Conservatorium of Music
Thursday Concert Class
Thursday Concert Class
| Trumpet Concerto | Alexander Arutunian (1920 - 2012) |
| Flynn Seward, Trumpet | |
| Konrad Olszewski, piano | |
| Trumpet Concerto by Alexander Arutunian was composed in 1950 and first recorded by Timofei Dokschitzer. | |
| Deux Poèmes, op. 32 | Alexander Scriabin (1872 - 1915) |
| Alicia Elsom, Piano | |
| Alexander Scriabin’s Poeme, Op. 32, No. 2 in D was composed in 1903 at the beginning of his middle period. Poeme No. 2 stands in striking contrast to the lyrical Poeme No. 1. It is stormy and declamatory, yet has incredible moments of ultra-romantic writing and features rich harmonies. | |
| Scheherezade Op. 35 | Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908) |
| Ken Tang, Trombone | |
| Orchestral Excerpt | |
| Lohengrin WWV 75 | Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883) |
| Prelude to Act III | |
| Ken Tang, Trombone | |
| Orchestral Excerpt | |
| Sonata in C minor, k.457 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) |
| Anna Gao, Piano | |
| Completed in 1784 and published in 1785 together with the Fantasy in C minor, k. 475. | |
| Etude op. 25 no. 4 | Fryderyk Chopin (1810 - 1849) |
| Anna Gao, Piano | |
| The technique explored in this piece is the performance of off-beat staccato chords set against a regular on-beat bass. | |
| Études-Tableaux, Op. 33 | Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 - 1943) |
| Grave in C minor - No 3 | |
| Phillip Lin, Piano | |
| One of the etudes in Rachmaninoff\\\'s Opus 33 set of the Études-Tableaux, which are intended to be \\\"picture pieces\\\" through musical evocations of external visual stimuli. This etude has dramatic voicing, through the melody and harmony, which eventually was re-used in the Largo of Rachmaninov\\\'s Fourth Concerto. | |
| The Hollow Men | Vincent Persichetti (1915 - 1987) |
| James O\'Hehir, Trumpet | |
| The Hollow Men was inspired and based on the poem of the same name written by American poet T.S. Elliot and published in 1925. The poem describes a post-war world populated by empty, defeated people lacking spiritual fulfilment and leading futile lives. Persichetti’s composition depicts the emptiness of those returning from the horrors of war through a lack of tonal centre in the music, the wide-open intervals and the diverse use of dynamics. This creates a sense of despair, sorrow and desolation as evident in the poem. | |
| Etude, Op. 15 No. 8 | Bortkiewicz, Sergei (1877 - 1952) |
| Samuel Hill, Piano | |
| Marked "Lamentoso con gran espressione" | |
| Piano Sonata in A Major, Op. 2 No. 2 | Beethoven, Ludwig van (1770 - 1827) |
| I. Allegro Vivace | |
| Samuel Hill, Piano | |
| The op. 2 set was dedicated to Joseph Haydn. | |
| å®å³¶ | Takarajima (lit. Treasure Island) | 和泉å®éš† | Izumi Hirotaka (1958 - 2021) |
| Arranged by Jay Brendan Del Rosario | |
| Jay Brendan Del Rosario, Piano | |
| A simple and clear jazz ballad, Takarajima is a Japanese jazz work composed by keyboardist Izumi Hirotaka. It was first released on the album "S.P.O.R.T.S.", where it was played by 5-piece jazz fusion band, T-SQUARE. This rendition in 6/8 appears as the last track of the album "Wide & Full", where Izumi plays alongside bassist Sutoh Mitsuru. The work has also seen popularity as a concert band work, with an arrangement by Mashima Toshio being commonly performed by high school and professional wind ensembles. | |
| æœã”飯ã®æŒ | Asagohan no Uta (lit. Breakfast Song | æ¦éƒ¨ è¡å¿— | Takabe Satoshi (1957 - ) |
| Arranged by Jay Brendan Del Rosario | |
| Jay Brendan Del Rosario, Piano | |
| The opening track to the Studio Ghibli animated movie "From Up on Poppy Hill". It's an upbeat and energetic work, reflective of a pleasantly warm morning. Originally performed by a jazz trio with a vocalist, this arrangement aims to capture the playful and jumpy melodic line accompanied by a steady backbeat. | |