Conservatorium of Music
Thursday Concert Class

Concert Program for 2020-10-22

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Rhapsodie for SaxophoneClaude Debussy (1862 - 1918)1211:10
Arranged by Vincent David
       
Terence Liu, Saxophone
Jacob Abela, piano
In 1901, Elise Hall had commissioned a saxophone concerto to be written by Claude Debussy. However, Debussy was not pleased with the sound of the saxophone and had put it off. It was not until after his death and Elise Hall had gone deaf 18 years later, that the piece was finally premiered. The original Debussy score was very sparse and the majority of the piece was comprised of rests, so current arrangements had adapted the orchestral melodies into the saxophone part.
  
  
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Chaconne in D minor BWV 1004Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750)2011:24
Arranged by Ferruccio Busoni
       
Michelle Duong, Piano
The Partita in D minor for solo violin (BWV 1004) by Johann Sebastian Bach was written between 1717 and 1720. It is a part of his compositional cycle called Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin.
  
  
Des pas sur la neige Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
       
Michelle Duong, Piano
Des pas sur la neige is a musical composition by French composer Claude Debussy. It is the sixth piece in the composer's first book of Préludes, written between late 1909 and early 1910. The title is in French and translates to "Footprints in the Snow".
  
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Faschingsschwank Aus Wien op. 26Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)1811:46
        I: Sehr Lebhaft
Anna Gao, Piano
Faschingsschwank aus Wien (Carnival Scenes from Vienna) is a solo piano work in five movements. Schumann began working on this composition in 1839 when he was in Vienna.
  
  
StrokeMichael Smetanin (1958 - -)
       
Anna Gao, Piano
This piece was commissioned by Australian Pianist Lisa Moore. The first performance of this piece was in December 1991 at Newcastle Conservatorium of Music, performed by Lisa Moore. In 1988 this piece won the Jean Bogan Prize for Piano Composition.
  
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Widmung, from Myrthen Op. 25 No. 1Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)2012:06
Arranged by Franz Liszt
       
Richard Liang, Piano
Originally written by Schumann in 1840, 'Myrthen' was dedicated as a wedding gift for his wife (Clara Wieck). Liszt later arranged the heartfelt song as a virtuosic piano transcription.
  
  
Piano Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 22Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
        1. So rasch wie möglich 2. Andantino. Getragen 3. Scherzo. Sehr rasch und markiert 4. Rondo. Presto
Richard Liang, Piano
This was Schumann's last piece written in the sonata genre, completed after the release of his third Piano Sonata. His 'Florestan' and 'Eusebius' personalities are both culminated to its full extent in this work, at one moment charged with virtuosic intensity and passion, yet reflective and sensitive the next.
  
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Piano Sonata in B minor, S.178Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886)3012:28
        i: Lento assai - Allegro energico ii: Andante sostenuto iii: Allegro energico - Presto - Andante sostenuto
James He, Piano
The Liszt Sonata is one of the most important pieces in piano literature. It is a 30 minute one-movement sonata but within that, it still holds the structure of the fast-slow-fast. This monumental work was dedicated to Robert Schumann after Schumann dedicated his Fantasie in C major op.17 to Liszt. The amazing thing about this sonata is that almost everything is derived from a single motif. A lot of the times it is blended in so well you can’t even hear that it’s still the exact same motif. This piece encompasses every emotion and demands the highest technical and musical ability of the performer.
  
  

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Total Time of Entries: 100 minutes