Conservatorium of Music
Thursday Concert Class
Thursday Concert Class
| Violin Sonata Op.13 | Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860 - 1941) |
| 2nd mvt | |
| Emma Winestone, Violin | |
| Rhodri Clarke, piano | |
| - | |
| Violin Concerto No.2 in E minor, Op.64 | Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847) |
| Mov 1, end of 2nd and 3rd | |
| Amy You, Violin | |
| Rhodri Clarke, piano | |
| On July 30, 1838, Felix Mendelssohn wrote to his friend, the distinguished German violinist Ferdinand David, “I’d like to write a violin concerto for you next winter; one in E minor sticks in my head, the beginning of which will not leave me in peace.†With those lines, Mendelssohn began his last great work—a masterpiece to refute claims of a career in decline and a concerto that would prove as popular as ever. | |
| Copland Clarinet Concerto | Aaron Copland (1900 - 1990) |
| Tess Waller, Clarinet | |
| Rhodri Clarke, piano | |
| Copland wrote this now essential clarinet piece for the Jazz Clarinetist Benny Goodman, the ‘King of Swing’. Copland developed most of this work while he was living in Rio de Janeiro and found that the Brazilian and Latin American folk tunes inspired him to compose features of the work which are synonymous with Clarinet music. This concerto comprises of 3 contrasting movements all connected with no break in between. The first movement is lyrical and shows off the clarinets rich, warm tone, while the second movement, a cadenza, sets up the jazzy and whimsical feel that is to be felt in the final movement. | |
| Sonate für Trompete und Klavier | Karl Pilss (1902 - 1979) |
| 1. Allegro appasionato 2. Adagio, molto cantabile 3. Allegro agitato | |
| Benji Sametz, Trumpet | |
| Rhodri Clarke, piano | |
| Originally written for Prof. Helmut Wobisch a year before Wobisch would get a position in the Vienna State Opera, and later the Vienna Philharmonic. | |
| Hammerklavier Sonata | Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) |
| Finale | |
| Hannah Shin, Piano | |
| The final movement of Beethoven's largest keyboard sonata, Hammerklavier. It features a long and complex fugue. | |
| Toccata in G major BWV 916 | Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) |
| I: Presto, II: Adagio, III: Allegro (Fuga) | |
| Anna Gao, Piano | |
| The Toccata in G major was one of Bach\\\'s early keyboard compositions. The primary source for this toccata is the Andreas-Bach Book, which was compiled by Bach\\\'s older brother Johann Christian. | |
| Stroke | Michael Smetanin (1958 - -) |
| Anna Gao, Piano | |
| This piece was commissioned by Australian Pianist Lisa Moore. The first performance of this piece was in December 1991 at Newcastle Conservatorium of Music, performed by Lisa Moore. In 1988 this piece won the Jean Bogan Prize for Piano Composition. | |