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Orchestra
18 May -- 7 PM
Le Concert de Montreal
Siam Society Sukhumvit Soi Asoke -- 300, 50 Students
 Silpakorn Summer Music School (SSMS) and the Siam Society are to present the distinguished group of six performers "Le Concert de Montréal" from McGill University, Montreal, Canada. This is a very special appearance here in Thailand by an ensemble that is dedicated to research and education of historical performances on period instruments. The ensemble will be joined by the SSMS baroque orchestra with selected Thai students from various universities and featuring Lertkiat Chongjirajitra on solo trumpet.
Program Handel: Overture to “Agrippina,” HWV 6 Lully: Suite from Le Bourgeois gentilhomme Corelli: Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 6 in F major Albinoni: Concerto in B-Flat major for Trumpet (originally for oboe) Purcell: Fantasia Three Parts Upon a Ground in F Biber: Sonata II a 5 (Sonatae tam aris quam aulis servientes) Telemann: Suite in G Major, “Burlesque de Don Quixotte,”
For more information and reservations please call the Siam Society 02 661 6470-7 or email info@siam-society.org.
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18 May -- 7 PM 19 May -- 4 PM Sounds of Poland
Music Auditorium Mahidol University Salaya -- 500, 300, 100 Students
 TPO Chief Conductor Gudni Emilsson is joined by violin soloist Marta Magdalena Lelek for the world premiere of Karl Fiorini’s Violin Concerto No. 2. The program then follows with “The Hero’s Battlefield” from Richard Strauss’s autobiographical work Ein Heldenleben, and concludes with Polish composer Szymanowski’s Concerto Overture.
Program Thai Traditional Music Karl Fiorini: Violin Concerto No. 2 (World Premiere) Richard Strauss: From “Ein Heldenleben op.40” – The Hero ́s Battlefield Karol Szymanowski: Concert Overture in E major op.12
Shuttle Service: The College of Music, Mahidol University provides a “Salaya Link” shuttle bus service from Wongwianyai BTS Station directly to Mahidol University. The bus stops at exit 4 of Wongwian Yai BTS Station. The ticket is only 25 baht. Please check the shuttle schedule at www.music.mahidol.ac.th/salayalink. For further information on how to get to Mahidol, please visit www.music.mahidol.ac.th/en/contact/contact.php.
For information or tickets contact Mahidol University College of Music 02-800-2525- ext 154 or 155 or visit www.music.mahidol.ac.th.
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Klassikal Kidz - V
Siam Society Sukhumvit Soi Asoke
 Tamnak Prathom Harp Center presents the Siam Sinfonietta is conducted by Somtow Sucharitkul and featuring harpist Jimin Lee.
Program Haydn: Symphony no 99 in E flat major, H 1 no 99 Mozart: Concerto for Flute and Harp in C major, K 299 (297c)
For ticket prices, reservations and other information please contact Khun Ratana at 02-231-5273 or email ratana@bangkokopera.com. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 30 May -- 8 PM
Preview of the Siam Sinfonietta’s European Tour
Thailand Cultural Centre Small Hall -- 500, 200 Students
The Siam Sinfonietta Orchestra presents a preview of its tour of Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Austria, which starts at the end of June. It's a historic event — the first Thai youth symphony ever invited to compete at the prestigious Summa Cum Laude Festival in the Golden Hall of the Vienna Musikverein.
Program Beethoven: Egmont Overture Schubert: Unfinished Symphony Trisdee: Scherzo from Symphony No. 2 Dvorak: Slavonic Dance No. 8 and many encores and surprises!
Tickets are to be available at ThaiTicketmajor outlets or call 02-262-3456. You may also call Bangkok Opera Foundation at (02) 231-5273, (089) 136-9981 or email tickets@bangkokopera.com.
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Jubilee Concert
Music Auditorium Mahidol University Salaya -- 500, 300, 100 Students
 The 7th Season of the TPO continues with grand flourish, in a concert celebrating 80 years of diplomatic relations between Switzerland and Thailand, as Swiss principal guest conductor Claude Villaret and cellist Pi-Chin Chien join together to for the world premiere of Swiss composer Fabian Müller’s “Sirimadi” for Cello and Orchestra. The program also features Brahms’ Symphony No. 1.
Program Thai Traditional Music Fabian Müller: “Sirimadi” for Cello and Orchestra (World Premiere) Johannes Brahms: Symphony No.1 in C minor op.68
Shuttle Service: The College of Music, Mahidol University provides a “Salaya Link” shuttle bus service from Wongwianyai BTS Station directly to Mahidol University. The bus stops at exit 4 of Wongwian Yai BTS Station. The ticket is only 25 baht. Please check the shuttle schedule at www.music.mahidol.ac.th/salayalink. For further information on how to get to Mahidol, please visit www.music.mahidol.ac.th/en/contact/contact.php.
For information or tickets contact Mahidol University College of Music 02-800-2525- ext 154 or 155 or visit www.music.mahidol.ac.th. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 3 June -- 4 PM
Thai Cellissimo Orchestra
Music Hall, Art and Culture Building, Chulalongkorn University
 Chulalongkorn University Orchestra, in cooperation with the Thai Cello Society, presents professional, student and Thailand Suzuki student cellists conducted by National Artist Col Choochart Pitaksakorn. The program includes works by Handel, Telemann, Mozart, Klengel, Goltermann, Tchaikovsky, Wagner and more.
Admission is free - donations are welcomed for The Chaipattana Foundation.
For more information please call 02-218-0584. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 15 June -- 7 PM 16 June -- 4 PM
Shostakovich Gala
Music Auditorium Mahidol University Salaya -- 500, 300, 100 Students
 Piano soloist Eun Young Suh, chair of the Piano Department at Mahidol College of Music is featured with TPO in a performance of Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 1. She is joined in the performance by TPO principal trumpet Surachet Chanoksakul and led by Maestro Gudni Emilsson. The program concludes with one of the most popular symphonies of all time – Shostakovich 5.
Program Thai Traditional Music Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No.1 op.35 Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No.5 in D minor, op.47
Shuttle Service: The College of Music, Mahidol University provides a “Salaya Link” shuttle bus service from Wongwianyai BTS Station directly to Mahidol University. The bus stops at exit 4 of Wongwian Yai BTS Station. The ticket is only 25 baht. Please check the shuttle schedule at www.music.mahidol.ac.th/salayalink. For further information on how to get to Mahidol, please visit www.music.mahidol.ac.th/en/contact/contact.php.
For information or tickets contact Mahidol University College of Music 02-800-2525- ext 154 or 155 or visit www.music.mahidol.ac.th. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 23 June -- 8 PM
Klassikal Kidz - VI
Siam Society Sukhumvit Soi Asoke
Tamnak Prathom Harp Center presens the Siam Sinfonietta, conducted by Somtow Sucharitkul and featuring pianist Berenika Zakrzewski.
Program Shostakovich: Concerto for Piano no 2 in F major, Op. 102 Webern: Pieces (5) for Orchestra, Op. 10 Stravinsky: Symphonies of Wind Instruments Kiangsiri: Orchestral Dance
For ticket prices, reservations and other information please contact Khun Ratana at 02-231-5273 or email ratana@bangkokopera.com.
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6 July -- 7 PM 7 July -- 4 PM
Amazing Rachmaninov
Music Auditorium Mahidol University Salaya -- 500, 300, 100 Students
 One of the last great representatives of Romanticism in Russian classical music, Sergei Rachmaninov’s Symphony No 2 is performed by the TPO under the baton of Chief Conductor Gudni Emilsson. Also featured is flute soloist Guiseppe Nova in a performance of Mercadante’s Flute Concerto.
Program Thai Traditional Music Saverio Mercadante: Flute Concerto in E minor op.57 Sergei Rachmaninov: Symphony No.2 in E minor op.27
Shuttle Service: The College of Music, Mahidol University provides a “Salaya Link” shuttle bus service from Wongwianyai BTS Station directly to Mahidol University. The bus stops at exit 4 of Wongwian Yai BTS Station. The ticket is only 25 baht. Please check the shuttle schedule at www.music.mahidol.ac.th/salayalink. For further information on how to get to Mahidol, please visit www.music.mahidol.ac.th/en/contact/contact.php.
For information or tickets contact Mahidol University College of Music 02-800-2525- ext 154 or 155 or visit www.music.mahidol.ac.th.
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20 July -- 7 PM 21 July -- 4 PM
Scheherazade
Music Auditorium Mahidol University Salaya -- 500, 300, 100 Students
 The TPO performs the epic symphonic suite Scheherazade, which is based on scenes from Arabian Nights (One Thousand and One Nights) and is Rimsky-Korsakov’s most popular work. Also, Chief Conductor Gudni Emilsson is joined by cellist Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt for a performance of Schostakovich’s Cello Concerto No 2.
Program Thai Traditional Music Dmitri Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No.2 in G minor op.126 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, op.35
Shuttle Service: The College of Music, Mahidol University provides a “Salaya Link” shuttle bus service from Wongwianyai BTS Station directly to Mahidol University. The bus stops at exit 4 of Wongwian Yai BTS Station. The ticket is only 25 baht. Please check the shuttle schedule at www.music.mahidol.ac.th/salayalink. For further information on how to get to Mahidol, please visit www.music.mahidol.ac.th/en/contact/contact.php.
For information or tickets contact Mahidol University College of Music 02-800-2525- ext 154 or 155 or visit www.music.mahidol.ac.th.
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31 July -- 8 PM
Ryu Goto Plays Tchaikovsky
Thailand Cultural Centre Main Hall -- 2500, 2000, 1500, 1000, 500 Baht
 The Bangkok Symphony Orchestra conducted by Chikara Iwamura features Japanese-American Ryu Goto, who made his debut at the age of 7 at the Pacific Music Festival in Japan performing Paganini’s First Concerto. Now 24 and a superstar in Japan, he has already performed with the London Philharmonic and Philharmonia Orchestras, the Washington National Symphony, Bamberg Symphony, Vienna Symphony and the European Union Youth Orchestra. His recordings for DGG include the Brahms Violin Concerto conducted by Ashkenazy. Ryu Goto has a BA degree in physics from Harvard University and a black belt in karate. He performs on the Duke of Cambridge Stradivarius violin.
Tickets will be on sale at ThaiTicketmajor outlets or by calling 02 262 3456 with a20% savings if booked before Friday 29 June. |
