Conservatorium of Music
Thursday Concert Class
Thursday Concert Class
| Infant Eyes | Wayne Shorter (1933 - ) |
| Arranged by Bob Mintzer | |
| Bailey Hume, Saxophone | |
| Bailey Hume, Gen Kuner, Dean Kalaitzidis, Justinn Lu, Ben Singh, Ruby Mineur, Katherine Kalaitzidis, Oscar Lenain, Ben Bahlen | |
| Wayne Shorter (born: 1933) is arguably one of the greatest tenor sax players of his generation (11 Grammy awards), playing for Art Blakey, Miles Davis and was a founding member of Weather Report. Shorter wrote Infant Eyes for his 6th album, Speak No Evil, and the piece quickly became a jazz standard. The album featured a mix of bebop tracks and modal jazz. This composition has the harmonic language of bebop but the feel of modal jazz and today features a solo by Dean Kalaitzidis. | |
| Blue ‘N’ Boogie | John ‘Dizzy’ Gillespie & Frank Paparelli (1917 - ) |
| Arranged by Med Flory | |
| Bailey Hume, Saxophone | |
| Bailey Hume, Gen Kuner, Dean Kalaitzidis, Justinn Lu, Ben Singh, Ruby Mineur, Katherine Kalaitzidis, Oscar Lenain, Ben Bahlen | |
| Dizzy Gillespie (1917 - 1993) was a jazz virtuoso, composer, educator and singer and one of the founding fathers of bebop jazz. Frank Paparelli (1917 - 1973) was the pianist and composer in Dizzy’s band during the mid 1940’s. Blue ‘N’ Boogie appeared on the album Groovin’ High released 1955 as a compilation of various studio sessions. It is a fairly basic 12 bar blues with a simple head. The version you will hear today is a harmonisation of one of Charlie Parkers legendary solos over this tune and will also feature solos from most of the band members. | |
| Toccata in E minor | J.S.Bach (1685 - 1750) |
| Alicia Elsom, Piano | |
| One of Bach’s Four-movement Toccata, featuring flourish semiquaver melodies and expanded double fugue. | |
| Sonata in D major Op.10 No.3 | Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) |
| I. Presto | |
| Alicia Elsom, Piano | |
| Op. 10, No. 3 was dedicated to the Countess Anne Margarete von Browne, and written in 1798. | |
| Sonata in C Major K.513 (Pastorale) | Domenico Scarlatti (1685 - 1757) |
| Sarah Bouquet, Piano | |
| Thought to be composed around 1756, the sonata comprises three distinctive sections with the pastoral character evoked through the addition of a Siciliana rhythm in the melody and drone-like accompaniment . The melody of the second section is derived from the popular Italian Christmas song \\\"Tu scendi dalle stelle\\\", traditionally associated with the zampogna, or large-format Italian bagpipe. | |
| Transcendental Etude No. 10, S.139 | Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886) |
| Daniel Trinh, Piano | |
| Also known as the 'Appassionata' Etude. | |
| Etude Op. 25, No. 12 | Frederic Chopin (1810 - 1849) |
| Daniel Trinh, Piano | |
| Also known as the 'Ocean' Etude. | |
| Etude opus 25 no.1 \"aeolian harp\" | Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin (1810 - 1849) |
| Ezekiel, Piano | |
| Robert Schumann famously praised this work and coined it the “Aeolian Harp etude†| |
| Sonata in D minor K141 \"Toccata\" | Domenico Scarlatti (1685 - 1757) |
| Ezekiel, Piano | |
| This sonata is famous for its rhythmic drive and virtuosity at fast tempo's | |
| Andante & Rondo from Concerto for Double Bass | Antonio Capuzzi (1755 - 1818) |
| Arranged by Philip Catelinet | |
| Rondo | |
| Phillip Lin, Piano | |
| Naomi Dickers : Tuba | |
| Originally a concerto composed for the double bass in the 18th century, this has been arranged by a 20th century Tubist to be played for tuba and euphonium. | |
| Petite Suite | Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918) |
| Arranged by Henri Buesser | |
| 1. En Bateau 2.Coertege | |
| Nuo Chen, Piano | |
| Nuo Chen & Minjia Li | |
| Debussy composed at the age of 26. This was four years after he had left the Paris Conservatory. This work shows the influence of the french lyric opera composers Gounod and Massenet. The first movement translates to 'In a boat'. The second movement suggests a procession of delicate figurines released by the striking of an ornate clock. | |
| Cello Suite no. 3, op. 87 | Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976) |
| 1-6 | |
| Claudia Kuner, Cello | |
| The cello suites by Benjamin Britten (op. 72, 80, and 87) are a series of three compositions for solo cello, dedicated to Mstislav Rostropovich. The suites were the first original solo instrumental music that Britten wrote for and dedicated to Rostropovich. | |
| Keyboard Sonata in F minor, K.466 | Domenico Scarlatti (1685 - 1757) |
| Devina Christi Soeryawinata, piano | |
| One of Scarlatti’s keyboard sonatas composed in a binary form, with complex harmony and modulation to remote keys. | |
| Etude Op. 10 no. 12 | Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) |
| Devina Christi Soeryawinata, piano | |
| Chopin’s “Revolutionary†Etude, his last work of Op. 10 etudes, with repetitive passage throughout the piece. This etude is dedicated to Franz Liszt “à son ami Franz Liszt†| |