Conservatorium of Music
Thursday Concert Class
Thursday Concert Class
| String quartet no.3 in A Major Op.41 no.3 | Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856) |
| 1st movement | |
| Alice Hurwood, String quartet | |
| Alice Hurwood, cello, Ezra Uxo Williams, violin, Clara Salzmann, viola, Ian Chiao, violin | |
| Schumann's third quartet opens with a tender call, a downward-falling two- note motif, which is often affectionately referred to as the “Clara†motif. The entire first movement bases itself on the interval of this motif, which dominates not only the hesitant, short-lived introduction, but also each of the two melodies in the main body of the movement. The second of these, an airborne song first heard in the cello, is accompanied by hovering, offbeat chords in the upper instruments, which seem to want to lift the melody off the ground entirely. | |
| String Quartet No. 7 in F-sharp minor, Op. 108 | Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975) |
| 1st movement | |
| Alice Hurwood, String quartet | |
| Alice Hurwood, cello, Ezra Uxo Williams, violin, Clara Salzmann, viola, Ian Chiao, violin | |
| Dmitri Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 7 in F-sharp minor, Op. 108, was composed in February and March 1960 in memory of his first wife Nina Vassilyevna Varzar, who died in December 1954. It was premiered in Leningrad by the Beethoven Quartet on 15 May 1960. | |
| Parto, ma tu, ben mio | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) |
| From \"La Clemenza di Tito\" | |
| Kristin Astouroghlian, Voice | |
| Rhodri Clarke, piano | |
| Sung by Sesto in Act I of the opera. Sesto being raised to become the next to take the throne after Tito whom he sees as a friend and a fatherly figure. Sesto's attraction to Vitellia overcomes his faithfulness to Tito. Vitellia is determined to get to the throne at any cost. She puts Sesto's affection to the edge until he accepts killing Tito. | |
| Se Romeo t\'uccise un figlio | Vincenzo Bellini (1801 - 1835) |
| From \"I Capuleti e I Montecchi\" | |
| Kristin Astouroghlian, Voice | |
| Rhodri Clarke, piano | |
| Based on Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet". Romeo, in disguise, has come to the Capuleti to plead for peace and for Juliet's hand. When peace is not agreed upon, Romeo warns of a fight to start between the families where blood will be shed in vain and a thousand deaths will occur. | |
| Miroirs No. 2: Oiseaux Triste | Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937) |
| Alicia Elsom, Piano | |
| Known as the "Sad Birds", is the second piece from the suite "Miroirs", a suite for solo piano that exhibits Ravel's development of new pianistic territories. | |
| Nuit d\'Etoiles | Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918) |
| Alisya Irawan, Voice | |
| Rhodri Clarke, piano | |
| 'Nuit d'etoiles' was Debussy's first published composition at the age of 18. The piece is set to Théodore de Banville's poem, in which the speaker sits beneath a starry night sky and reminisces on a past love. | |
| Trumpet Concerto | Alexander Arutunian (1920 - 2012) |
| Flynn Seward, Trumpet | |
| Rhodri Clarke, piano | |
| Trumpet Concerto by Alexander Arutunian was composed in 1950 and first recorded by Timofei Dokschitzer. | |
| Piano Sonata for 4 hands in C Major, KV 521. | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) |
| 1. Allegro | |
| Suzy Zong, Piano | |
| Bokeum Kim and Suzy Zong, Piano | |
| Mozart composed his Sonata in C Major KV 521 in 1787 and dated it May 29, when he had received word of his father's death. He often played four hand piano pieces with his sister Maria Anna Mozart, and contributed immensely to the piano repertoire for four hands. The first movement of this sonata begins with a glorious unison and continues to illustrate a conversational scene with many imitations between the primo and secondo parts. The second subject enters with a more lyrical version of the opening statement. The development emerges with a sweeter character and contrasts with the vibrant, lively mood later on, leading to the recapitulation. | |