1st prize winner of the 2021 Menuhin International Violin Competition Keila Wakao returns to Singapore to play Barber’s gorgeous Violin concerto with re:Sound.
Conceived in 1939 the most glorious year of American cinema the concerto’s score is cinematic embodying the ideals of grace beauty and passion of the silver screen.
Featured also on the programme is Barber’s intensely stirring Adagio for Strings as well as Mendelssohn’s String Symphony No. 7 composed by a young Felix Mendelssohn who was already demonstrating his genius in counterpoint and orchestration.
PROGRAMME
Samuel Barber
Adagio for Strings
Felix Mendelssohn
String Symphony No.7
Samuel Barber
Violin Concerto Op. 14
(Keila Wakao – violin solo Lien Boon Hua – conductor)
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Victoria Concert Hall, 11 Empress Pl, #01-02, Singapore 179558, Singapore, Singapore