Orchestra

I am also apart of the High School orchestra where I play the cello, A.K.A violoncello. We will have a concert on December 13th and we have been working on Beethoven’s 5th Symphony Finale and the Dance of the Tumblers by Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakoff from “Snow Maiden” which was arranged by Sandra Dackow. However, we have also been working on another piece called Suite Im Alten style composed by Edvard Grieg, a Norwegian Composer, which I thought was a rather difficult piece than the first two.I have been working a lot on my articulation and bowing which are the two areas I struggle the most. We have got a lot of Violinists but only two playing the viola. We also got many playing flutes and clarinets, and some playing brass instruments as well.  Although it can be tough because many have been playing for many more years than me because they are older, it has been really rewarding and I have improved a lot. Furthermore,  my grandmother will be visiting in December and it it will be a great pleasure to show her what I have done in my concert. My aunt, a composer and music enthusiast, really like the music we are playing and I have kept the music as a surprise to my family, including my grandmother. All in all, it has been great pleasure joining the Orchestra and the pieces are really good.

Update: 15th March
I am now playing a piece by Carl Nielsen which is the Scene Music for the play Aladdin. It is also called the Oriental Festmarch. I am also playing a piece by Joseph Hayden and it is called Menuette in D major. We will have a concert on the 24th of March and I feel really good about the pieces. We have focused on intonation as well as tempo.

Ludwig van Beethoven:

Me standing up after a Middle School Performance with the cello:

 

Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakoff:

Edvard Greig:

Carl Nielsen:

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Joseph Hayden:

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Aladdin:

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Courtesy and Quick Reference:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAI_National_Symphony_Orchestra

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_van_Beethoven

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Haydn

https://www.paladino.at/people/nikolay-rimsky-korsakov

https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/edvard-grieg-462.php

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Nielsen

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