Brooklyn Philharmonic Concert
Prior to taking the course and attending the concert I did not have any substantial interactions with classical music. At certain moments in my life, I've heard music playing on the radio or TV, but obviously hearing and listening are two different things. Once or twice I liked what I heard, but did not really hear the music with the sort of enjoyment that comes only when you are perceptively listening to it. The real appreciation of classical compositions emerged through this class. In the beginning I paid attention only because I had to understand what Professor Cox was talking about, yet later, I began listening just because I liked what I heard. An opportunity to really appreciate classical music came from a project to attend a concert or a performance. Since we were free to pick anything that pleased our ears, I had many options and puzzling dilemmas. Should I pick an opera, a quartet, or better yet a ballet performance? The amount of choices was enormous, but I made my choice anyway. The winner was the concert in Prospect Park, performed by Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra, which was sponsored by Celebrate Brooklyn. The performance took place on July 27th, at 7:30 pm. The orchestra itself was located in the Band Shell. I co
nvinced a couple of my friends to attend the concert and enjoy with me the music that was played that night. The ride there was full of excitement and expectations. I took Professor's advise and talked them into going there three hours earlier. Of course by the time we found our way to the Band Shell, getting lost couple of times and walking in the opposite directions for a whole hour, we got there almost on time - twenty minutes before the start. To my biggest surprise the entrance was $3.00, even though it clearly stated, "the concert is free." It was not the amount of money that might have caused me many problems but the fact that I didn't have any on me, or so I thought! Searching through my pockets I found an old five-dollar bill and gave it to the person at the entrance. Comes out it was not really a ticket price; it was just a donation so they can keep making free concerts in the future. When we were finally seated, and I've looked at the stage, I couldn't take my eyes off it. I really didn't expect to see so much preparation and set up. Everything was done on the highest level of professionalism. The combination of sound and lighting was astonishing. From my biology class I have learned that vision and hearing are the two most dominant senses, thus I can say that the performance took me over completely. The ensemble was so well rehearsed, that throughout the whole performance compositions sounded as indivisible entities, almost like not consisting of separate notes. The performance begun after the speech made by the CEO of Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra, Kaithy Keihel. Concert was entirely made up of the 20th century compositions. The first feeling I got was confusion. The situation occurred when Robert Spano, musical c
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