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Concert Review: The Philadelphia Orchestra By Ton Koopman

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Ilia Goldshtein
MUST 0812
11 April 2016
The Philadelphia Orchestra
The Philadelphia orchestra put on a outstanding performance with a range of different compositions. From my own lack of experience, it is difficult to compare this concert with many others that I have attended; however, it was an outstanding and fascinating show. I have never experienced such a clear and unique sound quality from so many musical instruments playing simultaneously.
The opening performance was J.S Bach orchestral Suit No. 3 in D major, composed by Ton Koopman. The whole orchestra performed this piece with instruments including the violin, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, and many more.
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The orchestra started playing the piece without the two harpsichords. The beginning of the piece began with a very low and depressing sound, but by the end of the Largo, it was slightly less depressed due to the higher instruments that began to play and the additions of the harpsichord add uniqueness to the music mood. This piece consisted of fewer instruments than the first. And before the piece began, the stage hands rearranged the sitting position of the performers. The two harpsichords were rolled to the middle of the stage and the whole orchestra was surrounding them, with the small string instruments such as violins and violas in the front and the rest of the percussion instruments as harp were in the …show more content…

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