Conservatorium of Music
Friday Performance Class
Friday Performance Class
| Clarinet Sonata No. 1, Op. 120 | Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897) |
| Movement 1 | |
| Lily Tamir-Regev, Clarinet | |
| Konrad Olszewski, piano | |
| The piece was written, along with a second sonata, in 1894 and is dedicated to the clarinetist Richard Mühlfeld. The sonatas stem from a period late in Brahms's life where he “discovered†the beauty of the sound and tonal colour of the clarinet. The form of the clarinet sonata was largely undeveloped until after the completion of these sonatas, after which the combination of clarinet and piano was more readily used in composers’ new works. These were the last chamber pieces Brahms wrote before his death and are considered two of the great masterpieces in the clarinet repertoire. | |
| Petrarch Sonnet 47 | Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886) |
| Anna Gao, Piano | |
| Originally a song for voice and piano by Liszt and later transcribed it for piano solo. The vocal version is set to a sonnet by Petrarch. | |
| El Pelele | Enrique Granados (1867 - 1916) |
| Anna Gao, Piano | |
| El Pelele (the straw man) belongs to a suite for piano solo called Goyescas. The pieces within this set are each inspired by paintings by Goya. | |
| Humeroke Op.20 | Schumann (1810 - 1856) |
| Yuhao Yan, Piano | |