Concerto

A few days ago I was lucky enough to attend a live orchestra concert at LACMA. I had never been to a professional music concert before and after learning about the different styles of music in class I was anxious to see what was in store for me. I arrived at the theatre, looking forward to a good show. After the announcer introduced the performers, the lights went dark. This was the moment I had been waiting for. My adrenaline went through the roof. The time had finally come that I would get to…

The Life And Works of Johann Sebastian Bach Johann Sebastian Bach was a brilliant composer. He was born March 31, 1685, in Eisenach, Germany. His pieces of music are some of the most influential and important pieces in the history of music. If you mention the name Bach today most people they will know the name. He has changed the way music is performed and observed. Bach was a german composer and musician from the Baroque period. He made both instrumental and vocal music. Since the 19th-century…

For this this listening assignment I have chosen to do my analysis on flutist Philippe Bernold playing the first movement from François Devienne’s Flute Concerto no.7 in E minor. The method of choice for listening to this performance was through an online video on YouTube. The quality of ensemble and solo playing is professional, featuring the Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra under the direction of the soloist. This choice for the soloist to conduct the orchestra aids in the interpretation of the…

Pianist and composer, Cecile Chaminade is the only female composer represented in the Flute Music by French Composers collection, and is one the early emerging female composers of this era, though not very well known. Born in Paris in 1857, “Chaminade received her earliest instruction from her mother, a pianist and singer” (Citron). With both parents amateur musicians, Chaminade was showed early talent, with her earliest compositions date to the mid-1860s. Her father did not want her to attend…

recognizable composer that lived during the baroque period. Vivaldi became a priest in 1703, which is why he is called the red priest. Vivaldi stopped his preaching because of tightness in the chest, among other complaints. Vivaldi’s most widely known concerto is The 4 Seasons, which has a recognizable melody. The Baroque period was one of the largest periods in music, which changed the interpretation related to…

18th century, creating famous compositions such as "Toccata and Fugue in D minor." Bach was a Lutheran and shared his beliefs with that subsection of Christianity. Some of his best-known compositions are the "Six Cello Suites," the "Brandenburg Concertos" and "The Well-Tempered Clavier." Bach had a tragic family life, he had 21 kids, of which only 8 survived infancy, and lost two wives. He lived a long life based on the standards of the day, and died of a stroke in Leipzig, Germany,…

For my Applied Music 2206 research project I choose to research one of the many great guitarist of the 19th century Ida Presti. She had a very interesting life full of lots of fun and most important to her music. Ida Presti, originally named Yvette Montagnon was born May 31st 1924 in Suresnes, France. Her father Claude Montagnon was French and her mother Olga- Gracia Lo was Sicilian. Ida studied harmony and music theory with guitarist Mario Maccaferri. Ida was a remarkable performer who…

and Fugue in C Minor. Once again, however, conflict drove him to Cöthen, where he married his second wife, Anna Magdalena Wülken, and composed some of his most famous instrumental and orchestral works—from sonatas and partitas to overtures and concertos. In the final phase of his career, Bach accepted in 1723 the position of cantor of Leipzig, where, after a 27-year tenure and countless choral…

Introduction Classical music was the foundation of all the songs we listen to today. These pieces from hundreds of years ago contained strategies and patterns we use today in our music, such as introducing the chorus: a repeated melody in a song that is easy to remember. The Classic period of music also contained many of the most recognized composers, such as Ludwig van Beethoven, Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart was born on January 27th, 1756, and died on December…

As soon as I walked into the concert hall, I noticed an organ straight ahead with beautiful architectural modern design. The concert lasted around 1.5 hours and had no intermission. The first performance I want to write about was Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 5, “Turkish.” This piece was composed in 1775. It is broken into 3…