I attended the Hugo Wolf Quartet last night and thought i would write about what i observed.
The concert environment was what I figured it was going to be. Mostly everyone dressed nicely and acted on their best behavior. People of the audience acted very professional and used proper etiquette. The performers were also dressed nicely and they acted very professional yet they were not stuck up. They seemed very nice and they also looked like they were happy playing for everyone.
The music I liked best was the music by Joseph Haydn. My favorite movement was the Presto scherzando because the performers really got into it and looked like they were having a lot of fun with it. The quickness of it really got my foot tapping, it was very exciting. It kind of reminded me of old fashion hoe down, even though it didn’t really sound like it. The tempo of the movement was mostly fast. I also really enjoyed the Italian Serenade for Quartet in G major. The thing I liked about it was that it built up and got really exciting. I also really liked the cello solo, very cool. Another part that I really enjoyed was the plucking of their instruments. And this piece reminded me of the movie “nightmare before Christmas.”
The performance was amazing; the sound of it all was tremendous. The performers sounded like they were in very good tune. Although I don’t know much about this, I thought they sounded great and never missed a note. They seemed very comfortable with the music. Excluding the Grosse Fugue op. 133; they didn’t really seem all that relaxed with that piece. They looked very tense, probably because it is such a hard piece.
I really enjoyed the entire performance, but if I had to pick my least favorite it would have to be the Grosse Fugue op. 133 by Ludwig van Beethoven. I didn’t really like this one because it was difficult to understand. The mood of it changed a lot and the performers didn’t seem very excited to play it. Nothing in this piece really stood out and grabbed my attention. I just wasn’t a fan of Beethoven’s composition.
The experience of this was very new to me. When I go to a concert I am usually in a standing room with a bunch of screaming fans singing along with the songs. What I expected wasn’t any different than how it turned out. I really enjoyed this experience and would recommend for all of my friends to attend one of these. I would definitely go to another performance like this again.