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Frankly My Dear, I Don't Give A Dan
It was a breathtaking rubber match that had the spectators divided as to who they were supporting, the one an European champion and the other an Olympic champion. That said, it would be a true fan with strong loyalty to either not to want the match to go on to the third set. And so it was that Lin Dan finally trounced Peter Gade to go on to the ( Read more... ) -
Mum's Soundbites #1037
"Where is the Madam Butterfly? That one? Why so ugly? Look more like a moth!"
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Season's Greetings
I don't blame people when they cringe at the mention of The Four Seasons, but if fingers were to be pointed, who can forget the sacrilege and blasphemy that was the bastardised use in the TVC of a local book chain. For this reason, most people miss the forest for the trees and fail to acknowledge the masterpiece in compositional scene painting that ( Read more... ) -
I am Number Four
So the Singapore Arts Festival draws to a close with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra and director Daniel Harding with a two-night concert, of which last evening's all-Brahms programme is paired with this evening's programme by the composer for which they were named ( Read more... ) -
Those Who Can't, Teach?
Not here. Not him. Not from this example.
I actually watched this playlist of 14 Youtube clips in succession, so entertaining and educational was Bolet in mentoring these young pianists ( Read more... ) -
Dicey Business
If you read my previous rant about this year's dismal state of affairs with the Singapore Arts Festival, I take it back. Sort of. Yes, I did only commit and subscribe to four shows, and if you count that it's two concerts each by two orchestras, then it's only two acts which caught my attention this year ( Read more... ) -
Academic Festival Overture
Richard Egarr quipped that one could "see" that Sumi Jo was a diva, but one that was so generous and warm that it was a delightful working relationship. In that light, the Academy of Ancient Music ceded the spotlight to the soprano last evening when she starred in a choice selection of baroque arias that the ensemble more than capably accompanied ( Read more... ) -
Academy of Asian Music
On this final leg to conclude their tour of Asia, the celebrated period ensemble, the Academy of Ancient Music drops into Singapore for a two-evening pit-stop, bringing with them their historically informed performances of baroque and classical music the way it was intended to be played, the way it was intended to be heard ( Read more... ) -
With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility
And so Chang Tou Liang has done it again. Stirring up a hornet's nest of discussion that would otherwise not interest the general public in the slightest. Over an issue far removed from their existence, much less their conscience. Or is it the other way around ( Read more... ) -
Freud or Fraud
I have been distracted of late.
Watching the Royal Wedding yesterday, for all the pomp and pageantry, for that Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen dress, for Prince Harry's fuck-me-now appeal, for the oppulence and grandeur of Westminster Abbey and the solemnity and sonnambulism of the ceremony, what I kept mulling over was the horse shit on the ( Read more... )
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