Conservatorium of Music
Thursday Concert Class
Thursday Concert Class
| Concerto for Flute and piano | Jacques Ibert (1890 - 1962) |
| Movement 1 (Allegro) Movement 2 (Andante) | |
| Gabriella Alberti, Flute | |
| Rhodri Clarke, piano | |
| Written for renowned flutist Marcel Moyse, the Ibert Flute Concerto is charmingly French in character. The flutists virtuosity is showcased in the first movement, whilst the second movement offers a sweet yet powerful character. | |
| Piano Concerto No. 3 | Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) |
| 1 | |
| Sophia Lai, Piano | |
| Rhodri Clarke, piano | |
| Beethoven's C minor Piano Concerto displays a unified music vocabulary and tight structure.The model for this startlingly dramatic concerto was Mozart's C minor (K. 491), which Beethoven played in public concerts. The opening movement has an aggressive tone with a bluntly stated main theme. The second theme is a stark contrasts with its lilting, sweet quality. | |
| Per pieta, bell' idol mio | Vincenzo Bellini (1801 - 1835) |
| Art Song | |
| Kristin, voice | |
| Rhodri Clarke, piano | |
| Composed by Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835) during the early Romantic period. This is one of the most operatic of Bellini's songs. It is set to Pietro Metastasio’s poem in which Metastasio is more concerned with what humanity might be than with what it actually is. The piece opens with a hurried piano introduction that immediately sets a theatrical mood. The vocal melody is first taken at a quick pace and is generally simple, though it ends with a few rather theatrical reprises with dramatic changes of dynamics and tempo. | |
| Wiegenlied | Richard Strauss (1864 - 1949) |
| Op. 41 No. 1 | |
| Kristin, voice | |
| Rhodri Clarke, piano | |
| Wiegenlied Op. 41 No. 1, was composed by Richard Strauss in 1899. The lied is based on Richard Dehmel’s poem. Throughout the lullaby, Strauss maintains a compelling balance between an intimate song style and a concert aria. | |
| Sonata op. 37 no.2 | Muzio Clementi (1752 - 1832) |
| i. ii. iii | |
| Anna Gao, Piano | |
| With the opening note, Clementi sets a pastoral scene with the tonic drone, depicting the joys and excitement of nature and the countryside life. | |
| Scherzo no. 2 op. 31 | Fryderyk Chopin (1810 - 1849) |
| Anna Gao, Piano | |
| The second of his four grand large scale Scherzi, Scherzo no.2 two is a grand masterpiece featuring striking contrast of themes that are starkly different in character. | |
| Sonata for Horn and Piano Forte, Op.17 | Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) |
| Mvt 1,2 and 3 | |
| James Coomans, French Horn | |
| Rhodri Clarke, piano | |
| Beethoven composed this piece in 1800 for the renowned horn virtuoso Giovanni Punto. Punto was known throughout Europe for is performance skills and was particularly adept at playing arpeggios on the natural horn. Beethoven composed to this strength, particularly at the end of the 1st and 3rd movements. | |
| Sonatina | Eldin Burton (1913 - 1979) |
| 1. Allegretto grazioso 2. Andantino Sognando 3. Allegro giocoso quasi fandango | |
| Wil Rigby, Flute | |
| Rhodri Clarke, piano | |
| This Sonatina is the only published work of the American composer Eldin Burton. It was the winner of the New York Flute club prize of 1948 and subsequently was published as part of the award. Burton also wrote a flute concerto later in life which has recently become available to purchase but unlike this sonatina which has been recorded widely no professional recording exists. | |
| Daybreak | Nicola Ferro (1974 - ) |
| James Farrough, Trombone | |
| Rhodri Clarke, piano | |
| Composed for Joseph Alessi, principal trombonist of the New York Philharmonic. "Mr. Ferro sucessfully portraits certain periods of the day. He vividly captures Dawn (Daybreak) and sets the music so that we can picture the sun just starting to come up in the morning. Picture birds chirping, and very little sound. The piece progresses towards the sun gaining strength and height for the corona and finally the alba." | |