Musings of an Artiste Esplanade Recital Studio 12 November 2015, 1930hrs With such a title as ‘Musings of an Artiste’ and a poster with a dark background showing the artiste deep in thought (musing, presumably), one almost expects the repertoire to be big, heavy works of the 19th-century, where artist(e)s…
War and Peace: Singapore International Festival of Music
3The inaugural Singapore International Festival of Music, brainchild of conductor Darrell Ang and violinist Loh Jun Hong, opened last Saturday with a concert themed after the festival theme ‘War and Peace’. Comprising mostly luminaries in the classical scene, musicians, composers, and patrons of the arts, the half-filled Chamber had good…
Master Works by Addo Chamber Orchestra – a review
0Master Works Addo Chamber Orchestra, Clarence Tan, conductor; Christina Zhou, violin SOTA Concert Hall 30 May 2015 Despite being the newest addition to the growing number of orchestras in Singapore, the Addo Chamber Orchestra has proven that new need not necessarily be a bad thing. Opening the concert…
Stringing Generations – A review
2An edited version of this review will be published in The Straits Times on 27th Jan 2015. Stringing Generations Chamber.Sounds Esplanade Recital Studio 25 Jan 2015 As the nation celebrates its jubilee year and the pioneer generation with the SG50 events, the classical music world also celebrates one of…
Living with Brandon Voo: Asian Arpeggione and Romantic Rachmaninoff
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Living with Brandon Voo Brandon Voo, cello, Lin Xiu Min, piano Living Room at The Arts House Monday, 1 Dec 2014 Titled ‘Asian Arpeggione and Romantic Rachmaninoff’, the programme consisted of Schubert’s Sonata in A Minor for Arpeggione and Piano, D821, and Rachmaninoff’s Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 19,…
VCH Chamber Series: Stephen Hough in Recital – a review
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It was on the 5th of January last year that I went to watch Stephen Hough play a programme of Chopin, Brahms, Schumann, and a work of his own at a church in Harrogate. Christmas and the New Year had come and gone, but our university had remained shut, leaving…
Could this be death? – a review
0An edited version of this review will be published in The Straits Times on 15 September. Could this be death? Cheryl Lee Peixin, soprano, Wong Yun QI, piano Esplanade Recital Studio Last Friday, 12 Sept Are some people so curious about death, because they have not yet died? Many composers…
PLAY! by More than Music – a review
0An edited version of this article was published in The Straits Times with the title ‘Classical music reaching out’. PLAY! by More than Music Loh Jun Hong and Gabriel Ng, violin, Abigail Sin, piano Esplanade Recital StudioTuesday More than Music’s approach of making classical music more accessible to public seems…
Listen to the 20th Century: Early Modernism and the Jazz Age – a review
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An edited version of this review was published in The Straits Times on 5 September 2014. Listen to the 20th Century: Early Modernism and the Jazz Age Southbank Centre/ London Sinfonietta/ YST Orchestra SOTA Concert HallWednesday 3 September 2014 It is ironic that while the Singapore Symphony Orchestra just played…
What’s On Your Mind? – A review
0An edited version of this review will be published in The Straits Times on 4 September 2014. What’s On Your Mind?Jasper Goh, flute, Tommy Peh, pianoEsplanade Recital StudioTuesday Natalie Ng Glancing at the highly ambitious programme for the concert, one wondered if it was a flute recital accompanied by piano…