Legacy & Reflections
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Let’s Build A Band with Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Last week, I got to enjoy a one of a kind Family Fun Day at the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra. Let’s Build and Band was led by Conductor/Presenter Kevin Hathaway. From the title, I really didn’t know what to expect. How will we be building a band, I wondered. Entering the hall with my 6 year old son, I realised that the seats were all empty, non of the musicians have entered the hall as they usually do. Something must be amiss. Kevin Hathaway was dressed in a foreman’s suit while sitting on the floor. 2 minutes after I sat down, he started talking to the audience. I thought, how interesting…
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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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MPO PRESENTS EUGENE ONEGIN & RUSSIAN BELLS AT DEWAN FILHARMONIK PETRONAS
The Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO) proudly presents two masterpieces by two of Russia’s most famous composers that are seldom heard at Dewan Filharmonik PETRONAS (DFP). Both works trace a course from happy carefree days of youth to despair and mourning. The concerts are scheduled on Saturday, 3 March 2018 at 8.30 pm and Sunday, 4 March 2018 at 3.00 pm. First up is excerpts from Eugene Onegin, Tchaikovsky’s fifth completed opera and remains his best known. Based on a famous novel, it tells a story of a young, sophisticated and bored world traveler who inadvertently causes a simple country girl to fall in love with him. Unfortunately, he does not…
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Katchaturian Spectacular Ballet
Thanks to the the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra for another opportunity to encounter yet another magical experience. I was very excited for this ballet festival especially because the theme is Armenian. I had never experienced other culture’s orchestra except the Western’s. This was my very first exposure. Honestly I did not know what to expect. It began with Gayané , I would expect a lot of movement which was true, but the scene with the lovers’ searching for each other was just breathtaking. Performance by Razmik Marukyan mesmerised me and my friend, he translated heartbreak in his movement. We were very impressed. We were most amazed by how a typical ballet…
