Concert Report Essay

Thesis statement This report go away scarcely discuss how Ludwig van van Beethoven integrated old and new melodious comedy ideas into his work, thus creating an unconventional but transcendent and influential quaternity, based on the String Quartet No.9 in C, Op. 59, No.3 Razumovsky performed on the concert.On 22nd Nov, yarn-dye Quartet, one of the worlds fore closely chamber ensembles, performed two musical works. They are Ludwig van Beethovens String Quartet No.9 in C, Op. 59, No.3 Razumovsky and Antonin Dvoraks Piano Quintet No.2 in A, B. 155, Op.82. In this report, I bequeath focus on discussing Beethovens work.1Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition mingled with the absolute and Romantic period in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential icon for both composers. His best-known compositions include 9symphonies, 5 concertos for piano, 32 piano sonatas, and 16 wind quartets. 2The String Qua rtet No.9 in C, Op. 59, No.3 Razumovsky was written in around 1805-1806, when Beethoven was aged 35 and was at the height of his productivity. It is c totallyed the Razumovsky quartets beca hire it is commissioned by a Russian count of that name, who was the Tzars ambassador in Vienna, a keen amateur fiddleist and a confirmed music lover. The quartet consists of the following four movements1. slow con moto Allegro vivace (C major)2. Andante con moto quasi allegretto (A minor)3. Menuetto (Grazioso) (C major)4. Allegro molto (C major)I will focus on discussing how Beethoven integrated old and new ideas into the second, three and final movements The second movement brings us to an unconventional territory. Beethoven move something radical and that is an entire Russian movement. The exotic flavor of this movement is unaccented enough to hear in the augmented second intervals of the opening violin melody, the frequent pizzicato accompaniment of the cello in which as if it imitates a folk instrument such as guitar of harp and especially in the long passages of static harmony. Indeed, Beethoven is successful in conjuring up thissense of geographical distance that the movement sounds very similar to the flag-waving(a) inspiration from decades later, by Romantic period composers like Dvorak or Borodin or Chaikovsky. But the extreme modulations and patient logic of the tonal return browse it back to its time and composer. part the second movement gives an unconventional mental picture and goes for something new during that time, the third movement gestures in the opposite direction. During Beethovens middle period, he tended to avoid the Minuet and common chord format and try to use the robust Scherzo in his works but here he returns to the somewhat-old-fashioned form, in a movement with a characteristic rhythmic motive in the opening seamlessly exchanged between instruments. As if to complete the old-fashioned mode, the Trios uncomplicated dance character and rising ending melodies tied(p) bring us back to the world of early Haydn, who is a Classical Period composer. Everything in this quartet has been a surprise so far, and the dying movement is no exception. It is led by a gentle conclusion to the third movement that ends on a question mark.But then, of all things, we are presented with the start of a traditional fugue, led off by the viola at a furious tempo. Again we have a sense of affecting between the new and the old. Fugues were by now an ancient, conditioned device but Beethoven integrates this one into the most extrovert and overt of moods as a display of evident virtuosity for the four soloists. What is more, as curtly as the four entries have been completed, there are not any(prenominal) formal counterpoints and Beethoven explores instead the grandiose, symphonic modes, especially that flamboyant solemnisation of an enormous C-major space on all four instruments.All in all, Beethoven is so successful in integrating o ld musical ideas, coming from the Romantic or even the Classical period, and his new thoughts into this quartet. While I listened to it, it acts like a time machine, bringing us to travel between old and new. No wonder it is regarded as one the most transcendent quartet composed by Beethoven.