Conservatorium of Music
Thursday Concert Class
Thursday Concert Class
| Morceau De Concours | Gabriel Faure (1845 - 1924) |
| Adam Richardson, Flute | |
| Coady Green, piano | |
| Composed on Bastille Day, 14 of July, 1898, Morceau De Concours is a work for Flute and Piano with simplicity of phrasing, style and rhythm, by French composer Gabriel Faure. Previous to the composition of Morceau De Concours, the required repertory of pieces for the flute competition at Paris Conservatoire were principally chosen for virtuosic content. Faure, who was professor of composition, and in 1905 became Director of the Conservatoire, wrote this little gem to provide a good test of musicianship. | |
| Piano Concerto no. 3, opus 26. | Sergei Prokofiev (1891 - 1953) |
| I. Andante-Allegro | |
| Louis Nicoll, Piano | |
| Coady Green, piano | |
| Prokofiev's third concerto has become one of Prokofiev's most popular, for its contrast of classical style and brilliance with twentieth-century dissonance. The work begins with an andante solo line, that is picked up and gathers momentum towards the first entry of the piano, which also begins the concerto's first subject in earnest. This subject is punctuated with witty dissonance and contrast typical of Prokofiev, and eventually gives way to the haunting second theme presented by the pianist and orchestral parts interwoven. Following the recapitulation, there is a brilliant coda incorporating material from the rest of the piece. | |
| Piano Concerto No.1 | Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893) |
| 1st Movement, Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso - Allegro con spirito | |
| Kevin Chow, Piano class | |
| Coady Green, piano | |
| Tchaikovsky's piano concerto no.1 was initially not well received by his preferred pianist Nicolai Rubinstein. Rubinstein gave a harsh reaction to the piece and refused to play for it's debut. Tchaikovsky declined many requests to alter some of the score and rededicated the work to Hans von Bülow. | |
| Poème, op. 25 | Ernest Chausson (1855 - 1899) |
| There is only one movement | |
| Willard , Violin | |
| Coady Green, piano | |
| Amédée-Ernest Chausson was born in Paris on January 20, 1855, and died at Limay, near Mantes in the Department of Seine-et-Oise, on June 10, 1899. The opening melody by solo violin post orchestral intro forms the basis of the ensuing middle/end sections, which repeat the material. In between these repetitions are episodes faster tempo.Reviewing a performance of the Poème in 1913, Debussy said of the quiet close that nothing could be "more touching than [this] gentle dreaminess . . . where, casting aside any ideas of description or narrative, the music itself is the sentiment that commands our feelings. . . . Fine music this, and full of ardor | |