Programme 4 Intensity

In the 4th programme in the series “about Music” we explore Volume and Intensity, and how this creates emotion in music. And we indulge ourselves in the complete performance of Tchaikovsky’s first piano concerto. Don’t miss this stunning performance! Music links and Questions for Programme 4: about Music: Intensity and Volume; and answers to the questions from Programme 3.
Any questions or comments, you are welcome to write to me at: brian@gsaradio.stream

Answers to questions for Programme 3:
1. Please listen to the entire Carmina Burana, and read up a little about it. I would like you to especially take note of how Carl Orff uses the colours of the instruments in the orchestra to make the music as colourful as the colours of the rainbow, or the pride flag. This truly is an astonishing composition, if you don’t already know it, but because it’s quite long, its best if you have a list of the songs to identify where you are in the piece.

2. Can you think of some terms we might use to explain the concept of timbre.
Tonal Colour, Quality of sound, Ring, and Resonance.
3. Now some terms we might use to describe the timbre of a piece of music.
Bright, dark, brassy, reedy, harsh, noisy, thin, buzzy, pure, raspy, shrill, mellow, strained, light, flat, smooth, smoky, breathy, and rough. Claude Debussy: Préludes, L. 125_ X. La cathédrale engloutie (arr. Stokowski) Philharmonia Orchestra, conducted by Geoffrey Simon · Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 23 Andrei Gavrilov with Ricardo Muti conducting the Philharmonia Orchestra

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