Fall Concert Report Sample

On Monday, October 19th at 7:30pm, I attended the USA Piano Ensembles “Fall Concert” at the Laidlaw Recital Hall. The concert contained five different pieces of music. The first piece of music performed was called “Die Fledermaus Overture.” This piece was composed by Johann Strauss (1825-1899) and it was arranged by Makoto Goto. The piece was played by Tracy Monk and Tobin Nelson on one piano. One person was seated next to them and they would turn the page while they played the piece. The piece was lively and upbeat. Tobin Nelson would press down on the sustaining pedal (or damper pedal) throughout this piece. This piece sounded like it had multiple songs within the piece. The dynamics of this piece would go from being forte to piano thought the piece. The movement of this piece was conjunct and it had a wavelike contour. The texture of the piece is homophonic and the produce a please sound which makes the piece homophonic. There was also a lot of contrast in this piece. …show more content…
16.” The piece was composed by Edvard Grieg (1843-1907). The piece was played by Robert Holm and Jasmin Arakawa on two different pianos. The sustaining pedal was also used in this piece by both of the players. Jasmin Arakawa read the sheet music while playing and Robert Holm played from memory. Robert Holm explains to the audience that there are three movements in this piece: Allegro molto moderato, Adagio, and Allegro moderato e marcato. The dynamics used in this piece were forte and piano. The piece starts off really dramatic and there is a wavelike contour. The range of this piece is narrow and the movement is conjunct. There is also a lot of variation used in this piece. This was the longest piece performed out of the other pieces. There is some dissonance used in this piece and there is a lot of hand crossing in this piece. Hearing this piece being played in its entirety is really three different songs and instead of