Singapore Symphony Orchestra's Wang Jian - Flowing Sleeves: An ebullient second wind

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Despite both pieces in the first half of this concert being written by composers of Chinese descent within the last 18 months, they could not have been more different.

The first piece performed was a movement of a composition titled "one point six one eight zero", by Singaporean composer Joyce Koh.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on August 17, 2019, with the headline Singapore Symphony Orchestra's Wang Jian - Flowing Sleeves: An ebullient second wind. Subscribe