sheep is proud to be the festival blogger for the Singapore International Festival of Music! the inaugural Singapore International Festival of Music is what Singapore has lacked for some time: an entire festival of classical music by homegrown musicians, to celebrate how far the classical music scene has come, and…
Word Voices featuring Tan Twan Eng – An Advertisment
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“Who can look back and truly say all his memories are happy ones? To have memories, happy or sorrowful, is a blessing, for it shows we have lived our lives without reservation.” Reading The Garden of Evening Mists around this time last year while overseas filled me with a sense…
“It [being a classical musician] is to be a member of a profession that is far greater than any individual. The masterworks of classical music are greater than any performance. Great works of art are timeless and eternal. Great music is a spiritual manifestation. Music is one of God’s greatest…
rediscovery..
0“Another time, on the same route, during the crossing of the same ocean, night had begun as before and in the lounge on the main deck there was a sudden burst of music, a Chopin waltz which she knew secretly, personally, because for months she had tried to learn it,…
in memoriam…
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Nessun maggior dolore Che ricordasi del tempo felice Nella miseria -Inferno, Canto V, 121-3 from Dante’s La Divina Commedia Patches, 2006 – 2012 There is no greater misery than to remember happy times in sad. Patch patch, why did you have to go? ):
A thank-you note…
0You knew how I have been practicing for the LTCL in a few hours’ time, and halfway across the world, in the midst of a busy trip, you called with your wishes just because you understood, and knew how much the music meant to me. I’m really, truly, grateful. Press…
Birthday Blues
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And so, I turn twenty-something in a few hours. What’s the big deal about birthdays anyway? One year older, a few more wrinkles, and a year closer to death. Maybe people celebrate for you because you’re one year older and closer to their age. Or maybe they celebrate because you…
fire, fiery, fired, fried!
0“For goodness sake, please update your blog! You have a Wikio rating to keep, you know!” – a not-so-ardent fan of PlinkPlonkPlunk =P Last night’s concert with The Philharmonic Orchestra playing Stravinsky’s Firebird in celebration of the 100th year anniversary of the work was exhilarating, energetic and very inspiring. From…
A curious observation..
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See, how he sleepeth beneath my piano chair, even as I practice Beethoven’s tumultuous Tempest sonata.. It’s funny how my dogs always go near the piano when I start playing. They can be upstairs or outside, but upon hearing the piano, they just draw near to it and proceed to…
The Wonderful, Whimsical World of Wonderland… – An Advertisment
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“I wish you wouldn’t keep appearing and vanishing so suddenly: you make one quite giddy.” “All right,” said the Cat; and this time it vanished quite slowy, beginning with the end of the tail, and ending with the grin, which remained some time after the rest of it had gone….