URBAŃSKI CONDUCTS GERSHWIN

I attended the URBAŃSKI CONDUCTS GERSHWIN concert in June 1. Also, this was my first time to attend concert. I did not know is not always been like this that all seats packed because today was Children’s day, there were a lot of children to attend the concert with their father and mother. In my country, most people do not go to concert. I think American like concert more than my country. Perform IncludedRhapsody in Blue and an American in Paris.

At the beginning, concertperformers used Silent performances to go to the Admittance. A woman played a clarinet without sound go first. She liked a nice catwith quiet in dance. And then, concertperformers one after another went to their seats. Before concertperformers went to the venues, audience talked about each other. As soon as concertperformers display in the venues, audience to be very quiet. No talking, no walking.

In 1924, American composer George Gershwin published the Symphony "Rhapsody in Blue". It was a huge success, so George Gershwin became a world-class composer. "Rhapsody in Blue" is written for piano and orchestra similar to the single-movement concerto works, which express the same theme improvisational style symphonic development together organically. "Rhapsody in Blue" has a black blues tune style, harmony of factors, jazz rhythms and strong segmentation portamento effective, so it has given this idea of ​​unique works of a distinctive color. When Gershwin work in this work, he has different paragraphs totally arrangements for those emotions, such as lyricism and drama, dance and singing of the opposite sex, but it also is considerable ingenuity.

Why is it named Rhapsody in Blue? After the song complete, Gershwin had a big headache for the title of the work, until only a few days away from the premiere last named. Because blue was used the same works originated in the African-American labor songs and spiritual song Blue tune exactly the same word, so at the final, he adopted of the "Rhapsody in Blue" in the name.

But today show, I think he highlighted the violin and cello performances, not based mainly on the piano. Because there are two violinists and a cellist in the foreground, and guide the playing, piano cello parts have been replaced many partakers, maybe cello piano have been replaced, but I'm not sure. For example, I remembered a very interesting part. The tried to want people to think about play baseball. First, directing tossed the ball, the music be starting. The violin was in the cadence of the tone indicates that the ball fly ball fly farther and farther as more and more engaged. All of us try to find the ball in the sky. We followed the sound getting smaller and smaller, put our head forward and up. We use our thinking to fantasy that the ball fly and fly and in the end, it disappeared. By the ball disappeared, the music was closing the end.

In “Rhapsody in Blue,” the final end of the piano with a velocity change has brought the end of the song, and the band once again very tacit understanding. The whole band to thunderous momentum reproduced the main theme song, with regard to a crescendo chords brilliant end to the whole song. But I found that in this show, violin and cello ensemble was the end, I might remember, because I did not bring notes, now only by virtue of the memory to write.

Rhapsody in Blue and an American in Paris both created by George Gershwin. George Gershwin (1898 - 1937) American composer, was born in Brooklyn, New York, has extensive contacts and research fields of popular music styles of various genres, and has written a lot of songs and dozens of cabaret, musicals is the name of Broadway and Hollywood composer. 1924 of Paul Whiteman's jazz concert wrote "Rhapsody in Blue" was a huge success, the impact of the United States and other countries in the use of works of composers in jazz technique. Then, created orchestral song "An American in Paris," "Second Rhapsody", "Cuban Overture" and to describe blacks live opera "Brooke and Bess" reached the apex of creation. His outstanding contribution is to Debussy and Rachmaninov style and American style combines jazz, is a great melodic genius. His songs are always lively and fun, gentle and refreshing; major music is fast-paced, beautiful harmonies, humor, both unique personalities, but also a typical American style, which has a long-lasting artistic charm.

The Second part of the concert was American in Paris. Gershwin composed An American in Paris on commission from the New York Philharmonic. He scored the piece for the standard instruments of the symphony orchestra plus celesta, saxophones, and automobile horns. He brought back some Parisian taxi horns for the New York premiere of the composition, which took place on December 13, 1928 in Carnegie Hall, with Walter Damrosch conducting the New York Symphony. Gershwin completed the orchestration on November 18, less than four weeks before the work's premiere.

Music began as a "first walk theme", which is also a main line runs through the whole song, the performance of American guests stroll through the streets of Paris Champs pavilion when the carefree demeanor. With equally rich in rhythm and energetic "second walk theme" sounds on the clarinet, our hero began a stroll. Then the "third walk theme" introduced the music resumed its previous stance, but in dynamic stability while adding key factor. Followed by a solo violin to represent the image of women, the Americans exchanged a few words with her, they turned into a cafe. Here, the solo trumpet on a whimper like a real blues theme, expressed his homesickness.

Two trumpets demonstrate an exciting Allegro theme interrupted by thoughts of the Americans, it seems, and he met a fellow - warm, happy and confident Charleston people. Encounter compatriots in a foreign land, of course, is a happy thing, so when Bruce theme of reproduction, such sentiments have also been infected, the original tone slightly sad sobbing now filled with delight. "Walking Theme" and subsequently appeared, along with Bruce and they hustle and bustle of the city of Paris, the music-oriented end.

I found that when I'm listening like Alice in Wonderland in general, cello still representative protagonist. There is a big different in my mind that the whole scene is like a forest in general, I do not know why I have this thinking. Maybe I like forest more than city, so when I listen to this music, I fantasy a forest background. Tuba is the elephant in the roaring. Violins are birds in the playing, and sometimes they are also stand for water sounds. Unison is when animals accumulate together. High pitch represents the protagonists find their treble manifested novelty performance. Low pitch represents the protagonists walk ahead lightly. All of concertperformer describe a person plays in the forest. He sees the animals playing around the river, birds are singing in the trees.

Today’s live performance was a success. All in all, this is an interesting concert, it lets me feel that music can be invisible sound, but people can use to express a form of action that people's understanding of music.

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