Report on Music Recitals
A senior, Gwendolyn Lee Keith, at the University of Kentucky Singletary Center performed her recital. Her voice was that of the highest female voice the soprano. Gwendolyn performed many pieces, which my program did not have. The first piece had the accompaniment of a string instrument (piano) and a woodwind instrument (flute). This piece as well as many of the other pieces exhibited the use of crescendos and decrescendos. The remainder of the pieces contained the same texture, which was homophony. The next five pieces demonstrated many intervals, which enhanced the understanding of the pieces. The next three pieces have a more allegro tempo. The dynamics are more of a mezzo forte level, which makes the song sound happier and more energetic. The happier sounding pieces are usually played in a major key. Than we see an example of a song that has the dynamics of piano to make it seem sad and depressing. This was sung in English, while all the previous were in presuma!bly French. Because this piece sound sad it probably in a minor key. There are two pieces that I choose to focus on they are both famous pieces composed by Franz Schubert, "Gretchen am Spinnrade" ("Gretchen at the spinning Wheel
Gwendolyn was a very professional performer and was dressed for the occasion. She had a nice soprano voice that was helped out by the accompaniment of a piano. I was impressed with the precision at which she pronunciation the text. By Gwendolyn being so familiar with the music allowed her to further express the music through body language. Her facial features helped the audience to feel what she was singing even if they did not understand what she was singing. I choose the piece that I did because the sound and body language seemed to by stressed more than the others did. Another reason I picked "Gretchen am Spinnrade" is because I had heard it before and was more familiar with this piece than the others. The represented to me the struggles of two women to find the right man in their lives that would love and enjoy them with the same passion that they have. The concert overall made me miss our high school chorus that I participated in. I so enjoyed that competitions ! Und halten ihn, and hold him, Ist mir vergallt. Is bitterness to me. and performances that we put on for various people. Es schwindelt mir, es bennt I am reeling, Kahl, Willi. Verzeichnis des Schrifttums uber Franz Schubert. Regensburg, Bosse, 1938. Mein armer Kopf My poor head
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Mein Herz, Sadie Schubert, Singletary Center, Wheel Nur, Gretchen Spinnrade, Sadie Franz, Franz Schubert, Mein Busen, Zum Fenster, Meine Ruh, sehnsucht kennt, nur wer die, gretchen spinnrade, wer die sehnsucht, nur wer, die sehnsucht kennt, wer die, die sehnsucht, mein herz, ist schwer, mein herz ist, herz ist schwer, ruh ist, peace gone, herz ist,
Approximate Word count = 1164
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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