I Attended A Musical Performance By The Diderot String...

On April 23rd, I attended a musical performance by the Diderot String Quartet. The performance was held at the Bruno Walter Auditorium in 111 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, N.Y. at 2:30 p.m. The Diderot String Quartet performance that I attended was titled â€Å"Diderot String Quartet: Haydn and his Students.† The Diderot String Quartet performance is titled after the musical pieces of the concert, which included string quartets by Franz Joseph Haydn, Anton Ferdinand Titz, and Ludwig van Beethoven. The first musical piece performed was â€Å"String Quartet No. 1 in G Major† by Anton Ferdinand Titz. The second musical piece performed was â€Å"String Quartet Op. 76, No.6 in Eb Major Fantasia† by Franz Joseph Haydn. The third and final piece performed was â€Å"String Quartet Op.74 in Eb Major Harp† by Ludwig van Beethoven. Each musical piece was performed beautifully by the Diderot String Quartet, which included 2 violinists (Johanna Novom and Adriane Post), a cellist (Paul Dwyer), and a violist (Kyle Miller). Besides the performance, the location of the concert was exceptional. The Bruno Walter Auditorium is a relatively small concert hall. According to its website, the auditorium can only accommodate an audience of 202. However, the Bruno Walter Auditorium has an empowering effect on the audience. When the performance began, I felt the empowering effect of the auditorium when I saw how the audience was drawn to the center of the stage. The attention of the audience created an intimate