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Concert review: Conductor Pang Kapang and SCO deliver an invigorating sonic encounter
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The Dreamscapes concert on March 1 by the Singapore Chinese Orchestra was led by guest conductor Pang Kapang, artistic director of the Suzhou Chinese Orchestra.
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Singapore Chinese Orchestra
Singapore Conference Hall
March 1, 7.30pm
Music written for large orchestras of Chinese instruments is a relatively new phenomenon. It is thus little surprise that much of it is modelled on established examples in Western symphonic music. The poor composers simply plagiarise and misappropriate while the better ones innovate to find the best of both worlds.
