1. The composer
Tchaikovsky (May 7, 1840 - November 6, 1893) was born in Votkinsk, Russia. He was a Russia composer of the Romantic Era. He composed in most genres of Romantic Era including songs, ballets, overtures, string quartets, chamber music, instrumental, operas, and symphonies. The ballet Swan Lake, the 1812 Overture, his First Piano Concerto, The Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker, his last three numbered symphonies, and the opera Eugene Onegin are his most well-known works. 2. Title of the piece
Symphony No. 4 in F Minor, Op. 36 includes 4 movements:
1. Andante sostenuto
2. Andantino in modo di canzona
3. Scherzo. Pizzicato ostinato
4. Finale. Allegro con fuoco 3. The conductor
The conductor was Sey Ahn. She was born in 1986 in Seoul, Korea. She finished her master’s degree in conducting in 2012 at the Thornton School of Music of The University of Southern California. 4. The orchestra
Diamond Bar High School Symphony Orchestra includes 1 piccolo, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 4 clarinets, 5 bassoons, 4 French horns, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, 1 tuba, 2 harp, 4 percussion, and strings.
II. The way the orchestra played
All of the players sat on a chair when they performed. The string players produced the sound through their string instruments by dragging a bow against the strings. Sometimes, they made playful, as well as unique, sounds by plucking the strings. Accompanying with bowing or plucking the strings, they used their left fingers pressing upon specific places on the strings so that they were able to change the pitches. Using slightly different bowing and plucking skills, woodwind instrument players placed their fingers of both hand in order to open or close those holes, so they could alter the pitches. Then, woodwind instrument players blew through the instruments to produce sound. Brass
