Name Professor Course Date Hunter symphony by Reuben Blundell The performance that I went to was at hunter college third floor on December 3, conducted by Reuben Blundell. Blundell was the conductor and music director of the performance. The symphony musicians that performed were primarily students from hunter symphony and wind ensemble. Symphony number 8 is originally composed by Ludwig van Beethoven. The music was cheerfully loud because it is in major and the symphony had many accented notes throughout its four movements. Through the four movements of the performance, there is a combination of musical instruments such as flutes, horns, oboes, clarinets, timpani strings and trumpets. Through the formation and the rhythm of the symphony, …show more content…
The musicians generates an outstanding melodic transformation by change of dynamics at regular interval through the duration of the fourth movement. The fourth movement, which appears weighty, compared to the latter movements. The dynamics changes in both crescendo and decrescendo, and this is at regular intervals. The fourth movement is different from the first to the third because the first and second movements have gradual changing dynamics. Within the middle duration of the fourth movements, exhibit a sudden change of dynamics (Kozbelt, 19). The timbre of the second and the third movements are different from that of the first and the fourth movements. The first movement has a bright timbre with the incorporation of high pitch within the composition. The first movement has a much-elevated tempo than the third movement. The timbre of the third and the forth movement are outstanding because they have contrasting features. Through the end of the movements is dark timber, which is derived from a gradual transformation at the beginning. Towards the end of the fourth movement, the timbre is constantly dark with a repetitive accelerando