Merced Theatre Reflection
When walking inside the Merced theater, while the audience searched for their seats, I nervously waited. At the same time the performers onstage were practicing before the official performance. At first, I felt uncomfortable because I have never attended a symphony before and I was unsure of what to expect. Once the performance started, I felt worried about not being able to understand the musical techniques being used. I was struggling on taking notes because I did not know what to take notes on. As the performance went on I felt relieved because I was enjoying the performance especially the violin soloists which were playing in a fast tempo. I started to feel more comfortable afterwards during the intermission because everyone seemed to be
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The section I enjoyed the most was Spring because it seemed to be joyful with a nature imagery. The movements for spring were Allegro, Largo, and Allegro. In the beginning of the piece we can sense a ritornello theme occurring as the introduction occurs throughout the piece in various moments. A tuti occurs because all the instruments join together to play a cord. In the first half, there are contrastic dynamics occurring as well as harmonic texture. The three violinist played ornamented notes as well as repeated notes that led to descending scales before the beautiful violin solos. What I found the most vivid section of the piece was where the violins played a polyphonic texture which gave the sense of birds chirping in the background. It defiantly gave the audience the feeling of spring serving the purpose Vivaldi had of creating a musical piece that would represent the four seasons. The second half of spring was played in ritornello theme again with a recurring homophonic texture which also occurred before. A basso continuo took place after when the volume and rhythm slowed down announcing the end of the joyful melody. There was a darker sound after the bird imagery in the music which caused the instruments to speed up the tempo. It gave the sense as if mother nature had created thunder in order for the birds to stop chirping. Scales are ascending all leading up to the violin solo. Throughout the end there was chromatic notes with the violin and a polyphonic texture which in the music led to the rising action of nature. The violin in the solo gets louder and it ends in a cadenza announcing the end of
The section I enjoyed the most was Spring because it seemed to be joyful with a nature imagery. The movements for spring were Allegro, Largo, and Allegro. In the beginning of the piece we can sense a ritornello theme occurring as the introduction occurs throughout the piece in various moments. A tuti occurs because all the instruments join together to play a cord. In the first half, there are contrastic dynamics occurring as well as harmonic texture. The three violinist played ornamented notes as well as repeated notes that led to descending scales before the beautiful violin solos. What I found the most vivid section of the piece was where the violins played a polyphonic texture which gave the sense of birds chirping in the background. It defiantly gave the audience the feeling of spring serving the purpose Vivaldi had of creating a musical piece that would represent the four seasons. The second half of spring was played in ritornello theme again with a recurring homophonic texture which also occurred before. A basso continuo took place after when the volume and rhythm slowed down announcing the end of the joyful melody. There was a darker sound after the bird imagery in the music which caused the instruments to speed up the tempo. It gave the sense as if mother nature had created thunder in order for the birds to stop chirping. Scales are ascending all leading up to the violin solo. Throughout the end there was chromatic notes with the violin and a polyphonic texture which in the music led to the rising action of nature. The violin in the solo gets louder and it ends in a cadenza announcing the end of