Classical Music Pick: Tarrega’s ‘Gran Vals’

This week’s Classical Music Pick is a waltz by Spanish composer Francisco Tárrega. At around 0:15, you will hear a popular tune — can you get what it is?

Gran Vals
Waltz for Guitar
Francisco Tárrega

Performed by: blndgtarst [@YouTube]

UP Diliman Academic Calendar for 2008-2009 Now Online

The 2008-2009 Academic Calendar of UP Diliman has been published. It notes important dates students and faculty should be aware of.

Let me take note some important dates for the first semester:

• General Registration: June 2 (freshmen), June 3-6 (other students)
• Start of Classes: June 10
• Mid-semester: August 7
• Final Examination Week: October 13-21 (non-graduating)
• End of Classes: October 8
• Deadline of filing for UPCAT: June 18 (Metro Manila schools), June 25 (Non-Metro Manila schools)*
• UPCAT 2009: August 2 and 3

* from the UPCAT Web site. This conflicts with the date in the academic calendar, but I think the UPCAT Web site is more authoritative in this case, so I’m assuming this is the correct date.

Classical Music Pick: Schubert’s Piano Sonata in A Minor

I was going to pick Beethoven’s Pathetique sonata this week, but I want to share with you a non-Beethoven piece this time. So here it is…

Piano Sonata No. 16 in A Minor, D. 845
Franz Schubert

First Movement

Classical Music Pick: Beethoven’s "Zartliche Liebe (Ich Liebe Dich)," WoO 123

I seem to have been concentrating on Beethoven too much. Oh well, here’s another one.

My pick this week:

"Zartliche Liebe" ("Ich Liebe Dich"), WoO* 123
Ludwig van Beethoven
MIDI Sequenced by: Jayjay Montalbo

» Download MIDI File
» Download Sheet Music for Voice (PDF)

Lyrics:

Ich liebe dich, so wie du mich,
Am Abend und am Morgen
Noch war kein Tag, wo du und ich
Nicht teilten unsre Sorgen

Auch waren sie für dich und mich
Geteilt leicht zu ertragen;
Du tröstetest im Kummer mich
Ich weint’ in deine Klagen,
In deine Klagen.

Drum Gottes Segen über dir,
Du meines lebens Freude;
Gott schütze dich, erhalt dich mir,
Schütz und erhalt uns beide.

Gott schütze dich, erhalt dich mir,
Schütz und erhalt uns beide.
Schütz und erhalt uns beide.
Schütz und erhalt uns beide.

*WoO = Work without opus number; "opus" means "work"

CRS Announcement inconsistent

As JM Tuazon pointed out, there is a one (and important) inconsistency in the start time of the first preenlistment run from the same announcement.

Allow me to highlight that:

This should be fixed, as it may cause confusion, especially those who can’t wait to preenlist, and those who are just paying. Well, they could just preenlist at 6 PM, but, still it is a confusion.

AY 2008-2009 First Semester Registration Schedule

Via Aica’s Multiply: Updated on May 10, 2008 incorporate changes from the official announcement.

Preenlistment Schedule

• 1st Run
  May 12, 5pm (or 6pm) – May 16, 5pm
  Processing starts: May 16, 5pm
  Results: May 16, 8pm
• 2nd Run
  May 17-23 May 16, 8pm – May 22, 5pm
  Processing starts May 23 May 22, 5pm
  Results: May 22, 8pm
• 3rd Run
  May 24-29 May 22, 8pm – May 27, 5pm
  Processing starts May 29 May 27, 5pm
  Results: May 27, 8pm
• Requests made after May 27, 5pm will be ignored.

Enlistment Schedule

• June 2: Graduating students, NF Certificate, VAAS, Automatic Admission and New Freshmen unable to register during Advance Registration
• June 3-6: Realtime Enlistment/E-prerog for regular students
• June 5-6: Non-regular students (Special, Non-degree, Cross-registrants)

Start of Classes: June 10, 2008

Classical Music Pick: Beethoven’s Symphony No. 1

Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21
Ludwig van Beethoven

Performed by: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, under the baton of Herbert von Karajan