DATE: 12 APR 2009, SUN
TIME: 7.30pm (15 mins intermission)
VENUE: Esplanade Recital Studio
PRICE: $28
Concessions for Students, NSFs, Senior Citizens: $21
Group bookings of 4 & above: $24
Tickets available from SISTIC:
“an unapologetic sense of fun!” – The Straits Times, Singapore
“A formidable virtuoso” - Moscow Kommersant Daily
Following his sell-out concert last year, internationally-renowned virtuoso Kenneth Hamilton returns to the Esplanade with another luscious programme of stunning Romantic piano transcriptions, many of them new to Singapore. From Liszt's passionate Fantasy on Bellini's "Norma" to Godowsky's astonishing arrangement of Strauss's "Artist's Life" Waltz, via some of Percy Grainger's most melodious and moving folk-song transcriptions, this is a concert that dazzlingly displays what the piano can do. As the Straits Times commented- "Hamilton brings back what has been missing from concerts- an unapologetic sense of fun!".
John Bull/ Ronald Stevenson Three Elisabethan Pieces: Pavane. Galliard. Jig ("The King's Hunt")*
Richard Strauss/Percy Grainger Rosenkavalier Ramble*
Grainger Colonial Song
The Hunter in his Career
Irish Tune from County Derry
Country Gardens
Franz Liszt Fantasy on Bellini's 'Norma'*
Capriccio alla Turca (on themes of Beethoven)*
John Ireland Decorations: The Island Spell*/ Moonglade*/ The Scarlet Ceremonies*
Ferruccio Busoni Chamber Fantasy on Bizet's 'Carmen'
Johann Strauss/ Leopold Godowsky Symphonic Metamorphosis on the 'Artist's Life' Waltz*
* Singapore premieres
TIME: 7.30pm (15 mins intermission)
VENUE: Esplanade Recital Studio
PRICE: $28
Concessions for Students, NSFs, Senior Citizens: $21
Group bookings of 4 & above: $24
Tickets available from SISTIC:
“an unapologetic sense of fun!” – The Straits Times, Singapore
“A formidable virtuoso” - Moscow Kommersant Daily
Following his sell-out concert last year, internationally-renowned virtuoso Kenneth Hamilton returns to the Esplanade with another luscious programme of stunning Romantic piano transcriptions, many of them new to Singapore. From Liszt's passionate Fantasy on Bellini's "Norma" to Godowsky's astonishing arrangement of Strauss's "Artist's Life" Waltz, via some of Percy Grainger's most melodious and moving folk-song transcriptions, this is a concert that dazzlingly displays what the piano can do. As the Straits Times commented- "Hamilton brings back what has been missing from concerts- an unapologetic sense of fun!".
John Bull/ Ronald Stevenson Three Elisabethan Pieces: Pavane. Galliard. Jig ("The King's Hunt")*
Richard Strauss/Percy Grainger Rosenkavalier Ramble*
Grainger Colonial Song
The Hunter in his Career
Irish Tune from County Derry
Country Gardens
Franz Liszt Fantasy on Bellini's 'Norma'*
Capriccio alla Turca (on themes of Beethoven)*
John Ireland Decorations: The Island Spell*/ Moonglade*/ The Scarlet Ceremonies*
Ferruccio Busoni Chamber Fantasy on Bizet's 'Carmen'
Johann Strauss/ Leopold Godowsky Symphonic Metamorphosis on the 'Artist's Life' Waltz*
* Singapore premieres
