Day 1 - Sibelius 1
I was using Spotify as a relaxation tool tonight to deal with avoiding my roommates and finding some focus for artful work and reflection. Christopher is in Stockholm performing with the Gothenburg Opera and the Royal Opera House in a collaboration of Verdi's Requiem, so I have the big PC to myself again. Amazing the difference it makes just having the appropriate tools at your fingertips. Anyways, today I played through most of the orchestral excerpts for viola that I have in my folder, and got excited about the possibility that I can read scores and follow symphonies anytime that I want! This has been one of my greatest joys throughout my life, which is one of the reasons that it is so important to me to be playing at my best in order to have the best opportunities available to me for making symphonic bliss.
Sibelius 1 in E minor is a symphony with four movements, each one as lovely as the next. The clarinets have the spotlight from the get go in movement one, with appearances throughout the entire work, and flutes have their usual importance along with the first violins. The flute and violins being much more obvious choices for melody than the clarinet. The harps are keeping the lovely fullness of sound throughout the work, and the timpani keeps busy as well- at one point the groove jolted me into the present day and I thought that maybe one of Drake's songs had started playing simultaneously.
The texture is a mixture of thick and sparse- somehow there is space enough for an enjoyment of the music, and moments to take a breath, but also the speed at which the score flies by with the scrolling of the mouse is rather remarkable. Strings get lush melodies throughout, and overall there are very identifiable and singable melodies that are accessible to less than thoroughly skilled music lovers. Chromatic scales are ever present, along with syncopated under currants. A scherzo for the third movement is such a jolly jump along moment and really pulls the whole thing together so that by the time the fourth and final movement presents with all of its seriously luscious beauty, the listener can allow himself/herself/theirself/itself, to be legitimately engrossed in the extravagant indulgence of sound.
Sibelius 1 in E minor is a symphony with four movements, each one as lovely as the next. The clarinets have the spotlight from the get go in movement one, with appearances throughout the entire work, and flutes have their usual importance along with the first violins. The flute and violins being much more obvious choices for melody than the clarinet. The harps are keeping the lovely fullness of sound throughout the work, and the timpani keeps busy as well- at one point the groove jolted me into the present day and I thought that maybe one of Drake's songs had started playing simultaneously.
The texture is a mixture of thick and sparse- somehow there is space enough for an enjoyment of the music, and moments to take a breath, but also the speed at which the score flies by with the scrolling of the mouse is rather remarkable. Strings get lush melodies throughout, and overall there are very identifiable and singable melodies that are accessible to less than thoroughly skilled music lovers. Chromatic scales are ever present, along with syncopated under currants. A scherzo for the third movement is such a jolly jump along moment and really pulls the whole thing together so that by the time the fourth and final movement presents with all of its seriously luscious beauty, the listener can allow himself/herself/theirself/itself, to be legitimately engrossed in the extravagant indulgence of sound.
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