The ensemble played Sonata in D major for Violoncello and Piano, Op. 102, No. 2 by Ludwig van Beethoven, Suite in C major for Solo Violoncello, BMV 10 by Johann Sebastian Bach, and Sonata in D Minor for Violoncello and Piano (1915) by Claude Debussy. The notes of each performer seemed to lean on each other and were rhythmically in sync. ... Debow (piano) being in the back. ... Debow put a lot of feeling into her playing because she was moving her whole body with every note. ... The music started out at a medium tempo and ended with a fast paced melodic trade off betw...

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The first one piece was 1.X. 1905, a two-movement piano sonata composed by Leoš Janáček. ... However, though I tried to be fully attentive to each note, the music still didn't have much impression on me, it just drifted through my mind without leaving a trace. ... Beth Daede-on violin and Luke Thering-on piano brought a slightly more mannered and tonally beautiful flow to the music, avoiding excesses of dynamics and display. ... The third piece was Scherzino for Flute Trio and Piano Op. 55 and No.6. by Joachim Anderson. The musicians' flute playing bristled with life, and ...

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Robert Levin had the piano setup in the middle of the orchestra, between the strings and the winds. ... Also, that the piano did not have a lid, it was fully exposed. ... Before the movement began he played a sample piece of C minor and D major, which is a symbolic note for the wind instruments like he said. ... The first movement was a piano concerto, which is the solo I had mentioned earlier. ... I"m not saying that this piano concerto was horrible but I just didn't enjoy as much the piano's performance in those two movements. ...

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Through his teachings Beethoven produced three piano sonatas by the young age of eleven. ... Even though he was a small child he amazed audiences with his wonderful talents when it came to the piano. Not only by playing the piano but by composing as well. ... It is noted that if you looked back at Beethoven's composition notebooks that " he would return time and time again to some simple little melodies, change the notes, modify rhythms, and eventually produce on of the striking themes that are part of his famous symphonies (Samachson 109)." ... Beethoven in his musical career wrote nine...

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Most concertos where written for violin or piano. ... He includes dramatic three-octave melodic descents and additional demonstration of range against a thick but piano wind chord. ... Recapitulation The recapitulation begins with a clarinet rising scale which leads to a held solo note above a lead in, played by upper strings and bassoon. ...

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(Me on guitar, my cousin on the piano or synthesized harpsichord) • I give the piece a profundity value of 8 out of 10, as I believe that all renowned classical music deserves a high profundity rating. ... The second is somewhat lethargic, as if it were taking a break from the fast notes of the first movement. ...

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