program notes - Rockport Music
... Haydn’s long professional life spanned two keyboard eras. As a young composer for the keyboard in the 1750s, he played and wrote for harpsichord and clavichord; by the 1780s the fortepiano had become ubiquitous in European society, and Haydn was composing for it. In 1794 he wrote his final keyboard ...
... Haydn’s long professional life spanned two keyboard eras. As a young composer for the keyboard in the 1750s, he played and wrote for harpsichord and clavichord; by the 1780s the fortepiano had become ubiquitous in European society, and Haydn was composing for it. In 1794 he wrote his final keyboard ...
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... Prokofiev (1891-1953) composed his 138 opuses striving to achieve a continuous changeability of the music language based on the prefect clarity of melodic contours, lucidity of form, simplicity of instrumental colorism and antagonistic opposing of tonality and atonality. Masterful super structuring ...
... Prokofiev (1891-1953) composed his 138 opuses striving to achieve a continuous changeability of the music language based on the prefect clarity of melodic contours, lucidity of form, simplicity of instrumental colorism and antagonistic opposing of tonality and atonality. Masterful super structuring ...
CRI 208 HALSEY STEVENS Sonata for Solo `cello (1958) ROBERT
... 25, 1958. It is a companion piece to the composer's Suite for Solo Violin, written for Robert Gerle in 1954, and makes equal or even greater demands on the performer. “The plan of the Sonata took shape over a considerable period of time. The two last movements were written earlier, in April and June ...
... 25, 1958. It is a companion piece to the composer's Suite for Solo Violin, written for Robert Gerle in 1954, and makes equal or even greater demands on the performer. “The plan of the Sonata took shape over a considerable period of time. The two last movements were written earlier, in April and June ...
Quicksilver - Early Music Now
... contemplation with sudden and unexpected bursts of ornamental virtuosity. Interestingly, Castello himself quotes a good chunk of this sonata in one of his own works — or is it the other way around? In either case, it is clear that these two composers knew and respected each other’s craft. We then he ...
... contemplation with sudden and unexpected bursts of ornamental virtuosity. Interestingly, Castello himself quotes a good chunk of this sonata in one of his own works — or is it the other way around? In either case, it is clear that these two composers knew and respected each other’s craft. We then he ...
Sir ANDRÁS SCHIFF, piano - The Friends of Chamber Music
... same time, it is the apogee of structural purity and classical elegance in Mozart’s keyboard music. Sonata in C Minor, D. 958 Musicians often observe that Mozart is too easy for Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828) children and too difficult for adults. This sonata is an In March 1827, the Austrian pian ...
... same time, it is the apogee of structural purity and classical elegance in Mozart’s keyboard music. Sonata in C Minor, D. 958 Musicians often observe that Mozart is too easy for Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828) children and too difficult for adults. This sonata is an In March 1827, the Austrian pian ...
Ludwig Van Beethoven - Woodlawn School Wiki
... and his constant worrying about his nephew Karl, over whom he had guardianship. But in 1812 Beethoven wrote, but did not mail, a love letter to an unidentified woman whom he referred to as 'Immortal Beloved.' This is one of the most famous love letters written today. ...
... and his constant worrying about his nephew Karl, over whom he had guardianship. But in 1812 Beethoven wrote, but did not mail, a love letter to an unidentified woman whom he referred to as 'Immortal Beloved.' This is one of the most famous love letters written today. ...
Assignment 5 Music of the Classical Period Name
... A. A rondo movement features a tuneful main theme which returns several time in alternation with other themes B. The rondo as a musical form was not used in musical compositions after the classical period C. A Common rondo pattern is ABACABA D. Rondo form is often combined with elements of sonata fo ...
... A. A rondo movement features a tuneful main theme which returns several time in alternation with other themes B. The rondo as a musical form was not used in musical compositions after the classical period C. A Common rondo pattern is ABACABA D. Rondo form is often combined with elements of sonata fo ...
Dear Joy
... The 28-year-old Wolfgang Mozart wrote this sonata for the 23-year-old Italian violin virtuoso Regina Strinasacchi, who was touring Europe. In the correspondence between Mozart and his father Leopold (an authority on the art of violin playing), both praised Regina for the expressiveness of her playin ...
... The 28-year-old Wolfgang Mozart wrote this sonata for the 23-year-old Italian violin virtuoso Regina Strinasacchi, who was touring Europe. In the correspondence between Mozart and his father Leopold (an authority on the art of violin playing), both praised Regina for the expressiveness of her playin ...
Program notes by
... edition of a work for violin and figured bass that he attributed to Italian composer and violinist Tomaso Vitali. David enhanced it with embellishments and key changes into a virtuoso showpiece that bears little relationship to the original; it is likely that if Vitali were in the audience he would ...
... edition of a work for violin and figured bass that he attributed to Italian composer and violinist Tomaso Vitali. David enhanced it with embellishments and key changes into a virtuoso showpiece that bears little relationship to the original; it is likely that if Vitali were in the audience he would ...
Music 105 Final Review
... • Characteristics: rubato; chromaticism; program music; both miniatures and grandiose compositions. – R. Schumann, “Eusebius” from piano cycle Carnaval— piano character piece; program music. – R. Schumann, Lied “In the Lovely Month of May” from song cycle Dichterliebe. Doesn’t resolve. Harmony is le ...
... • Characteristics: rubato; chromaticism; program music; both miniatures and grandiose compositions. – R. Schumann, “Eusebius” from piano cycle Carnaval— piano character piece; program music. – R. Schumann, Lied “In the Lovely Month of May” from song cycle Dichterliebe. Doesn’t resolve. Harmony is le ...
Solo Faculty Recital
... this work is based upon the rhythm and flavor of the jota aragonesa (the jota being a popular Spanish dance, and this one from the region of Aragón, which is very close to Madrid). You can also hear the guitar-like strumming effects as well as the dissonant chords called acciaccaturas, which Scarlat ...
... this work is based upon the rhythm and flavor of the jota aragonesa (the jota being a popular Spanish dance, and this one from the region of Aragón, which is very close to Madrid). You can also hear the guitar-like strumming effects as well as the dissonant chords called acciaccaturas, which Scarlat ...
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... 5.Who became deaf? Did he stop composing when he became deaf? Beethoven. No, he didn’t. He continued composing When he became deaf. ...
... 5.Who became deaf? Did he stop composing when he became deaf? Beethoven. No, he didn’t. He continued composing When he became deaf. ...
Final 1139
... 3. Meaning continuous bass, it refers to two instruments working together as one part, a keyboard instrument and a bass instrument. ____ A. Basso Continuo B. Figured Bass C. Ground Bass D. Fugato/fugal 4. A repeating melody usually in the Bass line throughout vocal and instrumental music. ____ A. Ba ...
... 3. Meaning continuous bass, it refers to two instruments working together as one part, a keyboard instrument and a bass instrument. ____ A. Basso Continuo B. Figured Bass C. Ground Bass D. Fugato/fugal 4. A repeating melody usually in the Bass line throughout vocal and instrumental music. ____ A. Ba ...
Jason Yust, Boston University Hypermeter, Form, and Closure in
... distinguishes the adjunct coda (a rare phenomenon) from two other possible functions: integrated third parts with tonal-formal coordination, and with tonal-formal dissociation. Beethoven’s use of hypermeter in early works reflect two distinct styles, one indebted to Haydn (evident in such works as O ...
... distinguishes the adjunct coda (a rare phenomenon) from two other possible functions: integrated third parts with tonal-formal coordination, and with tonal-formal dissociation. Beethoven’s use of hypermeter in early works reflect two distinct styles, one indebted to Haydn (evident in such works as O ...
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) Concerto in c
... fast tempo. It is in binary form, divided into two sections separated by a repeat, which both start with the same motive. The first section starts in C major, modulating to end in G major, while the second continues in G before returning to the original key of C. Gordon Jacob (1895-1984) Sonata for ...
... fast tempo. It is in binary form, divided into two sections separated by a repeat, which both start with the same motive. The first section starts in C major, modulating to end in G major, while the second continues in G before returning to the original key of C. Gordon Jacob (1895-1984) Sonata for ...
Program notes by
... No. 2 reverses the mood changes of No. 1. It begins as a gentle lullaby that serves as a rondo, between two anxious episodes, once again exploring distant keys. No. 3 opens as a spirited dance with syncopated rhythms – a foretaste of Dvorák’s Slavonic dances. But the middle part (in the distant D-fl ...
... No. 2 reverses the mood changes of No. 1. It begins as a gentle lullaby that serves as a rondo, between two anxious episodes, once again exploring distant keys. No. 3 opens as a spirited dance with syncopated rhythms – a foretaste of Dvorák’s Slavonic dances. But the middle part (in the distant D-fl ...
Notes on the Program The circumstances joining these three
... movement derives not only from its sudden dynamic shifts and abrupt modulations, but also from the composer’s economy of presentation: almost every gesture and motive can be found in the first six measures. The second movement departs from what by this time was Haydn’s standard fast-slow-fast design ...
... movement derives not only from its sudden dynamic shifts and abrupt modulations, but also from the composer’s economy of presentation: almost every gesture and motive can be found in the first six measures. The second movement departs from what by this time was Haydn’s standard fast-slow-fast design ...
Sonata in A-flat major, Hoboken XVI:46 (1767-1768)
... the inevitable magnetism of the central pitch to draw the work to a satisfying close, for long-range musical architecture, Schoenberg’s greatest challenge was to invent a new technique to control not just chords and themes but also form, and he later admitted that “at first it seemed impossible to c ...
... the inevitable magnetism of the central pitch to draw the work to a satisfying close, for long-range musical architecture, Schoenberg’s greatest challenge was to invent a new technique to control not just chords and themes but also form, and he later admitted that “at first it seemed impossible to c ...
Programme essay for Salzburg 2014, Beethoven vn sonatas (edited).
... Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung; for all that we may disagree, it was probably such practice, also disdained by many critics and audiences in late Mozart, which elicited such a response. Moreover, for all the talk one sometimes hears of Schubert’s different, tripartite path, provocatively diverging ...
... Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung; for all that we may disagree, it was probably such practice, also disdained by many critics and audiences in late Mozart, which elicited such a response. Moreover, for all the talk one sometimes hears of Schubert’s different, tripartite path, provocatively diverging ...
Fanfare - Roger Rudenstein
... editor in the Trenton Times wherein a reader took Bush to task, observing, “[H]is stating that we are addicted to oil is like Jack Kevorkian complaining that his patients always die.” Rudenstein’s settings are appropriately dark, sinister, grotesque, and poignant. The piece ends in a quietly wordles ...
... editor in the Trenton Times wherein a reader took Bush to task, observing, “[H]is stating that we are addicted to oil is like Jack Kevorkian complaining that his patients always die.” Rudenstein’s settings are appropriately dark, sinister, grotesque, and poignant. The piece ends in a quietly wordles ...
2013 Recital Programme Notes
... Nikolai Medtner (1880-1951) – “Sonata Tragica in C minor, Op. 39 No.5” The single movement Sonata was composed in 1919 as part of the second cycle of the so-called “Forgotten Melodies” series. The piece shares parallels with composers whom Medtner admired and one can inspect that in terms of tonali ...
... Nikolai Medtner (1880-1951) – “Sonata Tragica in C minor, Op. 39 No.5” The single movement Sonata was composed in 1919 as part of the second cycle of the so-called “Forgotten Melodies” series. The piece shares parallels with composers whom Medtner admired and one can inspect that in terms of tonali ...
Ludwig van Beethoven
... -A being the main theme (refrain) and -B and C being other, contrasting themes! -B. used it, e.g., for last movement of -string quartets, including SQ op. 18, no. 4 (of 6), movement 4: “Rondo”, 1799-1800; CD ...
... -A being the main theme (refrain) and -B and C being other, contrasting themes! -B. used it, e.g., for last movement of -string quartets, including SQ op. 18, no. 4 (of 6), movement 4: “Rondo”, 1799-1800; CD ...
Program booklet
... the bravurosity of the solo score and a general appeal of the cluster. By construction, the sonatas come close to the double-concerto, lacking orchestral accompaniment. Yet, all the 10 sonatas impose high demands upon both performers. The premieres never happened in an intimacy of a private home, bu ...
... the bravurosity of the solo score and a general appeal of the cluster. By construction, the sonatas come close to the double-concerto, lacking orchestral accompaniment. Yet, all the 10 sonatas impose high demands upon both performers. The premieres never happened in an intimacy of a private home, bu ...