Browsing by Author "McKiggan, Christopher Janwong"

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    CLASS RECITAL featuring piano students of Jon Kimnura Parker Tuesday, September 20, 2011 8:00 p.m. Lillian H. Duncan Recital Hall
    (Shepherd School of Music, Rice University, 2011-09-20) Valkov, Viktor; Honma, Daphne; McKiggan, Christopher Janwong; Staupe, Andrew; Yaniw, Todd; Marshall, Richard; Yaniw, Todd (2nd piano)
    PROGRAM: Fantasy, Op. 77 / Ludwig van Beethoven -- English Suite No. 2 in A Minor, BWV807 / Johann Sebastian Bach -- Sonata No. 2 in F-sharp Minor, Op. 2 / Johannes Brahms -- La Terrasse des audience du clair de lune from Preludes Book II / Claude Debussy -- Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor, Op. 36 / Sergei Rachmaninoff -- Sonata in B-ftat Major, K. 281/ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- Art of Fugue, BWV 1080 Contropunctus No. 7 ''per Augmentation and Diminution" / Johann Sebastian Bach -- Consolations / Franz Liszt -- Fantasy in F-sharp Minor, Op. 28 / Felix Mendelssohn -- Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15 / Johannes Brahms
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    CLASS RECITAL featuring piano students of Jon Kimura Parker Friday, January 28, 2011 8:00 p.m. Lillian H. Duncan Recital Hall
    (Shepherd School of Music, Rice University, 2011-01-28) Parker, Jon Kimura (piano); Staupe, Andrew; Marshall, Richard; Valkov, Viktor; Lee, Jeewon; McKiggan, Christopher Janwong
    PROGRAM: Sonata in D Major, K. 311 / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- Apres une Lecture de Dante Fantasia quasi Sonata / Franz Liszt -- Piano Sonata No. 27 in E Minor, Op. 90 / Ludwig van Beethoven -- Impromptu in B-ftat major, D. 935 / Franz Schubert -- Legend No.2, St. Francis walking on the waves / Johannes Brahms -- Rudepoema / Heitor Villa-Lobos -- Piano Concerto, Op. 38 / Samuel Barber
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    CLASS RECITAL featuring piano students of Jon Kimura Parker Monday, March 28, 2011 5:00 p.m. Lillian H. Duncan Recital Hall
    (Shepherd School of Music, Rice University, 2011-03-28) Yaniw, Todd (second piano); Lee, Jeewon (second piano); Valkov, Viktor; Marshall, Richard; McKiggan, Christopher Janwong
    PROGRAM: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op.43 / Sergei Rachmaninoff -- Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Major, Op. 44 / Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky -- Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18 / Sergei Rachmaninoff -- Piano Concerto, Op. 38 / Samuel Barber
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    CLASS RECITAL featuring piano students of Jon Kimura Parker Monday, November 21, 2011 5:00 p.m. Lillian H. Duncan Recital Hall
    (Shepherd School of Music, Rice University, 2011-11-21) McKiggan, Christopher Janwong; Focks, Andrew; Yaniw, Todd; Valkov, Viktor (2nd piano); Marshall, Richard
    PROGRAM: Prelude and Fugue in D Minor, Op. 87 No. 24 / Dmitri Shostakovich -- Etude in D Minor, Op. 2 No. 1 / Sergei Prokofiev -- Sonata No. 15 in D Major, Op. 28 "Pastoral" / Ludwig van Beethoven -- Introduction and Rondo alla Burlesca / Benjamin Britten -- Three Scenes from "Petrouchka" / Igor Stravinsky -- Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15 / Johannes Brahms -- Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor, Op. 36 (1913 original version) / Sergei Rachmaninoff
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    CLASS RECITAL featuring piano students of Jon Kimura Parker Tuesday, October 18, 2011 8:00 p.m. Lillian H. Duncan Recital Hall
    (Shepherd School of Music, Rice University, 2011-10-18) McKiggan, Christopher Janwong; Honma, Daphne; Valkov, Viktor; Focks, Andrew; Yaniw, Todd (2nd piano); Marshall, Richard
    PROGRAM: Consolation, S. 172 No. 3 in D-flat Major / Franz Liszt -- Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 13 "Pathetique" / Ludwig van Beethoven -- Three Etudes, Op. 18 / Bela Bartok -- Piano Concerto No.1 in C Major, Op. 15 / Ludwig van Beethoven -- Three Scenes from "Petrouchka" / Igor Stravinsky -- Sonatina Seconda / Ferrucio Busoni -- Piano Concerto No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 15 / Johannes Brahms -- Sonata in D Minor, K. 121 / Domenico Scarlatti -- Sonata No. 2 in B-flat Minor, Op. 36 / Sergei Rachmaninoff
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    CLASS RECITAL featuring piano students of Jon Kinura Parker Tuesday, January 11, 2011 8:00 p.m. Lillian H. Duncan Recital Hall
    (Shepherd School of Music, Rice University, 2011-01-11) Park, Judy; Valkov, Viktor (piano); Kostov, Lachezar (cello); McKiggan, Christopher Janwong; Marshall, Richard
    PROGRAM: Prelude and Fugue in G Major / Johann Sebastian Bach -- Sonata in B-flat Major, Op. 22 / Ludwig van Beethoven -- Funerailles / Franz Liszt -- Toccata / Pierre Jalbert -- Sonata for Piano and Cello in C Major, Op. 102, No. 1 / Ludwig van Beethoven -- Scenes from "The Firebird" Suite / Igor Stravinsky -- Toccata in E Minor, BWV 914 / Johann Sebastian Bach -- Piano Sonata No. 28 in A Major, Op. 101 / Ludwig van Beethoven -- Apres une Lecture de Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata / Franz Liszt
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    The Movement of New Tonality: An Analysis of Robert Beaser’s Piano Concerto
    (2018-12-11) McKiggan, Christopher Janwong; Lavenda, Richard
    Robert Beaser (b.1954) was one of the first composers of his generation to be labeled as a “New Tonalist” and was one of the first to move away from the avant-garde musical orthodoxy of the mid-20th century. “New tonality” is a term that was first used in a publication that was co-edited by Beaser and was used to attempt to define a group of American composers who were moving away from the avant-garde musical styles during the 1970s and 1980s. My document focuses on Beaser’s Piano Concerto as a prime example of his compositional practices. It also addresses some of the issues raised by the definition of the term “New Tonality”, and how this relates to, or does not relate to, Beaser. In addition to combing through reviews and publications contemporaneous with the Piano Concerto, my research is deeply indebted to extensive personal interviews with Beaser. These provide insight into his own philosophy of composition and his compositional process. I also explore Beaser’s background and provide context for Beaser’s perspective about the musical environment at that time. The history of the creation of the Piano Concerto is also explored, and the paper includes an in-depth theoretical analysis of the work. In particular, there will be particular attention paid to how Beaser both creates and subverts expectations through his use of tonal areas. In my conclusion, I state that the work is a great piano concerto that is also a major representative of this movement to recover tonality, despite the issues I have with the definition of “New Tonality” itself.