In Pan Yaotian's "Variations for Band", Kiat Goh will introduce the four sections of the orchestra: winds, strings, percussion, and plucked instruments, fully showcasing the various aspects of Chinese music. As a rising singer-songwriter in Singapore, Kiat Goh will also display his beautiful voice, performing classic songs "Elegant Night" and "Moon River" for the audience.
Audiences will also experience the dazzling fusion of Chinese and Western music during the concert. The winner of the 2013 Classical Music New Talent Competition, 11-year-old Nikolai Song, will showcase his extraordinary talent by playing George Hue's "Fantasy" on the flute. Meanwhile, the flutist of the Singapore Chinese Orchestra, Zeng Zhi, will perform Yang Qing's "Cang" with exquisite technique, bringing forth this life anthem with beautiful flute tones, expressing joy, pain, confusion, longing, and an unrelenting pursuit of all the beautiful things in the world. Nikolai Song will also perform a duet with Zeng Zhi, playing the lively and challenging "Flight of the Bumblebee" and "Concerto for Two Flutes in A Minor, TWV 52:a2, Opus".
The concert will also feature Dvořák's "Humoresque No. 7, Op. 101" and Leonard Bernstein's "Overture to West Side Story". Western music performed with Chinese instruments will surely provide the audience with a unique musical experience.
