ProgrammeDomenico Scarlatti

Keyboard Sonata in G, K.259

Keyboard Sonata in G, K.260

2 minutes 40seconds

3 minutes 40seconds

Joseph Haydn Sonata in E flat major, Hob.XVI:49I : Allegro non troppoII: Adagio e cantabileIII: Finale-Tempo di minuet

6 minutes 00seconds

8 minutes 10seconds

2 minutes 30seconds

Johannes Brahms

Intermezzo in A major Op.118, No. 2 6 minutes 20seconds

Claude Debussy Prélude , no.2, "Voiles"Ⅰ 3 minutes 50seconds

Total timing: 33minutes10seconds

ATCL Recital (Piano)

Lee Jia Wen1-456120045

09:00

Tuesday 12th May 2015

The Northam, Penang.

Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti was an Italian harpsichordist and composer. Scarlatti’s 555 keyboard single movement sonatas are highly distinctive and original, mostly written in binary form. Sonata in G, K.259 shows maturity of style and this single-movement keyboard sonata begins in cocksure high spirits with a theme that is successively presented in the upper and lower registers of the keyboard. On a grander and more radical scale is the Sonata in G, K.260, where once again passages of unreasonable extensive repetition alternate with

Domenico Scarlatti (1685-

1757)Keyboard

more familiar material. It is full of the most imaginative modulations and brings to mind guitar-like figurations.

Franz Joseph Haydn was an Austrian composer of the Classical Era. Sonata in E flat major, Hob. XVI:49, also known as the “ Genzinger” Sonata, is Haydn’s late period work composed around 1789-1790. It was written for his friend, Maria Anna von

Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)

Sonata in E flat major,

Hob.XVI:49I. Allegro non troppoII. Adagio e cantabileIII. Finale-Tempo di minuet

Genzinger and dedicated to Maria Anna Jerlischeck. The sonata formed 1st movement, Allegro is an excellent display of concentrated motivic working. It opens with broken thirds melodic motives which are punctuated by full-bodied thirds in the left hand giving it its springy impulse. The second movement, Adagio e cantabile is among Haydn’s most intensely expressive keyboard slow movements. Written in the ternary (ABA) form, this lyrical movement is made up of free-flowing

melodic lined which are ornamented and decorated. The Finale, in minuet style, alternates major and minor passages in the same key. It is a charming movement, both intimate and adequately large-scale to make an excellent conclusion to this brilliant sonata.

Johannes Brahms

(1833-1897)Intermezzo

Composed towards the end of Brahms’ life, Intermezzo in A major like several of the same period is nostalgic as proven by the use of the term “teneramente”. It is written in the ternary form (ABA) to accommodate Brahms’ mature style. Imitative textures (canon),

one of Brahms’ favourite compositional device can be heard in the slower chordal passages of the slower middle section. Other typical features of Brahms’ style featured in this piece include frequent doublings of the melodic lines in thirds and sixths, pedal points and dense sonorities in the lower registers of the piano.

Achille-Claude

Debussy was a prominent French musical composer. Although “Impressionism” can be often seen in Debussy’s compositions, he firmly denied the association. In 1903, Debussy was honored with the status of Chevalier of the ‘Legion of Honor’ as one of the most significant composer in France.The 24 preludes, in two books of twelve each were published in 1910 and 1913. They represent Debussy’s mature style. Voiles is the second piece in the first set of twelve preludes. The title may translate to English as either veils or sails. The entire piece uses the whole tone scale except

Claude Debussy

(1862-1918) PréludeⅠ,

for some mild chromatism and a short pentatonic passage. The structure of the pieces follows a ternary form (ABA).