Conservatorium of Music
Thursday Concert Class
Thursday Concert Class
| Sonata in C, T.Co.1 | Tomaso Albinoni (1671 - 1751) |
| I Grave, II Allegro, III Grave, IV Allegro | |
| Andrew McAdam, Trumpet | |
| Konrad Olszewski, piano | |
| Trumpet - Andrew McAdam, Piano - Konrad Olszewski | |
| Venetian born composer Tomaso Albinoni is a composer of great stature in today's society though not a large amount is known about his life. It is known he studied Violin and singing. The Sonata in C features the trumpets light and delicate ability in the allegro's movements and has it rest in the grave movements. | |
| Mephisto Waltz No. 1 | Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886) |
| Zac Wang, Piano | |
| Liszt's wrote four Mephisto Waltzes between the year of 1859-1885. The most famous was the No. 1, which was inspired by the the Austrian poet Nikolaus Lenau's poem "Fuast". the piece is based on a small episode in the poem where Mephistopheles and Faust came to a wedding feast in the village inn, Mephistopheles took a fiddle and started playing seductive tunes. The amorous Faust whirls with a full-blooded village beauty in a wild dance. Later they waltzed out of the room, into the open, and into the woods. | |
| Piano Sonata No.24 in F Sharp Major, Op.78 | Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) |
| I.Adagio cantabile II.Allegro vivace | |
| Yingge Wang, Piano | |
| This piece was composed in 1809,after Beethoven's four year break in the creation of keyboard sonatas. The 1st movement is not typically dramatic but rather warm and graceful. The sonata-allegro structure that follows is compact and regular with only eighteen measures of development and a short extension of the closing section of the recapitulation as a coda. | |
| \ | Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918) |
| Yingge Wang, Piano | |
| This piece is from Debussy Preludes,Book I.The title refers to “The hills of Anacapriâ€.Debussy captures the view with rapid,joyful,pentatonic melodic fragments. The piece ends brilliantly with ascending arpeggio-like sweeps. | |
| Horn Concerto in Bb major, Op.91 | Reinhold Glière (1875 - 1956) |
| First movement | |
| Rosemarry Yang, French horn | |
| Konrad Olszewski, piano | |
| Reinhold Glière was a reserved and modest person. During his lifetime, he studied violin and later taught composition at the Moscow Conservatory in Russia. His horn concerto was composed for the famous horn player Valery Polekh. With Tchaikovsky’s violin concerto serving as a model, this eclectic horn concerto was born. “Dear friends, I am happy that there exists a concerto which unites us and helps us to better know and understand each other. I send my greetings to all horn players and wish good luck and success to all.” - Valery Polekh | |
| Prelude and Fugue in D minor, BWV 851 | Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) |
| Luoping Liao, Piano | |
| This D minor toccata-like prelude is constructed by continuous arpeggiated sixteenth-note triplets in right hand part and eighth-note base line in left hand part. The Fugue contains three voices and many fugual devices such as stretto, episodes, and a countersubject. Both Prelude and Fugue end in D major. | |
| Etude in D minor, Op. 33 No.4 | Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 - 1943) |
| Luoping Liao, Piano | |
| This etude in D minor was not included when Etude-Tableaux Op.33 was first released in 1914 and was published posthumously. The exact reason why Rachmaninoff withdrew it from the original collection is unknown. The perfect fifth in the opening was composed on the basis of Rachmaninoff's first movement of Piano Sonata No.1. Melodically, it is similar to Rachmaninoff's song,"Krislov". | |
| The Petite Suite, L. 65 | Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918) |
| Edited by Isidor Philipp | |
| I. En Bateau (In a Boat) - Andantino IV. Ballet - Allegro giusto | |
| Jungwoo Kim, Piano | |
| Jungwoo Kim & Congying Li, Piano | |
| The Petite Suite, L. 65 was composed by Debussy at the end of nineteenth century. It has four movements in total - the first movement is known as "En Bateau (In a Boat)" and the fourth movement is like a ballet. | |
| Trio for Violin, Viola and Cello | Jean Cras (1879 - 1932) |
| I. - II. Lent | |
| Jin Long, Viola | |
| Nyssa Sanguansri, Violin, Jin Long, Viola, Annika Cho, Cello | |
| Jean Cras (1879-1932) was a French composer and naval officer of the 20th-century. He was born into a family with a long naval history and joined the Navy himself at the age of seventeen. The String Trio, composed in 1926, displays inspirations from a range of different styles, including influences of North Africa. The opening movement begins with a searching melody over the pulsating quavers of the cello. The second movement, Lent, is a series of unrelated episodes. | |
| Holiday Diary (Op. 5) | Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976) |
| I: Early Morning Bathe, II: Sailing | |
| Nicole Ng, Piano | |
| Originally called Holiday Day, it is such an engaging piano work full of musicality, and energy. This is set at an unclouded holiday, spending time at the sea side resort, which Britten enjoyed during his lifetime. The work in general is very programmic, and you can imagine the splashes of waves in the first two movements especially. In sailing is so poetic, and so peaceful. However, all of the sudden there’s huge waves while sailing in the waters but then returns into a calm state while sailing in the sea. | |
| Sonata tribus | Jan Novák (1921 - 1984) |
| I. Allegro | |
| Anastasia Tionadewi, Piano | |
| Gabriella Alberti (Flute), Charlotte Strong (Violin), Anastasia Tionadewi (Piano) | |
| Sonata tribus (Sonata for 3) was written in a German town of Ulm. This chamber sonata was written for Novák\'s family and friends. It was premiered by Novák´s wife Eliška on the piano and by their daughter Clara on the flute; the violin part was performed by the Polish virtuoso Jerzy Nebel. In the sonata, Novák makes full use of the audio effects of the mutually permeating sound of the flute and the violin. In the first movement, humour and wit are explored in the midst of dissonant harmonies, highlighting twentieth century uncertainty and confusion. | |
| 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. | |
| Zwei Konzertetüden, S. 145: Waldesrauschen | Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886) |
| Anastasia Tionadewi, Piano | |
| Waldesrauschen, which translates to \"Forest Murmurs\", is the first of the two pieces in this set. It is known for the beauty and imitation of wind in the forest. | |