The Firebird

I learned many things in experiencing three performances. I attended the King Stephen Op.117 by Beethoven, Piano Concerto No.1 in C major, Op.15 by Beethoven, and lastly The Firebird by Stravinsky. These three pieces of music have many different and similar characteristic. In this paper I’m going to discuss how the different instruments are used to make different tones. How these different tones can create different images and how these images can create different emotions and tensions. My…

way the performers dance. You look at the location, use of the stage, force and speed behind each movement, costumes, and the props used. The performance that seemed very different from Firebird in almost all aspects was the first performance of the night, La Source. The ballets of La Source, Komoreibu, and Firebird were performed at the Koger Center on November 10 and 11, 2016. La Source is choreographed by George Balanchine and is set up into three different acts, as we only viewed one act in…

St.Petersburg. There she is to meet the Tsar and his godson, who is to be wed. Cat’s train is stalled in Elena's village, and there the 2 girls marvel over the beautiful fabergé egg, with depictions of the ice-dragon, the witch, Baba Yaga, and the Firebird which is to be the Tsar’s gift. However, as the train starts, Cat is launched into Elena’s village with the egg.…

study. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov suggested that he should study composing by taking private lessons. A piece he wrote One of Stravinsky's most famous pieces was called ¨The Firebird.¨ It is a ballet and orchestra concert. It was first performed in Paris on June 25, 1910. The ballet was based on the Russian legend of the Firebird, a good spirit whose feathers supposedly convey beauty and protection upon the earth. I like this song because it sounds like someone is on an adventure in the…

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no for I had the opportunity to perform in honor of this exhibit this past summer where I performed right outside the entrance the to the showcase. I performed the roles of the Faun in Vaslav Nijinsky’s Afternoon of a Faun, and Prince Ivan in The Firebird. The two performances we did were received very well by over 1000 people. The exhibit was quite inspiring for these performances, like seeing the costumes for the Nymphs in Afternoon of a Faun gave me chills. Though the video of the…

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He expected that there would be criticism, as the patrons who had come to The Rite of Spring expecting a melodious opus that resembled his Firebird or Petrushka were bound to be disappointed. Stravinsky knew criticism was to be expected, but he voiced his opinion on the disrespectful nature of the audience. The audience disrupting the performance abusing The Rite of Spring, which caused the…