Conservatorium of Music
Thursday Concert Class
Thursday Concert Class
| Sonata in C minor K457 | Amadeus Wolfgang Mozart (1756 - 1791) |
| 1st movement - Molto Allegro | |
| Tim Kan, piano | |
| Composed in 1784, this sonata was composed in the period of Mozart's life where he was a freelance artist in Vienna. Out of all his piano sonatas, this sonata is one of two sonatas composed in a minor key, which suggests that this perhaps may be one of Mozart's more personal pieces. | |
| Ballade in F minor Op. 52 | Frederic Chopin (1810 - 1849) |
| Tim Kan, piano | |
| Written in 1842, this ballade is commonly considered one of Chopin's masterpieces, and one of the masterpieces of 19th-century piano music. The Chopin ballades hold significance in the history of piano repertoire as Chopin was the first to experiment with the Ballade form. His ballades turned out to be so popular and successful that other composers such as Liszt and Brahms also produced Ballade works. The ballade form, although somewhat resembles parts of sonata form, is characterized by its narrative and story-telling nature. | |
| Prelude Op. 57 No. 1 | Anatoly Lyadov (1855 - 1914) |
| Tim Kan, piano | |
| The first of a set of three pieces in Op.57. | |
| Passacaglia op.48 no.2 | Ernst von Dohnányi (1877 - 1960) |
| Wil Rigby, Flute | |
| This work for solo flute is the last work composed by the hungarian Dohnányi before his death in 1960. It is based on a twelve tone Passacaglia that repeats throughout in varied iterations. | |
| Faschingsschwank aus Wien | Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856) |
| I: Allegro | |
| Anna Gao, Piano | |
| Faschingsschwank aus Wien (Carnival Scenes from Vienna), Op. 26, is a solo piano work in five movements written in 1839 in Vienna. | |
| Feux D\'artifice | Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918) |
| Anna Gao, Piano | |
| Feux D'artifice depicts a brilliant fireworks display over Paris, and captures in tones the many furious streaks of rockets and their colorful explosions in the night sky. Listen out for the quote from La Marseillaise at the very end of the piece. | |
| Sonata in C minor, k.457 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) |
| I: Molto Allegro II: Adagio III: Allegro assai | |
| Anna Gao, Piano | |
| The piano sonata was composed during the period of Mozart's life where he worked as a freelance artist in Vienna. It is one of the earliest of six sonatas composed during the Vienna years, and was most likely written for personal use or pedagogical purposes. | |
| Variations on \"Mio caro adone,\" K180 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) |
| Anna Gao, Piano | |
| A set of variations of a theme from Salieri's opera, 'La Fiera di Venezia.' “A funny tune, but it yielded some good things†WA Mozart, "Amadeus" 1984 | |
| Vingt regards sur l\\\\\\\'enfant-Jésus, No.1 Regard du Père (\\\\\\ | Olivier Messiaen (1908 - 1992) |
| Sarah Bouquet, Piano | |
| Vingt regards is a cycle of 20 movements, all based on the idea of contemplations upon the infant Jesus. Familiar figures from the nativity take their turns to gaze upon the child, and there are also contemplations from more abstract sources such as silence, time and the spirit of joy. | |