Antonio Guerrero
Prof: M. Ambalal
Music 10
September 28, 2015
On Wednesday, September 23, 2015, the UC Berkeley Symphony Orchestra was having their 63rd annual noon concert at hertz hall. I was nervous when I had arrived because I had previously come from another class and I was not sure if I was wearing the proper attire. Once I walked inside, I felt a huge relief because I noticed that most of the people inside were students who just got out of class or where going to class. UC Berkeley’s Symphony Orchestra played symphony NO. 4 in F minor, Op.36, a musical piece by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Tchaikovsky was a well-known composer from Russia during the romantic era, which is dated from 1800 to 1910. Conducting the symphony was David Milnes, …show more content…
This movement starts with an oboe playing in a sorrowful and cool tone. When the winds and strings joined, the dynamic and tempo became pianissimo and largo. The wind and string instruments followed the sequence of the oboe. When I listen to this piece, I pictured a caterpillar all alone in the winter going into its cocoon. When the wind and string instruments gradually became louder and the tempo became vivace. It was as if there was some kind of transformation happening. The timbre suddenly became warmer and I imagined that caterpillar that was now a colorful butterfly, waking up from the cocoon and flying away. The third movement Scherzo Pizzicato ostinato- Allegro began with violins and violas and are then joined by the wind instruments. Throughout this movement, I noticed that the string instruments were being plucked. It reminded me of cartoons I used to watch when I was younger that had chipmunks sneaking around trying to get food. When the wind instruments joined, they had a higher pitch than the strings. The timbre of the wind instruments was very joyful it sounded like birds singing whereas the string instruments sounded a little
Prof: M. Ambalal
Music 10
September 28, 2015
On Wednesday, September 23, 2015, the UC Berkeley Symphony Orchestra was having their 63rd annual noon concert at hertz hall. I was nervous when I had arrived because I had previously come from another class and I was not sure if I was wearing the proper attire. Once I walked inside, I felt a huge relief because I noticed that most of the people inside were students who just got out of class or where going to class. UC Berkeley’s Symphony Orchestra played symphony NO. 4 in F minor, Op.36, a musical piece by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Tchaikovsky was a well-known composer from Russia during the romantic era, which is dated from 1800 to 1910. Conducting the symphony was David Milnes, …show more content…
This movement starts with an oboe playing in a sorrowful and cool tone. When the winds and strings joined, the dynamic and tempo became pianissimo and largo. The wind and string instruments followed the sequence of the oboe. When I listen to this piece, I pictured a caterpillar all alone in the winter going into its cocoon. When the wind and string instruments gradually became louder and the tempo became vivace. It was as if there was some kind of transformation happening. The timbre suddenly became warmer and I imagined that caterpillar that was now a colorful butterfly, waking up from the cocoon and flying away. The third movement Scherzo Pizzicato ostinato- Allegro began with violins and violas and are then joined by the wind instruments. Throughout this movement, I noticed that the string instruments were being plucked. It reminded me of cartoons I used to watch when I was younger that had chipmunks sneaking around trying to get food. When the wind instruments joined, they had a higher pitch than the strings. The timbre of the wind instruments was very joyful it sounded like birds singing whereas the string instruments sounded a little