Conservatorium of Music
Thursday Concert Class
Thursday Concert Class
| Title | Composer | Mins | Start |
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| Piano Concerto No. 1 in F# minor, Op. 1 | Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 - 1943) | 20 | 11:10 |
| I. Vivace-Moderato, II. Andante | |||
| Jay Brendan Del Rosario, Piano | |||
| Konrad Olszewski, piano | |||
| Jay Brendan Del Rosario (Piano), Konrad Olszewski (Piano) | |||
| Rachmaninoff\\\'s first piano concerto, first written while he was a teenager. This version, which is the standard edition for performance these days, is a later revision he completed as an adult. | |||
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| Ravel Piano Concerto in G major | Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937) | 17 | 11:32 |
| 1st and 2nd Movement | |||
| Alicia Elsom, Piano | |||
| Konrad Olszewski, piano | |||
| Maurice Ravel's Piano Concerto in G major, was composed between 1929 and 1931. | |||
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| Miroirs | Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937) | 7 | 11:51 |
| IV. \\\\\\\"Alborada del gracioso\\\\\\\" | |||
| Giang Le, Piano | |||
| The music consists of two sections of lively dance music, separated by a rhapsodic, extended song. In its original keyboard format, the piece is filled with powerful accents and fast repeated notes | |||
| 1 piano(s) needed with lid(s) full stick. 0 chairs needed for page turners. Stands Needed: 0. Chairs Needed: 0. | |||
| Nocturne in C minor, Op 48 no. 1 | Chopin (1810 - 1849) | 6 | 12:00 |
| Sweeney Marshall, Piano | |||
| A piece expressing deep anguish and personal difficulties. | |||
| 1 piano(s) needed with lid(s) full stick. 0 chairs needed for page turners. Stands Needed: 0. Chairs Needed: 0. | |||
| Nocturne in C minor op. 48 no. 1 | Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849) | 6 | 12:08 |
| Anna Le, piano | |||
| 1 piano(s) needed with lid(s) full stick. 0 chairs needed for page turners. Stands Needed: 0. Chairs Needed: 0. | |||
| Preludes book 2, no. 12 \'Feux D\'artifice\' | Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918) | 5 | 12:16 |
| Zitong Ren, Piano | |||
| This piece is meant to depict a festive display of fireworks in France. | |||
| 1 piano(s) needed with lid(s) full stick. 0 chairs needed for page turners. Stands Needed: 0. Chairs Needed: 0. | |||
| Variations Serieuses | Felix Mendelssohn (1809 - 1847) | 12 | 12:23 |
| Amber Chong , Piano | |||
| 17 Variations in D minor | |||
| 1 piano(s) needed with lid(s) full stick. 0 chairs needed for page turners. Stands Needed: 0. Chairs Needed: 0. | |||
| Papillons Op.2 | Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856) | 17 | 12:37 |
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| Nicole Cao, piano | |||
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| 10 pieces for piano Op.12 no.3 | Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (1891 - 1953) | ||
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| Nicole Cao, piano | |||
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| 1 piano(s) needed with lid(s) full stick. 0 chairs needed for page turners. Stands Needed: 0. Chairs Needed: 0. | |||
| Op.39 | Nikolai Kapustin (1937 - 2020) | 7 | 12:56 |
| Piano Sonata No. 1, \"Sonata-Fantasia\", Fourth Movement, Allegro Molto | |||
| Matteo Encena, Piano | |||
| The only movement of the sonata to utilize sonata form, it incorporates jazz idioms such as boogie woogie, funk and imitates the tendencies of a big band. The composer includes subtle references to Kapustin and Ravel. | |||
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| Les Jeax d\'eaux à la Villa d\'Este | Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886) | 8 | 13:05 |
| Ezekiel Rowland, Piano | |||
| This piece is a depiction of the fountains at the villa d'este in Tivoli near Rome where Liszt stayed frequently in later life. listen out for the dolcissimo section where the texture suddenly changes and the left hand begins a streaming arpeggiated figure, in that place Liszt inscribed on the score a quote, from the book of John "For the water I give him will become in him a fountain of the eternal life" | |||
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| Romance Op. 24, No. 9 in D-flat Major | Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957) | 4 | 13:15 |
| Guy Breaden, Piano | |||
| The ninth piece in his Op. 24 Ten Pieces. | |||
| 1 piano(s) needed with lid(s) full stick. 0 chairs needed for page turners. Stands Needed: 0. Chairs Needed: 0. | |||
| Sinfonia in B flat major BWV 800 | Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) | 2 | 13:21 |
| Jamie Ruta, Piano | |||
| It is assumed that Bach wrote his two-part inventions and three-part sinfonias around 1722/23. Bach's intention with these compositions is to teach students and lovers of keyboard music the importance in playing two and three equal parts to “achieve a singing style in playing” as well as an introduction to composition. | |||
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| Rhapsody in g minor Op. 79 no. 2 | Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897) | 6 | 13:25 |
| Henry Huang, Piano | |||
| Brahms wrote 2 Rhapsodies in Op.72. The second Rhapsody, in G minor, is one of the composer's most popular and effective piano works, tautly written and darkly dramatic. | |||