamics and tempi for Tchaikovsky have been ignored for a long time, and therefore their restoration has been dramatically presented in a different view (Goto, et al. 2002). The fast tempo makes the real difference in this composition as the symphony has a clear trajectory. Romeo and Juliet is a more combative composition performed without the normal languid pacing. However, the speed of the performance is possibly less interesting when compared to the dynamic work benefit.
Most fans of Tchaikovsky had accused of him of jumping the shark before Romeo and Juliet were started. This was mainly because his outside bravado depicted nothing concerning his habits that may be getting some tired. However, his music is very thrilling as ever. From a personal perspective, contemporary music has not really changed view towards this composition.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Horn Quintet
Date: 17/8/2017
Genre: Concerto
Style: Classical period
Composed: 1786
This is a classical work was divided into three major movements which include the Rondo also known as Allegro vivace, Allegro moderato, and Romance which is the Andante cantabile. Initially, the manuscript which was written in green, red, black ink and blue was seen as a jocular trial to crash with the projected performer who was Joseph Leutgeb, the friend to Mozart. However, it was said recently that the rainbow score might represent a type of color code.
The program was a shrewd composition that was put together in the eighties. It includes four major works that are not overly heard (Goto, et ...
The document provides background information on the Norwegian composer Edvard Grieg. It discusses how Grieg helped create a national identity for Norway through his late Romantic era compositions, though his true personality was that of a resident of Bergen as seen through his letters and essays. The late Romantic period focused on experimentation, emotions, and national pride compared to the technical forms of earlier eras. While often viewed as a response to Classicism, there was overlap between the Romantic and Classical movements.
The concert reviewed featured Beethoven's Fourth Symphony along with two other pieces. The first piece, Beethoven's Fourth Symphony, had four parts that moved between suspenseful, melodic, and dramatic moods. The second piece was Ginastera's Piano Concerto No. 1 which featured mysterious and suspenseful music reminiscent of horror films. The final piece, Ravel's La valse, concluded the diverse program.
The document provides an analysis of Mozart's music, highlighting some of his key compositions from an early age. It notes that Mozart began composing at age 6 and produced his first operas at age 12. The document also summarizes five violin concertos Mozart wrote between 1773-1776 in Salzburg, noting their structure, instrumentation, and tempo markings. Overall, the document presents an overview of Mozart's prolific career and influential compositions starting from his prodigious talents in childhood.
The summary provides a high-level overview of the key points in 3 sentences or less:
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1. Isobel Howard-Cordone violin
Didzis Kalninš piano
Notes from the Continent
with an expansive, poignant melody. The
extended passage for solo violin which
follows includes intricate double-stopping,
creating a sense of counterpoint within
the violin part alone. The return of the
piano marks the start of a more animated
section of the work, the violin singing a
wide-ranging, discursive, often passionate
melody. Chausson sustains this continuous
outpouring of music with remarkably little
repetition. As the passion subsides, the
violin plays an extended high trill, ending
the piece with spine-tingling delicacy.
Like the majority of Richard Strauss’s
chamber works, his Violin Sonata dates
fromhisearlyperiod.Oncehehadmastered
the orchestral medium, he abandoned
the chamber music genre, only belatedly
returning to it in 1948. The completion
of the violin sonata in 1887 would mark
the conclusion of his early period and
simultaneously the moment to venture into
new territory.
During the years 1884/1885, his works
still clearly exhibited the influence of the
music of Brahms, whom he had met while
an assistant to Hans von Bülow and had
come increasingly under the spell of the
composer’s oeuvre.
Strauss would subsequently distance
himself from his youthful works and
deprecate them as “products of my
temporary Brahms hysteria.” His discovery
of the music of Wagner and Liszt, as well as
the philosophical writings of Schopenhauer,
would send him off in a new compositional
direction. The work’s harmonies,
chromaticism, brilliant instrumentation
and use of counterpoint all look forward
toward Don Juan and the compositions
which follow it.
Encompassing the grand manner as well as
tenderness and intimacy, the expansive first
movement has an abundance of melodic
material. The heroic opening bars in 4/4
containalittlerhythmicfigurewhichproves
to be an obsessive feature of many passages.
Further themes are introduced by the piano
and violin respectively, before the arrival of
the second subject, the latter half of which
returns to the espressivo piano melody. The
exhaustive development section is wide-
ranging in both tonality and mood.
The central “Improvisation” – which
from the beginning enjoyed an existence
as a separate piece – has a stormy middle
section that soon dissolves into filigree
decoration which Strauss then combines
with the reprise of the opening melody. In
the last few bars the piano part quotes from
the adagio of Beethoven’s Pathétique Sonata.
The finale returns to the healthy bravura
of the first movement, beginning with a
sombre andante piano introduction, which
includes an anticipation of the principal
theme of the ensuing allegro. Strauss makes
great play with one particular scherzando
idea, which contrasts with the more
lyrical themes. Following the vigorous
and adventurous development section, a
tremendous flourish for the piano heralds
the recapitulation.
As mentioned above, Strauss consigned
the sonata genre to his compositional past
relatively early in his career. And his violin
sonata could very well have ended up in the
dust of oblivion, were it not for the fact that
Jascha Heifetz took a particular liking to it.
He first performed it on 10 October 1933 in
a recital in America and would continue to
champion it until the end of his career.
Isobel and Didzis would like to dedicate this concert to the memory of Paola
Paulon, who, through her endless love for music and the arts, enabled them
to meet and work together.
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2. Recitativo eArioso,ashortpièced’occasion,
was written in 1951 and is a work which
clearly shows the composer’s care for form
and attention to detail.
Lutoslawski composed it before he began
using controlled aleatoric techniques. It
is a melancholic, masterful miniature but
does not feature any of the folk sources that
provided melodic and rhythmic material
for many of his pieces of that time.
The violin lines are very expressive, with
uplifting fourths and “crying” major and
minor seconds. Despite its immediate
impact and apparent simplicity, the piece
presents some difficult challenges for the
violinist.
The violin Sonata No. 1, Op.80 was
composed between 1938 and 1946 and
belongs to the group of works that were
started before the outbreak of World War II.
Itincorporatesapensiveanddarkemotional
introspection and rhythmic drive.
Prokofiev distanced himself from the model
of Viennese classicism that his generation
had inherited; instead, he adopted the
slow-fast-slow-fast division of the Baroque
sonata.
The first movement begins with a brooding
dialogue between the piano and violin.
They very shortly join to create a unison of
darkened spirit. The extended conclusion
to the andante assai uses fleeting scales
shimmering above chords in the piano.
This effect is interrupted by soft pizzicato
interjections in the middle and at the
conclusion of the movement.
The allegro brusco has the typical rhythmic
intensity that is characteristic of so much
of Prokofiev’s music: it is sharp-edged and
contrasted by intense lyrical melody.
The andante, a kind of nocturnal meditation,
is lyrical and touching in its melodic
content. Both piano and violin interchange
the beautiful, longing theme against a
spinning semiquaver note sextuplet figure
throughout the movement.
The finale opens in jubilant exuberance with
the first theme in 5, 7 and 8-measure bars,
clearly imparting the flavour of Russian
folk music.
It employs the same rhythmic drive that is
reminiscent of the second movement except
with a more optimistic spirit. However, as it
progresses towards its finality, it once again
returnstothedarkandpessimisticcharacter
of the very beginning of the sonata, bringing
the work to a reflective end.
Fantasie brillante sur “Faust” opéra de
Charles Gounod Op. 20, dedicated to the
King of Denmark, was written in 1865. All
the greatest 19th-century virtuosos were
keen to write paraphrases and fantasies on
themes from works by their masters and
contemporaries. In this piece, the fans of the
Gounod masterpiece will recognise the aria
of Valentine, the monologue of Faust and
Siebel’s aria, the song of Mephistopheles,
and the aria of Faust with his duet with
Marguerite – all this beautifully blended
together and subjected to variation.
Wieniawski’s death marked the end of the
romantic epoch of great virtuosos; although
there are no records of how the Polish
violinist played his music, he still continues
to influence the way young violinists
develop their violin techniques.
Poème of 1896, is a fantasy in which the
fluid form is broadly divided into episodes,
each linked thematically. This approach
suited the freedom and flexibility Chausson
had been developing in his musical style.
Chausson produced three versions of
Poème: for violin and orchestra, violin
and piano, and for violin, piano and string
quartet; in each the violin part is almost
identical.Inthisversionforviolinandpiano,
the piano’s brooding, enigmatic opening
bars establish the work’s impressionistic
harmony and dark-hued colours, rather
similar to the piano music of Debussy.
A rippling texture creates a sense of
forward motion, before the violin enters
Isobel Howard-Cordone began her violin studies at the age of three and a half under the
teaching of Maria Kelemen. Since then, through the guidance of Ronald Masin, she has acquired
an extensive repertoire, ranging from baroque to contemporary music; she has also played as a
soloist with orchestra in prestigious European venues such as the Musikverein (Vienna), Teatro
Olimpico (Vicenza), and the Royal Conservatoire Hall (Brussels).
Isobel has taken part in both solo and ensemble master classes, including those given by
Leon Spierer (Germany), members of the Vanbrugh Quartet (Ireland), Christoph Ehrenfellner
(Austria), andAlfredo Bernardini (Italy), and has successfully participated in numerous national
and international violin competitions, as well as in the recording of three compact discs.
As a student of Young European Strings School of Music, she has been active as an ensemble
musician for over a decade, playing in its chamber orchestra, quartets, trios, and duos, with
great enjoyment.
Didzis Kalniņš started his musical studies at Jānis Norvilis Madonas Music school, followed
by Jāzeps Mediņš Rīga Music Secondary school and Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Music academy under
the guidance of professor Juris Kalnciems. He is currently continuing with a Master Degree in
pianoforte performance at Arrigo Pedrollo Conservatoire (Vicenza), under the guidance of pianist
and conductor Marco Tezza.
He has performed in many master classes, given by renown musicians such as Lauri Väinmaa
(Estonia), Ronan O’Hora (United Kingdom), Dang Thai Shon (Korea), Petras Geniušas
(Lithuania), Benedetto Lupo, Stefania Neonato, Marco Tezza (Italy), Mícheál O’Rourke (Ireland),
Eric Tawaststjerna (Finland), Sivan Silver and Gil Garburg (Israel), Stefan Scheja (Sweden).
Didzis has successfully participated in many piano competitions, concerts and music festivals
as a soloist, and with other musicians, enjoying the diversity and benefits of chamber music.
LUTOSŁAWSKI, WITOLD (1913-1994)
Recitativo e Arioso
Notes from the Continent
Isobel Howard-Cordone & Didzis Kalnins
John Field Room, National Concert Hall
PROKOFIEV, SERGEI (1891-1953)
Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80
I. Andante assai; II. Allegro brusco; III. Andante; IV. Allegrissimo
WIENIAWSKI, HENRYK (1835-1880)
Fantasie Brillante sur des motifs de l’opéra ”Faust” de Gounod, Op. 20
CHAUSSON, ERNEST (1855-1899)
Poème, Op. 25
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STRAUSS, RICHARD (1864-1949)
Sonata in E-flat Major, Op. 18
I. Allegro ma non troppo; II. “Improvisation” – Andante cantabile; III. Andante–Allegro
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YOUNG EUROPEAN STRINGS