Conservatorium of Music
Thursday Concert Class
Thursday Concert Class
| Concerto No. 1 Op. 28 | Alberto Ginastera (1916 - 1983) |
| I. Cadenza e Varianti IV. Toccata Concertata | |
| Tim Kan, piano | |
| Konrad Olszewski, piano | |
| The Piano Concerto No. 1, Op. 28, is the first piano concerto by the Argentinian composer Alberto Ginastera. The work was commissioned by the Koussevitzky Foundation and was completed in 1961. The concerto was Ginastera's second composition for piano after his Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 22, written in 1952. It is dedicated to the memory of Serge and Natalie Koussevitzky. The concerto is structured around a dissonant and jarring polychrome tetrachord which regularly re-occurs throughout the concerto. | |
| Bach Toccata in E minor, BWV 914 | J.S. Bach (1685 - 1750) |
| Yizhu Chen, piano | |
| Feux d\\\'artifice | Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918) |
| Yizhu Chen, piano | |
| Sonata in E Flat Major No. 62, Hob XVI:52 | Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809) |
| I. Allegro | |
| Yizhu Chen, piano | |
| Petrarch Sonnet in D Flat Major, No. 47, S.161 | Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886) |
| Yizhu Chen, piano | |
| Ripples in the Reflection | Kaine Foster (2001 - ) |
| Kaine Foster, Guitar | |
| A piece written to emulate the disruption caused by 'ripples' of water droplets into a larger body of water. | |
| 727 | Kaine Foster (2001 - ) |
| Kaine Foster, Guitar | |
| This work was written to evoke feelings of love. It shows its beauty in amongst the simplicity yet small moments of chaos that are a part of the complexity of companionship. It ultimately is a warm and tender piece. | |
| Calmer Waters | Doug de Vries (1960 - ) |
| Kaine Foster, Guitar | |
| A solo piece written in dedication to Bert Jansch. de Vries' own view on the piece is it quite "meditative". The piece is beautiful with moments of contemplative improvisation. | |
| Butterflies | Doug de Vries (1960 - ) |
| Kaine Foster, Guitar | |
| This piece is meant to represent the chaotic wings of a butterfly. It was originally written for solo nylon string but the addition of the delay pedal was discussed and de Vries welcomed the interpretation. | |
| Exploring | Colin Brumby (1933 - 2018) |
| Elizabeth Kefaloukos, Piano | |
| Brumby's three unique pieces explore the concept of tonality (particularly a lack thereof), through various musical elements - most notably: texture, shape and dynamic contrast. | |
| 5 Mazurkas Op.6 | Fryderyk Chopin (1810 - 1849) |
| Elizabeth Kefaloukos, Piano | |
| Five mazurkas, dedicated to 'A Mademoiselle la Comtesse Pauline Plater'. | |
| Preludes Book II, L.124 - No. 6 : \'General Lavine\' | Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918) |
| Elizabeth Kefaloukos, Piano | |
| An interesting point to notice: The titles of each prelude are written at the end of each work, allowing the performer to experience each individual sound-world without being influenced by Debussy's titles beforehand. | |
| Nocturne in D-flat major, Op. 27, No. 2 | Frederic Chopin (1810 - 1849) |
| Phillip Lin, Piano | |
| One of the Chopin Nocturnes in his opus 27 set. | |
| Études-Tableaux op.33 no.3 | Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 - 1943) |
| Chris Wang, Piano | |
| c minor Études-Tableaux by Rachmaninoff. | |
| Widmung | Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856) |
| Transcribed by Franz Liszt | |
| Chris Wang, Piano | |
| One of Liszt\\\'s virtuosic piano arrangements, which was transcribed from Schumann's “Widmung". | |