This was the first Concerto Concert to be held since the year before COVID-19, and it was also the first under the direction of Stel.la Guillén. The ensemble played four single movements of different concertos and a short piece for flute and orchestra at the end. Two of the concertos were written for a soloist and string orchestra, and the other two for a soloist and symphony orchestra.
The orchestra was mostly comprised of SMUS Grade 10, 11, and 12 string and band students. Due to provincial and national athletics tournaments occurring at the same time, some students were not available to play in the orchestra and six local, professional wind players were brought in for the event.
A concerto is a musical form for soloists and orchestra, and ours featured six talented SMUS Senior School students on piano, violin, and flute. Some of our soloists have been learning their parts for as long as one year, and others started their work more recently. For the orchestra members, accompanying a soloist requires a different sensitivity and set of skills than playing standard orchestral repertoire. All of the musicians including the ensemble and soloists should be proud of their achievements leading up to this final performance.
Our performers:
- Samantha Yee and Nella Meinecke - violin Bach Concerto for two violins in D minor, 1st movement
- Jeremy Jiang - piano, Bach Piano Concerto in G Minor
- Eu-Rway Chew - piano, Mozart Piano Concerto # 20, Romanza
- Grace Yin - piano, Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 3, 1st movement
- Bernice Leung - flute, Oblivion by Piazzola
Ian Farish
