Bassoon

This Operas orchestration is scored for two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, one cimbasso, timpani, bass drum, cymbals, side drum, triangle, two harps, strings, and an onstage band. The First act was slow and lyrical almost as if they were sneaking upon the kingdom. It was mainly…

On Friday September 30th at 7:30pm in Weill Hall I watched the show called “A Concerted Effort.” The show was a collaborative effort between Jerome Fleg’s Santa Rosa Junior College Orchestra and Alexander Kahn’s Sonoma State Symphony Orchestra. The Sonoma State Music Director Alexander Kahn gave the introduction. Kahn in his intro explained how he collaborated with Jerome Fleg’s Orchestra for years. Khan also named each of soloist’s performing in the show. He mentioned how each of the two…

For this assignment, I had the challenge of analyzing the attributes and meaning behind Mozart’s Marriage Of Figaro - Overture. Something that I found very interesting was that there isn’t much repetition throughout the song. There are about 7 or 8 different ideas that are present in the entirety of the song, all very different from each other. It took me a little while to notice because all of the ideas fade into each other so masterfully. To begin, the piece begins with a lot of instruments…

definition of the tempo - Non allegro - begins with a clear rhythm in the pianissimo of the violins, against which there flashes a brief, of only three sounds, the motif of the English horn, repeated by the clarinet, and then descending all the way to the bassoon and bass clarinet. This is a kind of premonition of the basic images that will unfold further. In the meantime, another theme comes into Fortissimo: tough, angular, in the jerky sounds of the orchestra without the pipes, trombones, tuba…

As the conductor raised his baton, I hastily positioned myself to get ready; planting my bow in its place, I silently tapped the opening chords on my fingerboard as I eyed the conductor for the starting cue. His face glared at us with immense intensity as he pounded the tempo on his chest, and with a wave of his hand, the bombastic fanfare of the trumpets marked the beginning of the concert. Tapping my foot against the wooden floor, I followed the progression of the conductor’s energetic…

2016, at 8 PM, the San Diego Symphony Orchestra presented Beyond the Score: Dvorak Symphony No. 9: Whose World? inside the beautiful Copley Symphony Hall in San Diego. Instrumentation included one piccolo, two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, horns, two trumpets, three trombones, one tuba, timpani, triangle, symbols, violins, violas, cellos, and double basses. Originally a production of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the first half of the performance was intended to help concert…

Joseph Haydn is regarded by most musicologists as one of the premiere composers of all time. When Haydn's musical output is studied he is consistently discussed as one of the prominent members of the musical canon. Many historians often overlook one of the most important reasons why Haydn's compositions developed over time. Some say that Haydn was influenced by composers such as Carl Emmanuel Bach, Nicola Porpora, and Johann Stamitz. There's is no doubt that these composers were indeed major…

was written by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica. The orchestra that performed was the National Symphony Orchestra. The woodwind section of the orchestra was made up of flutes, the piccolo, oboes, the English horn, clarinets, bass clarinets and the bassoon. The brass section was made up of the French horn, trumpets, and trombones. The percussion section included the timpani, snare drum, triangle, cymbals, bass drum, xylophone, glockenspiel, and the chimes. Lastly, the strings were composed of…

The Symphony in C is a work planted immovably in Stravinsky's neoclassical period. He headed out to California where he finished the last development of the orchestra in August 1940.Shortly after he started the work in late 1938 his girl kicked the bucket of tuberculosis; this was followed in March of 1939 with the passing of his wife, and his mom's demise in June. He proceeded with work on the ensemble, in any case, and by August had finished the initial two developments. He directed the main…

different that makes you see it from another perspective, you just can’t stop listening and focus on every note that the musicians are playing. The type of instruments that were utilized in conjunction were the basso continuo, played by a viol, cello or bassoon. Other parts were added between the melody and the bass by a keyboard instrument, usually a harpsichord or organ and the development of tonal harmony, in which the melodic voices movement remains under the functional chord progression.…