Conservatorium of Music
Thursday Concert Class
Thursday Concert Class
| Piano Concerto No. 3 | Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 - 1943) |
| Complete | |
| Brian Luo, Piano | |
| Rhodri Clarke, piano | |
| Rachmaninoff 3. | |
| Ma Mère L\'Oye for four hands | Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937) |
| 3. L\'Aideronnette, Imperatrice des Pagodes (Little ugly girl, Empress of Pagodas) 4. Les Entretiens de la Belle et la Bête (Conversations between Beauty and the Beast) | |
| Suzy Zong, Piano | |
| Bokeum Kim and Suzy Zong, Piano | |
| Composed for piano duet,'L'Aideronnette, Imperatrice des Pagodes' and'Les Entretiens de la Belle et la Bête' are two of five movements from his suite 'Ma Mère L'Oye (Mother Goose Suite, 1908 - 1910). Each movement inspired by fairytales, Ravel composed this suite for Mimie and Jean Godebski, the children of his friends. He also wrote an orchestral and ballet version in 1911. 'L'Aideronnette, Imperatrice des Pagodes' evokes a watery scene from the story of the green serpent and a princess. 'Les Entretiens de la Belle et la Bête' portrays the Beauty and the Beast through contrasting musical figures. | |
| Cello sonata | George Crumb (1929 - 2022) |
| 3rd movement - Toccata | |
| Ceridwen, Cello | |
| This cello sonata was written in 1955 when crumb was 25 years old. Being a student at the time, this was his first published work. The sonata’s three movement are based on Baroque forms exemplifying the neoclassicism that was so popular in the 1900s. The third movement is a free toccata that takes us on a wild ride pulling us forward with its fast staccato movement, then forcing us to sway with its lilting middle section before escorting us swiftly towards the end again. | |
| Polina\'s Romance | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893) |
| The Queen of Spades | |
| Kristin Astouroghlian, Voice | |
| Rhodri Clarke, piano | |
| In the opera, Polina sings this Romance to her friends. She sings about the young, happy and carefree years when everything was joyful- even love. Love was the response of every golden dream, the assured promise of joy. Until the time came when love only resembled a grave. | |
| Una voce poco fa | Gioachino Rossini (1792 - 1868) |
| Il barbiere di Siviglia | |
| Kristin Astouroghlian, Voice | |
| Rhodri Clarke, piano | |
| A Cavatina sung by Rosina during Act I of the opera. Rosina is locked in Dr. Bartolo's house; an old man who wants to marry her for her money. After hearing Lindoro serenade her, Rosina is completely lovestruck and determined to outsmart her guardian Dr. Bartolo. | |
| Étude No. 3, Un sospiro - from Trois études de concert S.144 | Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886) |
| Bernie Maitri, Piano | |
| Etude No.3 in D flat Major, known as Un Sospiro (the sigh), although Liszt himself did not give it this subtitle. One of Liszt\\\'s most beloved works which poignantly conveys the romanticism in Liszt\\\'s music. An etude in crossing the hands, this etude features a swooning pentatonic melody embedded in arpeggiated figures played by alternating hands throughout the piece. | |
| Sonata for Flute and Piano | Otar Taktakishvili (1924 - 1989) |
| I. Allegro Cantabile II. Aria | |
| Jessica Zuk, Flute | |
| Rhodri Clarke, piano | |
| Otar Taktakishvili was a Georgian composer who lived under the Soviet regime. Although his Sonata for Flute and Piano is a staple of the modern flute repertoire, his works are otherwise rarely performed in the West. In his native land, by contrast, Taktakishvili enjoyed extensive political and artistic recognition. His compositional style was melodically driven and strongly influenced by folk music of Georgia and the Caucasus, of which the Sonata is a pertinent example. | |
| Trumpet Concerto | Alexander Arutiunian (1920 - 2012) |
| Flynn Seward, Trumpet | |
| Rhodri Clarke, piano | |
| 'Trumpet Concerto' by Armenian composer Alexander Arutiunian was composed in 1950 and first recorded with Timofei Dokschitzer. Trumpet concerto is Arutiunina's sixth composition. The concerto was originally performed with Orchestra, but its Piano and solo Trumpet arrangement is commonly played. | |