Conservatorium of Music
Thursday Concert Class
Thursday Concert Class
| Sechs Lieder | Clara Schumann (1819 - 1896) |
| There are three pieces that I will be performing from within Clara Schumann\'s Sechs Lieder; Liebeszauer, Der Mond Kommt Still Gegangen and Die Stille Lotosblume. | |
| Olive Cullen, Voice | |
| Gina Gataveckaite, piano | |
| Liebeszauer follows the impact of love throughout and within nature by exploring different aspects of adoration and heartbreak. Der Mond Kommt Still Gegangen is a lullaby of care and warmth, for people to fall asleep knowing that they are loved, and finally, examining the cyclicality of nature, relationships, and death is Die Stille Lotosblume. | |
| Five pieces for 2 violins and piano | Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975) |
| Arranged by Atovmyan | |
| I. Prelude II. Gavotte III. Elegy IV. Waltz V. Polka | |
| Jessica Yu, violin | |
| Jessica Yu violin, Noah Coyne violin, Ray Liang piano | |
| These 5 pieces were arranged by Shostakovich's assistant Levon Atovmyan with the composer's permission. The Prelude is taken from Gadfly. The Gavotte, Elegy and Polka come from his Ballet Suites. The Waltz is believed to derive from sketches for a film abandoned during the first denunciation in 1936. | |
| Etude Op. 25 No. 1 | Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) |
| Yunqi Ou, Piano | |
| Étude Op. 25, No. 1 in A-flat major is a solo piano work composed by Frédéric Chopin in 1836, and published in 1837. The work consists entirely of rapid arpeggios and harmonic modulations based on A-flat major. | |
| Keyboard Sonata in A minor, K.54 | Domenico Scarlatti (1685 - 1757) |
| Yunqi Ou, Piano | |
| This is a relatively early sonata by Scarlatti that appeared in a 1742 volume of his works he presented to Princess Maria Barbara, who would become the queen of Spain (1746) and in whose Court he served. | |
| Picnic on the Marne | Ned Rorem (1923 - ) |
| II. A Bend in the River, IV. Vermouth, V. A Tense Discussion | |
| Nate Cross, Saxophone | |
| Gina Gataveckaite, piano | |
| Each of the seven movements in Ned Rorem's 'Picnic on the Marne' is a waltz, and reflects on a visit to the southeastern suburbs of Paris on the 30th of June 1956. The atmosphere varies wildly between the movements and, written '109 seasons later', it must have been quite memorable. The tempo marking for the second movement reads 'As from a cafe under water far away', whilst the marking for the fifth movement reads 'Neurotic' and specifies that the saxophone is to play 'always hot and free' whilst the piano is 'always cold and strict'. | |
| Etude Op. 25 no. 5 | Frederic Chopin (1810 - 1849) |
| Gloria Yu, Piano | |
| This is one of Chopin's more well-known technical studies, with a challenging right hand part in the main theme - correct wrist technique is crucial here as the player has to use awkward hand positions to play the minor seconds at scherzo tempo while maintaining a sonorous top line also in the right hand. | |
| Etude Op. 25 no. 1 | Frederic Chopin (1810 - 1849) |
| Gloria Yu, Piano | |
| This etude is nicknamed the "Aeolian Harp" by Schumann. The warm, sparse melody floats over the top of cloud-like broken chords, evoking the breathy and ethereal sound of the Aeolian wind harp. | |
| 9/12 | Gloria Yu (2002 - ) |
| Gloria Yu, Piano | |
| This short piece is currently unfinished, and I would appreciate any feedback on it, especially in regard to how I should alter the ending of it.\\\\r\\\\n\\\\r\\\\nIt is based on a very simple 8 note melody, accompanied by light arpeggio repetitions meant to evoke the sense of water ripples. I also try to incorporate motifs which portray the organic, sometimes interrupted, flow of water. | |
| Sonata in D minor K.141 | Domenico Scarlatti (1685 - 1757) |
| Ricardo Roche Idini, Piano | |
| One of the most famous keyboard sonatas from Scarlatti. | |
| Etudes op.10 and op.25 | Frederic Chopin (1810 - 1849) |
| Etude in C minor op.10, n.12 and Etude in C minor op.25, n.12. | |
| Ricardo Roche Idini, Piano | |
| Two of the 27 etudes for piano by Chopin. The first is the last one of the op.10 called "Revolutionary" and it shows the story of the revolution in Poland in 1830 when Chopin had to leave Poland and settle in Paris, France. The second is the last one of the op.25 etudes, it is called "Ocean" because it has a series of rising and falling arpeggios in various chord progression in C minor. | |
| Ballade | Frank Martin (1890 - 1974) |
| Mitchell Flynn, Tenor Saxophone | |
| Composed in 1940 for the Geneva International Music Competition, Martin's "Ballade pour Trombone ou Tenor Saxophone et Piano" is a duel composition, becoming a staple yet controversial work at the time within trombone repertoire due to the almost complete dismissal of the idea of form. In saxophone repertoire however this idea is far more welcoming and beneficial due to the wide array of dynamic contrast and colour which a saxophone is able to achieve. While seldom performed on saxophone, the work is full and rich, with Martin's works often drawing inspiration from his Christian faith. | |
| Prelude and Fugue in D minor, BWV 875 (WTC II) | Johann Sebastian bach (1685 - 1750) |
| Phillip Lin, Piano | |
| The sixth prelude and fugue composed by Johann Sebastian Bach in his second book of the Well-Tempered Clavier (WTC), between 1739-1742. One of his compositions in the WTC, with a vigorous and driving prelude, and a dark and melancholic fugue | |
| Études-Tableaux, Op. 33, No 7 in G minor | Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 - 1943) |
| Phillip Lin, Piano | |
| One of the studies from Rachmaninoff's first sets of the Etude Tableaux, which were intended to be called as "picture pieces with musical evocations of external visual stimuli". According to some sources, this etude parallels the finale of the First Ballade in G minor by Chopin. | |
| Miroirs | Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937) |
| I. Noctuelles\\r\\nII. Oiseaux tristes\\r\\nIII. Une barque sur l\\\\\\\'océan\\r\\nIV. Alborada del gracioso\\r\\nV. La vallée des cloches | |
| Rachel Shindang, Piano | |
| Ravel\\\'s Miroirs, translated to \\\'Mirrors\\\', contains 5 movements, each dedicated to a fellow member of the French avant-garde artist group Les Apaches.\r\n | |
| Sonata in E major K162 | Domenico Scarlatti (1685 - 1757) |
| Rachel Shindang, Piano | |
| Writing a total of 555 single Keyboard sonatas throughout his career, Scarlatti contributed greatly to push the standards of Keyboard music. | |