Name: Jinhui Chen
Course: Music 33
Date:12/14/14

Today, is another excited day for me because of that I can enjoy professor O’Neal’s concert again. But also I am sad because of that this is last concert I can enjoy for this semester. The weather was great, the mood was good, the journey toward to the concert was lovely. I was arrived just in time, lights goes little bite dark and I seated in the middle of the row to enjoy the music.
The concert opened with the Our Man Higgins. This piece began quietly. As the string instruments plucked in unison, the brass instruments entered with a slow melody. The mood became more dramatic as it progressed. The pace became faster and the texture more intense with fugue-like entrances. The different instruments succeeded one another until they ultimately all entered in unison. The drums were the most prominent players in the overture, effectively supported by the continuous beating of the drums and clanging of the cymbals. The drums were soon replaced by the strings, while the brass instruments receded to the background, quickly leading to the climax in the final section of the piece.
The second piece of work-On a clear day made just so in the mood. I haven’t heard a song like this so long. The expression of the song and the lyrics made me so falling into it. Such as my life and day just being revealed by the author. I even forget to take picture. During this song, I have drunk 2 cups of drinks to enjoy the song. The third one, Dat Dere, which also a piece of master work of instrument playing in the black music history for me. The string instruments played a sad melody and the brass instruments enhanced the mood by their constant horn blowing in the background. The interplay between the soloist and the orchestra took on a more intimate veneer, and they appeared to be more comfortable with each other, as opposed to the