Conservatorium of Music
Friday Performance Class
Friday Performance Class
| L\'année, en vain chasse l\'année ; Azaël, pourquoi m\'as-tu quittée? | Claude Dubussy (1862 - 1918) |
| Lisette Bolton, voice | |
| Andrea Katz, piano | |
| This is the opening aria from Debussy's L'enfant Prodigue, the winning cantata of the 1884 Prix de Rome. | |
| Anch\\\\\\\'io son giovine | Gioachino Rossini (1792 - 1868) |
| Jasmine Arthur, Voice | |
| Andrea Katz, piano | |
| Rossini's La cambiale di matrimonio (the bill of marriage/ the marriage contract) : Act I Scene 9. In this scene Clarina who is a chamber maid expresses her experiences with love. \r\n | |
| Ave Maria | Guiseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901) |
| Jasmine Arthur, Voice | |
| Andrea Katz, piano | |
| Based on Shakespeare's play, Otello is a 4 act opera filled with tragedy. In this scene Desdemona is preparing for bed with the assistance of Emilia. She asks Emilia to put out the bridal gown she used on her wedding day, and says that if she dies, she wants to be buried in it. Emilia tells her not to talk about such things. After Emilia leaves, Desdemona prays (Ave Maria) and then falls asleep. | |
| Pieta Rispetto Amore | Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901) |
| nuolin ouyang, vocal | |
| MACBETH\r\nMercy, respect, love,\r\nthe comfort of declining years,\r\nthese will place no flowers\r\non your old age.\r\nNor should you hope\r\nfor kind words on your royal tomb:\r\nonly curses, alas,\r\nwill be your funeral hymn. | |
| Sonata no. 6 | Sergei Prokofiev (1891 - 1953) |
| IV | |
| Anna Gao, Piano | |
| The first of the Three War Sonatas, the sonata was first performed on 8 April 1940, in Moscow by Prokofiev himself. The fourth movement is written in the form of a rondo. | |
| Piano Sonata no. 1 | Carl Vine (1954 - ) |
| Anna Gao, Piano | |
| The Piano Sonata No. 1 of Carl Vine was composed in 1990 and dedicated to Australian pianist Michael Kieran Harvey. | |
| Toccata in E Minor | Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) |
| Anna Gao, Piano | |
| One of Bach's seven Toccatas, written in the early period of his life. | |