ATCL Recital (Piano)

Lee Jia Wen

1-456120045
09:00
Tuesday 12th May 2015
The Northam, Penang.

Programme

Domenico
Scarlatti

Keyboard Sonata in G, K.259

2 minutes 40seconds

Keyboard Sonata in G, K.260

3 minutes 40seconds

Joseph Haydn

Sonata in E flat major, Hob.XVI:49

I : Allegro non troppo
II: Adagio e cantabile
III: Finale-Tempo di minuet

6 minutes 00seconds
8 minutes 10seconds

Johannes
Brahms

Intermezzo in A major Op.118, No. 2

2 minutes 30seconds
6 minutes 20seconds

Claude Debussy

Prlude, no.2, "Voiles"

3 minutes 50seconds
Total timing:

Domenico
Scarlatti (16851757)
Keyboard Sonata

33minutes10seconds

Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti was an Italian

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

Sonata in E flat major,

Hob. XVI:49, also known
as the Genzinger
Sonata, is Haydns late
period work composed
around 1789-1790. It was
written for his friend, Maria Anna von 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 Haydns 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.
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Sonata in E flat major,
Hob.XVI:49
I. Allegro non troppo
II. Adagio e cantabile
III. Finale-Tempo di minuet

Johannes Brahms (1833-1897)

Intermezzo in A major
Op.118, No. 2

Franz Joseph Haydn was an Austrian

composer of the Classical Era.

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.

Claude
Debussy
(1862-1918)
Prlude, no.2, "Voiles"

Achille-Claude Debussy was a prominent French

musical composer. Although Impressionism can
be often seen in Debussys 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 Debussys 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 for
some mild chromatism and a short pentatonic
passage. The structure of the pieces follows a
ternary form (ABA).