Date: 27 August 2015
Concert name: Masaaki & Masato Suzuki(performed by Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Organ by Masato Suzuki and conductor, Masaaki Suzuki)
The first piece kicked off with a great start. It was a very powerful piece and the conductor was amazing. The piece was by Carl Phillip Emanuel Bach (Sinfonia in D major, H.633 Wq. 183/1). I liked the way the whole orchestra breathed together when they played the chords together. There was an instrument called the harpsichord and it was mostly used in the Baroque period. It was my first time listening to a harpsichord together with the orchestra and I felt like I travelled back in time to the Baroque period.
The second piece was even better when the organ player Masato Suzuki came out to play the pipe organ in the hall. The piece started off with two huge chords by the organ and again, it was my first time listening to an pipe organ in real life and I got shocked from how loud it was. The pipe organ was used mostly in the romantic period and I also felt like I was in that time when I heard it.
To end the night, the orchestra played symphony No. 2 in D major Op.36 By Ludwig Van Beethoven. I am learning a piece by Beethoven for my IS now and I could really hear the similarities of how Beethoven wrote for this piece and my piece. For example, there were major dynamic changes and it had lots of call and answers.
In general, I think that this was one of the best concerts I have been to as I got to experience new things like the harpsichord and the pipe organ. The SSO were also very good at team work to build the pieces well and the conductor did a really good job at conductintg.