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Wei-Ru Fan Piano Recital

臺北市立大學 / 音樂學系碩士在職專班 / Author:Fan, Wei-Ru

The repertoire of this master's graduation solo concert covers the styles of Baroque, Classical, and Impressionist music, with composers including Bach from the Baroque period, Mozart from the Classical period, and Debussy and Ravel from the Impressionist period. Each period's composition techniques and interpretive styles will differ.

There are two pieces to be performed in the first half. The first is Bach's "Italian Concerto, BWV 971," which is one of the most representative works of the Baroque period. Bach used keyboard instruments to imitate the characteristics of orchestral music at that time. The second piece is Mozart's "Piano Sonata No. 17 in B-flat major, K. 570," which sounds lively and graceful and brings different styles of music to the audience from the Baroque to Classical period.

The second half features two pieces with rich musical colors. The first is Debussy's "Suite bergamasque," an important early piano work by Debussy that uses pentatonic scales, variations in texture, and subtle harmonies to create a layered tone color. The piece consists of four movements: "Prelude," "Menuet," "Clair de Lune," and "Passepied." The word "bergamasque" in the title refers to the Bergamo region in northern Italy in the 16th century, where local folk songs, melodies, and dances were used in the composition, forming the Bergamo style.

The last piece is Ravel's "Jeux d'eau" ("Fountains"), a piano work completed in 1901 at the Paris Conservatoire and dedicated to his teacher, Fauré. It is one of Ravel's earliest and most representative works. The music describes various forms and sounds of water, like a column of water spewing into the sky, splashing water, and ripples on the water's surface, giving the feeling of water shimmering in the sunlight.