Conservatorium of Music
Thursday Concert Class
Thursday Concert Class
| Hoffmeister Viola Concerto in D major | Franz Anton Hoffmeister (1754 - 1812) |
| 1. Allegro | |
| Beth Condon, Viola | |
| Leigh Harrold, piano | |
| Born in Rothenburg am Neckar, Franz Anton Hoffmeister went to Vienna to study law, leaving in 1778 to serve as Kapellmeister to a nobleman named Hank in Hungary. By 1784 he was back in Vienna, where he set up a music publishing business, establishing a close association with Mozart. Hoffmeister contributed to many genres of music including theatre, opera, instrumental and vocal works. This concerto is a staple in the viola repertoire and is performed regularly. | |
| Piano Sonata No. 23 Op. 57 | Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) |
| I, II, III | |
| Margaret Kong, Piano | |
| Beethoven altogether wrote 32 piano sonatas. The 23rd sonata in particular, is from his middle period, the beginning of Beethoven's romantic style. The piece was influenced by his onset of deafness during 1804. Also known as 'Appassionata', the name was not given by Beethoven himself, but by his publisher in order to sell more copies. | |
| Sunburst, Jubilation | Andrew York (1958 - ) |
| Han Hsiang Ong, Classical Guitar | |
| Andrew York received a Bachelor of Music degree in Classical Guitar Performance in 1980 at James Madison University and completed his Master of Music degree at the University of Southern California in 1986, both degrees magna cum laude. He was the recipient of numerous awards and scholarships at USC, including the Jack Marshall Memorial Scholarship and the Del Amo Foundation Grant for Study in Spain. York's compositions and arrangements for guitar have been performed and recorded by guitarists John Williams, Christopher Parkening, and Sharon Isbin. | |
| These Moments | Antoine Dufour (1979 - ) |
| Jason Mackaway, Guitar | |
| Dufour brings together a range of differing techniques to create a sound distinct to him. These Moments is a piece that does exactly that. The interplay between the hands creates a fun groove that makes the song so recognizable. | |
| Sonata in B minor, S.178 | Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886) |
| Kevin Chow, Piano | |
| Liszt completed the sonata on February 2, 1853 and dedicated it to Robert Schumann, who had fifteen years earlier dedicated his great Fantaisie, Op. 17 to Liszt. In this sonata, Liszt brought to perfection the form Schubert had tried in his Wanderer Fantasy of 1822 – absorption of the four-movement sonata into a gigantic, single-movement work in several sections, all unified through the continuous process of thematic transformation.Needless to say, the sonata’s appeal lies in more than structural concerns. It is full of virtuosic effects, dramatic outbursts, profoundly meditative passages and intriguing variants of the basic motivic material | |