The Symphonie Fantastique by Hector Berlioz written in 1830 and performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra was a concerto like no other. This concert was conducted by Stephane Deneve, with solos from various instrument groups including the oboes, harps, and violins. Between the dreamy like feeling throughout and the feel of impending doom among other feeling throughout, I felt like parts of this was a high for this composer. As history has taught us, it is believed that Berlioz was under the influence
concordance with” (L26, 5:22), which evolved to the Roman or Latin word symphonia later becoming sinfonia in Italian. During the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, sinfonia began its use referring to instrumental sections in vocal compositions such as introductions, episodes and interludes. By the late seventeenth century, sinfonia became a Baroque Italian term used for an overture for a particular type of opera which is now known as an Italian overture. As the Baroque era evolved
played pieces in the solo saxophone repertoire. This paper is divided into three major sections: history, analysis, and performance considerations. Within the history section, there is a brief description of Paul Creston’s life through the composition. The analysis section examines the basic form and structure, and also provides a brief harmonic analysis of each movement. The section on performance explores ideas by the composer and prominent saxophonists along with observations by the author
Edgar Degas’ piece “Musicians in the Orchestra” is an oil on canvas work painted in 1870 at the start of the impressionist art movement in Paris. It is currently on display at the Legion of Honor Museum in San Francisco, California alongside many additional impressionist works. In the gallery, Degas’ pieces stand out from the large colorful paintings by Monet and others due to their uncommon feelings and ideas that they instill in the viewer. This particular piece exhibits Degas’ unique realist style
At first glance this Johannes Vermeer’s painting only 16 x 15 inches titled Woman holding a Balance, does not appear to be anything other than a well-crafted representational portrait of a woman. Nothing seems special about her arm is stretching out in front of her holding an empty jewelers balance over a full jewelry box. However, when one takes a second look at the painting, painted in 1662-1663 during the Italian Renaissance; a story of religious judgment began to unfold raped in religious symbolism
phones. I found this disrespectful. Even though this is not the Philharmonic Orchestra, everyone should still respect the band and the amount of time they put into making these pieces immaculate. Overall, I had a nice experience. I was able to listen to good music, in a beautiful venue. I really could see the amount of time the Symphonic Band practiced. Each piece was memorable, and even if I did not like the composition, the band executed it perfectly. I would love to see the Symphonic Band again
“Symphonie Fantastique” Background “Symphonie Fantastique” is one of the Hector Berlioz great orchestra; through its movements, it relays the message of an artist’s self-destructive passion towards a woman. In “Symphonie Fantastique” vividly displays the artist’s various issues are including obsession, dreams, tantrums, in addition to moments of tenderness, suicidal visions, murder, ecstasy as well as despair. “Symphonie Fantastique” is a reflective self-portrait of Hector Berlioz. Berlioz was a
The performance that I attended occurred at Juanita K. Hammons Hall for Performing Arts.The Missouri State University Symphony Orchestra put on a concert there. The performance started at 7:30PM, and they let out around 9:00PM. This was Dr. Christopher Kelts first year as conductor, he did an exceptional job! The two musical pieces that were played were Overture to Ruslan and Ludmila by Mikhail Glinka and Symphony No. 5, Op. 65 by Tchaikovsky. The first piece was not very long; however, the musical
in style, that they broke the form and freely composed the music and we call it romantic era. The music in Romantic era has large difference from the strict classical era, it became more expressive and use wide range of emotions. It expanded the orchestra, providing the depth on timbre. Especially in the middle of the century, with the domination of the German influences, their own country styled music was started to discover by composers of the other country. The investigation evaluates how this
by Theodore Presser Company in 1980, that he took a concept from twelve-tone technique and revised it with his own vogue at that moment. He also included an explanation for the restriction of the strategy which was proscribed his temperament of composition vogue. However, in this document Encounter II, it is going to be the incontestable methodology of analysis in various musical set