Conservatorium of Music
Thursday Concert Class
Thursday Concert Class
| Come Sleep | Peggy Glanville-Hicks (1912 - 1990) |
| n/a | |
| Darcy Towe, Voice | |
| Rhodri Clarke, piano | |
| Published in 1938, Come Sleep is one of the best-loved of all Glanville-Hicks’s songs. Possibly its origins were unknown to Glanville-Hicks, who was simply attracted to a song about delight, pleasing dreams and abiding joys, however it is confirmed that the poem was written by John Fletcher. | |
| Premiere Arabesque from Deux Arabesques | Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918) |
| Leanne Stumbles, Piano | |
| The two arabesques (Deux Arabesques), L.66 are two of Debussy’s earliest works, composed between the years 1888 and 1891, when he was in his twenties. Although quite an early work, the arabesques contain hints of Debussy’s developing musical style. | |
| Piano Sonata in F major KV 332 (300k) – first movement | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) |
| Leanne Stumbles, Piano | |
| As this piece has matured over its life span of forty and two hundred years, numerous points of contention have increasingly become evident. It was originally believed that Mozart composed it in 1778. However, research saw the date amended to 1783 and supported by a letter from Mozart to his father. This work is important because it was composed during the time of keyboard development. This work is special considering its time of composition was when Mozart discovered the Stein’s pianofortes being “an encounter that would change the composer’s life” and consequently Anton Walter of Vienna built him a piano around 1782. | |
| Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor | Frederic Chopin (1810 - 1849) |
| Movement I. Allegro Maestoso | |
| Rachel Shindang, Piano | |
| Rhodri Clarke, piano | |
| Chopin’s first Piano Concerto | |
| O! Wenn es doch immer so bliebe! Op. 34 No.9 | Lied von Anton Rubinstein (1829 - 1894) |
| Arranged by Franz Liszt | |
| Christina Wong, Piano | |
| Oh! If only it always stayed this way! Sometimes known by its first line and mysteriously given a second catalogue number as a ‘missing’ Liszt work on that account: ‘Gelb rollt mir zu füssen …’ (‘The mighty river Kura flows golden at my feet’) is a translation by Bodenstedt of the Persian poet Mirza Schaffy: a hymn of joy to love and nature, once recorded in Rubinstein’s setting by Fyodor Chaliapin, and here given the most elaborate plumage in Liszt’s concert transcription. | |
| Deh Vieni - Marriage of Figaro | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) |
| Recitative and Aria | |
| Stella Horvathh , voice | |
| Rhodri Clarke, piano | |
| This recitative and aria are from Mozart's Opera "The Marriage of Figaro". The recitative and aria are sung by the smart and playful character of Susanna. | |
| Sonata Op.14 No.1 | Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) |
| I. Allegro II. Allegretto | |
| Qihan Sun, Piano | |
| The Piano Sonata No. 9 in E major, Op. 14, No. 1, is an early-period work by Ludwig van Beethoven, dedicated to Baroness Josefa von Braun, one of his patrons at that time. It was composed in 1798. | |
| Natha-Valse Op.51, No.4 | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893) |
| Qihan Sun, Piano | |
| Dedicated to Natalya Andreyevna Plesskaya. | |
| Piano Sonata No.8 Op.13 | Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) |
| movements 2 and 3 | |
| Francesca Cascino, Piano | |
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| Mr. C.C. | Hiromi Uehara (1979 - ) |
| Jay Brendan Del Rosario, Piano | |
| Dedicated to 'comedy king Charlie Chaplin', Mr C.C. is a joyous and energetic work, drawing inspiration from stride and swing piano idioms. As described by the composer herself, she wishes to explore the colourful humour of Chaplin's monochrome films with various comic and virtuosic effects throughout. | |
| Sonata in A major, Hob. XVI:26 | Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809) |
| I. Allegro moderato\\r\\nII. Menuetto al Rovescio\\r\\nIII. Finale | |
| Jovanna Amaris Koerniawan, Piano | |
| The Hunt, Op 31 No 3 Movement 1 | Ludwig Beethoven (1770 - 1827) |
| Amber Chong , Piano | |
| Named The Hunt, this sonata’s movement resembles a horn call, with the motif being heard throughout the movement in a playful manner. | |