Chamber Music Week Closing Gala: A Chamber Marathon
March 23, 2025 • 1:00pm
Conservatory Orchestra Hall
Experience the exhilarating finale of Chamber Music Week 2025 with this four-hour Chamber Marathon — the culmination of a week of collaboration and chamber music-making!
This thrilling chamber marathon showcase features YST faculty, students, and alumni performing in a non-stop chamber music programme spanning diverse instrument specialties and ensemble combinations.
Audiences are invited to come and go as you please — whether you wish to drop in at different timings to listen to your favourite works, or lose yourself in the full four-hour experience, don’t miss this opportunity to immerse yourself in a jam-packed afternoon of chamber music, staged like never before!
The Chamber Music Week Closing Gala is supported by the Shaw Foundation Ones to Watch series.

PROGRAMME
*Timings for entry to this event is flexible.
1PM
DANNY ELFMAN
Percussion Quartet (in four movements)
LAI JO-WEI (BMus3), percussion
KUO YAN-SHIN (BMus 2), percussion
EVELYN KUO CHAN (BMus2), percussion
ISABEL CHIN CHUN EN (BMus2), percussion
CARL NIELSEN
Wind Quintet Op.43
I Allegro ben moderato
II Menuet
III Prelude – Tema con variazioni
OH SEONYOUNG (BMus2), flute
NG WEI XIANG (BMus4), oboe
HAYDEN CHUNG-HEI BUTT (BMus2), clarinet
LIU JIAYU (BMus2), bassoon
LAU EN QI CHLOE (BMus2), horn
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Der Hirt auf dem Felsen (“The Shepherd on the Rock”) D965
ALISON WONG, soprano
MIAO KAIWEN, clarinet
FRANCES LEE, piano
2:05PM
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF
Trio Élégiaque No.1 in G minor
TSAO WEI-CHUN (BMus3), violin
CAO HUIYING (BMus4), cello
EDENIA MAUREEN (BMus4), piano
ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD
Mond, so gehst du wieder auf (No.3 from Lieder des Abschieds Op.14)
KIM OHYEON (BMus4), tenor
CHOI HYE-SEON, piano
ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD
Piano Quintet Op.15
II Adagio (Mit größter Ruhe, stets äußerst gebunden und ausdrucksvoll)
WU TSAI-JOU (BMus4), violin
TEO WEI EN REINA (BMus4), violin
HUANG YI (BMus4), viola
ZHU ZEYU (BMus4), cello
LIU JIA, piano
FRANZ SCHUBERT
String Trio in Bb major D581
I Allegro moderato
II Andante
AUREITSEVICH NATALLIA (BMus1), violin
CHAN SHEE ANN SHANNON (BMus4), viola
LIU YIDUO (BMus2), cello
JOSEPH HAYDN (arr. DONALD MILLER))
Achieved is the Glorious Work from The Creation
PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY(arr. ELWOOD WILLIAMS)
Andante Cantabile from String Quartet in D major Op.11
TOH CHANG HUI (BMus3), trombone
ONG AUN GUAN (BMus3), trombone
ZHU JIANYU (BMus2), trombone
HUANG SHAO-WEI (BMus3), trombone
3PM
Beethoven – Serenade for string trio Op.8
II Menuetto. Allegretto
III Adagio
YEO SEE KANG (BMus1), violin
KUNG YU-NING (BMus1), viola
ASSENBAY ALAN (BMus1), cello
ARTHUR FRACKENPOHL
Brass Trio
I Prelude
II Air
III Scherzo
IV Finale
YEH TSUNG-RUEI (BMus2), trumpet
TSENG HUA-CHIH (BMus2), horn
LOW KIM VEN (BMus2), trombone
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
String Trio in G major Op.9 No.1
I Adagio – Allegro con brio
GAO WEI TINA (BMus1), violin
CLAUDIA KHANG LOO AN (BMus1), viola
WU ZUHUI (BMus3), cello
JAN KOETSIER
Brass Quintet Op.65
I Andante con moto – Allegro
II Andantino
III Molto Vivace
CHANAN MALLANOO (BMus4), trumpet
CHANG CHING-HSUAN (BMus1), trumpet
LUO TIANHAO (BMus1), horn
ZHU JIANYU (BMus2), trombone
TUNG WEI-ZHEN (BMus2), tuba
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
String Quartet in G major K387 ‘Spring’
I Allegro vivace assai
LI HAO (BMus1), violin
AUREITSEVICH NATALLIA (BMus1), violin
LIU XUANYU (BMus1), viola
SUN XIAORAN (BMus1), cello
ANDRE LAFOSSE
Suite Impromptu for brass quintet
I Épithalame
II Marche
III Élégie
IV Mouvement
LOI CHIANG KANG (BMus4), trumpet
AW PING HUI (BMus3), trumpet
YEN SHIH-HSIN (BMus3), horn
ONG AUN GUAN (BMus3), trombone
YANG JUNXIANG (BMus3), tuba
4:01PM
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
String Quartet in C major K465 ‘Dissonance’
I Adagio – Allegro
LIN YI-HSUAN (BMus1), violin
HUANG CHIA-YING (BMus1), violin
WU HAIPING (BMus1), viola
LAI SHIN-YEN (BMus1), cello
VICTOR EWALD
Brass Quintet No.3 in D flat major Op.7
I Allegro moderato
II Intermezzo
III Andante
IV Vivo
CHOU HSIN-YU (BMus3), trumpet
YEH TSUNG-RUEI (BMus2), trumpet
POPETORN BUANGAM (BMus1), horn
HUANG SHAO-WEI (BMus3), trombone
TUNG WEI-ZHEN RITA (BMus2), tuba
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
String Quartet in F major Op.18 No.1
II Adagio affettuoso ed appassionato
CHEN YUN-LI (BMus1), violin
CHEN YI-TIEN (BMus1), violin
CHER ZHI XIAN TIMOTHY (BMus1), viola
ZHU RUONING (BMus1), cello
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Piano Quartet in D major WoO36 No.2
I Allegro moderato
PENG YIYANG (BMus2), violin
XIAO LEI (BMus3), viola
WU ZUHUI (BMus3), cello
FONG JEAN YING (BMus2), piano
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
String Quartet No.6 in F minor Op.80
III Adagio
ZOU MENG (MMus1), violin
BAKHODIR RAKHIMOV (BMus4), violin
ZOU ZHANG (MMus1), viola
ASSENBAY ALAN (BMus1), cello
CLARA SCHUMANN
Piano Trio in G minor Op.17
III Andante
TSAO WEI-CHUN (BMus3), violin
LIU YOU-YU (BMus3), cello
CHAI ZI QING (BMus3), piano
5PM
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN
Septet in Eb major Op.20
I Adagio – Allegro con brio
II Adagio cantabile
III Tempo di menuetto
IV Tema con variazioni: Andante
V Scherzo: Allegro molto e vivace
VI Andante con moto alla marcia – Presto
ZHENG SHANXI (BMus4), clarinet
LIU JIAYU (BMus3), bassoon
GAO XIAOXUAN (BMus3), horn
ZOU ZHANG (MMus1), violin
HUANG YI (BMus4), viola
ZHU ZEYU (BMus4), cello
WANG MINGYUAN, double bass
TICKETING INFORMATION
Tickets at $26 via yst.eventbrite.com.
Out of respect for the participants and other spectators, no children under 6 years of age will be allowed admission.
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