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But all parts of the tale aren't cheery -- the antagonist swallows an unlucky duck. The sonic part is highly ingenious and so engaging that the effect, overall, is thoroughly uplifting. The end displays a moving turn to the moonlight. As the clever match of instrument with character in the composition allows virtually every listener to easily visualize the scenes, the short, original text suffices in neatly getting the performance done.
Review of Gioachino Antonio Rossini's Overture to "the Thieving Magpie" (La gazza ladra)
Rossini's Thieving Magpie was composed in the year 1817, in the form of an opera with two acts. The Overture is available in Italian and German editions, with the latter (which I heard in the performance I attended) featuring a more forceful brass element. This score entails a piccolo and flute, two oboes, four horns, timpani, three trombones, two clarinets, bass drum, two bassoons, snare drum, two trumpets, tuba, strings, and triangle (Steinberg).
La gazza ladra may be considered a comedy work, or a drama having a significant number of comic features, with a happy finale that takes roughly 10 minutes. Moving from the overture's introduction to its main part, the composer switches to minor from major, commencing a new section…
Concert review: "Jazz legends: Arturo Sandoval" The legendary Cuban expatriate trumpeter Arturo Sandoval begins his concert with one of his signature tunes, "Tunisia Blues." "Tunisia Blues" starts off with a swinging, lazy casual sound of a trumpet. Sandoval does not interact with the audience, introduce the piece, or tell the audience a bit about his biography and band members. He simply 'digs right in' to the music. The tone is casual
Concert Review The Asphalt Orchestra is a band with 12 musicians who play brass (horns of all kinds), woodwind (flutes and clarinets), and percussion (drums, cymbals) instruments. The musicians are very talented and the music they play makes the people listening very happy. But more than that, the main thing about the Asphalt Orchestra gets right up next to their audience. They took the word "asphalt" for their name because that
Concert Review The Philadelphia Inquirer warned that Asphalt Orchestra is "not your mother's marching band" (www.asphaltorchestra.com). Those who entered Keene State College's Redfern Arts Center on the evening of October 5, 2011, were in for a surprise if they had hoped to hear "Louie, Louie" or other high school halftime standards. From the opening notes, it was clear Asphalt Orchestra was on stage to bring innovative musical entertainment to an enthusiastic
' The Cure at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, November 21st, 2011: Indie-goth hitmakers of the 1980s, the Cure are still out there touring. And they took their act through the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood this past month. On a Monday night, the U.K. natives showed that they are not only still a relevant band but they are a force to be reckoned with. In a show that topped out at over
Schumann's "Cello Concerto in a Minor, Op. 129" illustrates this principle. There are three movements of the piece, all of which are quite distinct, but there are none of the showy, distinctive shifts as distinguished the Hayden works. The music is lyric and tonal in quality like the Hayden, but there is a searching, introspective quality that the Hayden lacks. As is evident in the title, the voice of
Concert Review The type and program of events was Lang, the pianist, who was performing live at Carnegie Hall, Chicago on Sunday, April 04, 2004 at 3:00 PM. The only performer was that of Lang at his piano. Lang's program began with Schumann's "Abegg Variations." This resulted in the performance commencing with a rather somber note, in contrast to the following Baroque Haydn's more bracing "Sonata in C Major." The latter