Cellist Kian Soltani evenly matches orchestra in cello concerto

The glut of excellent chamber concerts that began last week continued with the Singapore debut of the Amsterdam Sinfonietta, presented by Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay.

- Chang Tou Liang

CONCERT KIAN SOLTANI AND AMSTERDAM SINFONIETTA Esplanade Concert Hall March 11

Led by British violinist Candida Thompson, this 23-member string ensemble offered an unusual but highly enjoyable programme of music that spanned the Baroque era to the present.

Although not a period instrument group, it brought out light and buoyant sonorities in Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach's Sinfonia In G Major (Wq. 173) for its three-movement, fast-slow-fast schema. Sound textures were evenly homogenous and exquisitely crafted with much care and finesse.