Concert Report

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I attended the Care For Children's Charity Symphony Orchestra’s classical concert series “Beethoven’s Fifth", on Thursday night, with my mom, in Monmouth, New Jersey. All of the proceeds of this night, went to research for cancer, and to help pay medical bills of children already suffering for Cancer. My mom told me about it this past week, and the timing was great for this project. However, I am glad I was able to attend anyway, to see so many people that came out to benefit and support this charity. That alone, was enough for me.
The first half of the concert was introduced by a short and lively movement Rondo in D major of Mozart, and continued with Bernstein’s Symphony No. 2. The second half of the concert was devoted to the four-movement work, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 in C minor. Like I said, there were so many people there, and the hall was much more crowded than I expected. Everybody dressed nice and talked quietly. The concert host came out and gave a brief description of the piece that was about to be played. It was very informative and fun. I was impressed by the way the host handled some of the questions asked by the audience. After the preview the musicians came out and tuned their instruments, cued by the concertmaster. The orchestra was seated on the stage; the men wore tuxedos, the women wore black dresses or pants.
Mozart’s Rondo in D major, K.382 This piece has a homophonic texture, and its form is a concert rondo. Besides the solo piano, there is a variety of aerophones, chordophones, and membranophones used in this piece. I had to look up each type of the instruments because I didnt recognize all of them. Among the aerophones were flute, oboe, French horn, and trumpet. The chordophones played included the violin, viola, cello, and double bass. Finally, the membranophone used for this piece was the timpani. This movement is a short set of variations, begins with the dance-like theme state...