Beethoven Im Garten
26 March 2022
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6:00pm
Shaw Symphony Stage
Singapore Botanic Gardens
KAHCHUN WONG, conductor
YST Orchestral Institute
with
DRESDEN PHILHARMONIC:
DANIEL HOCHSTÖGER, clarinet
CORDULA FEST, violin
ADELA-MARIA BRATU, violin
CHRISTINA BIWANK, viola
DANIEL THIELE, cello
ADELA-MARIA BRATU, violin
CHRISTINA BIWANK, viola
DANIEL THIELE, cello
and
KURT MASUR ACADEMY:
ALEKSANDRA VARAKSINA, violin
HOBIN YI, violin
SAWAKO KOSUGE, violin
HYELIN YUN, viola
MICHAEL SCHMITZ, cello
PROGRAMME
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, Op.60
I. Adagio – Allegro vivace
II. Adagio
III. Allegro vivace
IV. Allegro ma non troppo
Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, Op.60
I. Adagio – Allegro vivace
II. Adagio
III. Allegro vivace
IV. Allegro ma non troppo
MENDELSSOHN
Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 9
Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 9
IV. Saltarello Presto
ABOUT THIS EVENT
Beethoven im Garten returns to the Singapore Botanic Gardens after a two year hiatus. This time visiting musicians from the Dresden Philharmonic and its affiliate the Kurt Masur Academy will join the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory Orchestra to perform Beethoven’s 4th Symphony and Mendelssohn’s 4th Symphony (4th movement), conducted by Kahchun Wong.
Beethoven im Garten celebrates German-Singaporean Friendship, building on the achievements of Wong who is an alumnus of music academies in Singapore and Germany, the prize winner of the 2016 Gustav Mahler Competition, and presently the Chief Conductor of the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra and Principal Guest Conductor of the Japan Philharmonic.
Beethoven im Garten is an initiative of the German Embassy Singapore
Celebrating German-Singaporean Connections and Friendship
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