Conservatorium of Music
Thursday Concert Class

Concert Program for 2023-08-24

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MosaïqueNicole Philiba (1937 - )511:10
        I. Prélude\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\nII. Rondo\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\nIII. Andante\\\\\\\\r\\\\\\\\nIV. Final
Jack Gardiner, Trumpet
Rhodri Clarke, piano
Composed by french composer Nicole Philiba (b. 1937) in 1976, there is not an enormous amount known about this piece of music. One of the composers few works for trumpet, there are no known recordings of Mosaïque. The work features four movements, a serene prelude to the piece features a repeating lyrical motif in the trumpet. The lively second movement, Rondo introduces thematic material that can be heard throughout the remaining movements. The Andante explores interesting harmonic structures, before the fourth movement, Final, closes out the work with a exciting dance in 6/8.
  
  
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Ballade Op.10 No.1Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897)511:17
       
Elliott Keeling-Mayer, Piano
Brahms' first Ballade, from Op. 10, was based on a Scottish poem entitled 'Edward'.
  
  
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Concerto in C minor, Op.18Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 - 1943)1211:24
        I. Moderato
Chris Wang, Piano
Rhodri Clarke, piano
Rach2 1st Mvt.
  
  
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Sonata Op.13, No.8 in C minorLudwig Van Beethoven (1770 - 1827)511:38
        2nd Movement
Guy Breaden, Piano
The adagio cantabile movement from the "Grande Sonate Pathétique" presents a stately but sensitive theme throughout.
  
  
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Come Raggio di SolAntonio Caldara (1670 - 1736)311:45
       
Darcy Towe, Voice
Rhodri Clarke, piano
Come raggio di sol (As a ray of sunshine) is an early song of perhaps a “tortured artist.” It speaks of putting on a happy face while “the heart is writhing in secret anguish.” The minor key and droning eighth note pulses add to the melancholy.
  
  
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Piano sonata No.9 in C Op.103Sergei Prokofiev (1891 - 1953)1111:50
        II
Katniss Li, Piano
  
  
Piano sonata op.1Alban Berg (1885 - 1935)
       
Katniss Li, Piano
Berg's only piano solo work. Hyper-romantic and lyrical nature are imbedded.
  
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Valse Sentimentale Op.51 No.6Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)512:03
       
Qihan Sun, Piano
Tchaikovsky's Valse sentimentale, the last of his Six Morceaux (Six Pieces), for piano, Op. 51, was composed in 1882, during a very difficult period in the composer's life. From the late 1870s until 1885, the composer felt restless, somewhat disoriented, and unsure of his creative powers
  
  
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Venezia e NapoliFranz Liszt (1811 - 1886)612:10
        I. Gondoliera
Devina Christi, piano
Based on the melody of the Venetian song “La Biondina in Gondoletta” by Giovanni Battista Peruchini, about a young woman invited by a gondoliere to his gondola, imaging a peaceful Venetian canal. Interestingly, this piece has introduction in F-sharp minor before entering the first theme in F-sharp major. Eventually, this piece ends as if the gondola is fading away.
  
  
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Piano sonata no.5 opus 53Alexander Scriabin (1872 - 1915)1212:18
       
Flinch Kemp, Piano
Roughly contemporaneous with his “Le poeme d’exstase” Scriabin preempted this sonata for solo piano with a few lines from around the middle of his poem “the poem of ecstasy” (upon which the orchestral work of the same name is based), they are as follows: I call you to life, O mysterious forces! Drowned in the obscure depths Of the creative spirit, timid Shadows of life, to you I bring audacity! And indeed over the course of this piece he does bring timid shadows of life (the primary theme marked “languid”) out of the obscure depths of the creative mind (perhaps the opening of the piece) to audacity (The final climax marked “ecstatic.”
  
  

End Time: 12:32

Total Time of Entries: 64 minutes