On Tuesday, November 12, I attended the faculty chamber music concert, which consisted of works by four influential musical composers. This concert took place in the Sykes Chapel and the Center for Faith and Values. This location was ideal for this performance as it sets the perfect tone for the music that was performed. There were three artists; Barbara Prescott, Maurizio Venturini and Grigorios Zamparas, as well as three instruments that were played during this performance. Barbara played the flute, Maurizio the bassoon and Grigorios the piano. After hearing these pieces performed by their current composers and then by the UT musicians, the talent and creativity was expressed very well in all four pieces. The first piece performed was the Trio Sonata in G major, by Johann Joachim Quantz. Joachim Quantz was a German flautist, flute maker and composer of baroque music. The artist who performed most of the parts of the Sonata was Barbara Prescot. She played the flute beautifully, which made the entire crowd stare at her in awe. Barbara was probably my favorite composer throughout the entire concert because of how comfortable she was with the music and how it seemed to come naturally to her. The concert opened with the flute, then followed by the bassoon, which worked beautifully together. The piece was divided into four movements; Adagio, Allegro, Adagio, Allegro. With the variation of each movement, there was a texture between the solo violin and the harmony created by the other instruments. Monophony was heard by the solo violinist and then switched to homophony when the other instruments were added. The tempo seemed to skip, but it pretty much remained standard. Say no to plagiarism. Get a tailor-made essay on "Why Violent Video Games Shouldn't Be Banned"? Get an original essayBarbara kept control of her solos very well and maintained the rhythm when the other instruments joined in. Overall the piece was very well performed in every movement, and each instrument worked very well together to create a strong rhythm as did the solo flute. The second movement was also by a Baroque composer, Antonio Vivaldi, who was a very influential musical composer of his era. The piece performed was the Bassoon Concerto in B flat major. It started with the combination of all the instruments, they started out loud, then got quieter and then louder again. During the piece the bassoon was heard more than the other instruments, especially during the long solo piece towards the beginning of the concert. For the most part, all the instruments worked together to make up the chorus and as the chorus got quieter, there was one instrument that stood out the most. For this reason it was easier to understand that there were three movements; Allegro, Largo and Allegro. Throughout this piece there was a lot of transparency from the musicians who seemed to be holding back, but at the same time there were parts of excitement. The third movement was the Ballade for flute and piano Op.288 by Carl Reinecke, a German composer, conductor and pianist of the Middle Romantic period. This opened with the piano playing softly, and then the flute adding to a beautiful melody. Throughout the piece, the piano and flute used homophony as well as the solo pieces incorporated into each other. Most of it was performed in terrro meter and the melody created by the piano and flute did not seem constant, but almost as if it were repeated later in the piece. For one part of the piece it seemed like there should be an end, but then another note played on the piano would begin one.