Conservatorium of Music
Friday Performance Class

Performance Program for 2022-04-29

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Ein seltsamer Vogel ist so\'n Aal (a Strange Bird is such an Eel)Arold Schoenberg (1874 - 1951)
Arranged by Alban Berg
        from Gurrelieder, part three
YuTien Lin, Classical voice - tenor
Konrad Olszewski, piano
This is a song by the court jester Klaus, he and other servants were sent on a wild chase at night searching for Tove which is impossible. The ghost jester sings the song in an eccentric comic character, starting with an obscure riddle song inside this song, teasing, complaining about the king, caricaturing his laments, self-mockery, telling stories about crazy things they've done in the ghost form, such as making a fest, horse, racing. Lastly the song is finished with a warning to the creator that Waldemar is going to defeat him. Links to score and lyrics: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1wU7D3kSPdhMtdBu7Katn9SZZYHYGB-kN?usp=sharing
  
  
GrungySteven Mackey (1956 - )
       
Ethan McAlister, Electric Guitar and Loop Pedal
This work was first performed and recorded by the composer and pays hommage to Steven Mackey\\\'s time spent playing in rock bands based in northern California in his youth. Now a composition professor at Princeton, Mackey also includes a number of post-modern techniques and harmonies in the work. Notably, the work also features a loop pedal towards the end of the piece so that the performer may create an accompaniment to improvise over. \r\n\r\nGrungy is a fun and exciting piece and pushes the envelope of what the electric guitar can be in Western art music.\r\n\r\n\r\n
  
  
French suite no 5 in G major, BWV 816J.S. Bach (1685 - 1750)
       
Jayjay Tian , Piano