2013|14 Dewan Filharmonik PETRONAS Malaysian Philharmonic

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Dewan Filharmonik
PETRONAS
featuring the
Malaysian
Philharmonic
Orchestra
2013|14
season
concert calendar
Dewan Filharmonik PETRONAS
Concerts from the energetic Malaysian Philharmonic Youth
Orchestra (MPYO) and the annual Seni Festival featuring local
music and traditional performing art forms continue to be
hosted at this venue.
Dewan Filharmonik PETRONAS (DFP) is home to the
Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO) and is Malaysia’s
concert hall devoted specifically to classical music. Located in
the PETRONAS Twin Towers, it was officially opened on
17th August 1998 by the patron of the MPO, Tun Dr Siti Hasmah
Haji Mohd Ali and former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir
Mohamad.
Always innovative in its programming, DFP has introduced
many new ideas including the first ever Artists-in-Residence
(the Borodin Quartet), the crowd pleasing DFP Showcase and
DFP Spotlight series which have featured international stars
such as Laura Fygi, Zakir Hussain and Larry Carlton in addition
to local talents like Noryn Aziz, Rachel Guerzo, Yuna, Aizat,
Najwa, Hafiz and many others.
Designed by Cesar Pelli, the hall takes its inspiration from the
traditional shoe-box shape of the great 19th century European
concert halls with the magnificent Klais Pipe Organ providing
a spectacular backdrop to the hall’s stage and platform. The
hall seats 920, which includes box seats, 20 luxurious corporate
suites and a royal suite. Acoustics experts Kirkegaard and
Associates have incorporated unique acoustical devices into
the design to maximize the hall’s natural qualities, leading
Yuri Temirkanov, Chief Conductor of the St. Petersburg
Philharmonic Orchestra, to remark that “…it’s beautiful, the
sound is warm, woody and kind… it’s one of the best halls I’ve
played in.”
DFP’s success is also attributed to its exceptional architectural
design, superior acoustics and recording studio modelled after
that at Abbey Road. Bryn Terfel, the Welsh bass-baritone star
said of it: “DFP excels in its wonderful acoustics and good
lighting that creates a very intimate setting. I only wish I could
put the hall in my pocket and take it with me everywhere I
perform. It is truly a pearl in the Malaysian musical heritage”.
Celebrating its 15th Anniversary this 17th August 2013, DFP
plays an integral part in the music and cultural landscape of
Malaysia and the city of Kuala Lumpur. It attracts audiences
and continues to enthrall listeners as it has done since the day it
first opened its doors. In addition to stimulating and enriching
concerts by the MPO, DFP has hosted some of the world’s
leading artists and orchestras. These include the legendary
cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, soprano Dame Kiri Te Kanawa,
conductors Lorin Maazel, Sir Neville Marriner, Vladimir
Ashkenazy, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Sir Andrew Davis and Yehudi
Menuhin.
World renowned orchestras that have performed in this
beautiful hall include the New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia
Orchestra, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, BBC Symphony,
Vienna Symphony, Sydney Symphony and NHK Symphony. As
a chamber music venue, DFP has also attracted such eminent
ensembles as the Belcea Quartet and Shanghai Quartet.
Beyond classical music, DFP has hosted such prominent artists
as Harry Connick Jr, the Count Basie Orchestra, Yellowjackets,
Ladysmith Black Mambazo, the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra,
Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Pink Martini, Gotan Project and
sitar virtuoso Anoushka Shankar. In addition, Malaysian artists
including Tan Sri S M Salim, Dato’ Sheila Majid, Dato’ M. Nasir
and Dato’ Siti Nurhaliza have mesmerised audiences at DFP.
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Contents
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Message from the Patron
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Message from the Chairman
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Board Members6
Message from the Music Director
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Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
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Subscriber Privileges10
The Concert Series: A Guide
11
Legacy12
Age Of Elegance13
Discovery14
Family Fun Day15
Pops16
Great Violin Concertos17
The World of Gustav Mahler
18
MPO Specials20
DFP Showcase21
DFP Seni Fest & DFP Spotlight
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Artist Biographies
26 & 31
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G eneral P u blic
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PU LL- OU T SE CTION
Season at a Glance
27-30
2013/14 Season Calendar32-45
Concessions46
Seating Plan49
Booking & General Information
51
Concert Dress Code52
Corporate Hospitality & Sponsorship
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Acknowledgement55
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M E S S AG E F R OM T H E PAT R ON , M A L AYSIA N P H I L HA R M ON IC OR C H E ST R A
Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Bt Hj Mohd Ali
This new 2013/14 Season of the
MPO marks another important
milestone, as we celebrate the 15th
year of the opening of Dewan
Filharmonik PETRONAS (DFP),
home of the MPO. It was on
17 August 1998 that MPO gave
its maiden performance in the
beautiful DFP. Over the years
we have seen a steadily growing
audience amongst the young and
old, a testimony of the quality and
variety of MPO’s mesmerising
music.
I am indeed delighted and proud
to learn that this new season’s
opening Gala concert will feature
the world premier of a new
composition by our child prodigy,
Tengku Ahmad Irfan, who will
also perform Prokofiev’s Piano
Concerto No. 2, one of the most
technically-difficult concertos in
the piano repertoire. As a walk
down memory lane, the MPO will
perform Strauss’ Don Juan, which
was played 15 years ago at DFP’s
inaugural concert. Together with
the “Great Violin Concertos” series,
featuring leading violinists and
works of Shostakovich, Mozart and
Brahms, to name a few, and the
continuing popularity of POPs/
Special concerts, the MPO promises
to deliver yet another exciting and
not-to-be missed season.
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I believe the MPO has done well
in promoting and developing our
talented Malaysian youths. Through
the MPYO, more new musical
talents have been ‘unearthed’
and the platform provided for
their artistic nurturing and
enhancements. Although the
rigours of training are there, I
believe that the experiences are
rewarding.
With the continuing gracious
support of MPO’s main donor
PETRONAS, and our loyal
sponsors, supporters and friends,
I am sure that we will be able to
sustain and share the wonders
and joys of MPO’s music to the
community at large, not forgetting
those for whom such simple joys of
music are not easily accessible nor
savoured.
Please join me in welcoming the
2013/14 Season of the MPO and let
us all indulge in the new Season’s
offerings!
M E S S AG E F R OM T H E C HA I R M A N
Dato Mohd Medan Abdullah
Welcome to a magnificent and
harmonious new season with our
very own Malaysian Philharmonic
Orchestra (MPO)!
popular symphonies. After serving
6 years as Music Director, Maestro
Flour will leave an indelible stamp
on the MPO.
As the MPO celebrates its 15th
“birthday”, I am delighted that we
have stayed true throughout the
years in our purpose to share the
depth, power and beauty of great
music.
The positive energy of music fills
as we continue to showcase a
splendid repertoire of international
conductors, soloists and musicians
with Stéphane Denève, Steven
Osborne and Carl Davis returning
to play in this beautiful hall.
This new 2013/14 Season allows
us to once again “reimagine” the
tremendous energy and power
of music. Always innovative
and looking to broaden our
artistic horizon, the MPO has
commissioned a new work by a
young Malaysian prodigy who will
also play one of the most difficult
concertos in the piano repertoire.
The annual DFP Seni Festival
will once again see the MPO
collaborating with local artists
and crossing musical boundaries
by giving traditional performing
arts groups the opportunity to
play together with the orchestra,
thereby realising Malaysian
content aspirations.
This season will also be Music
Director Claus Peter Flor’s farewell
season and we will see him
conducting three of Mahler’s most
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This celebration of music
would not be possible without
the unwavering support and
commitment of our beloved Patron
YABhg Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Bt
Haji Mohd Ali, our main donor
PETRONAS, our sponsors,
partners, loyal subscribers and all
our wonderful audiences.
Thank you so much for your
support in this journey of
appreciating the beauty and energy
of music.
B oard M embers
CHAIRMAN
Dato Mohd Medan
Abdullah
Tunku Tan Sri Dato’ Seri
Ahmad B Yahaya
Juniwati
Rahmat Hussin
Datuk Khor
Chin Poey
M anagement T eam
DEWAN FILHARMONIK PETRONAS
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Nor Raina Yeong Abdullah
CEO’S OFFICE
Hanis Abdul Halim
BUSINESS & MARKETING
MANAGEMENT
Carl Selvarajah
Nur Nazlin Azrina Naimuddin
Norkertini Nee
At Ziafrizani Chek Pa
Hisham Abdul Jalil
Sarah Ghazi
Nurartikah Ilyas
Asmahan Abdullah
Faizol Ramli
MUSIC TALENT DEVELOPMENT
& MANAGEMENT
Soraya Mansor
FINANCE & IT
Syakirah Mustapa
Mohd Afiq Ibrahim
Mohammed Hakimi Mohammed Rosli
Norhisham Abdul Rahman
PROCUREMENT & CONTRACT
Mohamad Firuz Mohamad Ali
Lee Kel Len
Wan Hasni Hafizah Wan Hassan
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
& ADMINISTRATION
Hamidah Alias
Sharhida Saad
Muknoazlida Mukhadzim
Logiswary Raman
Wan Intan Shahfinas Abas
TECHNICAL OPERATIONS
Firoz Khan M Yunus
Mohd Zamir Mohd Isha
Johan Mohd Noh
Shahrul Rizal M Ali
Dayan Erwan Maharal
MALAYSIAN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Nor Raina Yeong Abdullah
GENERAL MANAGER
Timothy Tsukamoto
GM’S OFFICE
Paul Maurice Wei-Liang Pincon
ORCHESTRA MANAGEMENT
Norman Ismail
Shannon Ho
MALAYSIAN PHILHARMONIC
YOUTH ORCHESTRA
Ahmad Muriz Che Rose
ARTISTIC ADMINISTRATION
Kartini Ratna Sari Ahmat Adam
Tai Tse Han
EDUCATION & OUTREACH
Shafrin Sabri
Ahmad Faris Ahmad Khairi
MUSIC LIBRARY
Khor Chin Yang
Sharon Francis Lihan
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M E S S AG E F R OM T H E M U SIC DI R E C TOR
Claus Peter Flor
Dear Friends & Guests of the MPO,
The MPO will be celebrating its birthday
on 17 August 2013, exactly 15 years since
its inaugural performance on 17 August
1998. The orchestra has played many
impressive concerts throughout the past
15 seasons, and we have been fortunate
to have the support of a dedicated
audience. I know that many of you have
been with us from the beginning, and we
thank you for your continued attendance.
The MPO has commissioned a new
work from Malaysian prodigy Tengku
Ahmad Irfan to be premiered at the
season opening concerts. Irfan, who also
recently had one of his pieces performed
by the New York Philharmonic, is one
of the youngest composer in the world
to have works commissioned and
performed by major orchestras, and we
are extremely proud of him.
Last season we brought to you great
performances of the complete Beethoven
symphonies. This next season we will
highlight works of Mahler. In the “World
of Gustav Mahler” series, I will conduct
his first, fourth, and fifth symphonies;
conductor Hubert Soudant and contralto
Sara Mingardo will join together
for Mahler’s haunting song cycle,
Kindertotenlieder.
Another highlight of the upcoming
season is our “Great Violin Concertos”
series featuring virtuosic violin
soloists James Ehnes (Shostakovich
Concerto No. 1), Tianwa Yang (Lalo
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Symphonie espagnole), Vilde Frang
(Korngold Concerto), Tibor Kovác
(Bartók Concerto No. 2), Josef Špacek
(Mendelssohn Concerto) and Liza
Ferschtman (Brahms Concerto).
We are excited to announce the return
of many of your favourite conductors
and soloists, including Stéphane Denève,
Olari Elts, Martin Sieghart, Jean-Efflam
Bavouzet, Robert Levin & Ya-Fei
Chuang, Benedetto Lupo, and many
more.
Performing with the MPO for the first
time, we welcome conductors Alondra de
la Parra & Kazuki Yamada; pianists Till
Fellner & Javier Perianes; and sopranos
Karina Gauvin & Kimy McLaren – to
name just a few. I am also particularly
looking forward to performing
Beethoven’s Triple Concerto with the
Trio Wanderer.
Please take the time to browse through
our entire new season. I am confident
everyone will find a concert to their
liking.
The MPO cordially welcomes you to its
season 2013/14.
Sincerely yours,
The Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO) gave its inaugural
performance at Dewan Filharmonik PETRONAS (DFP), Kuala
Lumpur, on 17th August 1998. Over the past 15 seasons it has
consistently impressed and inspired audience of all ages.
The MPO’s mission is to nurture an interest in classical music
in Malaysia, a key component of this being the encouragement
of home-grown talents. The MPO’s Education and Outreach
Programme, ENCOUNTER, reaches beyond the concert
platform to develop musical awareness, appreciation and skills
through dedicated activities that include instrumental lessons,
workshops and school concerts. ENCOUNTER has also arranged
memorable events in such diverse venues as orphanages, hospitals,
rehabilitation centres and community centres, thereby enriching
the lives of those less fortunate members of Malaysian society.
The initial search in 1997 for outstanding musicians involved a
worldwide audition tour. The result was a 105-member symphony
orchestra made up of musicians from 25 nations – a remarkable
example of harmony among different cultures and nationalities.
A host of internationally-acclaimed musicians has worked with the
MPO, including Lorin Maazel, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, Mstislav
Rostropovich, Jiři Bélohlávek, Sir Neville Marriner, Jukka-Pekka
Saraste, Yehudi Menuhin, Vadim Repin, Joshua Bell, Jean-Yves
Thibaudet, Truls Mork and Simon Preston, many of whom have
praised the MPO for its musical qualities and vitality. Conductor
Lorin Maazel called it “a remarkable and amazing orchestra”, and
Gramophone critic Andrew Achenbach praised the Orchestra for
its “immaculate finish and engaging spirit”.
MPO’s commitment to furthering musical interest in the nation has
been the creation of the Malaysian Philharmonic Youth Orchestra
(MPYO), coached by the MPO players and directed by MPYO’s
Principal Conductor Kevin Field. The MPYO gave its inaugural
concert at DFP on 25th August 2007 and followed this with a
highly-successful tour of several cities in Peninsular Malaysia.
In December 2008, the MPYO undertook a highly-successful tour
of Sabah and Sarawak, and visited Singapore in 2009, and Brisbane,
Australia in December 2012.
The 2013/14 Season will be Music Director Claus Peter Flor’s
farewell season; his tenure ends following 6 seasons of over
100 concerts. Following the pioneering work of his illustrious
predecessors, Maestro Flor continued to build on the MPO’s
enviable reputation for musical excellence by presenting the very
best in orchestral music to Malaysian audiences. With each new
season, the MPO presents a varied programme of orchestral music
drawn from over three centuries as well as chamber, contemporary
and specially commissioned new music. It also continues to
collaborate with local talents including Tengku Ahmad Irfan,
Bobby Chen and Foo Mei Yi, to name a few.
In its relatively brief existence, the MPO has already established
itself as a recognized recording orchestra. Seventeen CDs have
so far been released internationally for the Vox, BIS and Naxos
labels. In 2009/10 Season, the MPO collaborated with a local film
studio to produce the soundtrack for the movie ‘Hikayat Merong
Mahawangsa’. In 2013, the MPO will release, in conjunction with
DFP’s 15th Anniversary celebrations, a new album consisting of
specially arranged Malaysian patriotic and local folk songs.
As it celebrates its 15th Anniversary this 17th August 2013, the
Orchestra remains steadfast in its mission to share the depth,
power and beauty of great music. The MPO’s main benefactor is
PETRONAS and its patron is Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Haji Mohd Ali.
Touring has become an important element in raising the MPO’s
international profile. The Orchestra regularly visits the major cities
of Malaysia. Internationally, it has been to Singapore, Japan and
Korea (2001), Australia (2004), China (2006), Taiwan (2007), Japan
(2009) and will tour Vietnam in 2013.
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MUSIC DIRECTOR
Claus Peter Flor
ASSOCIATE
CONDUCTOR
Kevin Field
FIRST VIOLIN
Concertmaster
Anna Reszniak
Co-Concertmaster
Peter Daniš
Principal
Ming Goh
Co-Principal
Zhenzhen Liang
Sub-Principal
Vira Nyezhentseva
Runa Baagöe
Maho Daniš
Miroslav Daniš
Evgeny Kaplan
Ergys Koni
Martijn Noomen
Sherwin Thia
SECOND VIOLIN
Section Principal
Daniela Rodnite
Co-Principal
Timothy Peters
Assistant Principal
Luisa Hyams
Chia-Nan Hung
Anastasia Kiseleva
Stefan Kocsis
Ling Yunzhi
Ionut Mazareanu
Tan Poh Kim
Yanbo Zhao
VIOLA
Section Principal
Jin Zhenhong
Co-Principal
Gábor Mokány
Fumiko Dobrinov
Linda Garrett
Ong Lin Kern
Carol Pendlebury
Sun Yuan
Fan Ran
CELLO
Co-Principal
Csaba Kőrös
Assistant Principal
Steven Retallick
Gerald Davis
Julie Dessureault
Laurentiu Gherman
Tan Poh Joo
Elizabeth Tan Suyin
Sejla Simon
DOUBLE BASS
Section Principal
Wolfgang Steike
Co-Principal
Christopher Brandt
Assistant Principal
COR ANGLAIS
TRUMPET
Principal
Co-Principal
Denis Simonnet
CLARINET
BASS CLARINET
TROMBONE
Principal
Co-Principal
BASSOON
Sub-Principal
FLUTE
Section Principal
Co-Principal
Yukako Yamamoto
Sub-Principal
Rachel Jenkyns
PICCOLO
William Day
Assistant Principal
Matthew Larsen
Hristo Dobrinov
Sub-Principal
Sub-Principal
Joseph Pruessner
Raffael Bietenhader
Jun-Hee Chae
Naohisa Furusawa
John Kennedy
Foo Yin Hong
Section Principal
William Theis
Chris Bosco
John Bourque
Marques Young
Anthony Wise
Alexandar Lenkov
Bass Trombone
Co-Principal
Principal
Jasen Atanasov
Sub-Principal
Vladimir Stoyanov
HORN
Section Principal
Zachary Bond
TUBA
Section Principal
Brett Stemple
Zora Slokar
PERCUSSION
Sonia Croucher
Co-Principal
Section Principal
OBOE
Sub-Principal
Principal
Section Principal
Simon Emes
James Schumacher
Laurence Davies
Assistant Principal
Sim Chee Ghee
Co-Principal
Joost Flach
Sub-Principal
Niels Dittmann
Sub-Principal
Graeme Norris
Catalina Alvarez
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HARP
Principal
Tan Keng Hong
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T he C oncert Series
A Guide | 10 types of concerts.
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Legacy
Age of
Elegance
Discovery
Listen to some of the world’s
legendary and best-loved classical
music performed by the MPO
partnered with renowned
conductors and artists.
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Explore symphonic music with
some of the most famous
orchestral music and promising
talents of today.
Journey across the timeless beauty
and romance of the symphonies. Be
inspired by Mozart, Rossini,
Paganini and Haydn.
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Your favourite music from the
movies, musicals and light classics
performed by the MPO.
It’s music for the entire family –
engaging, educational and a
whole lot of fun!
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The World of
Gustav Mahler
The World of Gustav Mahler
highlights three of the most popular
symphonies and a song cycle by the
great Austrian composer.
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Pops
Family
Fun Day
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Great Violin
Concertos
The Great Violin Concertos series
features virtuosic violin soloists
playing six concertos from the great
violin repertoire.
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MPO Specials
MPO Specials feature the world
premiere of a work by Malaysian
child prodigy, Tengku Ahmad
Irfan, the Music of Michael Jackson,
the annual New Year’s concert and
Disney’s Pixar-in-Concert.
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DFP
Showcase
DFP
Seni Fest
A special blend of international
and local artists are presented in
this eclectic mix of “Showcase”
concerts.
Annual Festival returns in true
style celebrating a “fusion” of our
favorite local artists and traditional
art forms.
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LEGACY
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1 Sep ‘13 Sun 3.00pm
The Lover and the Rascal
Claus Peter Flor conductor
Robert Levin piano
Ya-Fei Chuang piano
It is not often we get to hear a concerto for two pianos. This program doubles
the pleasure – we hear two concertos each requiring four hands. Mozart’s
concerto is probably the best-known example of this type, followed by one
written by Poulenc nearly two centuries later and inspired by both gamelan
music and Mozart. Framing the concertos, we hear two of Richard Strauss’s
most popular tone poems, one depicting a legendary lover, the other a
rambunctious rascal.
6 Oct ‘13 Sun 3.00pm
Lisztomania
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3 May ‘14 Sat 8.30pm
4 May ‘14 Sun 3.00pm
The Spirit of the Dance
Kazuki Yamada conductor
Benedetto Lupo piano
The spirit of the dance infuses two of the three works on this program. Much
of the music Khachaturian wrote as incidental music for Lermontov’s play
Masquerade is dance music. Rachmaninoff’s Symphonic Dances are seldom
danced, but their exceptionally brilliant orchestration contributes significantly
to making this one of the composer’s finest scores. In between comes Scriabin’s
early Piano Concerto, with its echoes of Chopin and Rachmaninoff.
24 May ‘14 Sat 8.30pm
25 May ‘14 Sun 3.00pm
Late Strauss, Early Bruckner
STRAUSS Metamorphosen
BRUCKNER Symphony No.3
Olari Elts conductor
Nareh Arghamanian piano
RACHMANINOFF The Isle of the Dead
LISZT Piano Concerto No.2
LISZT Totentanz
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No.9
“Whimsical and fantastic … magical and gorgeous,” wrote one critic about
Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2. In the Totentanz, the pianist pours forth streams
of highly virtuosic arpeggios and cascades of glittering double octaves. Be
prepared to be impressed! Shostakovich’s sparkling Ninth Symphony closes a
program that opens with Rachmaninoff’s darkly scored Isle of the Dead.
18 Jan ‘14 Sat 8.30pm
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KHACHATURIAN Masquerade
SCRIABIN Piano Concerto
RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances
R. STRAUSS Don Juan
MOZART Concerto for Two Pianos
POULENC Concerto for Two Pianos
R. STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel
5 Oct ‘13 Sat 8.30pm
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19 Jan ‘14 Sun 3.00pm
Concerto for Orchestra
Zoltan Kocsis conductor
Kimy McLaren soprano
DEBUSSY Marche écossaise
DEBUSSY (arr. Kocsis) Ariettes oubliées
DEBUSSY (arr. Ravel) Danse (Tarantelle styrienne)
DEBUSSY (arr. Kocsis) Les Ingénus, Fantoches, Rondeau, Caprice,
Le Faune, Fête galante, Noël des enfants qui n’ont plus de maison
BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra
Zoltán Kocsis, best known as an outstanding pianist, now takes to the podium
for a most interesting program combining Bartók’s best-known orchestral
composition, the Concerto for Orchestra (solos for everyone!) with a selection
of short, little-known works of Debussy, including Kocsis’ own arrangements of
some very beautiful songs.
Late in life, with memories of Allied bombs destroying his native Munich,
Strauss poured his sense of loss and grief into the ineffably moving and
profound Metamorphosen. Three-quarters of a century earlier, the young
Anton Bruckner produced his Third Symphony, which to this day continues to
impress with its colossal power, cathedral-like blocks of sound, vast scale and
awe-inspiring climaxes.
14 Jun ‘14 Sat 8.30pm
15 Jun ‘14 Sun 3.00pm
Rachmaninoff Forever
Stéphane Denève conductor
Steven Osborne piano
RACHMANINOFF Vocalise
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No.2
POULENC Les biches (Suite)
ROUSSELL Bacchus & Ariane Suite No.2
This program features two of Rachmaninoff’s most popular compositions, the
haunting Vocalise and the exhilarating Second Piano Concerto, which may well
be the most famous piano concerto of the entire twentieth century, filled as it
is with warm, broadly flowing themes in the first movement, midnight beauty
in the second and fiery virtuosity in the third. The second half of the program
features French ballet music – suites from Poulenc’s Les biches (“deer”) and
Roussel’s Bacchus and Ariane.
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AGE OF ELEGANCE
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8 Sep ‘13 Sun 3.00pm
The Art of the Countertenor
Bernard Labadie conductor
Robin Blaze countertenor
Here is a rare opportunity to hear a countertenor in Malaysia. A countertenor
is a male singer whose range is that of the female alto voice. The repertory for
countertenors is largely that which used to be sung by castratos – oratorios and
operas of the Baroque period – no one wrote more wonderful music for this
type of voice than Handel.
10 Nov ‘13 Sun 3.00pm
The Maestro’s Two Hats
Kolja Blacher conductor & violin
BRITTEN Frank Bridge Variations
MOZART Violin Concerto No.5 K.219
BEETHOVEN Romance No.1 in G
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No.1, Op.11
German violinist and
conductor Kolja Blacher wears
two hats for his debut with the
MPO. His program includes
works by two of the great
masters of Viennese classicism,
Mozart and Beethoven, in
which he is both soloist and
conductor, and two works by
composers who came later
(Mendelssohn and Britten)
but whose music is often
colored by their Viennese
predecessors.
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30 Mar ‘14 Sun 3.00pm
A Schubert Soirée
Martin Haselboeck conductor
SCHUBERT Rosamunde Overture
SCHUBERT Symphony No.8 “Unfinished”
SCHUBERT Symphony No.9 “The Great”
HAYDN Symphony No.89
HANDEL Arias for Countertenor
MOZART Symphony No.39
9 Nov ‘13 Sat 8.30pm
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7 Sep ‘13 Sat 8.30pm
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This concert gives us a full program of music by one of Vienna’s most beloved
composers: his two best-known symphonies, plus an overture. Schubert’s
last symphony is his crowning achievement, a work that Schumann dubbed
the “symphony of heavenly length … it transports us all into a world where I
cannot recall ever having been before.”
26 Apr ‘14 Sat 8.30pm
27 Apr ‘14 Sun 3.00pm
Triple Concerto
Trio Wanderer
Jean-Marc Phillips-Varjabédian violin
Raphaël Pidoux cello
Vincent Coq piano
WEBER Euryanthe Overture
BEETHOVEN Triple Concerto
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No.3 “Scottish”
Music by three of the greatest German composers of the early nineteenth
century make up this program: from Weber the Overture to his opera
Euryanthe, filled with the composer’s characteristic grandeur and brilliance;
from Beethoven the first and still best-known concerto ever written for
combined violin, cello and piano and from Mendelssohn his classically-chiseled
Scottish Symphony, music of gentle charm, melodiousness and imaginative
ideas.
Kolja Blacher
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Old World and New World
Symphonies
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No.4 “Italian”
DVOŘÁK Symphony No.9 “New World”
Mendelssohn’s Fourth and Dvořák’s Ninth are the most famous symphonies
by these composers. One is from the Old World – Mendelssohn’s “Italian”
symphony, inspired by the sunny vitality of old Italy; the other is from the New
World – Dvořák’s “New World” symphony, written while the composer was
living and teaching in New York.
15 Mar ‘14 Sat 8.30pm
16 Mar ‘14 Sun 3.00pm
Russian & French Bonbons
Zhang Yi conductor
Edgar Moreau cello
BORODIN Polovtsian Dances
SAINT-SAËNS Cello Concerto No.1
FAURÉ Élégie
BORODIN Symphony No.2
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22 Mar ‘14 Sat 8.30pm
19 Oct ‘13 Sat 8.30pm
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23 Mar ‘14 Sun 3.00pm
A Hero’s Life
Pablo González conductor
Javier Perianes piano
ROSSINI William Tell Overture
CHOPIN Piano Concerto No.1
STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben
Who is the hero of Strauss’s mighty tone poem Ein Heldenleben (A Hero’s Life)?
Is it Strauss himself? Or someone else? No matter. The score is replete with
opulent sounds, glowing orchestration, huge climaxes, enormous energy and a
veritable kaleidoscope of tonal colors. This Discovery concert offers also a deep
contrast between this eruptive music and the tenderness of Chopin’s First Piano
Concerto, featuring pianist Javier Perianes.
17 May ‘14 Sat 8.30pm
18 May ‘14 Sun 3.00pm
Brilliant Brothers
Edmon Colomer conductor
Timothy Chooi violin
Nikki Chooi violin
SAINT-SAËNS Violin Concerto No.3
BACH Concerto for 2 Violins
BRUCH Violin Concerto No.1
TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet
Overture
Making his Asia debut, the young French cellist Edgar Moreau performs the
tremendously difficult First Cello concerto of Saint-Saëns along with Fauré’s
beautiful Élégie. Alexander Borodin was one of the “Mighty Five” of latenineteenth-century Russian music, the group whose avowed intent was to
stamp their music with a distinctly Russian flavor in place of the European style
that prevailed at the time. This “Russian-ness” is heard to great effect in the
spectacular Polovtsian Dances and in the Second Symphony.
Timothy Chooi
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Two sensational violinists of Malaysian
descent, both brothers and both major
prize-winners, are the stars in this
generous program of solo and double
concertos. Together they perform the
best-known concerto for two violins
(Bach), and individually romantically
infused concertos by Saint-Saëns and
Bruch. Topping off the program is
another work drenched in romanticism,
Tchaikovsky’s musical portrayal of the
timeless Romeo and Juliet story.
Nikki Chooi
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29 Sep ‘13 Sun 2.30pm
29 Sep ‘13 Sun 4.30pm
Fun with Alasdair Malloy
Laurent Campellone conductor
Alasdair Malloy presenter
Presenter Alasdair Malloy has been dedicating his time devising exciting and
innovative programmes that he presents to audiences of all ages with orchestras
around the world. By linking each programme to subjects as diverse as sport,
magic, puppetry, pirates and food, coupled with his relaxed and conversational
style of presentation, Alasdair leads the audience on an adventure through
many musical styles, demonstrating the amazing and surprising sounds of the
orchestra. 16 Nov ‘13 Sat 3.00pm
17 Nov ‘13 Sun 2.30pm
17 Nov ‘13 Sun 4.30pm
Pictures at an Exhibition
Kevin Field conductor
Paul Rissmann presenter
Presenter Paul Rissman devises and presents orchestral concerts for people
of all ages throughout the UK and abroad. His formula is simple - choose the
best possible music and find the most exciting way to introduce the incredible
sound of the orchestra to new listeners. Come witness Paul’s MPO debut!
“Rissmann is not just serious, he is passionate about getting children of all ages
hooked on music. He is an extremely skilled musician...at the centre of every
one of his projects is real music” The Scotsman.
25 Jan ‘14 Sat 3.00pm
26 Jan ‘14 Sun 2.30pm
26 Jan ‘14 Sun 4.30pm
The Mozart Experience
Benjamin Northey conductor
Magic Circle Mime presenter
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1 Mar ‘14 Sat 3.00pm
28 Sep ‘13 Sat 3.00pm
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2 Mar ‘14 Sun 2.30pm
Creepy Crawly Songs
Carl Davis conductor
Bugs, insects, creepy crawlies... Whatever we call them, they’re miniature
marvels who live out their fascinating lives mostly hidden from sight.
Combining music by Carl Davis, lyrics by Hiawyn Oram and illustrations by
Satoshi Kitamura, our Creepy Crawly Songs concerts are sure to delight young
audiences.
12 Apr ‘14 Sat 3.00pm
13 Apr ‘14 Sun 2.30pm
13 Apr ‘14 Sun 4.30pm
A Clown’s Guide to the Orchestra
Melvin Tix clownductor
Audiences who have experienced the fantastic Clownductor Melvin Tix, the
conducting clown, in action know that great music and hysterical laughter
await them when he returns to the MPO. His unique ability to introduce the
symphony orchestra and to convey the joy of music appeals to audiences of all
ages.
10 May ‘14 Sat 3.00pm
11 May ‘14 Sun 2.30pm
11 May ‘14 Sun 4.30pm
Moving Pictures
Wilson Hermanto conductor
These concerts feature screen projections of drawings by talented Malaysian
school children, accompanied by the MPO playing the music of Debussy
and Ravel. Debussy’s Children’s Corner was written for his daughter and is a
“picture” of childhood and of his daughter’s toys. Ravel’s Mother Goose suite
was originally written as a piano duet for two children, Mimi and Jean, 6 and 7
years old.
A street musician is caught playing the orchestra’s grand piano. Much to her
surprise, the conductor does not scold her, but instead offers her the chance
to “be Mozart.” The street musician and her companion must now confront
dilemmas and opportunities similar to those faced by Mozart in this musical
adventure filled with examples of his greatest music.
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The Music of James Bond
Michael Krajewski conductor
Debbie Gravitte soprano
ARNOLD Suite from Casino Royale
ADKINS/EPWORTH Skyfall
BARRY Theme from Goldfinger
JONES Theme from Austin Powers
SONDHEIM “Sooner or Later” from Dick Tracy
MANCINI Theme from The Pink Panther
30 Nov ‘13 Sat 8.30pm
1 Dec ‘13 Sun 3.00pm
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8 Feb ‘14 Sat 8.30pm
9 Feb ‘14 Sun 3.00pm
In the Mood for Love:
Stephen Rahman Hughes
& the MPO
David White conductor
Stephen Rahman Hughes vocals
Vocalist Stephen Rahman Hughes returns to Kuala Lumpur and the MPO
for two special Valentine’s performances featuring romantic hits including
Unchained Melody, My Funny Valentine, L.O.V.E., and Frank Sinatra songs.
Joining Stephen will be conductor David White, a leading director of musicals,
who made his debut performance on Broadway at the age of 23.
Charlie Chaplin: The Gold Rush
Timothy Brock conductor
8 Mar ‘14 Sat 8.30pm
MPO Plays The Beatles
One of the most beloved of Charles Chaplin’s films (and Chaplin’s personal
favourite), The Gold Rush is set in the icy wastes of the Alaskan gold fields,
and blends action and slapstick comedy together seamlessly. In 1942, Chaplin
released a new version of The Gold Rush, taking the original silent 1925 film
and adding a musical score which he composed himself. American composer/
conductor Timothy Brock has restored Chaplin’s original orchestra score,
which he will premiere in Malaysia with the MPO, along with a screening of
The Gold Rush.
The Beatles achieved a level of celebrity and
adoration never seen before or since in modern
times. They were more than a band. They
symbolized an era, an essential part of our
collective consciousness of the 1960s – a time
of hope and magic, of freedom and change, of
challenge and conquest. The heart of Beatledom
is of course the music. So come hear a selection of
Beatles songs. Some of your favorites are sure to be
on this program.
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Carl Davis
G R E A T V iolin C oncertos
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Romeo & Juliet
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23 Feb ‘14 Sun 3.00pm
Twentieth-Century Masters
BARTÓK Violin Concerto No.2
SHOSTAKOVICH Violin Concerto No.1
PROKOFIEV Romeo and Juliet Suites
James Ehnes, one of the brightest stars of the violin, joins Music Director Claus
Peter Flor in Shostakovich’s First Concerto, one of their specialties. Darkly
introspective, reflective and somber in mood, the concerto invariably leaves
audiences profoundly moved. Equally moving is Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet,
the most successful full-length, three-act ballet score of the twentieth century.
The music contains a wealth of memorable themes, passionate lyricism and
compelling rhythmic excitement.
24 Nov ‘13 Sun 3.00pm
Symphonie Espagnole
Tianwa Yang violin
The Hungarian Béla Bartók and the Russian Dmitri Shostakovich were two of
the towering figures of twentieth-century music. Both led highly stressful lives,
both suffered under repressive political regimes, and both turned out music
brimming with fiery emotions and intensity. Bartók’s Second Violin Concerto
features soloist Tibor Kovác, a section leader of the Vienna Philharmonic
second violins since 1992.
5 Apr ‘14 Sat 8.30pm
6 Apr ‘14 Sun 3.00pm
Fiesta Mexicana
Alondra de la Parra conductor
Josef Spacek violin
BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No.3
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto
GINASTERA Dances from Estancia
SANTOS Encruzilhada
MÁRQUEZ Danzón No.2
LALO Rapsodie norvégienne
LALO Symphonie espagnole
LUTOSŁAWSKI Concerto for Orchestra
Young Chinese violinist Tianwa Yang makes her MPO debut playing Lalo’s
Symphonie espagnole. (Although titled a “Spanish Symphony”, it is really a
violin concerto, with violin solo and Spanish motifs throughout the piece.)
A concerto for orchestra is designed in such a way that every instrument or
instrumental group gets time in the spotlight. The example by the great Polish
composer Witold Lutoslawski, whose centenary we celebrate this year, is one of
the best and best-known. This music is suffused with energy, teems with folk
elements, and juxtaposes great sonorous masses.
7 Dec ‘13 Sat 8.30pm
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Tibor Kovác violin
James Ehnes violin
23 Nov ‘13 Sat 8.30pm
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22 Feb ‘14 Sat 8.30pm
24 Aug ‘13 Sat 8.30pm
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8 Dec ‘13 Sun 3.00pm
Korngold Meets Brahms
Martin Sieghart conductor
Vilde Frang violin
Kodály Dances of Galánta
KORNGOLD Violin Concerto
BRAHMS Symphony No.2
Norwegian violinist Vilde Frang returns to the MPO to perform Korngold’s
superb Violin Concerto. Korngold was also a Hollywood film music composer,
and like many of Korngold’s other serious works in traditional genres, the violin
concerto borrows thematic material from his movie scores. The program opens
with Kodály’s brilliant Dances of Galánta and closes with Brahms sumptuous
Second Symphony.
Making her Malaysia debut, the young Mexican conductor Alondra de la Parra,
heralded as one of the most compelling conductors of her generation, leads the
MPO in folk- and dance-inspired music from Argentina (Ginastera), Portugal
(Santos) and Mexico (Márquez), all designed to get your body swaying and
your feet moving. The first half of this program presents two of the best-known
masterpieces in the repertoire, Beethoven’s mighty Leonore Overture No.3 and
Mendelssohn’s supremely elegant Violin Concerto.
31 May ‘14 Sat 8.30pm
1 Jun ‘14 Sun 3.00pm
Romantic Favourites
Liza Ferschtman violin
BRAHMS Violin Concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No.6 “Pathétique”
These two romantic favourites, Brahms’s Violin Concerto and Tchaikovsky’s
Pathétique Symphony, were composed just a few years apart in the late
nineteenth century. Each is a powerful and profoundly moving musical
experience. Brahms’s concerto is widely regarded as one of the two greatest
ever written for the violin (Beethoven’s is the other), while Tchaikovsky’s hyperemotional symphony exudes dark colors, melancholic themes, fiercely defiant
outbursts and poignant dissonances.
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27 Oct ‘13 Sun 3.00pm
Mahler’s Fifth
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet piano
HAYDN Piano Concerto in D Major
MAHLER Symphony No.5
Mahler’s Fifth Symphony is made up of a fascinating, ever-changing,
kaleidoscopic of orchestral detail. Virtuosity is demanded from every
player. Raging outbursts, heaven-storming triumphs, uncontrollable
grief, shattering climaxes and more are found throughout this 75-minute
symphony. As a prelude to this listening experience, we hear an example
of Viennese classicism at its most refined, Haydn’s last piano concerto.
14 Dec ‘13 Sat 8.30pm
15 Dec ‘13 Sun 3.00pm
Mahler’s Songs
Hubert Soudant conductor
Sara Mingardo contralto
BRAHMS Tragic Overture
MAHLER Kindertotenlieder
SCHUMANN Symphony No.2
Gustav Mahler’s grief-laden Kindertotenlieder song cycle features contralto
Sara Mingardo. Mahler was fascinated, almost obsessed, with details of
orchestration, both in his own works and in those of others. He was a keen
judge of what “worked” and what didn’t. To this end, listeners already familiar
with Schumann’s wonderful Second Symphony should find a wonderful sense
of discovery in Mahler’s revision of this work.
15 Feb ‘14 Sat 8.30pm
Karina Gauvin
Photo by: Michael Slobodian
19 Apr ‘14 Sat 8.30pm
20 Apr ‘14 Sun 3.00pm
Mahler’s Fourth
16 Feb ‘14 Sun 3.00pm
Mahler’s First
Karina Gauvin soprano
Till Fellner piano
MOZART Le Nozze di Figaro Overture
MOZART Il Re Pastore and Le Nozze di Figaro arias
MOZART Piano Concerto No.22
Juno Award winner soprano Karina Gauvin performs some of her signature
repertoire with the MPO – Mozart arias. She also brings her artistry to the
finale of Gustav Mahler’s transcendently beautiful Fourth Symphony:
The fourth movement incorporates a song, “Das himmlische Leben”
(“The Heavenly Life”), written by Mahler seven years earlier.
Mozart and Mahler make a perfect pair on symphony programs. Both enjoyed
their greatest acclaim and financial success in Vienna, Mozart in the 1780s,
Mahler a little more than a century later. If there is one genre in which Mozart
excelled consistently above all others, it is the piano concerto. Nearly every
work is a masterpiece. For Mahler, it was the symphony. This concert offers a
prime example of each. Austrian pianist Till Fellner makes his long-awaited
MPO debut.
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Tengku Ahmad Irfan piano
JONGEN Malaysia
PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 2
IRFAN Sahibul Hikayat Fantasy Overture
R. STRAUSS Der Rosenkavalier Waltzes
Celebrating the 15th Anniversary of its inaugural concert on 17 August 1998,
the MPO premiers a new work from Malaysian prodigy Tengku Ahmad Irfan.
Irfan describes his piece as a “fantasy inspired by elements of Malay traditional
music.” Irfan is also soloist in Prokofiev’s fiendishly difficult second Piano
Concerto; the concert ends with waltzes from Richard Strauss’ opera
Der Rosenkavalier.
12 Oct ‘13 Sat 8.30pm
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12 Jan ‘14 Sun 3.00pm
Va Va Voom! From Vienna
To Broadway
Christian Schulz conductor
OFFENBACH “Invocation à Vénus” from La Belle Hélène
THOMAS Overture from Mignon
ROMBERG Ballet Music from The Student Prince
GERSHWIN Suite from Girl Crazy
BERNSTEIN “I feel pretty” from West Side Story
LOEWE “I could have danced all night” from My Fair Lady
Viennese froth, French bon-bons and the best of Broadway come together on
this program of excerpts from European operettas and Broadway musicals.
The easy, rosy world of operetta often transports both its characters and its
audiences to far-off, exotic lands in times past. Expect to hear lots of catchy
tunes, foot-tapping rhythms, dances, love duets and sentimental moods in the
MPO’s traditional annual New Year’s concert.
13 Oct ‘13 Sun 3.00pm
7 Jun ‘14 Sat 8.30pm
The Music of
Michael Jackson
8 Jun ‘14 Sun 3.00pm
Disney’s Pixar in Concert
Since the release of Toy Story in 1995, Pixar has revolutionized the filmmaking
industry by being one of the most inventive and distinctive animation
companies. Their award-winning films offer an incredible visual and aural
experience for audiences of all ages. For the first time, the MPO will perform
memorable music, together with visually stunning clips, from some of Pixar’s
famous feature films including Toy Story and Finding Nemo. Presentation licensed
by Disney Concert Library ©Disney/ Pixar.
James Delisco
Brent Havens conductor
James Delisco vocals/dancer
From his early years with the Jackson 5 to his mega-hit album Thriller
and beyond, Michael Jackson stormed the music industry with hit after
hit. Windborne’s “Music of Michael Jackson” takes you through each era
of this storied performer from ABC, I’ll Be There and Got to Be There
through Beat It, Thriller, Rock with You, The Way You Make Me Feel and
many, many more. Join conductor Brent Havens and the MPO for an
evening filled with fabulous music spanning 40 years of Michael Jackson’s
influential and celebrated career.
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30 Oct ‘13 Wed 8.30pm
Vienna Boys Choir
No group of child musicians has won more renown than the incomparable Vienna Boys Choir, founded by Emperor Maximilian I in 1498. Six centuries later, the
famed Vienna Boys Choir continues to delight music-lovers across the globe with their purity of tone, distinctive charm and a diverse, crowd pleasing repertoire that
encompasses Austrian folk songs and waltzes, classical masterpieces, beloved pop songs and holiday favourites. Prepare to be enthralled by the gifted musicians with
voices of unforgettable beauty.
18 Nov ‘13 Mon 8.30pm
21 Jun ‘14 Sat 8.30pm
An Evening with
Ottmar Liebert
Quintessence:
Ramli Ibrahim and the MPO
Grammy Award nominee Ottmar
Liebert is one of the most successful
instrumental artists of the past decade,
thrilling audiences throughout the
world and releasing a catalogue of award
winning platinum and gold albums.
“An Evening with Ottmar Liebert” is
a one of its kind music treat as this
Nouveau Flamenco genius will perform
with his band Luna Negra at this
Showcase concert in Kuala Lumpur. Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Datuk Ramli Ibrahim and Sutra Dance Theater
Ottmar Liebert
25 Nov ‘13 Mon 8.30pm
Mezzoforte
Photo: MEZZOFORTE | Ulla C. Binder
22 Jun ‘14 Sun 3.00pm
Three seminal works of Debussy, Ravel and Stravinsky are reenvisioned by Malaysian dancer and choreographer, Datuk Ramli
Ibrahim. Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, Scheherazade and The
Firebird represent a tapestry of romantic and transcendent encounters
with the strangely exotic in both dance and music. Datuk Ramli
Ibrahim, familiar to Malaysians not only for Indian classical dance but
also for his pioneering contemporary dance forays, choreographs to
these well-known compositions. Datuk Ramli’s choreography, inspired
by Asian dance vocabularies will take the audience on a quintessence
journey where the colours and movement of Asian modern dance are
infused with exalted sounds of these great composers.
MEZZOFORTE is considered one of Europe’s most
important fusion bands. From Iceland, the band’s
origin helps you understand its special, immediately
recognizable sound. Somewhat separated from the
world, artists in Iceland revolve much more around
themselves, often developing a more characteristic and
emotional style than artists caught up in the hectic
rush on the continent. In MEZZOFORTE’s case, this
splendid Icelandic isolation prompted them to develop
unbelievably melodious themes.
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Entire generations of musicians grew up with the
music of MEZZOFORTE and countless radio and TV
programmes used their themes - from the BBC to the
weather forecast of the Russian Pacific Fleet. Malaysians
are in for a real treat when one of the world’s best
instrumental jazz-funk fusion bands performs live at DFP.
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16 Sep ‘13 Mon 8.30pm
Malam Melayu Klasik
Badan Kesenian Yayasan Warisan Johor
DFP Seni Fest celebrates Malaysia Day with the soothing melodies of Melayu
Asli songs resonating in Dewan Filharmonik PETRONAS. Listen to the music
while being serenaded by Malaysia’s renowned artists backed by Badan Kesenian
Yayasan Warisan Johor in a night full of wonderful nostalgic memories.
18 Sep Wed 8.30pm
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SPECTRUM is a multidisciplinary initiative integrating ideas from the
combination of two or more arts. SPECTRUM will combine dancers and
choreogaphers from a variety of backgrounds accompanied live by MPO
musicians. MPO Associate Conductor Kevin Field will lead this interactive
performance, the likes of which have yet to be seen on the DFP stage.
MPO Rocks
The MPO lets its hair down and rocks the house with the cream of Malaysian
rock stars. This much anticipated “Classical meets Rock!” collaboration will
feature our favourite “ol skool” rockers in full gusto combined with the energy
of the MPO. 22 Sep ‘13 Sun 8.30pm
MPO and All That Jazz
MPO Jazz Orchestra
Allow 3 lovely ladies (Atilia Haron, Elvira Arul and Dina Nadzir) from
the Malaysian Jazz scene to take your breath away and make this a truly
unforgettable soulful nite with the MPO.
20 Sep ‘13 Fri 8.30pm
Makyung Raja Besar Negeri Ho Gading
Kumpulan Makyung Kijang Emas, JKKN Kelantan
Makyung is a traditional form of dance-drama from the east coast of Malaysia,
particularly the state of Kelantan. In 2005 UNESCO declared Makyung a “Masterpiece
Of The Oral And Intangible Heritage Of Humanity”. “Makyung Raja Besar Negeri Ho
Gading” tells a story of a King from the kingdom of Ho Gading who has seven princes.
Often worrying about the future of his kingdom, the King summons his two fortune
tellers for their advice about his kingdom’s destiny.
As the fortune teller begins reading out his premonitions, the King learns
that the fate of his kingdom will only be safe in the hands of his youngest
son, ‘Raja Bongsu’. Jealous and frustrated by the King’s favour of the
youngest prince, the eldest prince Raja Sulung leads his brothers in a plot to
kill Raja Bongsu. Will he succeed and claim his throne?
Find out when The Kumpulan Makyung Kijang Emas JKKN Kelantan
translates the story in all of Makyung’s demure and grace at the
DFP Seni Festival.
D F P S potlight
2 Dec ‘13 Mon 8.30pm
HUJAN
Like their name (‘HUJAN’ means ‘rain’ in English), HUJAN’s
music alternates between light, heavy and torrential storms,
a reflection of the many stories, moods and agendas
embedded in their songs. Equipped with amazing talents
and energetically entertaining live performances, the band
continues to blaze the trail with a wave of forward-thinking
local independent musicians.
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JAMES EHNES violin
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MICHAEL KRAJEWSKI conductor
DEBBIE GRAVITTE soprano
SATURDAY 14 SEP 8.30 PM
SUNDAY 15 SEP 3.00 PM
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ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES
AU G U ST
Tengku Ahmad Irfan
Tengku Irfan, 15, started his piano lessons at
age 7 and developed an interest in composing
shortly after. At age 11, he debuted as a soloist
performing Beethoven Piano Concerto WoO4
(and improvising his own cadenzas) with the
Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra under the
baton of music director Claus Peter Flor. He has
performed with orchestras worldwide with Neeme
Järvi, Darius Mikulski and George Stelluto. He has
also performed a four-hands concert with Yoheved
Kaplinsky, when he learned and performed a
repertoire previously unknown to him in mere
two days upon being called at short notice to
replace Choong Mo Kang, who injured his hand
just before the concert. His composition, ‘String
Quartet No. 1’ won him the 2012 ASCAP Morton
Gould Award and the 2012 Charlotte Bergen
Award, and his orchestral piece, ‘Keraian’, was
recently premiered by the New York Philharmonic.
He has also performed on popular radio programs
in the U.S. including ‘From the Top’, when he was
introduced by Emanuel Ax. Irfan is currently in Juilliard Pre-College taking up
double major in Piano and Composition under
Yoheved Kaplinsky and Ira Taxin respectively,
and studying Conducting with George Stelluto.
He is attending high school at the Professional
Children’s School.
James Ehnes
Known for his virtuosity and probing
musicianship, Canadian violinist James Ehnes
has performed in over thirty countries on five
continents, appearing regularly in the world’s
great concert halls and with many of the most
celebrated orchestras and conductors. His
extensive discography embraces more than two
dozen recordings of music ranging from Bach
to John Adams. These have won international
awards and prizes, including a Grammy, a
Gramophone, and six Junos. His latest CD
includes the Shostakovich concerto we hear
him perform live in KL. James Ehnes plays the
“Marsick” Stradivarius of 1715.
Robert Levin
Robert Levin is Dwight P. Robinson, Jr. Professor
of Music at Harvard University. As a pianist he has
performed in hundreds of cities on four continents
and has made innumerable recordings. Levin
is renowned for his restoration of the Classical
period practice of improvised embellishments
and cadenzas; his Mozart and Beethoven
performances have been hailed for their mastery of
the Classical musical language. In addition to his
performing career, Levin is a noted theorist and
Mozart scholar, and his completions of several
unfinished Mozart works, including the Requiem
and the Great Mass in C minor rank among his
most important achievements.
Ya-Fei Chuang
Taiwanese-born pianist Ya-Fei Chuang is on the
faculty of the Boston Conservatory and gives
master classes throughout the U.S., Europe and
Asia. She has been acclaimed by critics in the
United States and abroad for performances of
stunning virtuosity, refinement and communicative
power. Chuang has appeared at numerous
international festivals, among them the Beethoven
Festival in Warsaw, the Taipei International Music
Festival, the European Music Festival in Stuttgart,
the Bach Festival in Leipzig, and at the SchleswigHolstein, Ravinia, Sarasota and Tanglewood
Festivals. She appears often in concert with pianist
Robert Levin.
SEPTEMBER
Bernard Labadie
The Canadian conductor Bernard Labadie
is internationally recognized as an expert in
seventeenth- and eighteenth-century repertory.
In 1984 he founded the string ensemble Les
Violons du Roy and in 1985 the chamber choir
La Chapelle de Québec. He continues to direct
their regular seasons in Quebec City and Montreal
as well as throughout the Americas and Europe
on tour. He has made numerous recordings
with these ensembles on the Virgin Classics,
Dorian, Atma, and Hyperion labels. Labadie is a
regular guest conductor with the world’s leading
orchestras, including the New York Philharmonic,
the Boston Symphony, Amsterdam’s Royal
Concertgebouw Orchestra and the Academy of
Ancient Music.
Robin Blaze
The English counter-tenor Robin is established
in the front rank of interpreters of Purcell, Bach
and especially Handel. His busy schedule has
taken him to Europe, South America, North
America, Japan and Australia. He has worked
with nearly all the leading conductors in the field
of early music, including Harry Christophers,
Stephen Cleobury, John Eliot Gardiner, Philippe
Herreweghe, Christopher Hogwood, René Jacobs,
Ton Koopman, Gustav Leonhardt and Trevor
Pinnock. Blaze has made over fifty recordings s a
soloist, including the complete Bach cantata series
for Masaaki Suzuki on the BIS label, and a series
of song recitals with Elizabeth Kenny on Hyperion.
His CD of Handel duets with Carolyn Sampson
was nominated for a Gramophone Award.
Michael Krajewski
Known for his entertaining programs and clever
humor, Michael Krajewski is Principal Pops
Conductor of no fewer than three major orchestras
in the U.S. (Houston, Atlanta and Jackonsville)
and is much in demand as a guest conductor
in many other venues, including the Cleveland
Orchestra, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the
Boston Pops and the Hong Kong Philharmonic.
He assumes the position of music director of
the Philly Pops in the fall of 2013. This highly
versatile conductor has collaborated with a wide
variety of artists such as flutist James Galway,
mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne, pianist Alicia de
Larrocha, guitarist Angel Romero and pop artists
Roberta Flack, Judy Collins, Art Garfunkel and
Kenny Loggins, to name but a few.
Debbie Gravitte
“One of the best voices on Broadway” (Associated
Press), “a dynamic Broadway belter{New York
Daily News} and “we’re talking mega-talent
here!” (Rex Reed) are just some of the paeans of
praise that have come Debbie Gravitte’s way. Her
varied career has taken her from the Broadway
stage to the concert hall (more than one hundred
different orchestras) and points in between.
Among her awards is a Tony for Best Featured
Actress in a Musical (Jerome Robbins’ Broadway).
Ms. Gravitte has performed her nightclub act
worldwide, has toured with Keith Lockhart and the
Boston Pops, and has appeared with pianist Lang
Lang and the Chinese Philharmonic in Beijing. On
television she co-starred in the CBS series Trial
and Error and NBC’s Pursuit of Happiness.
Laurent Campellone
Laurent Campellone is a frequent guest conductor
of many of France’s orchestras and opera
companies. He also conducts at the Bolshoi in
Moscow, the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Bavarian
Radio Orchestra in Munich, the Bogota Opera
and the National Orchestra of Brazil. Since 2009
Campellone has been Principal Guest Conductor
of the National Opera in Sofia. His vast repertory
includes more than fifty operas, many of them
rediscovered French rarities from the nineteenth
century.
Alasdair Malloy
Percussionist, presenter, glass harmonica player,
programme deviser, arranger and more – Alasdair
Malloy is a creative musician crossing many
musical boundaries. When not playing with the
BBC Concert Orchestra as principal percussionist,
his main activity resides in devising special
programmes for families and children about bugs,
fantastic creatures, mathematics, sports … you
name it! His outgoing personality, enthusiasm
for all sorts of music and a soft Scottish accent
combine to make him an extremely popular
presenter. He works regularly with many
orchestras in Asia, including the MPO.
O C T OBER
Olari Elts
Estonian conductor Olari Elts is principal
guest conductor of both the Estonian National
Symphony and the Helsinki Philharmonic. He
also regularly conducts other orchestras on four
continents, including those in Tokyo, Cincinnati,
Melbourne, Frankfurt and London. Elts’s strong
commitment to contemporary music was made
manifest in 1993 when he founded his own
contemporary music ensemble, NYYD, which
takes its name from the international festival of
new music in Estonia. A keen interest in unusual
repertory has led to conducting assignments
for such operas as Britten’s Albert Herring and
Marschner’s Der Vampyr.
Symphony and the London Philharmonic. An
exclusive recording artist for Chandos, JeanEfflam Bavouzet received a Gramophone Award in
2011 for his recording of works by Debussy and
Ravel. The Financial Times of London called his
CDs of Haydn sonatas “landmark recordings.”
Bavouzet is Artistic Director of the Lofoten Piano
Festival in Norway.
the oldest such ensemble in Germany. Two years
later he assumed the same position with the famed
Bruckner Orchestra in Linz and the Linz Opera,
where he undertook a highly acclaimed Mozart
cycle. Martin Sieghart regularly guest conducts
leading orchestras like the Vienna Symphony,
the Tokyo Symphony and the Philharmonia of
London.
NOVEMBER
Nareh Arghamanian
The Armenian-born American pianist Nareh
Arghamanyan belongs to the younger generation
of today’s finest musicians. In 2008 she won
first prize at the Montreal International Musical
Competition, which led to numerous prestigious
engagements including with the Vienna
Symphony, the Vienna Chamber Orchestra, the
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and the
NDR Symphony Orchestra in Hamburg. Recitals
in Zurich’s Tonhalle and Berlin’s Philharmonie
prompted enthusiastic critical response.
Rachmaninoff and Liszt, whose music she has
recorded, are among her specialties.
Paul Rissmann
Paul Rissmann was born on the Isle of Bute,
Scotland and studied saxophone and composition
at the Royal Academy of Music, Guildhall School
of Music and Drama and RSAMD.
Vilde Frang
Vilde Frang, a “new star in the violin firmament”
(The Guardian), was unanimously awarded the
2012 Credit Suisse Young Artist Award. She made
her debut with the Vienna Philharmonic under
Bernard Haitink at the 2012 Lucerne Summer
Music Festival. Noted particularly for her superb
musical expression as well as her well-developed
virtuosity, Vilde has established herself as one of
the leading young violinists of her generation. Her
most recent CD, of concertos by Tchaikovsky and
Nielsen, received the Deutsche Schallplattenpreis
and was an Editor’s Choice in Gramophone
magazine.
Brent Havens
Berklee-trained arranger/conductor Brent Havens
has written music for orchestras, feature films
and virtually every kind of television. His TV work
includes movies for networks such as ABC, CBS
and ABC Family Channel Network, commercials,
sports music for networks such as ESPN and
even cartoons. Havens has also worked with the
Doobie Brothers and the Milwaukee Symphony,
arranging and conducting the combined group
for Harley Davidson’s 100th Anniversary Birthday
Party Finale attended by over 150,000 fans. He
has worked with some of the world’s greatest
orchestras including the Royal Philharmonic in
London, the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, the
Minnesota Orchestra, the Indianapolis Symphony
Orchestra, the Houston Symphony, the Atlanta
Symphony, the Baltimore Symphony, the Dallas
Symphony, the Fort Worth Symphony, the San
Diego Symphony and countless others.
Havens recently completed the score for the film
“Quo Vadis,” a Premier Pictures remake of the
1956 gladiator film. Havens is Arranger/Guest
Conductor for seven symphonic rock programs
– the Music of Led Zeppelin, the Music of the
Doors, the Music of Pink Floyd, the Music of the
Eagles, the Music of Queen, the Music of Michael
Jackson and most recently, the Music of The Who!
James Delisco
Crowned “The Entertainer” by Mr. Las Vegas/
Wayne Newton himself, on the E! Network’s reality
TV series, James Delisco has proved he is more
than worthy of that title. After completing his one
million dollar contract at the Las Vegas Hilton,
where his show opened to rave reviews, “Delisco”
continues to obtain critical acclaim in every market
and venue on his recent world-wide touring.
An iconoclastic showroom performer with
orgiastic energy, Delisco emanates old school
charm with contemporary charisma! His handling
of a song is so true to itself and to the purpose
of music, to uplift and inspire, that a musical
and entertainment revolution is only a matter of
time for this enormously talented Artist. Where
classic quality meets edgy rock and soul style with
undeniable stage presence, Delisco is the future of
music and entertainment.
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet
The multi award-winning French pianist JeanEfflam Bavouzet is one of the most engaging
performers of his generation. He regularly
performs with the world’s leading orchestras,
including the New York Philharmonic, the Boston
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Kolja Blacher
Kolja Blacher appears as a soloist with the
world’s leading orchestras, including the Berlin
Philharmonic, the Munich Philharmonic, the
Mahler Chamber Orchestra and the Chamber
Orchestra of Europe. He has recorded numerous
highly acclaimed CDs, among which is a disc of
the Berg and Stravinsky concertos, which won the
Diapason d’Or award. Blacher plays the “Tritton”
Stradivarius, made in 1730. He teaches at the
Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler in Berlin.
Paul’s music has been performed by the
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Bruckner
Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble 360, London
Symphony Orchestra, Northern Sinfonia,
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, RTE
Concert Orchestra and Scottish Ensemble. His
composition BAMBOOZLED! has been performed
by over 40,000 children across the globe - from
the Barbican Centre in London to Daytona Beach,
Florida.
Ottmar Liebert
Ottmar Liebert is one of the most successful
instrumental artists of the past decade, thrilling
audiences throughout the world and releasing a
catalogue of award winning platinum and gold
albums.
Tianwa Yang
Chinese-born Tianwa Yang, now living in
Germany, has been called “an unquestioned
master of the violin” (American Record Guide)
and “the most important violinist to come on the
scene in many a year” (Detroit News). She has
performed with numerous orchestras around
the world in venues from New York to New
Zealand. Yang has been recording since the age
of 13, when she recorded the Paganini Caprices.
She now records for Naxos, with whom she
is committing to disc the complete works of
Sarasate.on eight CDs.
Timothy Brock
Since the premiere of his Piano Concerto in G
minor at the age of 17, Timothy Brock has been
an active composer and conductor specializing
in concert works of the early twentieth century
and silent film. Brock’s association with silent
film began in 1986. By now he has written new
or restored original orchestral scores to nearly
30 silent films. In 1999 he began to restore and
reconstruct for live performance the Charlie
Chaplin feature films, the most recent of which
is his ninth, The Gold Rush (1925), which
received its premiere before an audience of 5,000
at the Piazza Maggiore in 2007. The Chaplin
film-concerts have taken Mr. Brock to many cities
around the world.
DE C EMBER
Martin Sieghart
The career of Viennese-born conductor Martin
Sieghart embraces many of Europe’s most
distinguished orchestras. He initially studied
piano, organ and conducting, then pursued a
career as a cellist, in which capacity he landed the
position of principal cellist in the famed Vienna
Symphony. Eventually he found his way into
conducting, and in 1990 became the principal
conductor of the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra,
Hubert Soudant
Dutch conductor Hubert Soudant regularly
leads Europe’s most prestigious orchestras,
including the Berlin Philharmonic, the Dresden
Staatskapelle, the London Philharmonic, the
London Symphony, the Bamberg Symphony, the
Vienna Symphony and the Munich Philharmonic.
He is equally renowned as an opera conductor, in
which capacity he has appeared at the Salzburg
Festival, at La Fenice in Venice and the Opéra de la
Bastille in Paris. Soudant has been music director
of the Tokyo Symphony Orchestra since 2004. His
recordings of the Schumann symphonies (one
of which he conducts in KL) have been hailed
by the media.
Sara Mingardo
Italian contralto Sara Mingardo made her debut
in 1987. Since 1989 she has been appearing in
the leading opera houses in Italy, including at
La Scala, the Teatro Fenice, the Teatro San Carlo
and the Teatro Regio. Her highly varied repertory
ranges spans four centuries, from Monteverdi’s
Incoronazione di Poppea to Britten’s Rape of
Lucretia. Sara Mingardo is best-known for her
many performances of Handel roles. She is one
of the few singers with a true contralto voice, the
perfect color for Mahler’s songs.
JA N U A RY
Christian Schulz
Viennese-born Christian Schulz is Music Director
and Chief Conductor of the Mozart Collegium
Vienna. Since 2006 he has also been Music
Director of the concert series Schwingungen at the
Musikverein in Vienna. Christian Schulz works
also as a guest conductor with many orchestras
in the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia. In
addition, he is a composer and a cellist, having
played for years in the Vienna Symphony.
Kimy McLaren
The young Canadian soprano Kimy McLaren has
already performed with many major conductors
and orchestras, including the Montreal Symphony
under Charles Dutoit and the Vienna Chamber
Orchestra under Jori Hattori. On the operatic stage
she has performed with the Opéra National de
Bordeaux, the Opéra National du Rhin and at the
Orford Arts Centre in Canada, where she sang
Marie in Wozzeck under Yannick Nézet-Séguin to
great acclaim. She is a winner of the prestigious
International Mozart Festival Competition in
Salzburg and the Mario Lanza Competition
PULL OUT SECTION
Aug 2013
17-18 Aug Sat 8.30pm, Sun 3.00pm
GALA
Malaysia in Symphony
15th Anniversary Concert
24-25 Aug Sat 8.30pm, Sun 3.00pm
20 Sep Fri 8.30pm
DFP SENI FEST
Makyung Raja Besar
Negeri Ho Gading
Kumpulan Makyung Kijang Emas,
JKKN Kelantan
21 Sep Sat 8.30pm
DFP SENI FEST
MPO Rocks
G R E AT V I O L I N C O N C E RT O S
22 Sep Sun 8.30pm
James Ehnes violin
Romeo & Juliet
31 Aug-1 Sep Sat 8.30pm, Sun 3.00pm
legacy
The Lover and the Rascal
Robert Levin piano
Ya-Fei Chuang piano
Sep 2013
7-8 Sep Sat 8.30pm, Sun 3.00pm
AGE OF ELEGANCE
11 Sep Wed 6.30pm
MPO HAPPY HOUR
MPO Jam-Busters
14-15 Sep Sat 8.30pm, Sun 3.00pm
pops
16 Sep Mon 8.30pm
DFP SENI FEST
Malam Melayu Klasik
DFP SENI FEST
MPO Jazz Orchestra
24 Sep Tue 6.30pm
CHAMBER CONCERT
MPO Chamber Players
28-29 Sep Sat 3.00pm,
Sun 2.30pm & 4.30pm
family f u n day
Oct 2013
5-6 Oct Sat 8.30pm, Sun 3.00pm
LEGACY
Lisztomania
8 Oct Tue 8.30pm
Sheila Majid &
Harvey Malaiholo
Sheila Majid vocals
Harvey Malaiholo vocals
MPO SPECIALs
The Music of Michael Jackson
18 Sep Wed 8.30pm
DFP SENI FEST
SPECTRUM
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DISC OVERY
Symphonies
30 Nov-1 Dec Sat 8.30pm, Sun 3.00pm
POPs
Charlie Chaplin:
The Gold Rush
THE WORLD OF GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler’s Fifth
Jean Efflam Bavouzet piano
30 Oct Wed 8.30pm
dfp showcase
Vienna Boys Choir
Dec 2013
2 Dec Mon 8.30pm
DFP SPOTLIGHT
H ujan
7-8 Dec Sat 8.30pm, Sun 3.00pm
Nov 2013
Vilde Frang violin
9-10 Nov Sat 8.30pm, Sun 3.00pm
10 Dec Tue 6.30pm
age of elegance
12 Nov Tue 8.30pm
A WORLD OF HARMONY
TOYOTA CLASSICS 2013
North Czech Philharmonic Teplice
Charles Olivieri-Munroe conductor
Manual Blanco trumpet
16-17 Nov Sat 3.00pm,
Sun 2.30pm & 4.30pm
CHAMBER CONCERT
MPO Chamber Players
14-15 Dec Sat 8.30pm, Sun 3.00pm
T H E W O R L D O F G U S TAV M A H L E R
Mahler’s Songs
Jan 2014
family f u n day
11-12 Jan Sat 8.30pm, Sun 3.00pm
to Broadway
18 Nov Mon 8.30pm
DFP SHOWCASE
An Evening with
Ottmar Liebert
23-24 Nov Sat 8.30pm, Sun 3.00pm
MPO SPECIALS
14 Jan Tue 6.30pm
CHAMBER CONCERT
MPO Chamber Players
18-19 Jan Sat 8.30pm, Sun 3.00pm
Tianwa Yang violin
Symphonie Espangole
25 Nov Mon 8.30pm
D F P S howcase
Mezzoforte
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LEGACY
22 Jan Wed 6.30pm
MPO HAPPY HOUR
MPO Jam-Busters
PULL OUT SECTION
25-26 Jan Sat 3.00pm,
Sun 2.30pm & 4.30pm
11 Mar Tue 6.30pm
FA M I LY F U N D AY
MPO Chamber Players
Feb 2014
8-9 Feb Sat 8.30pm, Sun 3.00pm
POPs
& the MPO
CHAMBER CONCERT
15-16 Mar Sat 8.30pm, Sun 3.00pm
D iscovery
Zhang Yi conductor
Edgar Moreau percussion
DISC OVERY
A Hero’s Life
26 Mar Wed 6.30pm
MPO HAPPY HOUR
MPO Jam-Busters
T H E W O R L D O F G U S TAV M A H L E R
Till Fellner piano
A Schubert Soirée
Mahler’s First
A ge of E legance
G reat V iolin C oncertos
Tibor Kovác violin
25 Feb Tue 6. 30pm
CHAMBER CONCERT
MPO Chamber Players
Mar 2014
1-2 Mar Sat 3.00pm,
Sun 2.30pm & 4.30pm
F amily F u n D ay
Creepy Crawly Songs
Apr 2014
5-6 Apr Sat 8.30pm, Sun 3.00pm
Fiesta Mexicana
Josef Spacek violin
8 Apr Tue 6.30pm
CHAMBER CONCERT
MPO Chamber Players
12-13 Apr Sat 3.00pm,
Sun 2.30pm & 4.30pm
F amily F u n D ay
A Clown’s Guide to
the Orchestra
POPS
Mahler’s Fourth
T he world of G u stav M ahler
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A ge of E legance
24-25 May Sat 8.30pm, Sun 3.00pm
legacy
Triple Concerto
Trio Wanderer,
RaphaëlPidoux cello
Vincent Coq piano
May 2014
31 May-1 Jun Sat 8.30pm, Sun 3.00pm
Romantic Favourites
Lisa Ferschtman violin
Jun 2014
LEGACY
3 Jun Tue 6.30pm
7 May Wed 6.30pm
7-8 Jun Sat 8.30pm, Sun 3.00pm
CHAMBER CONCERT
MPO Chamber Players
MPO HAPPY HOUR
M P O S pecial S
MPO Jam-Busters
10-11 May Sat 3.00pm,
Sun 2.30pm & 4.30pm
LEGACY
Moving Pictures
13 May Tue 6.30pm
CHAMBER CONCERT
Quintessence:
MPO Chamber Players
D F P S howcase
D iscovery
Brilliant Brothers
Nikki Chooi violin
Datuk Ramli Ibrahim
Sutra Dance Theater
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ARTIST BIOGRAPHIES
Zoltán Kocsis
The international career of Hungarian pianist and
conductor Zoltán Kocsis, often regarded as one of
the living legends of the keyboard, began when he
won the Hungarian Radio Beethoven Competition
in 1971. He was just 18. Since then he has
played with virtually every important orchestra in
the world and appeared at every major festival.
In 1983 he helped found the Budapest Festival
Orchestra and remained one of its artistic directors
for 14 years. In 1997 Kocsis was appointed Music
Director of the Hungarian National Philharmonic
Orchestra. In recent years he has divided his time
between conducting and performing as a pianist.
He is also an accomplished composer.
Benjamin Northey
Benjamin Northey is one of Australia’s leading
musical figures. His breadth of experience
has enabled him to traverse the widest range
of musical styles, from standard orchestral
repertory to new music, opera, ballet, innovative
cross-genre collaborations, educational ventures
and education and community outreach projects.
His numerous prizes include first prize in the
Symphony Australia Young Conductor of the Year
Competition in 2001. In 2011 he was appointed
Associate Conductor of the Melbourne Symphony.
Magic Circle Mime
Magic Circle Mime Company is widely regarded
as one of today’s premier family attractions. Their
highly acclaimed performances, which unite
the concert orchestra with visual theater, are
consistently praised for imaginative and innovative
content. Magic Circle Mime’s performers are
equally versed in music and acting, and have
appeared with nearly every major orchestra across
North America. In recent years they have become
increasingly frequent visitors to Asian cities as
well. Their last appearance in KL took place just
last June, when they presented The Magic Horn.
FEBRU ARY
David White
David White is one of the world’s leading musical
directors and supervisors. He made his debut
on Broadway at the age of 23 as musical director
of the New Sadler’s Wells Opera. As a young,
classically-trained conductor and rehearsal
pianist, he became the youngest musical
director of a West End show with the world’s
most successful musical, Les Misérables. As
director, supervisor and arranger, he has also
worked on such musicals and shows as Sunset
Boulevard, Phantom of the Opera, My Fair Lady,
South Pacific, A Little Night Music and The Far
Pavilions. The Royal Academy of Music in London
recently made him a Fellow of that institution for
his contributions to the world of musical theatre.
White serves as orchestrator, musical supervisor
and director in From Here to Eternity, which opens
in London in October 2013.
Stephen Rahman Hughes is an English actor
of English, Welsh and Malay ancestry. As an
engaging and versatile performer, his career has
spanned the stage, television and film. He has
starred in Emmerdale, Bad Girls, Doctors and
Dream Team. In 2006, Rahman Hughes starred as
Hang Tuah in the Malaysian musical production
of Puteri Gunung Ledang. In 2011, the actor made
his breakthrough onto the silver screen in the
lead role in the Malaysian film Hikayat Merong
Mahawangsa. He is also a vocalist in the recently
formed male opera group Teatro.
Till Fellner
Austrian pianist Till Fellner, widely known as a
protégé of the legendary Alfred Brendel, soared to
international fame a decade ago and has remained
in the spotlight ever since, performing with the
world’s most prestigious orchestras and giving
recitals in the most famous concert halls. As with
Brendel, Mozart and Beethoven are his specialties,
with probing musicianship and flawless technical
command the keynotes of his playing. Between
2008 and 2010 he undertook a worldwide cycle
of all 32 Beethoven sonatas, and he is currently
recording the five concertos with the Montreal
Symphony.
TIBOR KOVÁC
Since 1992, Tibor Kovác has been a member
of the Vienna Philharmonic, where he is now
assistant principal of the second violin section.
In his “spare” time he travels the world giving
virtuoso performances of concertos. Kovác is
also an avid chamber musician. In 2007 he and
six others founded The Philharmonics, which
now has its own subscription series of concerts
in Vienna’s Konzerthaus. In late 2011 their DVD
Waltzes was released on the Accentus label, and
a few months later their new album Fascination
Dance came out on Deutsche Grammophon.
Kovác currently plays the Antonio Stardivari
“ex Rawark,” which was awarded to him by the
Austrian National Bank.
M AR CH
Carl Davis
Carl Davis is the consummate all-around
musician. He regularly conducts the London
Philharmonic and the Royal Liverpool
Philharmonic in addition to traveling the world. He
has written film scores (The French Lieutenant’s
Woman is probably his best known), music for
more than one hundred television programs,
concert works, ballet scores and orchestrations
for the symphonic works of Paul McCartney. But
Davis is best known for the many scores he has
created to accompany silent films, among them
the original Ben-Hur and The Thief of Bagdad. His
score for Abel Gance’s Napoleon is legendary.
Zhang Yi
With a vast repertory at his fingertips, Zhang Yi
has conducted over 200 concerts in Asia and
Europe He has led the China National Symphony
Orchestra, the China Traditional Instrument
Orchestra, Shanghai Radio Symphony Orchestra,
Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, China Radio
Symphony Orchestra and many others. From
1994 to 2000, Zhang Yi was Chief Conductor of
the China Youth Symphony Orchestra, which he
led in 1995-1996 on a tour of southeast Asia,
including to Malaysia, where he was personally
recognized by the King and Queen. In July 2008,
he directed most of the music for the opening
ceremony of the Olympic Games in Beijing,
including the theme song “You and Me.”
Edgar Moreau
Eighteen-year-old Edgar Moreau was born in
Paris and began playing the cello at the age of
four. He has recently become one of the most
sought-after promising young musicians on the
classical scene. He was noticed in 2009 during
the Rostropovich Competition in Paris, where he
received the Young Soloist Prize. He went on to
international fame in 2011, when he won second
prize at the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow
at the age of seventeen. He has participated
in many important festivals and academies,
including the Verbier Festival Academy, La Roque
d’Anthéron, the Acanthes Festival in Metz and
the Colmar Festival. Edgar Moreau plays a David
Tecchler cello made in 1711.
Pablo González
Pablo González is Music Director of the Orquestra
Simfònica de Barcelona i Nacional de Catalunya.
He is known as a highly articulate and intelligent
musician who combines musical passion with
an assured technique. In addition to his work in
Barcelona he has conducted the NHK Symphony
Orchestra (Tokyo), the Dallas Symphony, the
Netherlands Philharmonic, the Royal Liverpool
Philharmonic, and many others. He has also
served as associate conductor of the London
Symphony.
Javier Perianes
The acclaim accorded pianist Javier Perianes by
audiences and critics alike confirms his status as
one of Spain’s most exciting new artists. Hugely
popular with Spanish audiences, he has a growing
international reputation as well. He has performed
in New York’s Carnegie Hall, the Concertgebouw
in Amsterdam, the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in
Moscow, the Shanghai Conservatory, the Palau
in Barcelona and the Ravinia Festival in the U.S.
In Spain he has participated in many renowned
festivals, including those of Santander, Granada,
Peralada and San Sebastián. Perianes has
received critical acclaim for his recordings on
Harmonia Mundi.
Martin Haselböck
Martin Haselböck returns to the MPO in the midst
of a busy career as guest conductor with the
world’s leading orchestras, including the Vienna
Symphony, the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra,
the Czech Philharmonic, the Philadelphia
Orchestra and the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
Haselböck holds permanent positions as music
director of Musica Angelica in Santa Monica,
California, music director and founder of the
Vienna Academy Orchestra, and conductor-inresidence of the Liszt Festival in Raiding, Austria.
As an organist he has more than fifty CDs to his
credit, and teaches at the University of Vienna.
AP R I L
Alondra de la Parra
Mexican conductor Alondra de la Parra has
gained widespread attention for her spellbinding
and vibrant performances, making her one of the
most compelling conductors of her generation.
De la Parra was the founder and artistic director
of the New York-based Philharmonic Orchestra
of the Americas from 2004-2011; in this capacity
she was the first Mexican woman to conduct a
concert in New York City. In addition, she has
conducted orchestras all over North and South
America as well as in Japan, Russia, Lebanon
and many countries of Europe. De la Parra made
her Carnegie Hall debut as guest conductor of
the New York Pops Orchestra. She is an official
Cultural Ambassador for Mexican Tourism.
Josef ŠpaCek
Son of a Czech Philharmonic cellist, Josef Špacek
is himself now a member of that highly esteemed
orchestra as concertmaster. He combines his
position there with a flourishing solo career,
making guest appearances in recitals and with
orchestras in Europe, Asia, Australia and North
America. He was a laureate at the International
Queen Elisabeth Competition in Brussels in
2012, he won the Michael Hill International
Violin Competition in 2009, and the year before
that received Third Prize at the Carl Nielsen
International Violin Competition.
Melvin Tix
Don’t laugh. There really is such a thing as a
clownductor. That’s someone like Melvin Tix
(actually, he may be the only one), who combines
the antics of a clown, the abilities of a balloon
artist and the talent of a musician with the
responsibilities of a conductor, all wrapped into
a unique personality. He has given well over a
thousand performances in sixteen countries in
ten languages. Norwegian is his mother tongue,
but he can also do his show in Swedish, Danish,
Finnish, Icelandic, Estonian, English, German,
Russian and Chinese. Now that’s nothing to
laugh about.
Karina Gauvin
Canadian soprano Karina Gauvin has a flourishing
international career as a specialist in the Baroque
repertory. She is renowned for her portrayals of
characters in Handel operas, but also for roles in
works by Mozart, Ravel and Britten. Among the
world’s top orchestras she has sung with are the
New York Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony
and numerous Baroque specialty orchestras
like Tafelmusik (Toronto), the Venice Baroque
Orchestra and the Akademie für alte Musik
(Berlin). Her performances with the Boston Early
Music Festival Orchestra earned her Grammy
Award nominations in 2007 and 2009. The
soprano’s extensive discography of over 30 titles
has also won numerous awards,
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Trio Wanderer
Trio Wanderer consists of three musicians (piano,
violin, cello) from the Conservatoire National
Supérieur de Musique in Paris. They have won
numerous prizes, including the prestigious
ARD Competition in Munich and the Fischoff
Chamber Music Competition in the United
States. The group takes its name from Schubert’s
Wanderer Fantasy and more generally from
German Romanticism, which is often imbued
with the leitmotiv of the wandering traveler. These
three French musicians are avid, open-minded
wandering travelers who explore the world of
music around the globe, performing in such
venues as Berlin’s Philharmonie, Milan’s La Scala,
London’s Wigmore Hall and Vienna’s Musikverein.
M AY
Kazuki Yamada
Kazuki Yamada is Principal Guest Conductor
of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. He
regularly appears also with many of Japan’s
leading orchestras, including the NHK Symphony
Orchestra, the Japan Philharmonic and the
Tokyo Symphony. He has also conducted the
Philharmonia of London, the Orchestre de Paris
and the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra. In
2009 he won first prize as well as the audience
prize at the 51st Besancon International
Competition for young conductors. In 2011 he
received the Idemitsu Music Prize for young
artists in Japan.
Benedetto Lupo
Benedetto Lupo has been praised for his “keen
musical intelligence and probing intellect” (Miami
Herald) and for combining “meticulous technique
with romantic sensitivity” (Birmingham News).
After winning the bronze medal in the 1989 Van
Cliburn Competition, he made acclaimed debuts
with several major American orchestras as well
as his New York City recital debut at Alice Tully
Hall. Lupo teaches at the Nino Rota Conservatory
in Italy, gives master classes around the world,
and is featured in the Emmy-award winning
documentary Here to Make Music.
Wilson Hermanto
The young American conductor Wilson Hermanto
was born in Indonesia of Chinese descent. Now
based in Switzerland, he regularly conducts
many orchestras in that country as well as in
neighboring France. In addition, he has had recent
successful debuts with the London Philharmonic,
the Prague Symphony Orchestra, the Moscow
Symphony Orchestra and the English Chamber
Orchestra. Hermanto was one of the last pupils
of Carlo Maria Giulini at the Scuola Musica di
Fiesole in Italy.
Edmon Colomer
The Spanish conductor Edmon Colomer currently
serves as Artistic Director and Principal Conductor
of the Orquesta Filarmónica de Málaga. Former
positions as music director include with the
Daejeon Philharmonic Orchestra in Korea, the
Orchestre de Picardie in France, the Orquestra
Simfònica de Balears and the Orquestra Simfònica
del Vallès in Spain. Edmon Colomer often links
his conducting career with music education. The
Spanish Ministry of Culture entrusted him with
the creation of the National Youth Orchestra of
Spain in 1983, and in 2002 the French Ministry
of Culture awarded him the Chevalier dans l’ordre
des palmes académiques.
Nikki Chooi
The Boston Globe described Canadian violinist
Nikki Chooi as “a model of taste and tonal
refinement.” Chooi won the prize for Best
Canadian Artist at the 2010 Montreal International
Musical Competition and was a semi-finalist in
the 2013 Competition. He was also an unranked
winner in the 2012 Queen Elisabeth Competition.
Chooi has performed as soloist with numerous
orchestras across Canada and in Europe. In
2009, while still a student at the Curtis Institute in
Philadelphia, he was invited to participate in the
school’s European tour.
Timothy Chooi
Younger brother of Nikki, Timothy Chooi won the
Grand Prize of the Montreal Symphony’s 2010
Standard Life Competition at age 16. This led to
numerous concert engagements with Canada’s
leading orchestras and concert societies. He has
also toured in Chile with the Youth Orchestra of
the Americas. In 2010, Chooi won the Special
Violin Prize at the 2010 Yehudi Menuhin
International Violin Competition for Young
Violinists in Oslo, Norway.
Liza Ferschtman
Dutch violinist Liza Ferschtman, back in KL for
the second time, is known for her passionate
performances, interesting programs and
communicative qualities on stage. The New York
Times called her performance of Bernstein’s
Serenade “nothing short of revelatory.” In addition
to appearing with virtually every orchestra
in her native Holland, including the Royal
Concertgebouw, Ferschtman has performed with
orchestras across Europe and in Japan. Since
2007 she has been the artistic director of the Delft
Chamber Music Festival. In 2006 she received the
Dutch Music Prize, the highest accolade awarded
to a musician in the Netherlands.
JU NE
Stéphane Denève
Stéphane Denève is Chief Conductor of the
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra.
Recognized internationally for the exceptional
quality of his performances and programming, he
regularly appears at major concert venues with the
world’s leading orchestras and soloists. Recent
engagements include his Carnegie Hall debut with
the Boston Symphony and appearances with the
Chicago Symphony, the Philadelphia Orchestra,
Los Angeles Philharmonic, Munich Philharmonic,
London Symphony and the Philharmonia of
London. He has a special affinity for music of his
native France; the first CD in his Roussel cycle
was awarded a prestigious Diapason d’Or.
Steven Osborne
Pianist Steven Osborne is one of Britain’s foremost
musicians, renowned for his idiomatic approach
to a wide variety of repertory from the mainstream
classical works of Mozart, Beethoven and Brahms
to the rarefied worlds of Messiaen, Tippett and
Britten. He has won numerous awards and
prizes, including the 2009 Gramophone Award
for his recording of Britten’s works for piano
and orchestra as well as first prize at both the
Naumburg International Competition and the Clara
Haskil Competition. He has performed in many
of the world’s most prestigious halls, including
the Konzerthaus in Vienna, the Concertgebouw in
Amsterdam, the Philharmonie in Berlin, Suntory
Hall in Tokyo, the Kennedy Center in Washington,
D.C. and Carnegie Hall, New York.
AU G U S T 2 0 1 3
17 Aug Sat 8.30pm
18 Aug Sun 3.00pm
GALA
Malaysia in
Symphony
15th Anniversary
Concert
31 Aug Sat 8.30pm
1 Sep Sun 3.00pm
LEGACY
The Lover and
the Rascal
Robert Levin piano
Ya-Fei Chuang piano
JONGEN Malaysia
PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No.2
IRFAN Sahibul Hikayat Fantasy Overture
R. STRAUSS Der Rosenkavalier Waltzes
Tengku Ahmad Irfan
17 Aug
18 Aug
280
RM250
RM
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230
RM180
RM
180
RM130
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R. STRAUSS Don Juan
MOZART Concerto for Two Pianos
POULENC Concerto for Two Pianos
R. STRAUSS Till Eulenspiegel
120
RM90
RM
130
RM
Ya-Fei Chuang
HAYDN Symphony No.89
HANDEL Arias for Countertenor
MOZART Symphony No.39
James Ehnes, one of the brightest stars
of the violin, joins Music Director
Claus Peter Flor in Shostakovich’s First
Concerto, one of their specialties. Darkly
introspective, reflective and somber in
mood, the concerto invariably leaves
audiences profoundly moved. Equally
moving is Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet, the
most successful full-length, three-act ballet
score of the twentieth century. The music
contains a wealth of memorable themes,
passionate lyricism and compelling
rhythmic excitement.
100
50
RM
RM
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AGE OF ELEGANCE
James Ehnes violin
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70
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7 Sep Sat 8.30pm | 8 Sep Sun 3.00pm
Romeo & Juliet
130
100
RM
SEPTEMBER 2013
24 Aug Sat 8.30pm
25 Aug Sun 3.00pm
RM
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70
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50
RM
This is the first time a countertenor will perform with the MPO. A countertenor
is a male singer whose range is that of the female alto voice. No one wrote more
wonderful music for this type of voice than Handel.
130
RM
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100
RM
70
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50
RM
11 Sep Wed 6.30pm
M P O H appy H o u r
MPO Jam-Busters
For a totally different concert-going experience, come join some of the MPO
musicians and their friends as they let their hair down for informal, earlyevening events that are sure to surprise you and whet your appetite for more!
James Ehnes
ALL SEATS: RM30
James Ehnes
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SEPTEMBER 2013
14 Sep Sat 8.30pm | 15 Sep Sun 3.00pm
21 Sep Sat 8.30pm
POPS
DFP SENI FEST
MPO Rocks
The MPO lets its hair down and rocks the house with the cream of Malaysian
rock stars. This much anticipated “Classical meets Rock!” collaboration will
feature our favourite “ol skool” rockers in full gusto combined with the energy
of the MPO. ARNOLD Suite from Casino Royale
ADKINS/EPWORTH Skyfall
BARRY Theme from Goldfinger
JONES Theme from Austin Powers
SONDHEIM “Sooner or Later” from Dick Tracy
MANCINI Theme from The Pink Panther
220
RM
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180
RM
130
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300
RM
MPO Jazz Orchestra
Malam Melayu Klasik
Allow 3 lovely ladies (Atilia Haron, Elvira Arul and Dina Rizal) from
the Malaysian Jazz scene to take your breath away and make this a truly
unforgettable soulful nite with the MPO.
250
RM
DFP Seni Fest celebrates Malaysia Day with the soothing melodies of Melayu
Asli songs resonating in Dewan Filharmonik PETRONAS. Listen to the
music while being serenaded by Malaysia’s renowned artists backed by
Badan Kesenian Yayasan Warisan Johor in a night full of wonderful nostalgic
memories.
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100
RM
70
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ALL SEATS: RM20
28 Sep Sat 3.00pm | 29 Sep Sun 2.30pm & 4.30pm
family f u n day
SPECTRUM is a multidisciplinary initiative integrating ideas from the
combination of two or more arts. SPECTRUM will combine dancers and
choreogaphers from a variety of backgrounds accompanied live by MPO
musicians. MPO Associate Conductor Kevin Field will lead this interactive
performance, the likes of which have yet to be seen on the DFP stage.
Presenter Alasdair Malloy has been dedicating his time devising exciting and
innovative programmes that he presents to audiences of all ages with orchestras
around the world. By linking each programme to subjects as diverse as sport,
magic, puppetry, pirates and food, coupled with his relaxed and conversational
style of presentation, Alasdair leads the audience on an adventure through
many musical styles, demonstrating the amazing and surprising sounds of the
orchestra. ALL SEATS: RM35
20 Sep Fri 8.30pm
DFP SENI FEST
Makyung Raja Besar Negeri
Ho Gading
80
RM
Kumpulan Makyung Kijang Emas, JKKN Kelantan
“Makyung Raja Besar Negeri Ho Gading” tells a story of a King from the
kingdom of Ho Gading who has seven princes.
60
RM
40
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60
RM
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Join MPO musicians for an hour of Chamber Music.
S|P|E|C|T|R|U|M
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130
| RM
MPO Chamber Players
DFP SENI FEST
80
180
RM
CHAMBER CONCERT
50
RM
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24 Sep Tue 6.30pm
18 Sep Wed 8.30pm
RM
150
RM
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DFP SENI FEST
130
200
| RM
DFP SENI FEST
16 Sep Mon 8.30pm
RM
250
RM
22 Sep Sun 8.30pm
90
RM
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20
RM
33
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60
RM
40
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20
RM
OCTOBER 2013
19 Oct Sat 8.30pm | 20 Oct Sun 3.00pm
5 Oct Sat 8.30pm
6 Oct Sun 3.00pm
DISC OVERY
Symphonies
LEGACY
Lisztomania
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No.4 “Italian”
DVOŘÁK Symphony No.9 “New World”
RACHMANINOFF The Isle of the Dead
LISZT Piano Concerto No.2
LISZT Totentanz
Mendelssohn’s Fourth and Dvořák’s Ninth are the most famous symphonies
by these composers. One is from the Old World – Mendelssohn’s “Italian”
symphony, inspired by the sunny vitality of old Italy; the other is from the New
World – Dvořák’s “New World” symphony, written while the composer was
living and teaching in New York.
“Whimsical and fantastic … magical and
gorgeous,” wrote one critic about Liszt’s
Piano Concerto No. 2. In the Totentanz,
the pianist pours forth streams of highly
virtuosic arpeggios and cascades of
glittering double octaves. Be prepared to be
impressed! Shostakovich’s sparkling Ninth
Symphony closes a program that opens with
Rachmaninoff’s darkly scored Isle of the Dead.
130
RM
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100
RM
70
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130
RM
Jean-Efflam Bavouzet piano
HAYDN Piano Concerto in D Major
Sheila Majid & Harvey Malaiholo
Mahler’s Fifth Symphony is made up of a fascinating, ever-changing,
kaleidoscopic of orchestral detail. Virtuosity is demanded from every player.
Raging outbursts, heaven-storming triumphs, uncontrollable grief, shattering
climaxes and more are found throughout this 75-minute symphony. As a
prelude to this listening experience, we hear an example of Viennese classicism
at its most refined, Haydn’s last piano concerto.
Sheila Majid vocals
Harvey Malaiholo vocals
The King and Queen of Jazz from the two nations take centre stage in a
one night only charity concert. Jointly presented by Kelab Sukan Rekreasi
PETRONAS and Dewan Filharmonik PETRONAS, expect to hear some of
Dato’ Sheila Majid and Harvey Malaiholo’s greatest hits.
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500
RM
350
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250
RM
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130
RM
150
RM
From his early years with the Jackson 5 to his mega-hit album Thriller and
beyond, Michael Jackson stormed the music industry with hit after hit.
Windborne’s “Music of Michael Jackson” takes you through each era of this
storied performer from ABC, I’ll Be There and Got To Be There through Beat It,
Thriller, Rock With You, The Way You Make Me Feel and many, many more.
180
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50
RM
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No group of child musicians has won more renown than the incomparable
Vienna Boys Choir, founded by Emperor Maximilian I in 1498. Six centuries
later, the famed Vienna Boys Choir continues to delight music-lovers across
the globe with their purity of tone, distinctive charm and a diverse, crowd
pleasing repertoire that encompasses Austrian folk songs and waltzes, classical
masterpieces, beloved pop songs and holiday favourites. Prepare to be
enthralled by the gifted musicians with voices of unforgettable beauty.
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70
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Vienna Boys Choir
The Music of Michael Jackson
230
100
RM
DFP SHOWCASE
MPO SPECIALS
280
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30 Oct 13 Wed 8.30pm
James Delisco
RM
| RM
50
RM
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Mahler’s Fifth
8 Oct Tue 8.30pm
650
70
| RM
50
Nareh Arghamanian
RM
100
RM
RM
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358
RM
120
RM
34
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258
RM
158
| RM
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98
RM
35
NOVEMBER 2013
9 Nov Sat 8.30pm | 10 Nov Sun 3.00pm
23 Nov Sat 8.30pm | 24 Nov Sun 3.00pm
A ge of E legance
Symphonie Espagnole
Tianwa Yang violin
BRITTEN Frank Bridge Variations
MOZART Violin Concerto No.5
BEETHOVEN Romance No.1 in G
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No.1
LALO Rapsodie norvégienne
LALO Symphonie espagnole
LUTOSŁAWSKI Concerto for Orchestra
German violinist and conductor Kolja Blacher wears two hats for his debut with
the MPO. His program includes works by Mozart and Beethoven, in which he is
both soloist and conductor, and two works by Mendelssohn and Britten.
130
RM
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100
RM
70
| RM
Young Chinese violinist Tianwa Yang makes
her MPO debut playing Lalo’s Symphonie
espagnole. (Although titled a “Spanish
Symphony”, it is really a violin concerto, with
violin solo and Spanish motifs throughout
the piece.)
50
RM
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130
12 Nov Tue 8.30pm
RM
100
RM
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70
| RM
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50
RM
A WORLD OF HARMONY
TOYOTA Classics 2013
North Czech Philharmonic Teplice
Charles Olivieri-Munroe conductor
Manual Blanco trumpet
Tianwa Yang
Toyota Classics presents the North Czech Philharmonic Teplice, a renowned
orchestra that has made a significant impact on European culture over the last
century.
220
RM
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170
RM
120
| RM
60
RM
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25 Nov Mon 8.30pm
D F P S howcase
16 Nov Sat 3.00pm | 17 Nov Sun 2.30pm & 4.30pm
Mezzoforte
F amily F u n D ay
MEZZOFORTE is considered one of Europe’s most important fusion bands.
From Iceland, the band’s origin helps you understand its special, immediately
recognizable sound.
180
RM
Presenter Paul Rissman devises and presents orchestral concerts for people of
all ages. His formula is simple - choose the best possible music and find the
most exciting way to introduce the incredible sound of the orchestra to new
listeners. 80
RM
60
RM
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40
| RM
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pops
Charlie Chaplin: The Gold Rush
20
RM
One of the most beloved of Charles Chaplin’s films (and Chaplin’s personal
favourite), The Gold Rush is set in the icy wastes of the Alaskan gold fields,
and blends action and slapstick comedy together seamlessly. In 1942, Chaplin
released a new version of The Gold Rush, taking the original silent 1925 film
and adding a musical score which he composed himself. American composer/
conductor Timothy Brock has restored Chaplin’s original orchestra score,
which he will premiere in Malaysia with the MPO, along with a screening of
The Gold Rush.
D F P S howcase
An Evening with Ottmar Liebert
Grammy Award nominee Ottmar Liebert is one of the most successful
instrumental artists of the past decade, thrilling audiences throughout the world
and releasing a catalogue of award winning platinum and gold albums. “An
Evening with Ottmar Liebert” is a one of its kind music treat as this Nouveau
Flamenco genius will also be performing with his band Luna Negra. 180
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120
RM
30 Nov Sat 8.30pm | 1 Dec Sun 3.00pm
18 Nov Mon 8.30pm
RM
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220
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120
RM
36
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180
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130
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90
RM
DECEMBER 2013
2 Dec Mon 8.30pm
10 Dec Tue 6.30pm
DFP SPOTLIGHT
CHAMBER CONCERT
Hujan
MPO Chamber Players
Like their name (‘HUJAN’ means ‘rain’ in English), HUJAN’s music alternates
between light, heavy and torrential storms, a reflection of the many stories,
moods and agendas embedded in their songs. Equipped with amazing talents
and energetically entertaining live performances, the band continues to blaze
the trail with a wave of forward-thinking local independent musicians.
ALL SEATS: RM100
14 Dec Sat 8.30pm | 15 Dec Sun 3.00pm
ALL SEATS: RM20
Mahler’s Songs
Hujan
BRAHMS Tragic Overture
MAHLER Kindertotenlieder
SCHUMANN Symphony No.2
Gustav Mahler’s grief-laden Kindertotenlieder song cycle features contralto
Sara Mingardo. Mahler was fascinated, almost obsessed, with details of
orchestration, both in his own works and in those of others. He was a keen
judge of what “worked” and what didn’t. To this end, listeners already familiar
with Schumann’s wonderful Second Symphony should find a wonderful sense
of discovery in Mahler’s revision of this work.
130
RM
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100
RM
70
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50
RM
7 Dec Sat 8.30pm | 8 Dec Sun 3.00pm
Vilde Frang violin
Kodály Dances of Galánta
KORNGOLD Violin Concerto
BRAHMS Symphony No.2
Norwegian violinist Vilde Frang returns to the MPO to perform
Korngold’s superb Violin Concerto. Korngold was also a Hollywood film
music composer, and like many of Korngold’s other serious works in
traditional genres, the violin concerto borrows thematic material from
his movie scores. The program opens with Kodály’s brilliant Dances of
Galánta and closes with Brahms seminal Second Symphony.
130
RM
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100
RM
70
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50
RM
Vilde Frang
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JA N UA RY 2 0 1 4
11 Jan Sat 8.30pm | 12 Jan Sun 3.00pm
18 Jan Sat 8.30pm | 19 Jan Sun 3:00pm
M P O S pecial S
legacy
to Broadway
DEBUSSY Marche écossaise
DEBUSSY (arr. Kocsis) Ariettes oubliées
DEBUSSY (arr. Ravel) Danse (Tarantelle styrienne)
DEBUSSY (arr. Kocsis) Les Ingénus, Fantoches, Rondeau, Caprice,
Le Faune, Fête galante, Noël des enfants qui n’ont plus de maison
BARTÓK Concerto for Orchestra
OFFENBACH “Invocation à Vénus” from La Belle Hélène
THOMAS Overture from Mignon
ROMBERG Ballet Music from The Student Prince
GERSHWIN Suite from Girl Crazy
BERNSTEIN “I feel pretty” from West Side Story
LOEWE “I could have danced all night” from My Fair Lady
250
RM
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180
RM
130
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Zoltán Kocsis, best known as an outstanding pianist, now takes to the podium
for a most interesting program combining Bartók’s best-known orchestral
composition, the Concerto for Orchestra (solos for everyone!) with a selection
of short, little-known works of Debussy, including Kocsis’ own arrangements of
some very beautiful songs.
60
RM
14 Jan Tue 6.30pm
130
RM
CHAMBER CONCERT
MPO Chamber Players
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100
70
RM
| RM
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50
RM
22 Jan Wed 6.30pm
ALL SEATS: RM20
MPO Jam-Busters
ALL SEATS: RM30
25 Jan Sat 3.00pm
26 Jan Sun 2.30pm & 4.30pm
A street musician is caught playing the orchestra’s
grand piano. Much to her surprise, the conductor does
not scold her, but instead offers her the chance to “be
Mozart.” The street musician and her companion must
now confront dilemmas and opportunities similar to
those faced by Mozart in this musical adventure filled
with examples of his greatest music.
Magic Circle Mime
80
RM
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Benjamin Northey
38
60
RM
40
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20
RM
39
F E B R UA RY 2 0 1 4
8 Feb Sat 8.30pm
9 Feb Sun 3.00pm
POPS
Stephen Rahman Hughes & the MPO
Vocalist Stephen Rahman Hughes returns to Kuala Lumpur and the MPO for two
special Valentine’s performances featuring romantic hits including Unchained Melody,
My Funny Valentine, L.O.V.E., and Frank Sinatra songs.
220
RM
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180
RM
130
| RM
90
RM
|
22 Feb Sat 8.30pm | 23 Feb Sun 3.00pm
Tibor Kovác violin
BARTÓK Violin Concerto No. 2
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 6
15 Feb Sat 8.30pm
16 Feb Sun 3.00pm
The Hungarian Béla Bartók and the Russian Dmitri Shostakovich were two of
the towering figures of twentieth-century music. Both led highly stressful lives,
both suffered under repressive political regimes, and both turned out music
brimming with fiery emotions and intensity. Bartók’s Second Violin Concerto
features soloist Tibor Kovác, a section leader of the Vienna Philharmonic
second violins since 1992.
Mahler’s First
Till Fellner piano
130
RM
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 22, K.482
MAHLER Symphony No. 1
130
RM
|
100
RM
70
| RM
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100
RM
70
| RM
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50
RM
25 Feb Tue 6.30pm
Mozart and Mahler make a perfect pair on
symphony programs. Both enjoyed their
greatest acclaim and financial success in Vienna,
Mozart in the 1780s, Mahler a little more than
a century later. If there is one genre in which
Mozart excelled consistently above all others,
it is the piano concerto. Nearly every work is a
masterpiece. For Mahler, it was the symphony.
This concert offers a prime example of each.
Till Fellner
|
CHAMBER CONCERT
MPO Chamber Players
ALL SEATS: RM20
50
RM
40
MARCH 2014
1 Mar Sat 3.00pm | 2 Mar Sun 2.30pm & 4.30pm
22 Mar Sat 8.30pm | 23 Mar Sun 3.00pm
family f u n day
DISC OVERY
Creepy Crawly Songs
A Hero’s Life
Bugs, insects, creepy crawlies... Whatever we call them, they’re miniature
marvels who live out their fascinating lives mostly hidden from sight.
Combining music by Carl Davis, lyrics by Hiawyn Oram and illustrations by
Satoshi Kitamura, our Creepy Crawly Songs concerts are sure to delight young
audiences.
ROSSINI William Tell Overture
CHOPIN Piano Concerto No.1
STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben
80
RM
60
RM
|
40
| RM
|
Who is the hero of Strauss’s mighty tone poem Ein Heldenleben (A Hero’s Life)?
Is it Strauss himself? Or someone else? No matter. The score is replete with
opulent sounds, glowing orchestration, huge climaxes, enormous energy and a
veritable kaleidoscope of tonal colors. This Discovery concert offers also a deep
contrast between this eruptive music and the tenderness of Chopin’s First Piano
Concerto, featuring pianist Javier Perianes.
20
RM
POPS
130
RM
|
100
RM
70
| RM
|
50
RM
The Beatles achieved a level of celebrity and adoration never seen before or
since in modern times. They were more than a band. They symbolized an era,
an essential part of our collective consciousness of the 1960s – a time of hope
and magic, of freedom and change, of challenge and conquest. The heart of
Beatledom is of course the music. So come hear a selection of Beatles songs.
Some of your favorites are sure to be on this program.
220
RM
|
180
RM
130
| RM
90
26 Mar Wed 6.30pm
11 Mar Tue 6.30pm
MPO HAPPY HOUR
CHAMBER CONCERT
MPO Jam-Busters
MPO Chamber Players
ALL SEATS: RM20
ALL SEATS: RM30
29 Mar Sat 8.30pm
30 Mar Sun 3.00pm
discovery
A ge of E legance
A Schubert Soirée
Zhang Yi conductor
Edgar Moreau cello
BORODIN Polovtsian Dances
SAINT-SAËNS Cello Concerto No.1
SCHUBERT Rosamunde Overture
SCHUBERT Symphony No.8 “Unfinished”
SCHUBERT Symphony No.9 “The Great”
Making his Asia debut, the young French cellist Edgar Moreau performs the
difficult First Cello concerto of Saint-Saëns along with Fauré’s beautiful Élégie.
Alexander Borodin was one of the “Mighty Five” of late-nineteenth-century
Russian music, the group whose avowed intent was to stamp their music with
a distinctly Russian flavor in place of the European style that prevailed at the
time. This “Russian-ness” is heard to great effect in the spectacular Polovtsian
Dances and in the Second Symphony.
130
RM
|
100
RM
Javier Perianes
Pablo González
RM
|
70
| RM
|
Martin Haselboeck
This concert gives us a full program of music by one of Vienna’s most beloved
composers: his two best-known symphonies, plus an overture. Schubert’s
last symphony is his crowning achievement, a work that Schumann dubbed
the “symphony of heavenly length … it transports us all into a world where I
cannot recall ever having been before.”
50
RM
130
RM
41
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100
RM
70
| RM
|
50
RM
the music of
Michael
Jackson
BRENT HAVENS conductor
JAMES DELISCO vocals / dancer
SATURDAY 12 OCT 8.30PM
SUNDAY 13 OCT 3.00PM
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APRIL 2014
12 Apr Sat 3.00pm
13 Apr Sun 2.30pm & 4.30pm
family f u n day
A Clown’s Guide to
the Orchestra
5 Apr Sat 8.30pm
6 Apr Sun 3.00pm
Fiesta Mexicana
Audiences who have experienced the fantastic
Clownductor Melvin Tix, the conducting
clown, in action know that great music and
hysterical laughter await them when he
returns to the MPO. His unique ability to
introduce the symphony orchestra and to
convey the joy of music appeals to audiences
of all ages.
Josef Spacek violin
BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No.3
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto
GINASTERA Dances from Estancia
SANTOS Encruzilhada
MÁRQUEZ Danzón No.2
80
RM
Making her Malaysia debut, the young Mexican
conductor Alondra de la Parra, heralded as
one of the most compelling conductors of her
generation, leads the MPO in folk- and danceinspired music from Argentina (Ginastera),
Portugal (Santos) and Mexico (Márquez).
130
RM
|
100
RM
70
| RM
|
60
RM
|
40
| RM
20
RM
|
Melvin Tix
19 Apr Sat 8.30pm | 20 Apr Sun 3.00pm
Mahler’s Fourth
50
RM
Alondra de la Parra
MOZART Le Nozze di Figaro Overture
MOZART Il Re Pastore and Le Nozze di Figaro arias
MAHLER Symphony No. 4
8 Apr Tue 6.30pm
Juno Award winner soprano Karina Gauvin performs some of her signature
repertoire with the MPO – Mozart arias. She also brings her artistry to the
finale of Gustav Mahler’s transcendently beautiful Fourth Symphony: The
fourth movement incorporates a song, “Das himmlische Leben” (“The
Heavenly Life”), written by Mahler seven years earlier.
CHAMBER CONCERT
MPO Chamber Players
ALL SEATS: RM20
130
RM
|
100
70
RM
| RM
|
50
RM
26 Apr Sat 8.30pm | 27 Apr Sun 3.00pm
A ge of E legance
Triple Concerto
Trio Wanderer
Raphaël Pidoux cello
Vincent Coq piano
WEBER Euryanthe Overture
BEETHOVEN Triple Concerto
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No.3 “Scottish”
Trio Wanderer
Music by three of the greatest German composers of the early nineteenth century
make up this program: from Weber the Overture to his opera Euryanthe, filled with
the composer’s characteristic grandeur and brilliance; from Beethoven the first and
still best-known concerto ever written for combined violin, cello and piano and
from Mendelssohn his classically-chiseled Scottish Symphony, music ofgentle charm,
melodiousness and imaginative ideas.
130
RM
43
|
100
RM
70
| RM
|
50
RM
M AY 2 0 1 4
3 May Sat 8.30pm | 4 May Sun 3.00pm
13 May Tue 6.30pm
legacy
CHAMBER CONCERT
MPO Chamber Players
ALL SEATS: RM20
KHACHATURIAN Masquerade
SCRIABIN Piano Concerto
RACHMANINOFF Symphonic Dances
130
RM
100
RM
|
70
| RM
50
discovery
RM
|
Brilliant Brothers
Nikki Chooi violin
SAINT-SAËNS Violin Concerto No.3
BACH Concerto for 2 Violins
BRUCH Violin Concerto No.1
TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet Overture
Kazuki Yamada
130
RM
Benedetto Lupo
|
100
RM
70
| RM
|
50
RM
7 May Wed 6.30pm
legacy
MPO Jam-Busters
For a totally different concert-going experience, come join some of the
MPO musicians and their friends as they let their hair down for informal,
early-evening events that are sure to surprise you and whet your appetite
for more!
STRAUSS Metamorphosen
BRUCKNER Symphony No.3
130
ALL SEATS: RM30
RM
10 May Sat 3.00pm | 11 May Sun 2.30pm & 4.30pm
Moving Pictures
60
RM
40
| RM
|
|
50
RM
Romantic Favourites
Liza Ferschtman violin
These concerts feature screen projections of drawings by talented Malaysian
school children, accompanied by the MPO playing the music of Debussy
and Ravel. Debussy’s Children’s Corner was written for his daughter and is a
“picture” of childhood and of his daughter’s toys. Ravel’s Mother Goose suite
was originally written as a piano duet for two children, Mimi and Jean, 6 and 7
years old.
|
70
| RM
80
100
RM
31 May Sat 8.30pm | 1 Jun Sun 3.00pm
family f u n day
RM
|
BRAHMS Violin Concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No.6 “Pathetique”
130
RM
|
100
RM
70
| RM
|
50
RM
20
RM
44
Liza Ferschtman
JUNE 2014
14 Jun Sat 8.30pm | 15 Jun Sun 3.00pm
3 Jun Tue 6.30pm
legacy
CHAMBER CONCERT
MPO Chamber Players
ALL SEATS: RM20
RACHMANINOFF Vocalise
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No.2
POULENC Les biches (Suite)
ROUSSELL Bacchus & Ariane Suite No.2
M P O specials
RM
130
|
100
RM
70
| RM
|
50
RM
Since the release of Toy Story in 1995, Pixar has revolutionized the filmmaking
industry by being one of the most inventive and distinctive animation
companies. Their award-winning films offer an incredible visual and aural
experience for audiences of all ages. For the first time, the MPO will perform
memorable music, together with visually stunning clips, from some of Pixar’s
famous feature films including Toy Story and Finding Nemo. Presentation
licensed by Disney Concert Library ©Disney/ Pixar.
250
RM
180
RM
|
130
| RM
|
90
RM
StéphaneDenève
Steven Osborne
DFP SHOWCASE
Quintessence:
Datuk Ramli Ibrahim and Sutra Dance Theater
Three seminal works of Debussy, Ravel and Stravinsky are re-envisioned by
Malaysian dancer and choreographer, Datuk Ramli Ibrahim. Prelude to the
Afternoon of a Faun, Scheherazade and The Firebird represent a tapestry
of romantic and transcendent encounters with the strangely exotic in both
dance and music. Datuk Ramli Ibrahim, familiar to Malaysians not only
for Indian classical dance but also for his pioneering contemporary dance
forays, choreographs to these well-known compositions. Datuk Ramli’s
choreography, inspired by Asian dance vocabularies will take the audience
on a quintessence journey where the colours and movement of Asian
modern dance are infused with exalted sounds of these great composers.
250
RM
|
180
RM
130
| RM
|
60
RM
Datuk Ramli Ibrahim
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Mahler’s Fifth
Mahler’s Songs
Mahler’s First
Mahler’s Fourth
Sat 15 Feb ‘14, 8.30pm
Sun 16 Feb ‘14, 3.00pm
Sat 19 Apr ‘14, 8.30pm
Sun 20 Apr ‘14, 3.00pm
Sat 26 Oct ‘13, 8.30pm
Sun 27 Oct ‘13, 3.00pm
Sat 14 Dec ‘13, 8.30pm
Sun 15 Dec ‘13, 3.00pm
The World of
GUSTAV MAHLER
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Gala Concert: Long-sleeved batik or lounge suit.
All Other Performances: Smart casual.
PARKING Dewan Filharmonik PETRONAS (DFP) is
situated at the PETRONAS Twin Towers, Kuala Lumpur
City Centre. There is a basement autopay car park at
KLCC. When you enter the basement car park, follow the
signs marked ‘Dewan Filharmonik PETRONAS’ which
will lead you to the lifts that will take you straight to the
concert hall foyer instead of the shopping centre.
Strictly NO
Jeans, Denim,
Shorts, Collarless
T-shirts/Singlets,
Sneakers and
Slippers at any
time.
PREPAID PARKING tickets are available for purchase from the merchandise
counters. It is valid only on the day of purchase and for entry after 7pm until 12
midnight.
BOX OFFICE HOURS
• Tue-Sat: 10.30am to 6.30pm
• Performance nights: 10.30am to 9pm
• Performance Sundays: 12noon to concert time
• Closed on Mondays and Public Holidays unless a concert is scheduled.
FACILITIES FOR THE DISABLED Facilities for wheelchair users include a ramp
to the foyer, a lift with low-level buttons, levelled floor and a designated wheelchair
position in the stalls. A unisex toilet for customers with disabilities is available at the
Stalls, Circle and Upper Circle levels. An induction loop is available in the Stalls and
relays the performance to those using hearing aids with a T-setting. Please advise our
Box Office staff at the time you book your tickets if you require the above services.
CARDS ACCEPTED
The following credit cards are accepted: Visa, American Express, MasterCard
and Diners Club.
LATECOMERS Concerts at DFP begin promptly at the advertised starting time. No
latecomers will be admitted until the interval or a suitable break in the programme.
Members of the audience who leave the hall before or during the performance will
not be re-admitted until the next suitable break.
CONDITIONS OF SALE
• Valid tickets are required for admittance into the concert hall.
• No refunds. All sales are final.
• Discounts and concessions cannot be combined.
• Dewan Filharmonik PETRONAS reserves the right to introduce discounts
and other price changes, and vary seating arrangement without notice.
• Out of consideration for both audience and artists, children under the age of
8 are not allowed in the concert hall unless otherwise indicated. For Family
Fun Day concerts, children aged 4 and above will be admitted with paid
admission.
• The artistic programme (including all artists and repertoire for this season)
is subject to change without notice.
Latecomers to Chamber/Happy Hour/Family Fun Day/DFP Spotlight concerts will
not be admitted as these concerts are only one hour long with no suitable breaks. As
a courtesy to the performers and other audience members, please remain in your seat
until the concert has concluded.
ELECTRONIC DEVICES (including mobile phones, pagers, watch alarms). All
concert goers are requested to switch off their mobile phones, pagers, watch alarms
and other electronic devices before entering the concert hall. All usage of mobile
phones such as the Short Messaging Service (SMS) is prohibited, this is to ensure an
ideal concert experience both for the performers and other audience members.
EXCHANGES
• Tickets may be exchanged up to 72 hours prior to the original performance
for another performance in this Season. Exchanges are done on a ticket for
ticket basis and any difference in price will either be charged or forfeited.
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tickets must be returned.
• Lost/reprinted tickets cannot be exchanged.
• All exchanges carry a non-refundable fee of RM5 per ticket.
RECORDING EQUIPMENT (including cameras, video recorders, tape recorders,
mobile phones). All forms of recording and photography equipment are strictly
prohibited in the concert hall. We seek the co-operation and understanding of all
audience members in observing this policy.
BAG CHECKS The safety and security of our patrons are of utmost importance
to us. Whether you decide to deposit your bags or bring them into the hall, your
bags may be subject to security checks. However, all bulky items, plastic carriers,
backpacks, large briefcases and umbrellas must be placed at the lockers at Level 1.
SEATING CATEGORY
P = Premium
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• Seating plan is subject to change. Please refer to page 49.
LOCKERS Free locker facilities are available at Level 1 of the concert hall. It is
opened 30 minutes before performance until 30 minutes after its conclusion.
FOOD & DRINKS are not allowed in the concert hall.
NO SMOKING Smoking is strictly prohibited in the concert hall.
WHEELCHAIR USERS
A ticket purchased by a wheelchair user entitles him/her to a free ticket
for a companion.
ENQUIRIES
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C orporate H ospitality & S ponsorship
Dewan Filharmonik PETRONAS (DFP) is
Malaysia’s prestigious concert hall located at the
magnificent PETRONAS Twin Towers.
This world class venue is home to the Malaysian
Philharmonic Orchestra and hosts over 100
varied performances throughout its calendar
year.
Built in 1998, DFP continues to connect
and fulfill each guest with timeless charm
and superior acoustics. This beautiful venue
comfortably seats 920 guests with each of its 19
corporate suites having its own premium box
seats, butler service and deluxe catering.
DFP provides you and your company with
exclusive branding and marketing mileage with
our Corporate Hospitality and Sponsorship
Packages.
Our customised packages include the
opportunity to co-present a concert, host an
event or share our corporate social responsibility
via our Education and Outreach activities.
For more information on our Corporate Hospitality, Sponsorship or
Co-Promotional Activities, please call us at 603-2051 7008 or email
us at [email protected]
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DFP and MPO sponsorship initiatives and donations are tax
deductible.
A cknowledgement
Dewan Filharmonik PETRONAS and the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra gratefully acknowledge those listed below and all
other individuals and corporations who have provided invaluable assistance and unwavering commitment to our mission of
advancing the appreciation of music. Philanthropic sponsorship is vital for the concert hall and the orchestra’s future development.
We look forward to working with you in a mutually rewarding partnership in support of the arts.
PRINC IPA L D ONOR
C ORPOR AT E SU ITE PRE MIUM ME MBE RS
C ORPOR ATE SU ITE C LU B ME MBE RS
C OM M UNIT Y OUT REACH C ONT RIBU TOR
PART N ER HOT ELS
E DU C ATION & OU TRE AC H D ONOR
concert Co-Sponsor (2012/13 season)
HALL HIRERS
Concert Co-Presenters
UMW Toyota
Yamaha Music
Alumni Sekolah Sultan Alam Shah
Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Kelab Sukan dan Rekreasi PETRONAS (KSRP)
Yayasan UTP
Alliance Française de Kuala Lumpur
Embassy of Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Embassy of Spain
Japan Foundation Kuala Lumpur
Box Office:
Ground Floor, Tower 2
PETRONAS Twin Towers
Kuala Lumpur City Centre
50088 Kuala Lumpur
Email:
[email protected]
Box Office Telephone:
603-2051 7007
Online Info & Tickets:
mpo.com.my
dfp.com.my
mpo.com.my

2013|14 Dewan Filharmonik PETRONAS Malaysian Philharmonic

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