Concert Report Sample

Concert report #2 On October 21, 2015 I attended the California State University Wind and Brass Quintets. The concert was held on the Universities campus, at the Gerald R. Daniel Recital Hall. The Wind Quintet was directed by John Barcellona, and the Brass Quintet was directed by Steve Trapani. The event had a moderate amount of attendees, likely no more than thirty in total, for the type of ensemble and that it was held on a Wednesday night. Combined both ensembles played a total of five pieces, three of which had multiple movements. Personally each quintet had a piece that proved to be favorable to me. In comparison to my last real, large orchestra concert, it differed greatly. In the concerts length, size, and attendance it was a much different experience. While I had the understanding and that attendance would likely be small considering its day of the week and the time of day, 8 o’clock on a Wednesday, but it proved to have even less people than I had expected. Though I knew it was merely two quintets I had never been to the Daniel Recital Hall, and therefore thought the venue itself would be larger than it was, I had envisioned it to be at least two times as large as it ended up being, which ended up being more than suitable for what ensued in their performances. My first concert I attended, the …show more content…
5 Son De Mexico. Enrique Crespo is a renowned trombonist and composer from Uruguay, who relocated to Germany for his musical career. While the piece is in major, and is in a happy cheerful tune, the homophonic nature and ostinato lead this piece to seem almost boring and repetitive to me. The majority of the piece was either in a Moderato, or Allegro tempo, using accelerando to ramp up its tempo as the song progresses. The entirety of the piece is Forte, and has multiple disjunct moments throughout the movement, which combined became almost jarring to my personal