The Aurora Symphony Performed A Wonderful Concert Titled...

Concert Paper The Aurora Symphony performed a wonderful concert titled Bohemian Rhapsody at their new location, North Middle School, on April 3. This was a classical concert, which focused on symphonies from the romantic era, specifically Franz Schubert’s Symphony No. 8 â€Å"Unfinished†. This particular concert seemed intriguing for a couple reasons. The main reason was that the title catches the eye, it sounded like an enjoyable piece due to it being a rhapsody, which suggests multiple musical elements working together to form one beautifully full piece. On April 10 the Adam Bodine Trio gave a relaxing performance at a local Jazz club, Dazzle. The Adam Bodine Trio is composed of three musicians and instruments. This concert was chosen because†¦show more content†¦The tempo plays a significant role in creating this exhilarating mood because of the drastic tempo changes. This mood has help from the violin’s pitch along with their tempo creating an anxious feeling. The re are a few sudden changes throughout the piece, especially in the beginning, but overall gradual changes in tempo are more common. The piece begins with a nice flow with a dynamic level of piano and suddenly changes to fortissimo, which coincide with the tempo changes. These sudden changes work together in order to create dissonance, with simultaneously accenting the trombone and its low key throughout the entire piece. This dissonance is a major part of the piece and plays an important role in the tone color. Overall the piece has a light, carefree feeling to it, but this back and forth of dissonance brings a heavier feeling, but it does not completely weigh down the overall light feeling. The high strings, such as violin and viola, and woodwinds, such as the flute, oboe and clarinet, bring about the light feeling. Then the brass instruments, bass, and percussion come in to bring the countering dissonance, and also creating a fuller sound. A kind of back and forth between consona nce and dissonance is created that keeps the listener on edge, waiting and then fulfilling their expectations. Dazzle is set up like a restaurant, except in the back of the main sitting area is