Leonore Overture No.3

Hi everyone! I am here to introduce you about Leonore Overture no.3, composed by Ludwig van Beethoven! He was a German composer and pianist. He was a crucial figure in the transitional period between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western classical music, and remains one of the most acclaimed and influential composers of all time.

Beethoven’s Leonore Overture No. 3. Is there anybody who can tell me what is “Leonore” means? OK, basically Beethoven wrote only one opera which is Fidelio and the opera must have an overture theme to represent the entire opera. And the Leonore Overture No.3 is one of that themes, it will perform in the beginning of the second act of the opera. Leonore is the name of main character in the opera, which she had saved her lover, Florestan, she released him from the prison.

In this recording, Georg Solti conducted Chicago Symphony Orchestra. The orchestra playing slowly tempo at the beginning and the flute’s sound showing up in major key. After that the string section take over and play in the heroic style. But! After that the flute will have a big solo part lead to the end.

Flute in woodwind family

Hi! I am here to introduce you to the woodwind family! Is there anybody who can tell me what “woodwind” means? Yes, basically woodwind is just 2 words that are combined together. Wood means wood and Wind means Air. This term stands for the process of making a sound from these instruments. In ancient times, they made holes in the wooden tube and blew it to create sound. After that musicians developed it in to many kinds of woodwind instruments and it takes so much time and effort to make these kinds of instruments nowadays. But for the flute, it’s different. Do u know what it is made of at the beginning? It was made of a bone from animal bones and the they change it to wood and then the man named Theobald Boehm made a flute from the alloy.

The core value of the composition

When the composer completes his composition, he feels the need to present his work to the public. The audience is free to respond in a positive or negative manner to the presentation of the work, but this does not necessarily define them as judge.
The audience does not have the right to determine the quality of the work, although they have the right to form opinions on the performance. The result of whether the work is successful or not, depends on the audiences’ choice.
The composer cannot control the judgement made by the audiences. Although the composer cannot predict the audiences opinion, however performer has the potential to do so.
Thus, the role of the performer is crucial. Te performer must understand the inner working of the work in order to create a convincing performance and clearly communicate the core values of the work in a way which the audience can understand. Therefore, the audiences’ opinion of the work is entirely dependent on the performance of the new piece. The responder’s acceptance of the work cannot be guaranteed.
It is important that the wider public is exposed to the importance of music education. With this knowledge they will be able to understand the new conventions of the work. Then the listener can fully understand and associate with the composer. However most listeners enjoy music from the surface.

Igor Stravinsky. Poetics of music in the form of six lessons (1942). Trans. Arthur Knodel and Ingolf Dahl. Cambridge, MA: Harvard UP, 1970. 131-135.

Musician Achievement

How can we succeed as a musician? Many people say that musicians tend to spend a lot of time practicing hard to become a great musician one day however, I do not agree that a musician should only practice. How can one get a job if you always live in the practice room? If a musician is always practicing, they become machine-like because all you can do is practice and perform on stage. What about a normal life as a human?

Practicing all day long is not a good thing to do. For example, having a noodle every meal to earn more time in your practice room is seriously dangerous. I strongly disagree with someone who might be doing this because you will be deficient in nutrition. Your body will become skinny and very weak. Just eat proper meals, do more exercise and take a good care of yourself for a healthy living. A successful musician should have a healthy body.

You can make people cry with your sound but you have no friends. Friends share information, listen and always share their opinion with you. In my opinion, a great musician which has many good friends will make his life better. Those friends will help, listen and introduce other people to you, with support of your friends, you will become a better musician. Be friendly, and you will going forward together with your friends.

There are so many cultures in this world to learn and so many people to meet. It is beneficial, if you can speak Chinese or English but that is not enough. It will be better if you can learn the different cultures too. This task requires another skill. You need to open your mind, your eyes and your heart to learn. Every people in this world is your teacher.

To become a good musician, we should have a good personality, a good knowledge of language, healthy body and also play very well on our instrument. I came to Singapore not to be an IPOD which can walk and play music. I came here to become a professional musician.

Gustavo Dudamel, he is young talente and dedicated conducter! He did very well in this performance and shared it to everyone in the world, no wonder that so many people called him "a young genius". He conducted the El Sistema's top youth orchestra with his smile, and bring the audiences to the another world! Many of the conducters leaded the orchestra with the cool posting but Dudamel leaded the band with the confidence and give the good sign to control the musician, every movement of his is reasonable. Musicians must trusted in him that is why they can made the good quality of the sounds and feeling. It not about how old is he, it is about what did he do to make him stand at that point. We should learn from him.