Conservatorium of Music
Thursday Concert Class
Thursday Concert Class
| Carmen Fantasy, Op. 25 | Pablo de Sarasate (1844 - 1908) |
| I. Allegro moderato II. Moderato III. Lento assai IV. Allegro moderato | |
| May Zeng, violin | |
| Konrad Olszewski, piano | |
| A violin fantasy on themes from the opera Carmen by Georges Bizet. The piece contains an adaptation of the Aragonaise, Habanera, an interlude, Seguidilla, and the Gypsy Dance. | |
| Piano Sonata No.12 In A Flat Major, Op26: 1. Andante con variazioni | Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) |
| First Movement | |
| Charlotte Roberts, Piano | |
| Beethoven piano Sonata No.12 Op26 in A Flat Major | |
| Etude de Concert | Marcel Poot (1901 - 1988) |
| James O\'Hehir, Trumpet | |
| Konrad Olszewski, piano | |
| A 20th-century study for Trumpet and Piano. | |
| Arabesque no. 1, op. 61 | Cécile Louise Stéphanie Chaminade (1857 - 1944) |
| Shujie Fu, Piano | |
| Arabesque is an intricate piece. Its dance-measure is essentially decorative, but there are occasional hints of drama, and it builds to a powerful and unexpectedly virtuosic ending. | |
| Barcarolle op.44 | Anatoly Lyadov (1955 - 1914) |
| lina, Piano | |
| Piano Sonata No.4, Op.30 | Alexander Scriabin (1872 - 1915) |
| I. Andante\\r\\nII. Prestissimo volando | |
| Chutong Yi, Piano | |
| Scriabin’s shortest piano sonata | |
| Scherzo No.1 in B minor, Op. 20 | Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) |
| Devina Christi Soeryawinata, piano | |
| Literally means joke, the first Scherzo of his four Scherzi work, was composed in 1830 during the Warsaw outbreak. He was in Vienna and unable to return home during Christmas. It is written in ABA form, starting in B minor, fast and agitated, representing his dark humour, despair, uncertainty of his future due to the outbreak. Interestingly, the middle part is very contrasting, modulating to B major, with slow, lyrical, and melodic passage. It has the melody of Polish Christmas carol Lulajże Jezuniu, “Sleep, little Jesusâ€, conveying his homesickness. This piece represents his characteristics of melody, figuration, and harmony. | |
| Estampes | Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918) |
| 3. Jardins sous la Pluie | |
| Devina Christi Soeryawinata, piano | |
| Meaning Gardens in the Rain, last work from his collection “Estampesâ€, which was written as his admiration to visual arts. This piece portrays children playing in the garden but then the thunderstorm comes. It starts with rain in the beginning, with a wind blowing in the middle, and finally the sun and rainbow come up in the end. The melody of French folk songs was also conveyed in this piece, “Nous n'irons plus aux boisâ€, which about a mother asking the children to stop playing in the woods, and "Dodo, l'enfant do", a French lullaby. Chromatics, major, minor, and whole tone scales were used in this piece, which shows Debussy’s musical style | |
| Partita no.1 in B flat major, BWV 825, Sarabande | Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) |
| Qihan Sun, Piano | |
| 1 in B-flat Major, BWV 825 is the first of a set of six keyboard suites which J.S. Bach composed between 1725 and 1731. The Baroque Partita is a collection of dance forms made up of the allemande, courante, sarabande, and gigue. | |
| Novelette no.1 in C major | Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963) |
| Qihan Sun, Piano | |
| Novelette in C major (1927) is dedicated to Virginie Liénard, a family friend, also the dedicatee of Poulenc's piano suite Soirées de Nazelles (1930–36). The piece features a neo-classical song-like melody interrupted by a central contrasting section. | |
| 8 Pieces for Clarinet, Viola and Piano, Op.83 | Max Bruch (1838 - 1920) |
| 1. Andante 2. Allegro con Moto 6. Nachtgesang: Andante con moto | |
| Phillip Lin, Piano | |
| Ethan Pang - Clarinet, Kiara Kim- Viola | |
| 8 different pieces/movements for a piano trio. Each movements has different speeds and different moods, with the main melody heard by the Clarinet, viola having the second melody and accompaniment, and piano being supports | |
| Rachmaninoff Sonata No.2, Op.36 | Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 - 1943) |
| I. Allegro agitato. | |
| Yizhu Chen, piano | |