The NAFA School of Music celebrates its 40th Anniversary with a performance by the NAFA Orchestra led by conductor Lin Juan.
Experience the contrasts between contemplation and exuberance across various moments of resignation and vivaciousness in Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5, characterised by its "unusually colourful" orchestral palette and "overt sentiment" only second to the composer's final symphony as noted by James M. Keller.
Opening the concert is Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, a work described by Gramophone's Jeremy Nicholas as an "impish masterpiece", featuring NAFA Concerto Competition 2023/2024 Grand Prize Winner Nicole Ng Xin-Yu as piano soloist.
Programme
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64
Venue supported by Singapore Symphony Orchestra