Conservatorium of Music
Thursday Concert Class
Thursday Concert Class
| Piano Concerto No.2 Op.18 | Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 - 1943) |
| I.Moderato II. Adagio sostenuto III. Allegro scherzando | |
| Ziyuan Fu, Piano | |
| TBA, piano | |
| The Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18, is a concerto for piano and orchestra composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff between June 1900 and April 1901. The piece established his fame as a concerto composer and is one of his most enduringly popular pieces. | |
| \'Lullaby\' from \"The Consul\" | Gian Carlo Menotti (1911 - 2007) |
| Sophie Whitehead, Voice | |
| TBA, piano | |
| Set in an unidentified European country, John and Magda Sorel must obtain visas to escape their totalitarian society. The lullaby is sung by John's mother to their child as the parents face the trials of bureaucracy. | |
| Etude-Tableau in G minor Op.33 | Rachmaninoff (1873 - 1943) |
| QIMUGE, piano | |
| The Études-Tableaux ("study pictures"), Op. 33, is the first of two sets of piano études composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff. They were intended to be "picture pieces", essentially "musical evocations of external visual stimuli". But Rachmaninoff did not disclose what inspired each one, stating: "I do not believe in the artist that discloses too much of his images. Let [the listener] paint for themselves what it most suggests."[1] However, he willingly shared sources for a few of these études with the Italian composer Ottorino Respighi when Respighi orchestrated them in 1930. | |
| Pavane pour une infante défunte | Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937) |
| Ezekiel , Piano | |
| The Pavane is solemn court dance from the baroque era that like many baroque forms became popular again in the 19th and 20th century. The pavane was officially premiered in 1902 in the Société nationale de musique. | |
| Irish Tune From Country Derry | Percy Grainger (1882 - 1961) |
| Noreen Suyudy, Piano | |
| 3 Pieces, Op. 2 | Alexander Scriabin (1872 - 1915) |
| Etude in C Sharp Minor -\\r\\nPrelude in B major -\\r\\nImpromptu a la Mazur in C Major | |
| Noreen Suyudy, Piano | |
| Piano Sonata no. 18 in D major, K. 576 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) |
| I. Allegro II. Adagio III. Allegretto | |
| Devina Christi, piano | |
| Mozart’s last piano sonata was composed in Berlin during his later years in 1789. It has the horn-like opening, famously known as “The Trumpet Sonata” or “The Hunt Sonata”. It was one of the “6 easy piano sonatas” that he composed for Princess Friederika. In fact, it is his most technical demanding sonata, particularly due to the contrapuntal devices. | |
| Venezia e Napoli, Années de pèlerinage II, Supplément, S.162 | Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886) |
| I. Gondoliera II. Canzone III. Tarantella | |
| Devina Christi, piano | |
| Années de pèlerinage is a set of three suites for solo piano by Franz Liszt, written in the 1830s when he was travelling to Swiss and Italy. Venezia e Napoli means Venice and Naples, the cities that impressed him during his travel, which were based on Italian melodies, and he composed with very rich harmonies and use of chromaticism which reflect his musical styles. | |
| Suite Bergamasque | Debussy, Claude (1862 - 1918) |
| I. Prélude II. Menuet III. Clair de Lune IV. Passepied | |
| Samuel Hill, Piano | |
| “Your soul is like a landscape fantasy, Where masks and bergamasks, in charming wise, Strum lutes and dance, just a bit sad to be Hidden beneath their fanciful disguise” (Verlaine, ‘Clair de Lune’, trans. Shapiro) | |