purpose of the concert was to celebrate the fall of the Berlin Wall in a way that would be remembered forever. Bernstein had the soloists and chorus sing in the final movement of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony that truly symbolized freedom‚ as a gift from the gods to the Germans. Not only the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra was to participate‚ but musicians from other great orchestras of the world as well: including those from Dresden‚ St Petersburg‚ London‚ New York and Paris. All brought together to achieve
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Discuss Berlioz’s contribution to the symphony Berlioz is often overlooked as an influential composer; however the reality is that he was one of the most important due to his developing ideas of how orchestration could be expanded‚ how symphonic form could be developed and how music would be written in a programmatic style. Above all this‚ Berlioz was one of the pioneers of the Romantic period‚ inspiring through his innovation of ideas such as the ‘idée fix’ and as some saw it‚ his disregard for
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Music Reaction Paper MW 8:30-9:45AM I attended a symphony orchestra at Alexander Kasser Theater in Montclair State University on Wednesday‚ December 8th‚ 2010 at 7:30 pm. The program was approximately an hour and a half long‚ with two parts and a short intermission. The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du printemps- 1913) by Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) was performed. There was an assortment of musical energy in parts of the first section of the symphony with a quantity of sections constantly changing rhythms
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I can still remember the first time I heard those first 4 beats of Beethoven’s fifth symphony. I was a little girl watching the original Parent Trap. A Disney movie that focused on twins reunited at summer camp. Sharon was the classically trained one and she chose to play this piece of music for the family. I remember thinking that it matched her personality well‚ the music sounded strict and serious. The dramatic tone in this piece can be explained by the composer’s personal struggles as he attempts
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Beethoven symphony No.6 in F major‚ Op.68‚ also called “Pastoral Symphony”‚ is one of only two symphonies that composer intentionally named. Just like the title‚ it is a fabulous masterpiece which describes a picture of nature and people’s feeling towards the life in the countryside which fill with peace‚ hope‚ and love. Beethoven wrote in his sketchbook “recollections of country life...more an expression of feeling than of painting”.If people describe his Fifth symphony is dark or driven‚ Sixth
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Beethoven’s 5th Symphony I discovered that he starts with a four-note motive (short-short-short-long) which becomes the driving force for the entire symphony. He continues to modulate the motive in new and exciting ways with each new movement. Sometimes it is forcefully stated in its "original" (or first) form like the 1st movement or very subtly within a running melody as in the 2nd movement. Now that I have actually listened to and analyzed the musical components of the entire symphony I can sympathize
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middle aisle three seats deep from the left side of the orchestra. Completely submerged in the melody he is enveloped by a sort of transcending feeling. Words are rarely able to describe the joy that he feels by attending the concerts of the Colorado Symphony Orchestra. It takes him many weeks to find a means to culminate all of his emotions that he felt from the performance into a review that can properly display not only his reaction but still give an oversight that convinces others to give the orchestra
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Tonal Center Contributions to Narrative in Shostakovich and Mahler Symphonies Shostakovich’s Fourth Symphony stands as a remarkable piece by the Soviet composer due to its musical content. While the symphony’s formal eccentricity and theatrical language drive the narrative of the piece‚ scholars tend to project convenient historical context onto the symphony’s meaning instead. Primarily‚ it is held that the Fourth Symphony is a narrative for the events surrounding Shostakovich’s first
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F.J. Haydn: Symphony Nos. 82-87 “Paris Symphonies” The Paris Symphonies‚ written by F.J. Haydn are his symphonies number eighty two through eighty seven. They were written between the years of 1785-1786 and were the product of a foreign commission. They were written in the cities of Paris‚ France‚ Vienna‚ Austria‚ and London‚ England. The print and publishing of the piece were authorized in France and first appeared in January of 1788.[1] The six symphonies were written for the Logue Olympique
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I am currently reading Symphony for the City of the Dead by M.T. Anderson. As of last night‚ I am in the second part of three total parts. In the section I read for this week‚ the book continues with the struggles of Dmitri Shostakovich’s musical partnerships. To summarize this week’s reading‚ Dmitri had to work with the minds of Vsevolod Meyerhold‚ a Russian and Soviet theatre director and Vladimir Mayakovsky‚ a Russian Soviet poet and playwright. The Bedbug‚ a comedic play by the trio would be
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