Concerts have always been a way for the general public to experience their favorite artists and musicians perform right in front of them. I myself have been to several concerts, all of which have been rap and hip hop concerts. So going to an orchestral concert was going to be a very different experience to me. I know that there wasn’t going to be any mosh pits or excessive screaming of fans throwing themselves onto the performers. With all that in mind, I was mentally preparing myself for a very different experience, and honestly, I was more than ecstatic to go than I should have been. Now for the sake of prefacing, I thoroughly enjoy classical music and I always have. As an aspiring filmmaker and director, my choices of music have always
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It was right there when it clicked instantly. They were all playing Tchaikovsky Pezzo Capriccioso, and in regards to what I said earlier, this was a welcomed surprise for me. Just hearing The beauty of the cello take center stage as the violins accompany it was just magnificent to me. From the slow and melodic build up, to the more fast paced and aggression that is displayed later in the piece, everything was just performed beautifully. When the piece was coming to a close, I began to hear people clapping in the audience and cheering when the performance ended. It was the first sense of audience interaction that I saw the whole time. Which makes sense because it needs to be quiet when people are performing such massive and complicated pieces. When that finished, the next performance was getting ready. It was Berg's Violin Concerto. I never heard of this piece before, but it was definitely and interesting song. How all the violins were coming together after each movement, it just felt like I was watching an Alfred Hitchcock movie. Just the whole compositions felt like there was some ominous force looming above me that was just filled with suspense and immense uneasiness accompanied with it all. After that piece came to an end and the audience cheered and applauded once again, I looked at the program schedule to see
It was right there when it clicked instantly. They were all playing Tchaikovsky Pezzo Capriccioso, and in regards to what I said earlier, this was a welcomed surprise for me. Just hearing The beauty of the cello take center stage as the violins accompany it was just magnificent to me. From the slow and melodic build up, to the more fast paced and aggression that is displayed later in the piece, everything was just performed beautifully. When the piece was coming to a close, I began to hear people clapping in the audience and cheering when the performance ended. It was the first sense of audience interaction that I saw the whole time. Which makes sense because it needs to be quiet when people are performing such massive and complicated pieces. When that finished, the next performance was getting ready. It was Berg's Violin Concerto. I never heard of this piece before, but it was definitely and interesting song. How all the violins were coming together after each movement, it just felt like I was watching an Alfred Hitchcock movie. Just the whole compositions felt like there was some ominous force looming above me that was just filled with suspense and immense uneasiness accompanied with it all. After that piece came to an end and the audience cheered and applauded once again, I looked at the program schedule to see