Student Recital Series 2024 – 2025 Season
Helen M. Hosmer Concert Hall Saturday, November 9th at 1:15 PM
Nicholas Killebrew Derderian, clarinet
Keilor Kastella, piano
“Undefined”
Rhapsody (1958)
Trio for Clarinet Violin and Piano (1932)
Movement 1.
Featurin Lara Killebrew Derderian, Violin
Willson Osborne (1853-1923)
Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978)
Sonata (1962)
Allegro Tristamente
Romanza
Allegro Con Fuoco
Three Smiles For Tracy (1989)
1. Swiftly
2. Gently
3. Sprightly
Drei Romances op. 22 (1856)
1. Andante molto
Francis Poulenc (1819-1896)
Adolphus Hailstork (1941)
2. Allegretto Clara Schumann (1819-1896)
John Coltrane (1926-1967)
Aidan Sherwood, Drums
Josh Gambee, Piano
Dr. SeungYoung Hong, Bass
Nicholas Derderian is from the studio of Julianne Kirk Doyle. This programispresented tofulfill thesenior recital requirement for the Bachelor of Music degree in Performance.
PROGRAM NOTES
This program encompasses my vast and sporadic interests in the clarinet world, “Undefined” is a title that I chose for this performance because this program does not follow one theme or style, it is designed to show how versatile of an instrument the clarinet is to create many moods in many styles. Through my musical journey I have managed to bounce around the spectrum of styles and techniques learning what I am immediately interested in. While this isn’t necessarily the most efficient approach it is what has conserved my passion for clarinetistry. By playing what interests me, I have created a program that is just as unique as the way that I have always learned best.
Rhapsody (1959) – Willson Osborne
TheRhapsodyforClarinetbyWillsonOsborneisanunaccompaniedpieceforsoloclarinet. The tempo fluctuates throughout the piece, allowing the mood to change slightly. The meters also change throughout, allowing certain passages to move more smoothly. The piece also exemplifies a slow lyrical section that occasionally accelerates into a more technically challenging passage before going back to the slower, lyrical tempo. This piece is challenging in that it is the clarinet performing by itself This allows for the performer to be a little more flexible with tempo and allow the performer to express himself a little more outside the strict tempos of accompanied playing. It is true that you do not want to stray too far away from the printed tempos, but it allows more liberty to be taken than to follow a strict tempo.And that is why I chose this piece for this recital.
Trio for Clarinet Violin and Piano (1932) –Aram Kachaturian
The rhapsodic first movement has gypsy-like, improvisatory qualities. The main melody, given successively to the clarinet, violin, and piano, is offset by highly ornamented passage work and cadenzas. The material is not so developed as continuously repeated, creating a colorful yet hypnotic atmosphere.
Sonata (1962) – Francis Poulenc
The opening Allegro tristamente is dramatic, self-consciously over-wrought, and sassy, with its own internal slow elegy. The Romanza is a gentle lament, marked très calme. The concluding Allegro con fuoco is bright and brittle, its circus-like energies yielding to one of Poulenc’s wistfully spun melodies, derived from the first movement.
Three Smiles For Tracey (1989) –Adolphus Hailstork
This perfectly-titled set for unaccompanied clarinet is a set of three short "smiles," or solo preludes that depict and evoke smiles by their cheerfulness. The total duration is 4-5 minutes.
Written for a student (Tracey Brown) recital at Norfolk State University. She always greeted people with a smile.
Drei Romances op.22 (1856) – Clara Schumann
1. Andante Molto. Awistfulbeginningandendingframesamoreferventcenter,painted with broad strokes. The piano part is amazing for its dual role of accompaniment to the clarinet and soloist with engaging melodic ideas.
2. Allegretto. There is a certain coyness to the opening theme. It becomes playful like a game between the clarinet and the piano. When the “coy” theme returns it brings more earnestness with it.