Concert review
SSO delivers impressive sampler of programme for upcoming China tour
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Musicians Chloe Chua and He Ziyu played Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante In E Flat Major (K.364) for violin and viola with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Hannu Lintu.
PHOTO: CHRIS P. LIM
- Singapore Symphony Orchestra will tour seven cities in China from Oct 13 to 25, its first China tour since 2011, led by new music director Hannu Lintu.
- The pre-tour concerts at NUS Cultural Centre featured Wang Chenwei, Mendelssohn and Mozart, with Chloe Chua and He Ziyu praised for warm, skilled and lively playing.
- Mahler’s First Symphony closed both nights, though the dry venue hurt some details; the concerts still showed strong energy, emotion and promise for the China tour.
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Singapore Symphony Orchestra
University Cultural Centre
Oct 8 and 9, 7.30pm
Come Oct 13 to 25, the Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO) led by newly appointed Finnish music director Hannu Lintu will embark on a seven-city tour of China, its first since 2011.