String Trio Concert
HeeSun Kim
Dr. Prudence McDaniel
MUSI 1306
13 March 2015
On March 3 2015, I attended a string trio concert. The concert was held at First Presbyterian Church, in Bryan, TX; started at 7:30 pm and finished at 9:15pm.The ensemble, named Aspen String Trio, consists of three types of instruments: a violin for Davide Perry, viola for Victoria Chang, and cello for Michael Mermagen. There was approximately an audience of two hundred people and most of the seats were occupied. Most audience members were old and some young people also attended. The concert was the 19th season of community chamber concerts, aiming to provide the community with a unique musical experience at no charge. The program was composed of three pieces: Variations on a Bavarian …show more content…
The first piece started on three strings playing together in dissonance harmony with a gloomy mood. Quickly afterwards, the violin led a main theme in the introduction part. Since this piece formed a theme and variation, the piece’s main them was repeated over and over, but it was changed each time in terms of harmony, dynamics, and mood and so on. According to the program note, the piece consists of seven variations on a folk-tune (“community chamber concert”). Whenever the changed theme was played, I felt like I heard totally new pieces. The main theme plucked by the violin was the most interesting part to me because the tone color of the violin was more lively compared to that of other …show more content…
9 No.1 in G Major by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) who was one of the most famous composers in music history. This piece was composed in 1798-1799 and published in 1799 in Vienna, consisting of four movements: Adagio – Allegro con brio, Adagio ma non tanto and cantabile, Scherzo: Allegro, and Presto. This piece started with an Adagio movement in order to build tension and call to attention, followed by Allegro con brio. The first movement was described in a sonata form, consisting of three main sections: the exposition, the development, and the recapitulation. The tempo became rapid as the first movement reached its ends. After the first movement, there was a pause so that I could recognize that the first movement ended. The second movement, Adagio ma non tanto and cantabile, started softly with lyrical violin performance. The second movement was mainly led by the violin with a beautiful melody in support of the viola and cello. The pace and mood did not change a lot during the second movement. Therefore, I was not interested in this movement, since there was no high pitch sounds and no climax. The mood in the second movement was changed in the third movement. Like many of Beethoven’s compositions, the third movement in this piece was a Scherzo which generates energy and rhythmic drive (Kamien). When the last movement was started, I was awestruck by the techniques of the performers. As presto means, the tempo was very fast, but the
Dr. Prudence McDaniel
MUSI 1306
13 March 2015
On March 3 2015, I attended a string trio concert. The concert was held at First Presbyterian Church, in Bryan, TX; started at 7:30 pm and finished at 9:15pm.The ensemble, named Aspen String Trio, consists of three types of instruments: a violin for Davide Perry, viola for Victoria Chang, and cello for Michael Mermagen. There was approximately an audience of two hundred people and most of the seats were occupied. Most audience members were old and some young people also attended. The concert was the 19th season of community chamber concerts, aiming to provide the community with a unique musical experience at no charge. The program was composed of three pieces: Variations on a Bavarian …show more content…
The first piece started on three strings playing together in dissonance harmony with a gloomy mood. Quickly afterwards, the violin led a main theme in the introduction part. Since this piece formed a theme and variation, the piece’s main them was repeated over and over, but it was changed each time in terms of harmony, dynamics, and mood and so on. According to the program note, the piece consists of seven variations on a folk-tune (“community chamber concert”). Whenever the changed theme was played, I felt like I heard totally new pieces. The main theme plucked by the violin was the most interesting part to me because the tone color of the violin was more lively compared to that of other …show more content…
9 No.1 in G Major by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) who was one of the most famous composers in music history. This piece was composed in 1798-1799 and published in 1799 in Vienna, consisting of four movements: Adagio – Allegro con brio, Adagio ma non tanto and cantabile, Scherzo: Allegro, and Presto. This piece started with an Adagio movement in order to build tension and call to attention, followed by Allegro con brio. The first movement was described in a sonata form, consisting of three main sections: the exposition, the development, and the recapitulation. The tempo became rapid as the first movement reached its ends. After the first movement, there was a pause so that I could recognize that the first movement ended. The second movement, Adagio ma non tanto and cantabile, started softly with lyrical violin performance. The second movement was mainly led by the violin with a beautiful melody in support of the viola and cello. The pace and mood did not change a lot during the second movement. Therefore, I was not interested in this movement, since there was no high pitch sounds and no climax. The mood in the second movement was changed in the third movement. Like many of Beethoven’s compositions, the third movement in this piece was a Scherzo which generates energy and rhythmic drive (Kamien). When the last movement was started, I was awestruck by the techniques of the performers. As presto means, the tempo was very fast, but the