Concert Report

            On Sunday, December 4, 2016 at 10.30 a.m., the First Congregational Church performed five pieces featuring, Jeff Barnett; tenor, Carol Barnett; alto, Seth Pierce; tenor, Geoff Gunderson; Guitar and Christy Lindberg; Flute.  The Program included the Oh Come, All Ye Faithful, The Holy and the Ivy, Oh Come, Oh Come Emmanuel, Away in a Manger, Carol of the Bells, Fum, Fum, Fum, Coventry Carol, Slight Night, Holy Night, and O Holy Night, The Birthday of a King, Coventry Carol, Do you Perceive what I perceive?, Silvery Bells, We wish you a happy Christmas and Joy to the World (Linial, 61). 

            The concert opened with the Tenor.  The piece started quietly.  As the sound was sang in unison and the mood became more of a choir as it continued.  The pace of the sound became faster and with more figure movements. The second work was the alto sounds.  The texture of the sound became more amazing and fruitful and the two sounds connected and succeeded until they finally got into harmony.  

            The third piece of work was the tenor which started with a striking melody which made a cheerful tone to the piece.   This was one of my favorite performances of the day.  There was a strong emphasis on the sound and its response moved out well.  The song starts slowly and it does not really pick up much.  The sound starts and the mixture and the way the music is portrayed give a real melodically feel. It had a depressed sound and the sounds got back to overwrapping each other and the progress got higher and higher(Linial, 67). 

            In contrast, the mood of the fourth piece was low. It was the guitar and the strings played a sad melody while the guitar brass increased the mood by their constant strings in the background.  The interplay between the guitar and the song took an interior surface and this seemed more comfortable with each other.  The guitar player seemed to succeed over the pop group (Linial, 72). 

            After a fifteen minute interval, the flute played the two pieces of the day. It was the sound of it that gave me impression.  The use of the flute made me get myself tapping along with the flute springs.  Every sound of it was catch and I have to say that it was enjoyable. The flute band closed the event and the y looked pretty god and the crowd more responsive. The flute play set the crowd on fire due to their interesting melodic.  Every person was screaming as they practiced the song outlined by the flute sound.  The vocal of the flute sounded amazing though the flute players seemed a bit out of it but they still delivered (Musgrave, 26).     

Attending this concert gave me the knowledge of the style diversities and the composition skills in the kind of music.  I mainly enjoyed the mastery of instrumentation as they were able to combine the different sounds of the ensemble in a successful way.  Even when the orchestra was low, they still managed to make the interesting influences to the crowd.  The way they outline the dialogue between the soloists and the ensemble showed the dramatic pressure in the musical piece.  The reason as to why I enjoyed this concert was due to the emotional eminence of the melodies, this is simply saying that the music was lovely and it talked directly to me (Musgrave, 30).   

 

 

 

 

Work cited

Linial, Christine. A Concertgoers Guide. Boston, MA: Schirmer Cengage Learning, 2011. Print.

Musgrave, Michael. Brahms 2: Biographical, Documentary, and Analytical Studies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987. Print.