Music
Musical visitors
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Music
Musical visitors
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Bonyari A VISITING GROUP of young Japanese musicians, called the Bonyari Band, paid a visit to the Seni Galeri Mutiara recently and held us spellbound by their music, Etherial, original and floating magically it recalled the dances and the music of the Red Indians in Peter Buffet's "Spirit." Their travels brought them to Lao, India and Thailand where they collected the various instruments including the didgeridoo, bought from an unusual place - a tourist shop in Bangkok, which was the soul of the group. The evening finshed with their singing the popular Sukiyaki ( UE O MUITE ARUKOU). Waseda A brass band ensemble calling themselves the Waseda Brasss Band also visited us . This group of architects, doctors, chemists and lawyers and other graduates of Waseda University presented a programme mainly of music by Gabrieli - Canzon Septimi Toni No. 2, Canzon Per Sonare No. 27. Canzon Quarti Toni, Sonate Pian'e Forte, Canzon Primi Toni, Canzon Septimi Toni No. 1, Canzon Duodecimi Toni. . Giovanni Gabrieli was an organist of Saint Mark's Cathedral, Venice, in the mid 16th to early 17th century. He wrote gorgeous brass music for the prosperous city, making use of the comparison of plural choirs by different dynamics, tones etcetera which is considered as an origin of the stereo. The amazingly talented amateur group also played Bach's Nun lob,mein Seel,den Herren BWV 390 and Jesu,Meine Freude BWV 227. At the request of one of our group, the trumpert player entranced with his flawless playing of Purcell's Trumpet Voluntary. Unexpectedly and with a pleasant shock, the concert ended with an unannounced "In the Mood" a la Glen Miller. The Blue Mansions's acoustics favoured the astonishing performance with ravishing sound. PESSOC presented a Johan STrauss II programme to mark the end of its vey sucessful week-end music camp. But before that Khoo Hooi Lay's chorus tackled Geoffrey Bush's "A Summer Serenade" for tenor solo, choir, timpani, piano and strings orchestra bravely and scucessfully with the assistanceof tenor Joonathan Lee, We thought that this choir of amateurs acquitted themselves with honours when singing VI Nocturne. Music, when soft voices die, music which demanded that the singers trear lightly and cautiously. The orchestra's programme included the "Die Fledernaus" Overture which the orchestra played with burning enthusiasm. Then we sat back to enjoy the Annen-Polka, Polka francaise Op 117, Leichtes Blur, Galop Op. 319 and Eljen a Magyar! Schnell-Polka Op 332, Unter Donner und Blitz Op 324, Rosen aus dem Suden Op 388, Tritsch Tratsch Polka Op 214. Johann and Josef's Pizzicato Polksa had the orchestra plucking their way through it all with lots of confidence. We also had the chance to hear Josef's Ohne Sorgen Op 271 which is not often played. The music devotees of PESSOC went hom ethat evening pleased and with the music of An der Schonen buen Donau Op 314 (The Blue Danuube) ringing in their ears. |
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