Conservatorium of Music
Thursday Concert Class
Thursday Concert Class
| Frauen-liebe und leben op.42, II \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'er, der herrlichste von allen\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' | Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856) |
| Lily Flynn, classical voice | |
| Jacob Abela, piano | |
| This work is a song cycle from a poem by Adelbert von Chamisso, the German poet and botanist. Comprised of 8 short songs, the work depicts a love story centring a woman from the moment she sees her lover to his death. The second song, \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'He, the most splendid of all\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\', expresses the passion and obsession of new love. | |
| Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 33 No 8 in C# Minor | Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 - 1943) |
| Samuel Hill, Piano | |
| Rachmaninoff's Etudes-Tableaux, or "study pictures" famously have no stimuli attached to them, so I too will leave it to the audience to "paint for themselves" what the C# Minor study's sombre tempo, and rich, dark, sonorities suggest. | |
| Prelude and Fugue in F Minor BWV 857 (WTC Book 1 no 12) | Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) |
| Samuel Hill, Piano | |
| The F minor Prelude and Fugue from WTC Book 1 is fascinating to me, in that it strikes me as ahead of its time, with the Prelude's almost Romantic lyrical qualities, and the use of chromatic movement in the Fugue. Overall, a gorgeous pair. | |
| Lydia Op 4 No.2 | Gabriel Fauré (1845 - 1924) |
| Gigi Bacon , Voice | |
| Jacob Abela, piano | |
| ‘Lydia’ is a declamation of love. The use of the Lydian mode with the simple vocal phrases creates a graceful , and utterly besotted character. The final stanza, translates to. ‘I love you and die/ oh my love/My soul is ravished in kisses/ O Lydia give me back my life/ That I may die, die forever!’ | |
| 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. | |
| Toccata in Gmaj 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. | |
| Faschingsschwank aus Wien | Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856) |
| Anna Gao, Piano | |
| Faschingsschwank aus Wien (Carnival Scenes from Vienna) is a solo piano work in five movements. Schumann began working on this composition in 1839 when he was in Vienna. | |
| Sonata in E Major, K.162;L.121 | Domenico Scarlatti (1685 - 1757) |
| Edited by Stoddard Lincoln | |
| Set 1 | |
| Katniss Li, Keyboard | |
| Collected in Scarlatti Sonata volume three of a slow-fast-slow-fast movements. | |
| Etude, Op.25 No.7 in C sharp minor | Frederic Chopin (1810 - 1849) |
| Katniss Li, Keyboard | |
| One of the most musical scenes in Chopin with a duet-like melodic shape. Different from the other Etudes, this one focuses on sound and phrasing rather than technical virtuosity. It’s a study in texture and voicing. | |
| Ballade No. 3 in A-flat major, Op. 47 | Brian Luo (1810 - 1849) |
| Brian Luo, Piano | |
| The Ballade No. 3 in A♠major, Op. 47 is a ballade for solo piano by Frédéric Chopin, completed in 1841. | |
| Gaspard de la nuit, M. 55 (Scarbo) | Brian Luo (1875 - 1937) |
| III. Scarbo | |
| Brian Luo, Piano | |
| Gaspard de la nuit, M. 55 is a suite of piano pieces by Maurice Ravel, written in 1908. It has three movements, each based on a poem or fantaisie from the collection Gaspard de la Nuit | |