Amadeus

IDOMENEO: Production Review The University Center of the Arts staged a bold production of the acclaimed opera Idomeneo by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, it showcased the capacity of the Griffin Hall to present a fully decorated opera rather than a concert that uses nothing more than mere instruments, voices and the audience´s imagination. Instead, the department decided to produce a complete theatrical interpretation of Idomeneo, which worked to varying degrees. Branching off from a traditional…

Music is an art form that we as humans listen to because it engages our brains. It gives us a sense of euphoria, much like a drug. Throughout history, music has always played a large role in our lives, whether we recognized it or not. One reason we are attracted to music is because “it is the rhythm of the human species” (Music moves the world: The power and passion of rhythm, melody, and dance [Video file]. (2004). Through the use of rhythm and melody, we as humans use music as a way to…

Both Ludwig Van Beethoven and Amadeus Mozart are regarded as the head honchos of the classical music era. Mozart was one of the composers that ushered in the classical era, whereas Beethoven studied classicism, refining and expanding on it in order to help usher in the Romantic era. Both names are synonymous with top rate classical composition. In this essay, I will try to determine which of the two curmudgeon composers reigns supreme. The style characteristics of the classical era had to do…

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…

Classical Period and in the Romantic period, but for this excerpt, I will consider him to be a part of the Classical Period, even though he was more progressive and lived later than many of the famous Viennese Classical composers such as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Franz Joseph…

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is one of the very famous and well known composers in the music history. He was just five years of age when he began making music. During his lifetime, he wrote numerous sonatas, concertos, symphonies, and few operas for the music industry. Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major is his most famous piano concerto. Similarly, Ludvig Van Beethoven is another well known composer, who had given numerous famous piano and violin concertos, ensembles, string quartets, and…

Boccherini, Gluck, and Johann Sebastian Bach’s children: Johann Christian, Wilhem Friedmann, and Carl Phillip Emanuel. Another two contributors whose names are well known and who played a very important part in the Classical era: Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. This type of music from the classical period flowed into the Early Romantic era, which took place between c1830 and c1860, but at this point it began to change. Classical music during the Early Romantic period began to have…

Mozart, born in 1756, was also a composer from Austria. Mozart was unique from other composers. One article states, “Unlike any other composer in musical history, he wrote in all the musical genres of his day and excelled in every one” (“Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart”). Mozart became active in the music world at a very young age. Mozart began playing the piano at the age of three. By the time he was five, he had already written a mini allegro. By the age of fourteen, his first opera, Mitridate re di…

Walter piano which is a type of forte piano modeled after Wolfgang Mozart’s own. This piano was the one which he performed his Viennese piano concertos on. The pieces that Mike Cheng-Yu Lee performed were various piano sonatas written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791). The specific pieces were as follows: Sonata in D Major, K.311; Sonata in C Minor, K.457; and Sonata in B-flat Major, K.333. Each of these pieces had 3 smaller sections which comprised…

On Sunday, March 1, the Lehman Chamber Players hosted a concert in the Recital Hall of the Music Building at Lehman College. There, they played a piece by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Sonata in B-flat Major, K.454 for Violin and Piano (1784). Then two other compositions by Ludwig van Beethoven which include the Seven variations of a theme from Mozart’s opera, The Magic Flute, and An die Ferne Geliebte (a cycle of six songs “To the Distant Beloved”) Op. 98 for Baritone and Piano (1816). Afterwards a…