Pingka Sirisujinte
Musique de la vie et de la terre
Repertoire
Beethoven Piano Sonata Op.110
Piano sonata Op.110 composed in 1821, this sonata is the the thirty-first of his published piano sonatas, and the central piano sonata in the group of three, Opp. 109–111, which he wrote between 1820 and 1822. At that time Beethoven was almost completely deaf.
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This piece is one of most popular of Beethoven's late sonatas and features ideas that were new at the time: the slow tempo of the 1st movement, marked Moderato Cantabile molto Espressivo, was unusual and also Beethoven's markings “con amabilita” and “sanft” were not common musical terms. They mean, "in a friendly manner" and "gentle" playing.
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The 3rd movement of this piece is particularly interesting as it opens with a recitative and arioso, borrowing forms from vocal music, followed by a Fugue, taken from baroque music. Beethoven often used many of terms of Baroque composition in his late works; in this sonata, he uses the melodic idea from the first movement to make a fugue in the last movement. This is one of Beethoven's amazing innovations, being able to transform music by using the same idea with a small little change.
This sonata has a variety of style, dynamics and range. The first movement opens with a chorale-like melody, and the last movement gives a powerful ending showing the hopeful spirit of Beethoven.
Beethoven Violin Sonata Op.23 (1st movement)
This piece, dedicated to Count Moritz von Fries, was composed in 1801 and published in October that year. It was written a year after Beethoven's first symphony, and was originally meant to be published alongside Violin Sonata No. 5; it was published on different-sized paper, however, so the opus numbers had to be split. Unlike the three first sonatas, Sonata No. 4 received a favourable reception from critics.
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This pieces has the interesting idea that many place play unison of piano and violin and have playing with long phrase in one bow that's interesting idea of composition in that time
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Beethoven, as mentioned above, did experiment but not on the level of a 20th century composer. He may have been innovative, but it was in the way of still keeping to the original form of his predecessors while changing a few elements throughout the work that would break up the predictability. With this being said, when it came to his voicing, he always had in mind to keep the violin and piano working together. All throughout his sonata No. 4, the violin and piano trade off on taking the melody or being a supporting force for the melodic line
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Rachmaninoff prelude op.32 no.10 in b minor
In this prelude composed September 6, 1910, inspired by Böcklin’s painting "The Return". It is an expression of his longing and desire to return to his home in Moscow after having been exiled to New York.
This piece shows the piano's compositional and technical development in the 20th century. Many of the effects are possible because of what the instrument was capable of doing, for example playing full chords with FF (fortissimo), jumping hands to play in different registers and the use of the pedal for blurring effects.
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You can see these things in score down here.
At the beginning will started with slow and beautiful melody. These two section have similar of composition ideas (play long note and jump while holding the note before) but the moods had completely contrasted with middle section which play full chord with FF (fortissimo).
Then the melody and the motive on the beginning will coming again at last ended section of the piece after running passage like cadenza.
the four seasons from three composer
(inspired from vivaldi, piazzolla ,taeyeon)
In "Four Seasons", first aired in 2019, Taeyeon compares the seasons to love in its coming and going, and in the moments of questioning "Did I really love you ?" The feeling of loss, missing someone we once loved, brings nostalgia, is like the 4 seasons that come and pass away.
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Vivaldi
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The Four Seasons is one of Vivaldi's most popular violin concertos. As we can see from his markings in score, Vivaldi uses material from sounds of nature such as birdsong, wind, thunder, and other experiences from each season to write this concerto.
Piazzolla
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Piazzolla's composition The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires was inspired by Vivaldi (we can even see some Vivaldi-like quotations and passages in this piece) but the style is Tango. The tango originated in the harbor cafes and brothels of Buenos Aires, a city with a highly diverse mix of cultures and traditions. In this piece we hear a meeting of European culture and Argentinian culture and we also feel the mood from each seasons, but in a musical style completely different from Vivaldi. These four seasons in the Tango style present the mood of each season in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Combining ideas from the three pieces mentioned above, the last piece on this program is an arrangement by Pingka Sirisujinte. The idea is to combine these 3 works of different styles, era, idea, location, culture (Vivaldi - baroque Italian, Piazzolla - modern Argentinian, Taeyeon - K-pop Korean) to create one piece.
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This arrangement is for harpsichord, violin, cello, and voice. The vocal part uses Taeyeon's melody and lyrics. The strings will present some melodies from Vivaldi's Four Seasons harmonizing with Taeyeon's melody, and the harpsichord serves as the basso continuo, to present the mood of baroque music. Piazzolla's chords and rhythms are used with Taeyeon's melody as well.
The interesting point is the different interpretations of the seasons in each music. For example, the idea of Taeyeon's music is comparing the seasons to love, whereas Vivaldi imitates certain sounds of each season to create a concerto. Piazzolla took inspiration from Vivaldi but adapted it to his culture and music to show the story or mood of each season in Buenos Aires. The three works may differ in many aspects but they are also similar in some ideas and I believe that music goes beyond the walls of time and culture. Today we will see many works using ideas from old music but adding some ideas from the modern era. This arrangement uses this concept, but in the inverse.
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** The idea for this arrangement is to get these 3 works which come from different eras, geographical locations, and cultures (Vivaldi - Italian Baroque, Piazzolla - modern Argentinian, Taeyeon - K-pop Korean) to be one piece.**
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AND this piece will be arranged for harpsichord, violin, cello, and voice.
You can see another musician whose be a part of this stories at page "musician".