Brahms Violin Concert

The Florida Orchestra performed Brahms’ Violin Concerto featuring soloist Tianwa Wang on November 15th, 2015 at Ruth Eckerd Hall. The Florida Orchestra was formed in 1968 by The Tampa Philharmonic and St. Petersburg Symphony merging and creating The Florida Gulf Coast Symphony. The name changed to The Florida Orchestra 1984. It is recognized as Tampa Bays leading performing arts institution. Ruth Eckerd Hall is located in Clearwater. It 2,180 seat auditorium with continental seating and no center aisle. It opened in October of 1983. The concert hall is available for several different events and performances. Brahms’ Violin Concerto involves three movements: Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance, Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D Major and Variations on an Original Theme, “Enigma”. Medea’s Meditation and Dance of Vengeance is based off a greek tragedy. Medea was a godlike person who killed her children in spite of her husband Jason, who is also godlike. The piece opens with Medea …show more content…
It showcased and and was dedicated to his good friend, Joseph Joachim. This piece had three movements; Allegro non troppo, which was 22 minutes, Adagio, which was 9 minutes and Allegro giocoso, which was 8 minutes. Soloist Tianwa Yang was featured in this movement. She was born in 1987. She was raised in China and began studying violin at age four. By age 11, Hong Kong media described her as “A Pride of China”. She recorded her first CD at age 13. Currently she is a professor of violin at the University of the Arts in Switzerland. Her performances was amazing. Watching her was astounding because of her talent. You could really see and feel how the music encompassed her. I personally got a little bored during this piece but only because this is not my preference of music and it seemed to be drawn out. But like the previous movement, I failed to recognize any mistakes that the musicians