Sands China Presents: Macao Orchestra “Warmth from the Far East”

Name: Sands China Presents: Macao Orchestra “Warmth from the Far East”
Start: 2023-04-11T20:00:00+08:00
End: 2023-04-11T22:00:00+08:00
Location: 澳門文化中心綜合劇院

Date: 11/4/2023　 Tuesday 20:00
Venue: Macao Cultural Centre Grand Auditorium

Conductor: Chuang Tung-chieh

Violin: Luka Faulisi

Programme:

Nikolai Rimski-Korsakov: Overture to The Tsar’s Bride

Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor, Op. 61

Jean Sibelius:Symphony No. 5 in E-flat Major, Op. 82

Conductor

Chuang Tung-chieh

Violin

Luka Faulisi

(Photo by Moricette Schlosser)

The concert opens with the compact Rimsky Korsakov’s Overture to The Tsar’s Bride, a piece full of drama and tension.

Taiwan young conductor Chuang Tung-chieh, winner of Malko Competition in Copenhagen in 2015, directs the Macao Orchestra and talented Russian violinist Luka Faulisi in Overture to The Tsar’s Bride and Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor, Op. 61, respectively by Rimsky Korsakov and Saint-Saëns.The pieces are dazzling and beautiful in tone, presenting the essence of romantic music in all its splendor and magnificence.

Further, Symphony No. 5, composed by Jean Sibelius in 1915 drawing on the emerging trends in music at the turn of 20^thcentury, shows its grandeur and magnificence. All in all, an ultimate experience in romantic symphony that you can’t miss!

Approximately 1 hour and 30minutes, including one interval.