Community & Events
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MPO’s Heavenly Mahler Review
Together with my guest Elsa, we attended the MPO’s Heavenly Mahler last week at the Petronas Towers. The programme features the renowned piece by Gustav Mahler, Symphony No. 4. The conductor was Roberto Abbado, who was awarded the prestigious Premio Abbiati by the Italian Music Critics Association. I am not a professional musician, however, I was mesmerised how everything came alive as he started waving his wand. I always wondered how the whole orchestra aligns perfectly with the conductor. It seemed that the conductor always wore their heart on their sleeve. It was fascinating to witness and listen to how Abbado effortlessly translates each musical note and breathe life to it! The…
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Let’s Build a Band with the MPO!
The Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO) will present its ever popular Family Fun Day series with two shows on Saturday, 13 May 2018 at 2.30 pm and 4.30 pm at Dewan Filharmonik PETRONAS (DFP), KLCC. Together with conductor/presenter Kevin Hathway, the MPO, an ensemble of bowed strings, brass, woodwind and percussion instruments, will engage the audience to ‘build a band’ via an exciting programme; the light and bouncy Anderson’s Fiddle Faddle highlights the brilliance of the string instruments, Rutter’s Suite Lyrique demonstrates the different moods and amazing soundscapes, ragged Botsford’s Black And White Rag calls for a great dexterity from the pianist, and Abreu’s exotic Tico-Tico emulates the image of a…
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MUSIC, FOOD, FUN VIBES AT SUNWAY LAGOON
Sunway Lagoon’s Surf Beach welcomed guests to its first Earth Hour Blackout Fest – in conjunction with the global Earth Hour initiative by encouraging guests to switch off non-essentials for an hour to conserve energy. The night’s celebrations went beyond merely turning lights off for a memorable night of entertainment and togetherness. The blackout event kicked off on a high note with life-sized board games such as the 4-D Twister and Giant Jenga, water activities including the FlowRider, and exciting Dome Bouncy House and Gladiator Challenge inflatables. Guests were spoilt for choice at the food corner with varieties from Cubes Pizza, Starbucks, Nathan’s Famous, Burger King, and local flavours such…
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BEACONHOUSE FOSTERS COMRADESHIP IN SPORTS & CULTURAL MEET HELD IN OMAN
Already in its third instalment, Beaconhouse International Student Convention (BISC 2018) was recently held in Muscat, Oman this year with a participation of around 200 students from five countries – Malaysia, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, and Thailand. Leading up to the main event, thousands of students competed in their home countries in order to make it to the elite team that was sent to represent their nations. Held at the esteemed Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex in central Muscat, the Convention was graced by Mrs Nasreen Kasuri, Chairperson of Beaconhouse Group and Kasim Kasuri, Chief Executive of Beaconhouse Group along with honourables guests HH Sayyid Faris bin Fahar al Said, Chairman of…
