Poging GOUD - Vrij
Pianist Kun-woo Paik's immaculate playing anchors celebration of ties
The Straits Times
|November 03, 2025
Celebrating 50 Harmonious Years Of Singapore-Republic Of Korea Relations was the other title of this concert by the Orchestra of the Music Makers conducted by Chan Tze Law.
Inspired by Korea was the opening work, Singaporean composer Jonathan Shin’s What The Sea Was Whispering which took its title from a verse from Gyeongpo Beach by Singaporean writer Gwee Li Sui.
The very accessible nine-minute work quoted three Korean melodies about different aspects of love: Island Baby, Longing and Beautiful Country. Over lush strings which relived the English pastoral tradition, a solo oboe evoked tender feelings and the music’s quiet close suggested that love did not need be overpowering or demonstrative to be personally felt.
Veteran 79-year-old South Korean pianist Kun-woo Paik was the soloist in Frederic Chopin’s Second Piano Concerto In F Minor (Op. 21).
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