Conservatorium of Music
Friday Performance Class
Friday Performance Class
| FP127 Deux Mélodies de Guilliame Appolinaire | Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963) |
| 1. Montparnasse \\r\\n2. Hyde Park | |
| Lily Flynn, Voice | |
| Konrad Olszewski, piano | |
| The poem of the first song \\\'Montparnasse\\\' is from the point of view of a slightly mocking observer, describing the sight of a \\\'German lyric poet who wants to get to know Paris\\\'. He is \\\'a little stupid and too blonde\\\', with eyes that \\\'resemble two big balloons that fly in the pure air into adventure\\\'. It is often said that this is actually Appolinaire wistfully remembering his younger self. \r\n\r\n\r\nThe second song is a short, snappy and chaotic piece, set to text describing the goings on of Hyde Park. Hyde Park was a central meeting place for gay men and women at the time, and this piece is consequentially often l | |
| Clarinet Concerto op. 57 | Carl Nielsen (1865 - 1931) |
| First section | |
| Amy Broeksteeg, Clarinet | |
| Konrad Olszewski, piano | |
| Piano Concerto No. 3 | Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 - 1943) |
| Mvt 3 | |
| Brian Luo, Piano | |