Conservatorium of Music
Thursday Concert Class
Thursday Concert Class
| Mosaïque | Nicole Philiba (1937 - ) |
| I. Prélude\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\nII. Rondo\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\nIII. Andante\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\nIV. Final | |
| Jack Gardiner, Trumpet | |
| Rhodri Clarke, piano | |
| Composed by french composer Nicole Philiba (b. 1937) in 1976, there is not an enormous amount known about this piece of music. One of the composers few works for trumpet, there are no known recordings of Mosaïque. The work features four movements, a serene prelude to the piece features a repeating lyrical motif in the trumpet. The lively second movement, Rondo introduces thematic material that can be heard throughout the remaining movements. The Andante explores interesting harmonic structures, before the fourth movement, Final, closes out the work with a exciting dance in 6/8. | |
| Ballade Op.10 No.1 | Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897) |
| Elliott Keeling-Mayer, Piano | |
| Brahms' first Ballade, from Op. 10, was based on a Scottish poem entitled 'Edward'. | |
| Concerto in C minor, Op.18 | Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 - 1943) |
| I. Moderato | |
| Chris Wang, Piano | |
| Rhodri Clarke, piano | |
| Rach2 1st Mvt. | |
| Sonata Op.13, No.8 in C minor | Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) |
| 2nd Movement | |
| Guy Breaden, Piano | |
| The adagio cantabile movement from the "Grande Sonate Pathétique" presents a stately but sensitive theme throughout. | |
| Come Raggio di Sol | Antonio Caldara (1670 - 1736) |
| Darcy Towe, Voice | |
| Rhodri Clarke, piano | |
| Come raggio di sol (As a ray of sunshine) is an early song of perhaps a “tortured artist.” It speaks of putting on a happy face while “the heart is writhing in secret anguish.” The minor key and droning eighth note pulses add to the melancholy. | |
| Piano sonata No.9 in C Op.103 | Sergei Prokofiev (1891 - 1953) |
| II | |
| Katniss Li, Piano | |
| Piano sonata op.1 | Alban Berg (1885 - 1935) |
| Katniss Li, Piano | |
| Berg's only piano solo work. Hyper-romantic and lyrical nature are imbedded. | |
| Valse Sentimentale Op.51 No.6 | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893) |
| Qihan Sun, Piano | |
| Tchaikovsky's Valse sentimentale, the last of his Six Morceaux (Six Pieces), for piano, Op. 51, was composed in 1882, during a very difficult period in the composer's life. From the late 1870s until 1885, the composer felt restless, somewhat disoriented, and unsure of his creative powers | |
| Venezia e Napoli | Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886) |
| I. Gondoliera | |
| Devina Christi, piano | |
| Based on the melody of the Venetian song “La Biondina in Gondoletta” by Giovanni Battista Peruchini, about a young woman invited by a gondoliere to his gondola, imaging a peaceful Venetian canal. Interestingly, this piece has introduction in F-sharp minor before entering the first theme in F-sharp major. Eventually, this piece ends as if the gondola is fading away. | |
| Piano sonata no.5 opus 53 | Alexander Scriabin (1872 - 1915) |
| Flinch Kemp, Piano | |
| Roughly contemporaneous with his “Le poeme d’exstase” Scriabin preempted this sonata for solo piano with a few lines from around the middle of his poem “the poem of ecstasy” (upon which the orchestral work of the same name is based), they are as follows: I call you to life, O mysterious forces! Drowned in the obscure depths Of the creative spirit, timid Shadows of life, to you I bring audacity! And indeed over the course of this piece he does bring timid shadows of life (the primary theme marked “languid”) out of the obscure depths of the creative mind (perhaps the opening of the piece) to audacity (The final climax marked “ecstatic.” | |