TAIWANESE SAX QUARTET

IN IPOH

SAXOPHONE QUARTET

(TAIWAN)

Limited seats & 1 night ONLY!!

Tickets: RM60 Front rows

RM50 Middle rows

RM30 Back rows

A Robert Schumann 200th Anniversary Fest

“Of Foreign Lands and People”

(Von fremden Ländern und Menschen)

A Robert Schumann 200th Anniversary Fest

Date: Sunday, 31 October 2010

Venue: The Kuala Lumpur & Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall

No. 1, Jalan Maharajalela, Kuala Lumpur

Time: 2:00pm – 7:00pm

Ticket: RM60

Enquiries: 012 661 7654

2:00pm Schumann and Piano

Davidsbündlertänze Op 6

Loo Bang Hean – piano

3:00pm Schumann and Song

Selection of Lieder from the early and late periods

Ang Mei Foong – soprano

Tan Jong Hann – tenor

Chee Su-yen – piano

Kok-Ting Chong – piano

Interval

4:30pm Schumann and Chamber Music

Fantasiestücke Op 73 for Clarinet and Piano

Eugene Pook – clarinet

Loo Bang Hean – piano

Romanzen Op 94 for Oboe and Piano

Yong How Keen – oboe

Loo Bang Hean – piano

Adagio and Allegro Op 70 for Cello and Piano

Robert Choi – cello

Ng Chong Lim – piano

Interval

5:30pm Schumann : An Evening Concert

Carnaval Op 9

Dr. Nicholas Ong – piano

Fantasia in C op 17

Ng Chong Lim – piano

Spanische Liebeslieder Op 138 for Vocal Quartet and Piano 4 Hands

Chia Yee Yean – soprano

Carmen Lee Jun Min – mezzo-soprano

YY Yong – tenor

Terence Au Eng Yee. – baritone

Chee Su-yen and Kok-Ting Chong – piano

EUGENE IN CONCERT

In early August this year, Eugene Pook (the Music Director of Kinta Valley Wind Orchestra) went on a Malaysian concert tour in Penang, Ipoh and Petaling Jaya. The concert features Eugene himself on the clarinet, performing together with a guest musician from America, Dr Jeremy Samolesky, on the piano. A decision was made at the last minute to stage a small performance in Ipoh on Friday, 6 August 2010. This event was hosted by Ms. Daphne Chin, the Director of Creative Music Academy in Ipoh Garden East.

The concert was attended by about 100 people from all walks of life and it was a full house despite the venue being small. The VIPs that attended were the family members of Mr. Eugene Pook and Dato’ Dr Madhuri Majumder, a lifelong advocate of the performing arts.

The evening started well with combined pieces played by Eugene Pook and Jeremy Samolesky, featuring compositions from Debussy, Schumann, Paul Reade’s and a ‘Concerto’ by an American Jazz composer Aaron Copland. Eugene gave a polished performance on the clarinet and equally so was Jeremy on the piano. The piece from Paul Reade ‘Victorian Kitchen Garden Suite’ was especially delightful. This enchanting suite was selected specially to be performed on the clarinet and piano. Eugene and Jeremy were the perfect duo and were clearly two Maestros at work. Well done!

Before the end of the concert, guest performer Dr. Jeremy Samolesky introduced his solo piece, engaging the audience with a lecture recital of the musical composition from Franz Liszt - St Francis: Walking on the Water. His mastery of the piece was evident when he played this most powerful composition to perfection, earning him a big round of applause from the audience who clearly showed their appreciation for a magnificent performance.

The evening ended well with an encore, Flights of the Bumble Bees, played by both Eugene on the clarinet and Jeremy as the accompanying pianist. The final performance was a tribute to how music in its smallest measure can be achieved with love.

As lovers of music, we look forward to the next recital!

”Music is the expression of the movement of the waters, the play of curves described by changing breezes”

Archille-Claude Debussy ~ 1862-1918

Written by: Sara Fernandez

ITALIAN MAESTRO COMES TO TOWN

Classical MUSIC Society Sel/KL

PRESENTS

Bel Canto Concert & Seminar Series 2010

FLAVIO CUCCHI

(on Classical Guitar)

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Ipoh:

Date: 25^th October 2010

Time: Workshops: 6.00pm

Concert: 8.00pm

Venue:

Creative Music Academy

72A-74A Lebuh Medan Ipoh, Bandar Baru Medan,
31400 Ipoh, Perak.

For Enquiries:

019-4609690

012-5183290

05-5479828

Email: kenlivevent@gmail.com

Tickets are also available at:

Perak Society of Performing Arts

28, Jalan Sultan Azlan Shah,

31400 Ipoh, Perak.

05-5487814

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Petaling Jaya, Selangor:

Date: 30^th October 2010

Time: Workshop: 10.00am – 1.00pm

Concert: 7.30pm

Venue:

Bentley Music Auditorium:

4^th Floor, Wisma Bentley Music,

3, Jalan PJU 7/2, Mutiara Damansara,

47810 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.

For Enquiries:

017-8893599

012-6961764

016-2034010

Email: contactus@classicalmusicsociety.com.my