Conservatorium of Music
Friday Performance Class
Friday Performance Class
| Toccata in E minor, BWV 914 | Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 - 1750) |
| Zhihan Jiang, Pianoforte | |
| Belonging to Bach's earlier works and reflecting the North-German keyboard school of his upbringing is the E minor toccata, which has a clear structure in 4 parts. The short Prelude opens the piece which is then contrasted with a double fugue, followed by a movement reminiscent of a recitative, and ending with a more virtuosic fugue. | |
| Piano Sonata in B minor Op.58 | Frederick Chopin (1810 - 1849) |
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| Zhihan Jiang, Pianoforte | |
| As the last sonata ever composed by Chopin, and dedicated to Countess Emilie de Perthuis, the first movement begins with an emotional opening. The lyrical melodies of the second subject create an almost unbearable sense of yearning, and the development section a sense of struggle which may represent Chopin's ever so deteriorating health. | |
| Reminiscences de Don Juan S.418 | Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886) |
| Brian Luo, Piano | |
| Based on Mozart\\\'s opera, Don Giovanni. | |
| Meditation Op.72, No. 5 | Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893) |
| Brian Luo, Piano | |
| Meditation Op. 72, no.5 | |
| Barcarolle op. 60 | Fryderyk Chopin (1810 - 1849) |
| Anna Gao, Piano | |
| Chopin's Barcarolle was written in the summer of 1845, alongside new mazurkas and songs. The barcarolle genre was becoming increasingly popular in vocal and pianistic lyricism. | |
| Sonata no. 28, op. 101 in A major | Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) |
| Anna Gao, Piano | |
| Beethoven's sonata in A major op. 101 is considered to be the first of his 'late' sonatas. | |
| Preludes | Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918) |
| Book II: General Lavine Book I: The Engulfed Cathedral | |
| Anna Gao, Piano | |
| Book II General Lavine was inspired by American juggler of the same name. Book I The Engulfed Cathedral tells the story of the mythical cathedral Ys. | |