Concerts

The Boston Symphony Orchestra performs Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor, Op. 23 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky with Seiji Ozawa conducting and Egveny Kissin as the piano soloist. The instruments called for in this piece of music are two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets in B-flat, two bassoons, four horns in F, two trumpets in F, three trombones (two tenor, one bass), timpani, solo piano, and strings. MOVEMENT 1 EXPOSITION 1:04—2:00 French horns are forte for three notes, then what sounds like…

I attended a piano concert by Mr. Leopoldo Erice. In this concert, he performed several renowned piano songs: Andante and Allegretto from Franz Schubert’s Four Impromptus D. 899, and four songs from Sonata in B-flat Major, D.960. Mr. Leopoldo Erice is an illustrious pianist from Spain that has won numerous prestigious piano competitions. In addition, he performed his distinctive piano skill to a lot of different audience in the past ten years. In the beginning of this concert, Mr. Leopoldo…

I stood nervously backstage while waiting for the orchestra to finish getting seated for our last concert of the season. I peeked through the curtains and saw a blur of dark unfamiliar faces, all waiting for the music to start. I quickly looked back from the curtain and my hands started to get clammy. My chest felt tight and the butterflies in my stomach would not quit fluttering. “Why did I sign up for this?” I thought uneasily. Suddenly, I felt a hand on my shoulder. I looked up to see my…

The Winter Concert was a marvelous showcase of music talent from the student body of St. John’s music society. There were in total twelve magnificent musical pieces and were all much appreciated by the people who were there. All the musical pieces were great, but the one that I enjoyed the most was the Claude Debussy which was presented by Kevin Won and Rex Chou who played the piano together. However, that does not take away from the other music works that were down. Furthermore, I felt all the…

“Concert Tickets Shouldn’t Be So. Freaking. Expensive” by Elissa Sanci is an article written back in 2014 about the frustrations of paying overpriced concert tickets. The author of this article clearly expresses her discomfort by stating that ticket’s price to see any celebrity shouldn’t cost her as much money as she would do to pay her college tuition. Sanci presented a clear thesis by uncover her feelings towards this matter. She strongly believes that concert tickets shouldn’t be so expensive…

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…

It was so amazing I couldn't even believe it. My friend Lucas had just called me telling me he received two tickets for the Guns n Roses concert this weekend and that he wanted me to go with him. I was shocked, it was one of my favorite bands and they had come back together for one last tour after their retirement. Since I was in New York by myself and the concert was in Newark which is not so close and at the same time one of the most dangerous places in the area I had to call my mom and dad to…

The Concert opened with Divertimento in D major, K. 136/125a in Allegro. This piece began with the violins providing a very lively tempo. It evoked feelings of happiness and excitement. It was played by a strings orchestra only, which included the cellos. The mood became more dramatic as it progressed. The symphony played in unison producing a harmony of tone colors. I also enjoyed the syncopation of this movement, in which the offbeat notes were beautifully accented. The second movement was…

During the night of the North High School choir concert we surely not ready half of us were shaking and the rest were trying not to forget the lyrics of the 5 songs but as i am sending this in right know it has been a week since the concert but in my perspective it was great in some moments and in others it felt awkward you know when you mess up in something and hoping nobody saw your mess up but you feel that someone saw you get that weird stare like everyone is on the moon and began to…

I attended Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, 50th Anniversary Celebration concert at the Division of Fine & Performing Arts at Paradise Valley Community College. There were two sides to the program, the first one included the album of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band and the second program consisted of a mixture between songs from the albums Revolver, Magical Mystery Tour, White Album, and Abbey Road. They had a band that consisted of many vocalists, and instrumentalists and also, an…