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Unfinished symphony “The Sounds of Hope”. The Symphony was filled with incredible pieces by Verdi, Schubert, and contemporary composers Nigel Westlake and Lior Attar. The evening began with Verdi’s Nabucco from his opera that follows the plight of the Jews as they were subsequently exiles from their homeland by the Babylonian King Nabucco. The next piece was Franz Schubert’s Unfinished Symphony, Schubert started this piece in 1822 but wasn’t finished after the first two movements. After the…

Our two pieces to compare and contrast are from the Metropolitan Museum of Art the are: The Royal Acquaintances on Memi and Sabu and Statue of Gudea. Similarities between the two are: Their function, which is to represent the subjects as actual persons in the real life as well as in the afterlife. The Royal Acquaintances being used to supply a body for the dead to inhabit in the afterlife (Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History The Royal Acquaintances of Memi and Sabu, 2016), and the Statue of…

octave. Once the cellos and violins enter the space of the sound building within the orchestra, the tempo slows down to a softer, controlled sounding melody that is accented by the quick separated notes played by the flutes. A few minutes into the piece the pianist adds in and establishes a trade off between the main orchestra and the staccato, high pitched notes that seem to string together as the soloists hands fly across the piano. Although the piano and orchestra seem to move together…

the viewer as a means of meditation or trying not to connect so deliberately, as a means of teaching, Byzantine art had a way of connecting with its viewer on an emotional level. Some pieces, of Byzantine art, are avoiding connecting with the viewer for their current legal state. The controversy between how a piece connects with the viewer was a huge issue when it came to the church in Byzantium. Connecting to the viewer was important to Byzantine artists. Icons were not always bad, in fact…

Symphony and Concert Band. The opening piece of the night Where Never Lark or Eagle Flew by James Curnow. This piece gave the concert a very prominent opening, beginning with trumpets. The sound of trumpets give a feeling of power and royalty when played Allegro and Tenuto. When I first heard this song it reminded me a lot of Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major. Both pieces have very powerful trumpet pieces and I truly enjoy them both.…

Meaning, she aims to create large-scale or endless spectacles out of common items. Her works are biomorphic pieces of art that repeat naturally occurring patterns and shapes; and expands that to the extreme. To summarize her artist statement, Tara Donavan wants to experiment with the use of material as well as the process of specific repetition in her art. She…

What is sheet music? Is it a magical piece of writing that only musicians can read and that allow them to play their instruments like experts? No, sheet music is just a form of musical notation, be it written by hand or printed. Normally sheet music is like its other printed kin in that it is usually found printed on paper. Before paper was a readily available medium parchment was the medium of choice. Now in the computer age "sheet" music is also readily available online as well. One of the…

similar in their styles. Both pieces resembled the style of atonal music, because each piece lacked a tonal center or “stable” key. Both pieces contain complex rhythms, and the scoring of instruments is thin. Both require a virtuoso player, because of the technical requirement to play the music and the range of the music. For example, in Boulez’s piece, the flute part contains multiple leaps, extended range, a plethora of accidentals, and difficult rhythms. Babbitt’s piece display similar…

sensuality, the previous versions of ‘Bolero’ focussed on making a political statement. ‘The Last Dance’ is filled from beginning to end in symbolisms. This piece consisted of an only-female cast. This dance put emphasis on the strength of women and commented on sensuality. This dance was about celebrating life and the youth. Throughout the dance piece, the dancers are chatting and laughing, thereby showing that this dance aims to celebrate life. The dancers wore gumboots and leather tops,…

as the applause began to fill the hall. Henry and Krueger took the stage, began to tune and situate themselves, and then began the first piece, Claude Debussy’s Sonata for Cello and Piano (1915). The piece begins with Prologue: Lent with a forte dynamic chord strike from the piano that seemed to awake everybody from their seats. After the initial start to the piece, the cello joins in with the piano at the same energy and intensity. The first movement seems to be homophonic at this point even…