Baroque music

Seven Tunes Heard in China (在中国听到的七个曲调）, by Bright Sheng (盛宗亮,Shèng Zōngliàng), was commissioned for Yo Yo Ma (马友友) and was first performed on October 9, 1995. The piece is based on folk melodies and other songs collected by Bright Sheng from various regions of China. Many Chinese-American composers went through the Cultural Revolution (1966-76) but after, the conservatories reopened in 1977, and they were among the first to enroll and graduate. Many of them after pursued their doctoral degrees…

Ne-Yo. Bach blended with the soulful sounds of Adele and soothing cords and progressions of a violin. These are only a few of the characterizations I would use to describe violinist and performer Josh Vietti. Josh brings a distinctive approach to music combining tones of classical with a wide variety of styles from pop to gospel, hip hop jazz and country. He is a musician typically defined as a hip-hop violinist, but Josh Vietti is enormously more than that. He is an artist and performer that…

may be considered as the collection of 6 instrumental works presented by a Margrave of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Christian Ludwig in the year of 1721. They may be regarded widely as one of the Baroque era orchestral compositions. The Brandenburg Concertos represents the Baroque era through as a popular genre of music being called having a name of concerto grosso, where a group of soloists is playing together with a small orchestra. In The Brandenburg Concerto No. 1, the soloists are the numerous…

its breath – and then – the downbeat. I’m convinced classical music is the love of my life. Every interest has humble beginnings - mine were Baby Einstein DVDs. The mix of colorful toys and classical music piqued my interest. That’s where half of my interest came from. The other half came from a…

along the strings. I don’t normally like listening to all instrumental music unless it’s a marching band. However, since marching season is over, I decided to give it a try. It began with a group of 5 players, playing a movement composed by Bach, and they wrapped it up with a piece composed by Gershwin. The performers were very into the music they were performing; they swayed, rocked and moved their heads in time with the music. I was really impressed with the level of emotion each of the…

“Performance” from Grove Music Online states: “Music-making is a virtually universal human activity. At its most fundamental, it is a form of private biological necessity […]. At its most elevated, musical performance is public property.” Within the last 5 decades, the practice of historically informed performance (hereafter HIP) has instituted itself as one of the most important concepts for performance of early music. Problems faced by today’s performers are: what makes a “good performance?…

of Isaac Bustos and Mariana Gariazzo. Both performers are faculty of the Texas A&M Performance Studies department. The pieces performed varied from solo pieces and duet performances. The theme of the presentation was titled “the influence of folk music in classical repertoire”. The pieces performed included: Prelude 1 and 2 of Heitor Villa-Lobos, Bachianas Brasilerias #5 by Heitor Villa-lobos, Entr’act by Jacques Ibert, and three pieces from Astor Piazolla Bordel 1900, Café 1930, and Nightclub…

Ha-Eun Song will be graduating from Lee University this May with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music with a focus on the violin. She held this recital for the public as a partial fulfillment of the requirements for her Bachelor of Music degree. During her hour-long performance she played music composed by Bach, Paganini, Saint-Saëns, Shostakovich, Franck, and Crouch. Lee University should be elated that their music program is yielded fine musicians like Ha-Eun Soung. The first piece preformed in…

Denmark. Germany is located in the College Board region of Western Europe. The first place I would visit would be the Philharmonie to see the Berlin Philharmonic perform there. The Philharmonie is home to some of the world’s most prestigious classical music performers. The Philharmonie is connected to Unit III Cultural Patterns and Processes because it demonstrates how cultural landscapes are amalgamations of physical features, agricultural and industrial…

It is worth mentioning that most of the quotations are from large Symphonic works of composers who were living and writing concomitantly with Mahler. Berio himself in an interview assumes the emphasis placed on 20th century music, most specifically in the last one hundred years. Although the preference for modern works points towards a post-tonal harmonic structure, the majority of quotations are of a more moderate nature, such as Stravinsky, Ravel and Debussy rather than the full-blown…