Music Analysis

The concert was held on October 25, 2015 at the Thayer Hall of Colburn School. The Los Angeles Philharmonic Musicians and pianist Junko Ueno Garret were performing different classical pieces of the Viennese era. The performance was captivating because of the different types of instruments that were used during the performance and the various types of sounds from the instruments that were being played such as the piano, and the brass instruments. The performers were also dressed in an old fashioned way to depict the past mode of dressing hence capturing the attention of the audience. The instruments were used to start the concert while everybody was quiet thus increasing the moods of people (Roy, 2010). The performance started on a lower knot and it ascend up to a high knot when it reached the climax making the audience to really feel the performance. The piano was playing a high pitch hence making the performance to be joyful. This made me to realize that a mobile phone is supposed to be on airplane mode during such a performance because it affects the microphone signals. The audience was also dressed in an old fashioned way in order to match which the presentation of the concert as it was a classical performance concert (Eugene, 2010). This made everything in the concert to seem as if it was in the past and the performance braced it all as it was very lively and enjoyable.

The type of music that was being performed was orchestra and the historical era being represented was the Viennese era. The performing pieces that were needed to perform the work were the violin, brass, and the piano. This three instruments influenced the performance as they were the ones which made people to understand the tempo of the performance. At the beginning of the performance, the string instrument played more than the piano and this made the piano to play in the background (Eugene, 2010). After three minutes the piano started playing a high pitch making the performance to reach its climax. Concerts with notes were provided and this made everyone to know what the concert was about and who the performers were going to be. On the other hand, the notes provided the information about the venue of the event hence attracting many people to the concert. I read about the concert and this made me interested in attending the concert. I read this information on a performance note which talked about different artists and the way the performance was going to be.

The first piece was allegro and it started playing when the audience was still quiet thus bringing the audience into a concert mood (Roy, 2010). Allegro required low tempo compared to rondo. While allegro was being played, the string instrument played more than the piano in order to make the pitch to be low. The piano was also playing but it could only be heard in the background. Allegro therefore required a low pitch which is enhanced by the piano playing in the background. The second piece was rondo, during the performance of the second piece, the piano was playing at a very high pitch (Eugene, 2010). This made the performance to be reach the climax. This consequently showed that rondo, compared to allegro, requires a high pitch and that was the reason as to why the piano had to take charge and it was played at a high pitch. Rondo really stuck out as the audience were in the performance mood and this was after playing the first piece which prepared them for the second piece. I was also impressed by the way the second piece was performed because it really made me to forget about my past and I was in a joyful mood.

I enjoyed the performance of the music as it was unique and very much captivating. The instruments also impressed me because they were played in an orderly way and one could be able to enjoy it as it was very nice. The way the conductor also controlled the artists performance was also interesting as they were able to play the instruments were following his control without making any mistakes. The performance was beyond my expectations as I had thought of Classic music as an old boring type of music (Roy, 2010). This performance made to look for the meaning of this type of music as it was very enjoyable. This performance therefore made to understand what classic music was and I am also yearning to be in such a concert again. Different aspects of the performance surprised me and this included the way the artists were able to serve two masters at the same time. This was playing the instruments and at the same time following the requirements of the controller. The other aspect that surprised me was how the performance played the instruments and followed the controller’s movements (Eugene, 2010). I was really impressed by the performance of that day and this motivated me to going for other performances, for my second report I would attend an opera or a chamber music.

Reference

Roy, W. G. (2010). Reds, whites, and blues: Social movements, folk music, and race in the United States. Princeton: Princeton University Press.

Eugene, S. (2010) Inside Tuition: Routledge.