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The Calm Waters Of Heaven: A Prayer Song For San Bernardino By Ahmed Alabaca
My favorite single piece from the Chamber Orchestra concert was, Across the Calm Waters of Heaven: A Prayer Song for San Bernardino by Ahmed Alabaca. This piece had so much meaning to it just throughout the notes it made the mood sad. In the beginning of the piece, the flutes stood out most because of their rich sounding wind-like whistling. This was a soft, low pitch song and started gradually increasing after the pianist had his first solo. The louder the dynamic got, the more intense and powerful the song was. Toward the very end of the song the instruments had decreased in volume and ended with a low melody.
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