Yeh Tsung, who retired from the helm of SCO in end-2022 and became its Conductor Emeritus, was back on the podium to lead Ding Yi Music Company's opening concert of its 2024-25 season.
The very eclectic programme was an excellent showcase of contemporary music for Chinese instruments that fused Chinese and Western sensibilities.
Taking pride of place were two concertos for cello that featured Singapore Symphony Orchestra principal Ng Pei-Sian as soloist.
Chen Yi's very substantial Sound Of The Five was a prime example of this perfect synthesis. Its four movements exploited exploited myriad sonorities that result by pitting the cello's lower-pitched sound with the higher-pitched and variable sliding tones of Chinese instruments.
Echoes Of The Set Bells had pitched percussion - xylophone and vibraphone - simulate the tintinnabulation over the cello's song, which came to the fore with heartrending lyricism in Romance Of Hsiao And Chin. The pinpoint precision struck between cello and orchestra in the final Flower Drums In Dance with an incessant beat brought the work to a breathtaking close.
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