LA Philharmonic Plays Dvorak: "Symphony No. 6"
For my third concert report I decided to discuss the music played at the LA Philharmonic that I recently went to. They played several pieces, but I decided to review Antonin Dvorak's "Symphony No. 6" because I'm a big fan of his work. The music in this specific symphony is meant to portray the influence of earlier composers on Dvorak's work, namely Johannes Brahams and Ludwig Van Beethoven. Each of the four movements is very different and unique, and each of them shows his strong presence as a Czech composer in the Romantic Period.
The first movement of the symphony is entitled "Allegro non tanto". It is a slightly fast-paced movement with a wide variety of typical orchestral instruments, but it emphasizes the use of flutes, French horns, violins and celli. It mainly uses homophonic texture, but in a few parts it can seem polyphonic. The melody is predominantly voiced by the violins in a major key and is very happy, fluid and grand.......
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