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Orchestra Concert Report Sample

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Concert Report After carefully reviewing all of the musical events that the Department of Music at Texas A&M – Corpus Christi had to offer, I had decided to attend the University Symphony Orchestra’s concert, which had that featured Dr. Carrie Pierce as a guest artist, that was held in the Performing Arts Center on March 1st, 2016 at 7:30 pm. I wanted to go to this specific concert for the fact that I had never been to an orchestra concert as well as my interest was sparked as to what the performers were going to play that evening. After the careful speculation of the concert, I will share some of the background information that I had researched as well as some of my own personal observations and reflections that I would like to share.
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7 In A major, Op. 92 Finale. Allegro con brio” by Ludwig van Beethoven, “Symphony No. 5 in C minor Op. 67 Finale. Allegro” also by Ludwig van Beethoven, and the “Star Wars Suite for Orchestra” by John Williams. To begin with, Gabriel’s Oboe had featured Dr. Carrie Pierce as a soloist on her cello. The piece had started off at a slow tempo as well as being very piano and then later crescendoed to lead in to the cello’s solo. All other instruments in this piece were mostly used as a background to the Dr. Pierce’s solo. Overall, I believe that this was a beautiful, soft piece to start the concert as well as a great way to show off a soloist’s skills. The second piece that was played in this concert was “Symphony No. 7 In A major, Op. 92 Finale. Allegro con brio” by Ludwig van Beethoven which featured a polyphony texture because it contained so many voices playing at once. This piece was very fast in tempo and was filled with a reoccurring motif that started off staccato and turned legato and would then turn staccato again, and the contour of this piece, in my opinion, was very wavelike because of the musicals runs that went up and down the scale. The next piece that played, “Symphony No. 5 in C minor Op. 67 Finale. Allegro” also by Beethoven, reminded me a person of royalty entering their palace or somewhere similar. Like

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