Blog 2

It was my first time experiencing the online live classical music performance. This was such a great night, the orchestra was outstanding, I wish I could be there and not in front of my monitor.

That was a great performance. Especially I liked the violin performance by Simone Porter. I adore the Bruch violin concerto, I like how it has so much range from the second movement, it has such beautiful sensitive sweet parts. The third movement is such statement, its grand, its bold, proud, so you really get to feel the whole flower of human emotions, it is such a joy to hear this piece.

Maestro Grams and his orchestra is absolute stunning. It feels like his orchestra doesn’t have any strict rules, they play really easy without any discomfort, they feel like they can breathe on stage; orchestra feels like they have plenty of room to be spontaneous. The orchestra gave the feeling that they are making the music on stage, communicating, and it is a whole big conversation between everyone, not only musicians, but also the audience, and the people like me who were watching it online. I had such a magical feeling when I was watching them perform, so intimate, so warm and rich. Their music just got into my emotions. This was my first time hearing these pieces that they presented, everything was unexpected for me, the music was wild and crazy sometimes, but not disturbing to the ear. During their performance they had so many movements, music that sounds very very simple , very light, very fun, kind of like a dance, music that you can hear at the wedding, but then they had places where the music just raging up and down, where the strings and the tempo of the piano is really crazy. I had so much fun  to hear all of that together.

After that concert I went on YouTube and I searched for Bruch violin concerto, and it was fascinating to me that it didn’t sound the same, every artist tried to bring something new to it. Every artist is different, they have different life styles, different experience, and all of that, even little pieces, brings up new touches, new sounds, new nuances to it.