Recital The Voice And The Trumpet example essay topic
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Tonight, September 30, 2003, I attended the "Recital-The Voice and The Trumpet" held in the Recital Hall in the Leslie Wright Fine Arts Center at Samford University at 7: 30 pm. This recital consisted of three music professionals, G. William Bugg, Leonard A. Candelaria, and Kathryn Fouse. G. William Bugg, the bass / baritone singer, is a renowned singer of opera, and he has performed with the Atlanta Civic Opera, the Kentucky Opera Association, and the Chattanooga Opera. He has also performed with many symphony and orchestra groups, and he is the Director of Voice here at Samford. Leonard A. Candelaria, the trumpet player, has held concerts across the world. He is a professor of the trumpet at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and among other things, he has led many musical organizations in the USA and beyond. Kathryn Fouse, the pianist, is the Assistant Professor of Music at Samford. She has several renowned degrees from many various institutions such as Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville and the University of North Texas. Also, she has performed with many top-notch musicians such as James Thompson, a well-known trumpeter, and Stephen Burns, an award-winning trumpeter himself. The recital in itself was great. Initially, I was kind of worried because it seemed as if the recital was going to be boring and mundane because the initial pieces were a little melancholy, but that idea soon faded. The best aspect of the recital to me was Mr. Candelaria, the trumpeter.
In many pieces it was as if he and Mr. Bugg were conversing through their music. Bugg would sing a line, and Candelaria's trumpet would resound the next. I have never noticed this in music before, but the two voices, one of the man and the other of the trumpet, responded to each other. Perhaps the best piece from the recital was Revenge Timotheus cries from Alexander's Feast by George Frideric Handel. The lyrics themselves paint a perfect picture of Timotheus' reminiscence of the win over the Persians, such as "behold a ghastly band, each a torch in his hand!" Bugg illustrated this whole piece with the emotion and drama that it needed. There was also a point of contrast in the piece, and if I hadn't known that the piece was continuing, I would " ve thought the musicians had begun another piece.
However, the piece did return to its initial melody in the end, and it ended with "Revenge, revenge, revenge Timotheus cries!" All around the recital was a pleasant experience. The musicians were very talented and I enjoyed the experience thoroughly.
