Overture College Essays Samples For Students

BEETHOVEN - Coriolan Overture, Op. 62HUGO GONZALEZ-PIOLI - The Love of Zero (Bassoon Concerto with Robert Florey's 1927 short silent film) (US premiere)ANNA CLYNE - Within Her ArmsSHOSTAKOVICH - Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 107
The concert got underway with a rip roaring performance of Beethoven’s Coriolan Overture. Here the LACO played with considerable technical panache and demonstrated an intricate and almost intimate understanding of the work which is one of the most difficult of Beethoven’s overtures to bring off. The strong introduction showed off the LACO strings to excellent effect and the winds ...

Pyotr IIvich Tchaikovsky did the masterpiece named, ‘the year 1812 overture’. He did it in flat major in order to commemorate the success of the Russian army in defending Moscow against Napoleon troops. The battle was fought at Borodino (Zamoyski, Adam 2004). In Overture, Tchaikovsky narrates about the retreat of Napoleon and his troop from Russia. This is implicated from the referencing of La Marsillaise which is the French’s national anthem and the Russian song namely God save the Czar.
Tchaikovsky overture begins by the plain Slavic Orthodox Troparion played by cellos and violas then advances to a ...

Music has greatly evolved through time, it defines one aspect of the arts cultivated in all cultures around the world, but one of the most distinct music genres had established the epitome of supreme musical character. Beethoven’s eight symphony embodied the 1st movement that combines both the romantic and classical era. The Oxford dictionary of music defined classical as term applied to the type of music that has specified meaning. From 1750 to 1830 which is known to be the post-baroque transitioning to pre-romantic period covered the classic concerts and symphony. This is kind music that combines qualities ...

The Romantic era is a period that spurs a lot of revolutions in a number of sectors ranging from art, literature, music and intellectual movements among many others. Most outstandingly hits were visual arts, music and literature as it was associated with liberalism and radicalism. The emergence of great role models especially William Shakespeare played a very significant role in molding inspiration in several young artists and composers. A keen look at the works of two of such composers; Frenchman Hector Berlioz's ‘Symphonie’ Fantastique and Tchaikovsky's "Romeo and Juliet Overture" gives a classic representation of the intertwined similarities shared.
First is the story ...

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Patents are useful for protecting the rights of inventors and innovators who create new technology. The patents provide protection for the idea and in return, the new invention is available to the public for relevant use. The validity of a patent is twenty years. The downside is that no one else can come up with the same idea for those twenty years. Other inventors can use the invention in their products without modifying the base product with a license provided by the patent holder. For example, if an inventor creates a car that runs on water, it will prevent ...

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The eighteenth century is significant for its aesthetics and art criticism and the general recognition of art and aesthetic. Competition among neighboring states can bring about cultural innovation. The European instrumental music has its breakthrough during the Baroque era. It is clearly significant the top most performers were from the two compete countries; Germany and Italy. It is evident that political fragmentation in the two nations facilitated artistic changes and development in terms of performance and content. Political changes between Germany and Italy during the Baroque era were the most significant moves that shaped the artistic discipline of during ...

Festival City Symphony- ‘Not an Irish Concert’
Festival City Symphony- ‘Not an Irish Concert’
Classical music shall never be old or out-dated. There is beauty in it, a melody which can soothe the listener’s mind. Usually, youngsters find it boring. But, they should earnestly try to give classical music a chance and listen to it for some times. Then, hopefully the rumour of it being boring can be put to rest. I attended a classical concert on 17th March 2013 by the professional musicians of Festival City Symphony. Named as ‘Not an Irish concert’, it comprised of some excellent ...

I attended the Western Kansas Orchestra Festival concert on September 16th, 2015 at Garden City. The concert consisted of over 500 string players who were grouped into four main orchestras and was conducted by Cody Toll. The concert was completely sold out, and I was quite lucky to get a seat in the middle of the hall where I could see the whole stage and performances.
The concert consisted of great pieces and it opened with the festival overture by the Middle School String Orchestra A dubbed “Concert of Strings”. This particular piece began softly as the string instruments ...

The event, dubbed the Last Night of the Prom(s) 2013 was organized at the British Embassies of Kuwait under the support of the embassies and the H.M Ambassador to Kuwait; H.E. Mr. Frank Baker. The performances were done by the Al Ahmadi Music Group. The event ran from Wednesday 23rd to Friday 25th every day beginning from 7.00pm. The event featured classical music and pomp dance. The instruments used included flutes, piano, conductor, percussion, trumpet, cello, violin, oboe, French horn, trombone, viola and clarinet.
During the event I listened and watched a variety of performances. The first event ...

In 1786, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was 30 years old and was already considered a world-renowned musicians for his many concertos, sonatas, symphonies and chamber pieces (Bakalar, 2009). During his relatively short career, he died at age 35, he would go on to compose eighteen operas. The Marriage of Figaro, or Le Nozze di Figaro as the original Italian has it, is one of his most important works for several reasons. In the first place it is considered in and of itself to be a masterpiece. After it’s premier the periodical Wiener Realzuitung said of Mozart’s music, “It contains so ...