Conservatorium of Music
Thursday Concert Class
Thursday Concert Class
| Piano Concerto No. 1 Op. 28 | Alberto Ginastera (1916 - 1983) |
| 1. Cadenza e variant 2. Scherzo allucinante 3. Adagissimo 4. Toccata concertata | |
| Tim kan, Piano | |
| Rhodri Clarke, piano | |
| The concerto was Ginastera's first composition for piano since his Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 22, written in 1952. The work was commissioned by the Koussevitzky Foundation and was completed in 1961. It is dedicated to the memory of Serge and Natalie Koussevitzky. | |
| La Fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair) | Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918) |
| Marizabel Saliba, Piano | |
| La fille aux cheveux de lin (The Girl with the Flaxen Hair) is considered to be one of Debussy's best-loved works for piano. It is the eighth piece from Debussy's first book of Preludes which was composed around 1910. | |
| Beat Down, Broken and No Hope Hunk of Blues | Tom Kubis (1951 - ) |
| SuperSax Ensemble, Saxophone | |
| Josh Clements Kat Kalaitzidis Dani Forsyth Brandon Bartholomeusz Thomas Bell Justinn Lu Haley Wolters Jenny Yang Ruby Mineur | |
| A bluesy, jazzy stomp for 5 saxophones and rhythm section. Featuring solos by Jenny Yang, Josh Clements and Dani Forsyth. The composer Tom Kubis trained in composition at Long Beach State before going on to an illustrious career as a saxophonist and composer for big band, television and film. He has 11 albums to his credit and has written hundreds of Big Band originals. | |
| The Red Sea | Bob Mintzer (1953 - ) |
| SuperSax Ensemble, Saxophone | |
| Josh Clements Kat Kalaitzidis Dani Forsyth Brandon Bartholomeusz Thomas Bell Justinn Lu Haley Wolters Jenny Yang Ruby Mineur | |
| This unusual 6/4 latin chart is scored for 5 saxophones, trumpet and rhythm and features complex rhythms and harmonic interplay in his typical style. Solos will be by Haley Wolters, Kat Kalaitsidis and Brandon Bartholomeusz. The composer, Bob Mintzer, is a saxophonist/arranger/educator and holds an endowed chair at the USC Thornton School of Music. He has been saxophonist with the Yellowjackets for 30 years as well as being the chief conductor of the WDR Big Band. Bob has written over 500 big band charts as well as orchestral and chamber works and played on over 1000 recordings. | |
| Piano Concerto No.2 Op.14 | Nikolai Kapustin (1937 - 2020) |
| 1st Movement | |
| Zihan Zhu, Piano | |
| Rhodri Clarke, piano | |
| This concerto is an example of his early works, which is very much influenced by Russian romanticism. | |
| Weep You No More Op.12 No.1 | Roger Quilter (1877 - 1953) |
| Victoria Kokkinos , Voice | |
| Rhodri Clarke, piano | |
| Poetry was put to music by Quilter in 1908. | |
| Love’s Philosophy Op.3 No.1 | Roger Quilter (1877 - 1953) |
| Victoria Kokkinos , Voice | |
| Rhodri Clarke, piano | |
| Original poetry by Percy Shelly. | |
| Sonetto 123 Del Petrarcha | Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886) |
| Racheal Zhou , Piano | |
| No.6 from Années de Pèlerinage Book II: Italy | |
| Seven Elizabethan Lyrics: My life\'s delight, Op.12, No. 2 | Roger Quilter (1877 - 1953) |
| Darcy Towe, Voice | |
| Rhodri Clarke, piano | |
| The second song in the cycle, "My Life's Delight," is a setting of a Thomas Campion poem. As the text becomes more impassioned, so does the vocal line, which reaches some of the highest notes of the cycle. | |
| Minstrels Prelude; Livre 1 | Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918) |
| Francesca Cascino , Piano | |
| No 12 in book 1 | |
| Scherzo Humouristique Op. 12 No. 9 | Sergei Prokofiev (1891 - 1953) |
| Timothy Chok, Piano | |
| The 9th piece in Prokofiev's "Ten pieces for the Piano". Prokofiev later arranged this piece for 4 bassoons, which truly emphasises the humour of this piece | |
| Bundanon Rhapsody | Linda Kouvaras (1960 - ) |
| Jovanna Amaris Koerniawan, Piano | |
| Slavische Fantasie | Carl Höhne (1871 - 1934) |
| Jack Gardiner, Trumpet | |
| Carl Höhne was a German composer and cornet soloist. In addition to his solo works for brass, Höhne wrote a treatise on cornet performance. Slavische Fantasie (Slavonic Fantasy), a popular showpiece for trumpet/cornet, was written in 1899 for the cornet virtuoso Franz Werner. The work alternates between vocal lyricism and highly demanding technical passages for the soloist. | |
| Anywhere | Jane Hammond (1982 - ) |
| Christina Wong, Piano | |
| "Where am I going? I don't quite know. 'Anywhere' is a setting without voice of the poem 'Spring Morning' by the English poet Alan Alexander Milne (1882-1956) from his 1924 collection of poems When We Were Very Young. Tempo markings throughout this score are suggestions only and the use of some rubato is appropriate. The style and tone are intended to be reminiscent of the playing and compositions of the pianists Keith Jarrett and Liz Story. | |