Conservatorium of Music
Thursday Concert Class
Thursday Concert Class
| Prelude et Ballade | Guillaume Balay (1871 - 1942) |
| Andrew McAdam, Trumpet | |
| Leigh Harrold, piano | |
| Leigh Harrold | |
| Born in Crozon, France. Served in the French military as a cornet player with the 19th Infantry Regiment. Won first place in the 1894 cornet award competition given by the National Academy of Music in Paris. In 1898 became the head of music for the 119th Infantry Regiment. In 1911 succeeded Gabriel Pares as the head of music of the Republican Guard. Many of his works for solo cornet à pistons remain in the trumpet/cornet player's repertoire. The Prelude is in 4/4 meter and exploits the full range of the instrument. The Ballade is a much more measured than the first movement and is in 2/4 time. | |
| Etude, Opus 25 no. 11 \ | Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) |
| Anastasia Tionadewi, Piano | |
| "Winter Wind" is a study of right hand agility and left hand flexibility, and both hands play an important role throughout the piece. This study develops one's stamina, dexterity, and technique - all 3 are important skills for concert pianists. | |
| Etude, Opus 10 no. 8 | Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) |
| Anastasia Tionadewi, Piano | |
| Nicknamed the "Sunshine" etude, this cheerful F major etude is mostly arpeggiated in the right hand. The greatest difficulty of this etude is the obligation to sustain the left hand melody while still keeping the right hand's figure clear. | |
| Concerto for Trumpet and Orchestra in Eb Major, S49 | Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778 - 1837) |
| II: Andante | |
| Eric Beale, Trumpet | |
| Hummel was born in Pressburg, Kingdom of Hungary, then a part of the Austrian Habsburg Monarchy (now Bratislava in Slovakia). Hummel wrote his Concerto a Trombe Principale for Viennese trumpet virtuoso and inventor of the keyed trumpet, Anton Weidinger. It was written in December 1803 and performed on New Year's Day 1804 to mark Hummel's entrance into the court orchestra of Nikolaus II, Prince Esterházy as Haydn's successor. Originally this piece was written in E major. The piece is often performed in E-flat major, which makes the fingering less difficult on modern E-flat and B-flat trumpets. | |
| Sonate pour Flute et Piano | Jindřich Feld (1925 - 2007) |
| I: Allegro Giocoso | |
| Jackie Hu, Flute | |
| Leigh Harrold, piano | |
| Jackie Hu, Flute and Leigh Harrold, Piano | |
| Jindřich Feld was a Czech composer of the Classical period. Feld’s ‘Sonata for Flute and Piano’ was written for Jean Pierre Rampal. This Sonata deeply reflects his love of Czech musical traditions amalgamated with main structural forms from 20th Century Western music. The first movement presents difficult fast semiquavers and lyrical top register notes on the flute. | |
| Sonata in D minor, L. 108 | Domenico Scarlatti (1685 - 1757) |
| Hannah Shin, Piano | |
| Scarlatti's Sonata in D minor, L. 108 is a harmonically intense, and slowly flowing work. This intimate, refined, music illustrates that Scarlatti was also exceptionally gifted at writing music of depth, in this case a dolorous lament. | |
| Etude in A minor, Op. 25 No. 11 ("Winter Wind") | Fryderyk Chopin (1810 - 1849) |
| Hannah Shin, Piano | |
| Upon hearing the first four measures of this piece, one might be inclined to believe that the piece stays this simple. However, the "Winter Wind" etude launches feverishly into a swirling, at times thunderous storm. The American music writer and critic James Huneker famously asserted of this étude, "Small-souled men, no matter how agile their fingers, should avoid it." | |
| Ballade | Albert Perilhou (1846 - 1936) |
| Lindsay Hicks, Flute | |
| Leigh Harrold, piano | |
| Perilhou’s Ballade was composed in 1903 and first published in 1914. Originally written for solo flute or violin, it was used as a test piece for for the Paris Conservatoire due to its Romantic expression and dramatic quality. | |
| Valse Gracieuse | Marjorie Hesse (1911 - 1986) |
| Timothy Kan , piano | |
| A graceful waltz. | |
| Rondo in C minor Op. 1 | Frederic Chopin (1810 - 1849) |
| Timothy Kan , piano | |
| This rondo has a playful and joyful character due to the constant appearances of ornamentation in the main theme. Chopin composed this when he was 15. Here we revisit Chopin's youthful days in Warsaw and the playfulness and immaturity of a typical teenager. | |