KÖNZERT X Explorations
Join the Sembawang Wind Orchestra (SWO) as we bring to you our 10th
annual concert entitled Explorations. We are pleased to present
the Singapore Premiere of four exciting music literature.
With Principal Trombonist, Mr. Timothy Leow, The Trombone
Concerto Op. 114b by Derek Bourgeois features three
contrasting movements demanding high levels of technique and
musicality from the soloist.
Per la flor del Iliri blau by Joaquín Rodrigo
(The Blue Irish Lily Flower) is based on a fable about three
brothers searching for the blue irish flower to cure the illness
afflicting their Father, the King who promises riches to anyone who
finds it. The youngest son finds the flower but is killed by his
jealous brothers on his return. As the author says even Nature
weeps his death. The highlight of this work is the recurring motif
stemming from the usual lyrical fullness of the composers music
and the central theme with chivalrous air, inspired by a Valencian
melody.
Variations on a Theme of Glinka by Nicolai
Rimsky-Korsakov showcases solo oboe and band. Performing
this will be Concert Master and Principal Oboist, Mr. Andrew
Ng.
SWO will also perform The Valencian Widow by Aram
Khachaturian. First performed on 14th Nov 1940 at Komsomol
Theater in Moscow, Lenin, the music, written for the Spanish comedy
by Lope de Vega, was Khachaturians first major score for the
dramatic stage.
Although there are no authentic tunes in the Valencian Widow, the
music is characteristically Spanish by local colouring and thematic
inflexion, which is not unusual in Spanish-inspired works by
Russian composers. SWO will perform the six movements in this
suite.
DATE: 06th July 2003, 7pm
VENUE: Victoria Concert Hall
TICKETS: S$12.00 each (special packages available)
For more information, please call 92383788 or 96621229.
Alternatively, kindly email to [email protected] or visit
www.swo.d2g.com