Stoony Brook Symphony Orchestra Concert Report

Attending the Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra was a completely different experience than expected. I was resigned towards it being dull, boring, and tiresome because this is not my preference of music. However, despite attending it with obvious bias, I thoroughly enjoyed it. The whole concert experience was startling with exhilaration. The entire atmosphere stuck out to me, as it was a deep contrast towards my usual pop concerts. The lights were dimmed and everyone was silent, simply enjoying the music. The conductor also enhanced the entire experience due to his high energy and obvious love for this music. He conducted and moved with a force equivalent to the storyline. This was wholly seen with the exceptional sound produced by the orchestra.
I was immensely impressed with ‘Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22’ by Jean Sibelius, as it was fully able to exclaim the story of Lemminkäinen throughout his journey and struggles. The first movement had an uneasy and frightening mood towards the beginning, then developed into a more romantic mood. The tone contrast from the …show more content…
It began with the exchange of the woodwind instruments to the brass instruments playing the same rhyme. Then it advanced as the melody piled together with moods of various eagerness until it reached the ending of pure elation. This could be attributed to the sudden dynamic changes, as there were many occurrences of subitos. It was obvious with the entrances of the percussion and the brass instruments. In addition, the ending put me on the edge of the seat with the tempo changes from allegro towards presto. This was especially noticeable when the percussion player was at his loudest as the rest of the band played through the increased tempo. This separated it from the other movements, as the whole orchestra played with such dramatics. Overall, it gave the sense of the battle to finally go