Handel: Concerto in B flat: I. Allegro moderato In the video‚ Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) principle Harp Heidi Van Hoesen Gorton performs the initial movement from Handel’s Harp Concerto. The setup is an empty stage at the Harpa Concert hall in Iceland and the harp is the leading role as the melody instrument. Therefore‚ a beautiful and brilliant musical composition which resonates for one to two seconds is registered. Production Heidi is a professional concert harpist and from the harp‚
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stage shows up Geoge Gao with his erhu instrument. Geoge Gao was playing erhu since he was six years old. He is a popular erhu player at present. He has been featured as a soloist in many Symphony Orchestras‚ Such as Toronto‚ Shanghai‚ Taiwan national Chinese Orchestra and National Arts Center Orchestra. His erhu performance had been recorded and made into many video clips posted on youtube‚ facebook‚ and other social media. Today‚ the audiences seem really expecting his live appearance on stage.
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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
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The Houston Symphony is an orchestra from Houston. On May 29th the Houston Symphony performed the third part of their trilogy “The Cosmos” at Jones Hall. The first half of the performance had three movement 1. Intrada: Allegro maestoso‚ 2. Capriccio: Notturno e Arioso: Vivace‚ and 3. Passacaglia‚ Toccata e Corale: Andante con moto-Allegro giusto- Molto Allegro-Presto. For the second movement they performed a four movement piece “Symphony No. 9 in E minor‚ Opus 9 (From New World)”. The first part
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companies had yet to materialize (Delong & Ager‚ 2005‚ p. 2). William Bailey‚ Chairman of the Board for the Utah Opera Company had motivation to move forward with the merger. Successfully combining the two companies the size of Utah’s Opera and Symphony Orchestra would be a first in the nation‚ and set precedence for others to follow. If the merger were successful‚ the proposed name of the new organization would be the Utah Symphony & Opera (USUO)‚ and with its potential draw‚ it had the power to elevate
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Theatre and they consisted of the orchestra‚the theatron‚ the skene and the parados. The core of any Greek theater is the orchestra‚ the “dancing place” of the chorus and the chief performance space. It was a flat‚ circular space where the dancers and actors would interact and there was often an altar built in the center. Almost nothing remains from the fifth-century structure of the Theater of Dionysus in Athens‚ but later theaters suggest that the original orchestras were full circles; for example
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Rotating Leaders 1. What would business organizations such as Kraft Foods gain from observing Orpheus in action? Kraft Foods is a traditional company with the usual board of directors‚ chief executive officer‚ and a host of other executives. Each of these officers has his own predetermined role in the company. In Orpheus‚ each musician is given the chance to participate in decision-making by occasionally becoming a member of the core group. Similarly‚ each member could also hone his leadership
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on down in the orchestra pit (the stage area). Because of drama ’s close connection with religion‚ theatres were often located in or near sanctuaries. For example‚ there is a theatre situated on top of Mt. Parnassus above the famous temple of Apollo at Delphi. Similarly‚ the Theatre of Dionysus in Athens was situated in the sacred grounds of Dionysus at the foot of the Acropolis. Within these amphitheatres there were many different structures‚ namely: the skene‚ the orchestra‚ the altar‚ the
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music during this concert‚ one of the movements was performed by the pianist alone as a solo‚ Mr. Robert Levin. The program’s title was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart‚ Chaconne from Idomeneo. The first piece was Concerto No. 24 in C minor for Piano and Orchestra‚ K. 491‚ Allegro‚ Larghetto‚ and Allegretto. The second piece was Symphony No. 36 in C major‚ K.425‚ "Linz"‚ Adagio-Allegro spiritoso‚ Andante‚ Menuetto-Trio‚ and Presto. This concert was unique in that the focus seemed to be as much on the instruments
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principal flute of the Vancouver and was the youngest principal in that orchestra’s history. He studied electronic music with Myron Shaeffer and composition with John Weinzweig at University of Toronto and he served second flute of C.B.C Symphony Orchestra. He was one of the 12 instrumentalists invited by Pierre Boulez to present a solo recital at IRCAM (Paris) in 1977. He also taught flute during 1960-75 at University of Toronto‚ 1972-82 at the Shawnigan Summer School of the Arts (British Columbia)
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