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Scarlatti Sonatas: Techniques and Styles (Recording)

SG $80.00 – SG $150.00

  • Loo Bang Hean
  • 6 x 60-min session
  • Completed

Note: The live version of this course has recently concluded. You are purchasing recordings of the sessions.

Although born in Italy, by the time Domenico Scarlatti had already moved to Spain when he wrote most of his keyboard sonatas. Considered a particularly important body of keyboard works to have emerged from the Baroque period, his 555 sonatas contain many technical and harmonic novelties as well as influences by Spanish guitar and folk music. In this series Loo Bang Hean will discuss the various characteristics of these works, and illustrate them with twenty sonatas that range from Grade 6 to diploma levels.

 

Since his return to Malaysia after studying at the Royal College of Music, London under an ABRSM scholarship as well as postgraduate studies in Italy, Bang Hean has made regular appearances in solo recitals, chamber concerts as well as concerto performances. He has appeared in most major concert venues in Malaysia and has been featured as a soloist with various local orchestras, the MalaysianPhilharmonic Orchestra (MPO). An active chamber musician, he collaborates frequently with various instrumentalists and vocalists, and is a frequent guest pianist at the MPO chamber concert series. Bang Hean has performed abroad in countries such as England, Italy, Brunei, Singapore, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Cambodia and Korea. Bang Hean has frequently been invited to adjudicate, examine, and conduct masterclasses and in various countries. A frequent presenter for ABRSM, he has presented seminars around South East Asia, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau and China, India and the Middle East.

Works to be discussed (with the approximate levels indicated in the brackets):

  • K.9 in D minor (Gr 6)
  • K.27 in B minor (Gr 8, ATCL)
  • K.115 in C minor (LRSM, LTCL)
  • K.116 in C minor (LRSM, LTCL)
  • K.208 in A (Gr 6, ARSM, Adv Cert)
  • K.209 in A (ARSM, Adv Cert)
  • K.239 in F min (Gr 8)
  • K.259 in G (ARSM, ATCL)
  • K.260 in G (ARSM, ATCL)
  • K.263 in E minor (ARSM, ATCL)
  • K.264 in E (ARSM, ATCL)
  • K.380 in E (Gr 7)
  • K.426 in G minor (LRSM, LTCL)
  • K.427 in G (LRSM, LTCL)
  • K.443 in D (Gr 8)
  • K.446 in F (Gr 7)
  • K.492 in D (ATCL)
  • K.513 in C (Gr 8)
  • K.544 in B flat (LRSM, LTCL)
  • K.545 IN B flat (LRSM, LTCL)

Annotated music scores will be provided, whilst active participants are welcome to bring along their choice of piece for discussion.

FAQS

Yes, they will be made available for participants until 6 months after the completion of each course.

E-certificates will be issued on course completion to Active Participants.

Active Participants will be involved in class participation: interacting with course instructors, receiving feedback on class assignments/submissions, and they will have playing opportunities in class etc. Observers will be observing these segments of the class.

Active Participants will receive an E-certificate of participation, and Observers will receive a certificate of attendance.

5 days before the course commences.

Yes, simply get your friends together and send us an email to request for a second round of the course! If we receive sufficient signups we will repeat the course.

We do not conduct make-up classes. Learners who miss a session can catch up on the class content by watching the session recording thereafter. If there are any class assignments, learners are to contact the instructor directly.

We at the Academy do our utmost to make courses proceed as planned. However, there are times when unforeseen circumstances force a class to be cancelled. When this happens, we are committed to refunding the total amount, in an efficient manner, including any costs of using third-party payment gateways.

Should a participant need to cancel, we will make efforts to accommodate refunds, though costs of using third-party payment gateways will be borne by the participant.

Late cancellations may not be able to be refunded, as they will have been factored into the confirmation of running the course. We will provide a full refund for cancellations up to 2 weeks before the start of a course, following this a 50% refund with up to 1 week of notice. Notifications of fewer than 7 days will most likely not be eligible for a refund. We thank you for your understanding.