Conservatorium of Music
Friday Performance Class
Friday Performance Class
| Violin Sonata in D minor no.3 | Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897) |
| 3 and 4 | |
| Nanda Hong, Violin | |
| Konrad Olszewski, piano | |
| Johannes Brahms\\\'s Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108 is the last of his violin sonatas, composed between 1886 and 1888. Unlike the two previous violin sonatas, it is in four movements (the others are in three movements). The sonata is dedicated to Brahms\\\' friend and colleague Hans von Bülow, and was premiered in Budapest in 1888 with Jenő Hubay on violin and the composer at the piano. | |
| Wohl denn! gefasst ist der Entschluss | Otto Nicolai (1810 - 1849) |
| Jasmine Arthur, Voice | |
| Konrad Olszewski, piano | |
| Based on Shakespeare's Merry Wives of Windsor, this Singspiel (with German libretto by Salomon Hermann Mosenthal) was Nicolai's most popular work. In this scene Mrs Page privately tells Anne Page that she has arranged for her to marry Dr Caius that night: then Mr Page tells Anne that he has arranged for her to marry Slender. Anne, alone, vows to confound both of them and marry Fenton, affirming her determination to outwit them both. | |
| Premiere Rhapsodie | Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918) |
| Lily Tamir-Regev, Clarinet | |
| This was composed for Prosper Mimart. In 1909, Gabriel Fauré, Director of the Conservatoire de Paris, named Debussy to its board of directors (le Conseil Supérieur). One of Debussy's first duties was to supply two works for the next year's clarinet examinations. The Rhapsodie was first performed as part of the examinations on July 14, 1910. | |
| Les Cyclopes | Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683 - 1764) |
| Gulliver Poole, Piano | |
| A small ternary piece which combines thematic melodies with toccata-like technical passages containing a large amount of hand-crossing. | |
| Mephisto Waltz No. 1 | Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886) |
| Gulliver Poole, Piano | |
| A diabolical and virtuosic piece based on a scene from the story of Faust, where Mephistopheles seizes a violin from a wedding band, and begins to weave his intoxicating sound. In the crowd of entranced dancers, Faust encounters a \\\'black haired beauty\\\', with whom he dances out of the inn and into the forest, until dawn finally arrives. | |