Conservatorium of Music
Thursday Concert Class
Thursday Concert Class
| Le Merle noir | Oliver Messiaen (1908 - 1992) |
| Sean Edward Paul Marantelli, Flute | |
| Konrad Olszewski, piano | |
| Le Merle noir ("The Blackbird") is a chamber work by the French composer Olivier Messiaen for flute and piano. It was written and first performed in 1952 and is the composer's shortest independently published work, lasting just over five minutes. This work has become a staple of the French flute and piano repertoire ]The composition originated in a commission for a test piece for flute for the Paris Conservatoire, at which Messiaen was a professor. | |
| mon coeur | Saint saens (1835 - ) |
| Rebekah , Voice | |
| Konrad Olszewski, piano | |
| Mon Coeur is an aria sung by Dalila in the second act from the opera Samson and Dalilah Translated the title means 'Softly awakens my heart' (at the sound of your voice) | |
| Nocturne in B-flat minor, Op. 9, No. 1 | Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) |
| Jesika Clark, Piano | |
| Nocturne in B-flat minor, Op. 9, No. 1 is the first in a set of three nocturnes written by Chopin between 1830 and 1832. They are dedicated to Madame Camille Pleyel, in whose salon's Chopin performed his first and last concerts in Paris. Although the second piece of the work is regarded as Chopin's most well known Nocturne, the first is still equally beautiful. It features the rhythmic freedom that characterised Chopin's later works with the left hand playing continuous arpeggios throughout the entire piece underneath the dream-like melody of the right hand. | |
| Romance op5 no3 | Clara Wieck (1819 - 1896) |
| Priscilla Luu, Piano | |
| This Romance written by Clara Wieck (also wife of Robert Schumann), comes from a collection of four character pieces, this being the third of the set. This piece starts off with a theme in the key of B major that returns to close the piece, but this time in B minor. This change creates a more sorrowful character which concludes the piece, for it is also marked ‘dolente’. | |
| Romance op28 no2 | Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856) |
| Priscilla Luu, Piano | |
| This piece of music was written as part of a collection of three Romances, the second being the most played of all of them. It is a relatively short piece, which Schumann has written out across three staves due to its thick texture, an uncommon compositional method of the time. This piece is predominantly built on a thumb melody, a technique that came about in the Romantic era. | |