The document provides programme notes for Liom Yit Ching's solo piano recital, which includes works by Bach, Mozart, Schubert, and Dohnanyi. It summarizes each piece, highlighting their composers and musical elements like themes, variations, moods, and textures. The recital will feature Prelude and Fugue No. 24 by Bach, Sonata in A minor by Mozart, Impromptu in B flat Major by Schubert, and Rhapsody in C Major by Dohnanyi, for a total duration of 42 minutes and 9 seconds.
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Trinity Guildhall Diploma in Recital Piano LTCL Exam Program notes
The document provides programme notes for Liom Yit Ching's solo piano recital, which includes works by Bach, Mozart, Schubert, and Dohnanyi. It summarizes each piece, highlighting their composers and musical elements like themes, variations, moods, and textures. The recital will feature Prelude and Fugue No. 24 by Bach, Sonata in A minor by Mozart, Impromptu in B flat Major by Schubert, and Rhapsody in C Major by Dohnanyi, for a total duration of 42 minutes and 9 seconds.
The document provides programme notes for Liom Yit Ching's solo piano recital, which includes works by Bach, Mozart, Schubert, and Dohnanyi. It summarizes each piece, highlighting their composers and musical elements like themes, variations, moods, and textures. The recital will feature Prelude and Fugue No. 24 by Bach, Sonata in A minor by Mozart, Impromptu in B flat Major by Schubert, and Rhapsody in C Major by Dohnanyi, for a total duration of 42 minutes and 9 seconds.
Candidate’s No.: 1-1407245779 Centre: Pahang (1196) Examination Session: May 2019 Diploma: LTCL Recital Module: Recital (Solo Piano) Date: 30th June 2019 Time: 1:40pm. 1. Johanne Sebastian Bach Prelude and Fugue No. 24 in B minor, BWV 893 (5’32”)
2. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sonata in A minor No. 8 KV310/300d Allegro Maestoso (5’52”) Andante Cantabile (7’10”) Finale: Presto (3’55”)
3. Franz Schubert Impromptu in B flat Major No. 3 Op. 142/D.935 (9’10”)
4. Ernest Von Dohnanyi
Rhapsody In C Major Op.11 No. 3 (10’30”)
Total Duration: 42’09”
Johann Sebastian Bach was one of the greatest composers and musician in the Baroque era with his influence towards Baroque era was so great that his death was considered as the end of Baroque period. Prelude and Fugue in B minor is the final prelude and fugue from the well-known collection The Well-Tempered Clavier WTC II. The whole series was built from 2 sets with pairs of prelude and fugues from each major and minor, compiled with each key rising in chromatics. The prelude is an energetic two-parts invention, mainly consist of quaver notes and ornaments that flows through the whole piece with left hand imitating the right hand and exchanging melody parts while shifting through related keys. A brief episode occurs leading back to the theme, approaching the end with momentary divisions then closes the prelude. The fugue is composed more likely in the rhythm of dance with three voice lines based on two principal themes. Starting with the alto voice announcing the beginning of the fugue and then introduced other voices subsequently while countersubject accompaniment was added without differencing itself from the main theme. The second half was introduced with a new element combining with the two themes. Then, the fugue comes to an end with a major differencing from the original minor key that forms a light- hearted ending.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is among the most influential and popular
composer in the classical era, from Salzburg. Apart from a keyboardist and violinist, he composed many well-known symphonies, concertos and opera. The sonata piece is written in 1778 during his hardest times when his mother passed away. It is the first sonata in the only 2 minor key works as most of Mozart’s works are in major keys, creating a dramatic and tragic-sounding piece that differs from the usual happy and light-hearted style. The piece consists of three movements, Allegro Maestoso, Andante cantabile can espressione and Presto. The first movement, Allegro Maestoso, permeates a violent intensity throughout. The movement begin with the launching of the first theme with repeated chords and heavy dotted rhythms, reflecting a string quartet style or a Turkish military march music. An outbreak of running notes against the repeated-chord idea occurs bringing a contrapuntal texture, creating a great tension when accompanied with driving dotted rhythms towards the whole exposition, highlight and recapitulation. Andante cantabile con espressione, the second movement declares a sorrow tenderness in a singing style with expression. The movement can be split into three parts with the first and third parts sharing the same idea. While the second part mainly consists of triplets accompanying a running melody line switching between both hands as the agitation that builds turbulence in the development. Ornaments and extreme contrast in dynamics are inserted to add colours throughout the exposition. The third movement is just as the title Presto moves rapidly and restless throughout. The movement begins with the shadowy feeling. The inventiveness shows when a folk-like style episode was inserted as a contrast. Then the shadow return and move on to a dark and intense conclusion.
Franz Schubert was a well-known Austrian composer originally from
Himmelpfortgrund, Vienna. He composed 600 vocal works, number of piano and chamber music, symphonies, sacred music and incidental music which made him one of the most prolific composers and one of the leading exponents in the early Romantic era. People started to have interest in his works after his early death at the age of 31. Impromptu in B-flat is the third piece from the second set of four impromptus he wrote in 1827, built from a theme and five variations as well as a brief coda. The theme was often referred to the Entr’acte No.2 of Rosamunde, having a simple but graceful melody without any big modulations. The first two variations played the main idea of the theme with improvisation. It improvised with dotted rhythm upper-voice accompanied by semi-quavers while lower voice plays in syncopated rhythm. Second variation was more to a singing style with running notes that creates lively and spirited expression. The third variation comes in with an expressive mood accompanied by heavy chords in the neighbor key. The fourth variation plays the role of modulation as it was written in G- flat major and has a warm expression compared to the third variation. The last variation then returns to the original key, bringing back the main idea but with bright and flying triplets throughout the variation. At last, the piece ends with an epilogue leading to a soft ending.
Ernst von Dohnanyi, a late-Romantic Hungarian composer, pianist and
conductor has a very personal but conservative composing style. He composed various of works and one of it is the Four Rhapsodies. The Four Rhapsodies are rarely performed in concerts. Rhapsody in C major is the third piece in the Four Rhapsodies and it is the only one to be in major key. This piece differs from the other rhapsodies, it is written in a much lively tempo, demonstrating the brighter side of Dohnanyi. A lively and energetic idea was introduced at the begining Repeated intervals accompanied the melody voice exchanging between both hands creating a conversation. The detached finger works create the cheekiness that brings out the whole spirited idea. The second idea is a dance-like and grand with heavy chords as the main voice while triplets and quavers as accompaniment. The smooth playing and ascending melody allow the bright register of the piano to shine, showing contrast from the first idea. The intensity turns softer and dying away at the end until an outbreak of grand full chords closed the entire piece in a blast.
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