The first piece I will depict is “Eyeglasses Duo”. This a duo played with a viola and a cello, which were performed by James VonValkenburg and Wei Yu. It began with the viola playing energetically, followed by the cello. Throughout this piece, it sounded like the two performers were chasing each other. The piece was played with two movements that have a playful tune. Each of the instruments played the them but the other performer would accompany. In this duo, the second movement is rarely…
I, Randy Rivas, attended a performance with two separate chamber groups and a soloist. One of the chamber groups was Christine S. Lopez and Sung Ae Lee both performing on piano, the other was Paul Da Silva playing piano and Manon Robertshaw on cello, and lastly Sung Ae Lee doing a solo performance. This was performed at Cerritos College in the music building at BC-51. It began at eleven in the morning on February twenty sixth. First musical performance was the piece of Muzio Clementi’s sonata in…
contrasting my native bass clef in its high register, I didn’t want to mess it up. I worked out fingerings and string-crossing and rhythms, but never picked up my cello at home. I only ever worked out the music in class, and I wasn’t the only one. There was a day or two devoted to the orchestra working individually in order to prepare. I’d pick up my cello, tune it up, and get to work. I pulled my bow across the strings,…
like an orchestra or band.] The venue was comparatively a small room with a big stage and limited seating. The musicians were Benjamin Whitecomb and Myung Hee Chung,two of the UW- Whitewater music faculty members.Their choice of instruments were cello and piano respectively. 2. Choose two of the works you heard. Briefly describe the style, form, subject-matter, and other elements we’ve discussed in class. (That is, be sure to use the terminology we’ve laid out for describing music.) Compare…
Nathaniel reports that occasionally he walks to a shelter to receive a warm meal. he began playing the double bass during middle school. However, due to his current living situation, he plays on a used two strings cello. Nathaniel reports that somebody donated a well-conditioned cello through his new friend that he really enjoys and comforts him. He became a friend by accident who felt for him to an extent of helping him to get back to the society as a normal resident and use his extreme talent…
The Cellist of Sarajevo, In the story music affects it quite a bit, it changes the stories atmosphere and the characters emotions. Music affects characters such as Arrow and the Civilians, it impacted arrow because every time the cellist played his cello, the music portrayed her life before the war, that caused her to become herself again. This is shown when after all the killing she has done, she refused to kill an innocent man and went against her commander's orders. At the end of the story…
included celloist Stepan Filipek and pianist Katelyn Bouska. There was a wide range of contemporary music played by the duo including “Cello Sonata, op. 6)by Samuel Barber, “Pohadka” by Leos Janacek, “Klid Lesa, op. 68” and “Rondo for Cello and Piano, op. 94” by Antonin Dvorak, “On an Overgrown Path” by Leos Janacek, “Dos sonetos de amor” by Jeremy Gill, and “Cello Sonata” by Miloslav Istvan. For the most part, the performed pieces were a mixture of both extremely uplifting pieces and rather…
especially Janine Jansen whose expressions were easily read during the concert. This connection was felt between all of the violinists, the cellists, and the harpsichord player. There was clear nonverbal communication between the number one violin and cello player and their ability to play in perfect unison was outstanding. Conclusion The interpretation of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons by Janine Jansen was able to signify the ebbs and flows of the cycle of life into a musical masterpiece. The listener…
violins and other string instruments with the flute, oboes, and clarinets in the middle and the heavier sounding cellos on the right. One of the key components in the…
is that he developed such a passion for music that his whole would centered around the cello. Ayers developed schizophrenia while at Julliard as could be shown through symptoms occurring gradually. While playing in class, voices could be heard by Ayers but not the rest of the room. These voices commented on how everyone was watching him and could hear him, which then hindered him from being able to play the cello. The voices then told him to run away, which he then followed. At one point, he was…