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 Concert Review Online Option #1

Concert Review Online Option #1


Below is a link to YouTube, and the video is a
performance of Carnival of the Animals, by Camille Saint-Saëns. I have
listed the times that each different movement takes place. For this paper,
since the video is so short (only about 27 minutes) your review will need to
cover the entire concert, rather than only a few pieces as listed
in the rubric. Again, I am amending what is written in the rubric… Your Concert
Review needs to cover the entire performance, not just a few pieces from the performance.
Describe how the musical elements of rhythm, melody, and harmony change
between each section.
Refer to the Concert Review Guidelines and Rubric, and the Supplemental
Guidelines, which can be found in Blackboard.

Enjoy the video!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBGEf4urGNo

Carnival of the Animals, by Camille Saint-Saëns

0:05 – I. Introduction and Royal March of the Lion (Royal March begins at 0:35)
2:23 – II. Hens and Roosters
3:11 – III. Wild Asses (Swift Animals)
4:10 – IV. Tortoises
6:35 – V. The Elephant
8:17 – VI. Kangaroos
9:24 – VII. Aquarium
12:04 – VIII. Characters with Long Ears
12:50 – IX. The Cuckoo in the Depths of the Woods
15:34 – X. Aviary
17:04 – XI. Pianists
19:38 – XII. Fossils
21:21 – XIII. The Swan
25:23 – XIV. Finale

Again, read the instructions in the course syllabus about Writing a Concert
Review. Also, refer to the Concert Review Guidelines and Rubric, and Concert
Review Supplemental Guidelines on this page before attempting this assignment.

Concert Review Online Option #2


Concert Review Online Option #2
Below is a link to YouTube, to a performance of Berlioz's Fantastic Symphony, mvt
5: "Dreams of a Witch's Sabbath." This is much shorter than the first two online video
options. If you choose this as your Concert Review option, I will expect a more
detailed analysis of this piece. This is a work for orchestra, from the Romantic
Period, and is an example of Program Music. If you don't know what Program
Music is, please look it up in your textbook. I will expect you to describe how this
particular story is being told using the specific instruments and sounds within the
orchestra. Don't know the story? Look it up... it's in the textbook.
Berlioz's Fantastic Symphony, or Symphonie Fantastique in French, movement
5: "Dreams of a Witch's Sabbath." Your paper on this work needs to be very
descriptive of the sounds happening, as well as the story that is being told in the
music.
Enjoy!
Hector Berlioz, Fantastic Symphony, mvt 5: "Dreams of a Witch's Sabbath"
Again, read the instructions in the course syllabus about Writing a Concert Review. Also, refer to
the Concert Review Guidelines and Rubric, and Concert Review Supplemental Guidelines on this
page before attempting this assignment.

Concert Review Online Option #3

Concert Review Online Option #3


This is a performance of Pictures at an Exhibition. This work was written by Modest Mussorgsky
as a piano solo, but later the composer Maurice Ravel transcribed it for orchestra, and the
orchestral setting is very commonly heard. Some prefer the piano solo version, some prefer the
orchestra version. Regardless, both settings are still very popular today. This is a video of the
National Youth Orchestra of the United States of America, under the direction of David
Robertson, in 2014. Keep in mind that this is a young orchestra, and not adult professionals.
I have listed the times that each different movement takes place. For this paper, since the video
is so short (a little over half an hour) your review will need to cover the entire concert, rather than
only a few pieces as listed in the rubric. Again, I am amending what is written in the
rubric... Your Concert Review needs to cover the entire performance, not just a few pieces from
the performance. Describe how the musical elements of rhythm, melody, and harmony change
between each movement.
Refer to the Concert Review Guidelines and Rubric, and the Supplemental Guidelines, which can
be found in Blackboard.

Pictures at an Exhibition, composed by Modest Mussorgsky. Transcribed


for orchestra by Maurice Ravel.

 0:37: Promenade I
 2:16: The Gnome
 4:56: Promenade II
 5:56: The Old Castle
 10:30: Promenade III
 11:02: Tuileries (Children's quarrel after games)
 12:13: Bydlo (Cattle)
 14:53: Promenade IV
 15:33: Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks
 16:59: Samuel Goldenberg and the Schmuÿle
 19:19: Limoges, the Market (The Great News)
 20:48: Catacombs (Roman Tomb)
 22:29: With the Dead in a Dead Language
 24:30: The Hut on Hen's Legs (Baba Yaga)
 28:12: The Great Gate at Kiev

There are ads inserted in various places throughout the video... Sorry, can't help that
(YouTube). Enjoy the performance!

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