Conservatorium of Music
Friday Performance Class
Friday Performance Class
| Bassoon Concerto in B-flat major, K. 191/186e | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791) |
| 2nd movement – Andante ma adagio | |
| Kina Lin-Wilmoth, Bassoon | |
| Konrad Olszewski, piano | |
| Written at the age of 18 in 1774, the bassoon concerto was the first of Mozart\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s concerti written for wind instruments. The second movement resembles a tender operatic aria which highlights the instrument\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s singing qualities, and would go on to provide thematic material in the Countess\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' aria \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'Porgi amor\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' in Le Nozze de Figaro. | |
| L\\\\\\\'heure exquise | Poldowski (1879 - 1932) |
| Annalyce Wiebenga, Voice | |
| Konrad Olszewski, piano | |
| \\\"Poldowski\\\" was the professional name of Régine Wieniawski, a composer and pianist who went by several names during her career. \\\"L\\\'heure exquise\\\" is a setting of a Paul Verlaine poem about a gorgeous, moonlit hour of the night with the speaker of the poem\\\'s beloved. | |
| O CARLO ASCOLTA | GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813 - ) |
| Nuolin Ouyang, voice | |
| English Translation:\\\\r\\\\nRODRIGO\\\\r\\\\nmortally wounded\\\\r\\\\nFor me!\\\\r\\\\nThe revenge of the Re - delay could not!\\\\r\\\\nIt falls into the arms of Don Carlo\\\\r\\\\nO Carlo, listen, your mother waits for you\\\\r\\\\nIn San Giusto doman; everything she knows ...\\\\r\\\\nAh! I miss the land ... My dear,\\\\r\\\\nGive me the man! ...\\\\r\\\\nI will die, but pleased in core,\\\\r\\\\nBecause I was so serbar\\\\r\\\\nA savior to Spain!\\\\r\\\\nAh! ... of me ... not ... you ... forget it ...\\\\r\\\\n\\\\r\\\\nHe died. Don Carlo desperately falls on Rodrigo\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s body\\\\r\\\\n | |
| Art of Fugue BWV 1080 | J.S Bach (1685 - 1750) |
| 4th Fugue | |
| Brian Luo, Piano | |
| Art of fugue | |
| Etudes de paganini | Franz Liszt (1811 - 1886) |
| 4 | |
| Brian Luo, Piano | |
| 4th etude | |
| Piano Sonata D.845 Op.42 in A minor | Franz Schubert (1787 - 1828) |
| Moderato | |
| Quilby Nelson , Piano | |
| This sonata was completed in May 1825. Schubert’s financial situation began to ease with the publication of more works. In this year he also wrote his D major piano sonata D.850 and began his Symphony in C major D.944. D.845 in A minor comprises of four movements; Moderato, Andante poco mosso, Scherzo-trio and Rondo. The first movement begins with a unison phrase that is developed throughout this dramatic movement. | |
| Beethoven Concerto No.3 in C minor, Op.37 | Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827) |
| 1 | |
| Zhihan Jiang, Piano | |
| Dedicated to Prince Louis Ferdinand or Prussia, was first performed in 1803 by Beethoven himself. | |
| Piano concerto No.2 Op.18 | Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 - 1943) |
| 1 | |
| Zhihan Jiang, Piano | |
| A work written after a low point in Rachmaninoff\\\'s life: a period of depression and self doubt towards his own compositional capabilities overcome by the rapid fame of this concerto. | |