Conservatorium of Music
Thursday Concert Class
Thursday Concert Class
| Adagio and Allegro, Op. 70 | Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856) |
| Jamie Miles, Viola | |
| Konrad Olszewski, piano | |
| In 1849 Robert Schumann composed four cycles of small character pieces: the Romanzen for oboe and piano; the Fantasiestücke for clarinet and piano; the 5 Stücke im Volkston (Folk Tunes) for cello; and the Adagio and Allegro for French horn and piano. This last piece was originally named Romanze and Allegro, but Schumann later changed it to Adagio and Allegro, producing an alternative version for cello (or viola) and piano – just as he did with the Fantasiestücke for clarinet. Clara Schumann premiered the new work with the horn player Julius Schlitterlau, writing subsequently in her diary, “The piece is splendid, fresh and passionateâ€. | |
| Piano Concerto no. 1 in G minor, Op. 25 | Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847) |
| 1. Molto allegro con fuoco | |
| Devina Christi, piano | |
| Konrad Olszewski, piano | |
| Mendelssohn’s 1st piano concerto written in 1830-31, the 1st movement begins with stormy and short introduction by orchestra, then the piano enters with very fast and vigor. Then it comes with lyrical theme in the middle in its relative major key before coming back to the stormy passage. | |
| Etude op.10 no.10 | Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) |
| Yizhu Chen, piano | |
| Etude op.4 no.1 | Karol Szymanowski (1882 - 1937) |
| Yizhu Chen, piano | |
| Violin Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 121 | Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856) |
| 4 | |
| Davis Takagi, Violin | |
| Konrad Olszewski, piano | |
| The first movement tempo marking is ziemlich langsam, lebhaft meaning very slow then lively. This was a late work and the second sonata of the three Schumann wrote. It was completed in November 1851, dedicated to the violinist Ferdinand David. The sonata received its first public performance by Clara Josephine Wieck Schumann and Joseph Joachim on 29th of October 1853 in Düsseldorf, in a concert that marked the beginning of a long term musical collaboration. The sonata is in D minor and have 4 movements. The second movement inspired Johannes Brahms to write the scherzo for the FAE sonata | |
| Toccata in E minor, BWV 914 | Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) |
| Chris Wang, Piano | |
| Bach E minor Toccata. | |
| Pas De Deux | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893) |
| Arranged by Mikhail Pletnev | |
| Chris Wang, Piano | |
| A piano transcription from the Nutcracker Suite. | |
| Piano Sonata No2, Op35 | Frederic Chopin (1810 - 1849) |
| i - Doppio Movimento, ii - Scherzo, iii - Marche Funèbre, iv - Finale, Presto. | |
| Davie Xia, Piano | |
| Chopin's second piano sonata was written in 1839 in France, with the famous Funeral March already composed a year or two earlier. This sonata is made up of 4 movements, the opening movement being in a sonata form, followed by a scherzo, then the funeral march and finally a dazzling finale. | |