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Thursday August 9, 2007

Piped concert

Talented organist Leonard Selva.
Enjoy a pipe organ recital by Leonard Selva on Aug 14 at 1pm at Dewan Filharmonik Petronas in Kuala Lumpur. The talented organist will perform Bach’s Concerto in A minor Allegro and Boellmann’s Gothic Suite Priere and Toccata. He will also present his composition entitled Invention No.1, which explores different variations from baroque, jazz and Jimmy Boyle’s jazz ballad composition Jauh Jauh.

Penang-born Selva was one of the five winners of Discovery Networks Asia and the National Film Development Corporation’s (Finas) First Time Film Makers (FTFM) Malaysia initiative.

His documentary, Pipe Organs, is about a man with a passion for pipe organs and a mission to play at the Dewan Filharmonik. His journey maps the landscape of the Malaysian pipe organ scene and explores the communities that maintain these instruments.

This recital will be filmed as part of Selva’s 30-minute documentary for the FTFM. The documentary will be screened across South-East Asia in December. Admission is free. For more information, call 03-20517007 or e-mail dfp_box office@petronas.com.my.

  • In conjunction with Malaysia’s 50 years of independence, Tunku the Musical will be staged at Pentas 1 of the Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Centre in Sentul, KL, from Saturday.

    The patriotic musical spans 50 years and is divided into a prologue (Aug 31, 1957), Act One (the Singapore-Malaya separation), Act Two (the 1969 riots) and an Epilogue (present-day Malaysia). Leading the cast are Tony Eusoff, Douglas Lim, Syuk Ibrahim, Evelyn Toh, Maria Yasmin and Doreen Tang.

    The cast of Tunku the Musical.
    Created and directed by Joe Hasham and written by Lim Chuang Yik and Teng Ky-Gan (Broken Bridges), the musical has all the colour, drama, excitement, anticipation, heartache, sorrow and uncertainty of that fateful Saturday morning on Aug 31, 1957. Mervyn Peters is musical director while Joseph Gonzales acts as choreographer.

    Showtime is 8.30pm daily from Aug 11 to Sept 2, except Sundays (3pm). Tickets are priced at RM80, RM60 and RM40 (students, disabled and senior citizens). For tickets or more information, call KLPac (03-40479000) or The Actors Studio (03-20949400) or visit klpac.com.

    Happy 10th

    Dewan Filharmonik Petronas (DFP) and the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO) will celebrate their 10th anniversary with a four-week-long celebration.

    The bash will kick off with Symphonic Broadway on Aug 17 and 18 at 8.30pm, and Aug 19 at 3pm.

    The MPO, led by associate conductor Kevin Field, will present Bernstein’s Candide, Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, Weill’s Song Book 1 & 2, Rodgers’ Oklahoma! and Berlin’s Annie Get Your Gun. Tickets are priced between RM20 and RM80.

    The celebration will continue with another two concerts, themed MPO Birthday Bash, on Aug 21 and 22 at 6.30pm. Under the baton of George Ellis, works which will be presented are Ellis’ Overture: Celebration, Bizet’s Habanera from Carmen Suite, Grieg’s In the Hall of the Mountain King and Shostakovich’s Polka and Gallop. Tickets for this are priced at RM30.

    If you are into fusion music, check out MPO’s unique collaboration with Kumpulan Wayang Kulit Anak Seri Baju Merah, which sees how western style orchestra interacts with wayang kulit. Show dates are Aug 31 and Sept 1 at 8.30pm and Sept 2 at 3pm. MPO principal conductor Matthias Bamert will lead the works.

    MPO will also bring audiences the infectious music of Latin America through its collaboration with conductor Jacomo Bairos and flautist Nestor Torres in a concert themed Latin Jazz Fiesta on Sept 5 at 8.30pm.

    The festival will culminate with a concert on Sept 9 at 3pm, featuring renowned soprano diva Sumi Jo performing operatic works with a distinctly French flavour, comprising works of Debussy, Gounod, Bellini, Verdi and Ravel.

    For more information, call the Box Office (03-20517007 or e-mail dfp_boxoffice@petronas.com.my).

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