21st Singapore International Piano Festival Kun-Woo Paik SOTA Concert Hall 26 June 2014 If Schubert wrote a song cycle for the piano, tonight’s programme would have been exactly it. Korean pianist Kun-Woo Paik’s recital comprised entirely of selected pieces from Schubert’s later piano works – the 6 Moments Musicaux D780,…
Of drama, the night, and a fish.. – a review
0As part of the festivities surrounding the Leeds International Piano Competition held earlier this year, the HallΓ© Soloists performed a small chamber concert at the Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall this evening, jointly organized by the university and Friends of the Leeds International Piano Competition. On the programme tonight was the…
A Winter’s Journey…
0This post is dedicated to Geok Choo, for without whom I wouldn’t have attended this concert; and Jeff, who would probably have liked to attend this concert if he was in Singapore. “Ich werde euch einen Zyklus schauerlicher Lieder vorsingen. Ich bin begierig zu sehen, was ihr dazu sagt. Sie…
Edible Schubert, anyone?
0Okay, maybe not exactly edible Schubert, but a Franz Schubert chocolate wrapper from Vienna.The first thing I did was to identify the music: Die Forelle, or The Trout, Op. 32 D550.I think I’m going crazy. π