The recital choir concert was located at the Swope Music Building. The Swope Music Building is a venue around our campus where most of the music concert performances are performed. In my opinion, the building looks like a combination between a concert venue and traditional movie theaters known today. Surprisingly, the audience was filled with college students from West Chester University. I was a little shocked to see my fellow classmates from our music appreciation online class. It felt great to finally meet some of them in person. Additionally, the audience was dominated by females as well. The mode of dress by the audience was mostly casual wear apart from a few priests that were sitting in the front section. My expectations were very low
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Wolfgang Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria. He was a talented musician who was skilled in playing numerous instruments. Shockingly, he started playing for the public at the early age of 6. Mozart penned numerous of works, varying from sonatas, symphonies, concertos and operas. Mozart was able to achieve a lot of things in his operas. He is known for his incredible gift in combining music and stage by expressing tons of emotion and relationships through his pieces. He wrote part of the Requiem in Vienna in late 1791, Unfortunately, it was left incomplete due to his death later that year. Thankfully, a version was completed in 1792 to be performed at the anniversary of his wife’s …show more content…
For instance, this section was the best in my opinion as the entire piece became more triumphant and interesting. The beat and vocal presence of the performers began to speed up and became very fluent. Prior to this part, the piece was very monotone and a little stale. However, I realized this was most likely Mozart’s plan to have it the piece set up in that way, so the ending would leave the audience feeling dominant. as the piece progress, the recitalists performed in crescendos as they gradually become louder. It was great to see the pianist speed up her rhythm as well. I could tell by her facial expressions that she was very passionate about music and loved her job. There we no unusual vocal, instrumental or electronic effects. The genre of the piece is of course choir music. I would consider this piece to be part of the classical period due to it having the characteristic of dramatic contrasts of dynamics and pitch.
The Road Home by Stephen Paulus
Another favorite piece that was performed during the concert was The Road by Home by the great Stephen Paulus. Stephen Paulus was born in New Jersey in 1949 and recently passed away in 2014. Paulus was a talented American composer, who was known for his choral and opera music. Paulus style is known to be diatonic, and melodious and romantic. He has over 60 orchestral acts and 150 chorus works. The Road Home is one of Paulus’s prevalent pieces through his
Wolfgang Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria. He was a talented musician who was skilled in playing numerous instruments. Shockingly, he started playing for the public at the early age of 6. Mozart penned numerous of works, varying from sonatas, symphonies, concertos and operas. Mozart was able to achieve a lot of things in his operas. He is known for his incredible gift in combining music and stage by expressing tons of emotion and relationships through his pieces. He wrote part of the Requiem in Vienna in late 1791, Unfortunately, it was left incomplete due to his death later that year. Thankfully, a version was completed in 1792 to be performed at the anniversary of his wife’s …show more content…
For instance, this section was the best in my opinion as the entire piece became more triumphant and interesting. The beat and vocal presence of the performers began to speed up and became very fluent. Prior to this part, the piece was very monotone and a little stale. However, I realized this was most likely Mozart’s plan to have it the piece set up in that way, so the ending would leave the audience feeling dominant. as the piece progress, the recitalists performed in crescendos as they gradually become louder. It was great to see the pianist speed up her rhythm as well. I could tell by her facial expressions that she was very passionate about music and loved her job. There we no unusual vocal, instrumental or electronic effects. The genre of the piece is of course choir music. I would consider this piece to be part of the classical period due to it having the characteristic of dramatic contrasts of dynamics and pitch.
The Road Home by Stephen Paulus
Another favorite piece that was performed during the concert was The Road by Home by the great Stephen Paulus. Stephen Paulus was born in New Jersey in 1949 and recently passed away in 2014. Paulus was a talented American composer, who was known for his choral and opera music. Paulus style is known to be diatonic, and melodious and romantic. He has over 60 orchestral acts and 150 chorus works. The Road Home is one of Paulus’s prevalent pieces through his