I just attended SSO's Schumann Symphony Spectacular at the Esplanade Concert Hall.
It was a wonderful performance from SSO and guest Conductor, Okko Kamu. The Pianist for the night, Dang Thai Son performed Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op.11.
It was a brilliant and lyrical performance. Dang Thai Son, played with brilliance and clarity in the running passages. It was clear, lyrical and the melody flowed effortlessly.
Dang Thai Son later performed an encore piece, Nocturn in E-flat by Chopin.
Singapore Symphony Orchestra than ended the performance with Schumann's Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120.
Do catch upcoming performances by SSO at the Esplanade Concert Hall. It is worth the time catching world renowed artiste performing. It will certainly inspire and motivate you in learning music as part of your daily life.
Esplanade Concert Hall
Okko Kamu conductor
Dang Thai Son pianoSCHUMANN - Manfred: Overture, Op. 115
CHOPIN - Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11
SCHUMANN - Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120The first of Chopin's two concertos to be published, the Concerto in E minor, was premiered in Warsaw by the composer himself, in one of his farewell concerts before leaving Poland for good. Though structured as four movements, Schumann's Fourth Symphony draws on many of the same melodic ideas throughout, thus befitting Schumann's original conception of the work as a "symphonic fantasy".