Front Row

Going back in time to learn the zeitgeist of the time, 1730 - 1820, and the music that emerged. The learned guests share about the contributions of this period and how music moved from the busyness of the baroque to the cleaner and clearer classical. They explain the sonata form. Pay attention to their discussion of ‘tone painting’ using Mendelssohn's ‘Hebrides Overture’ to illustrate.

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The upcoming weekend’s music ‘festival’ over two days features six singers. Two of the six--Peter Ong and Hunny Madu--together with the organizer, Nell, show up not only to tell about the event, a retrospect to celebrate singers who passed away in 2016, but also to give a view into their lives backstage--learning to perform in a language not of your own, and managing life of the performer on public social-media platforms.

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The choreographer explains contemporary dance and what she explores within it. She tells about her collaborations with Malaysian dancers, among other nationalities, and what she picks up and adapts to her choreography. The dancers share what it is like to see a dance and then to learn it and explore it through their bodies.

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Hear about Flamenco from folks who understand it as the art of passion--for them Flamenco is more than the music, more than the dance. It’s protest as an art form driven by the pulse in the blood of folks who feel and are desirous that the feelings find expression.

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In the business world, the talk often is about the convergence of technologies which leads to the convergence of devices. Some go as far as to posit the convergence of roles. In the world of the performing arts, there is convergence too. Artists work across disciplines and across borders, puppets and puppeteers meld, genres melt and dance become theatre and theatre, musical. Bernard Goh tells about the ten-day festival filled with music, songs, dance and drama.

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Speak Easy is a monthly spoken word poetry show featuring local talents every first Tuesday of the month. In this second instalment, Elaine Foster speaks to slam experts Jamal Raslan and Yohanna Yusrinal about poetry slam, the competition that poets love to hate. This month’s writing prompt is: “The 7 deadly sins. Greed, Sloth, Lust, Gluttony, Rage, Envy, Pride. Which applies to you? Without using the name of the sins, try to visualise the sins with imagery instead.

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In sarong kebaya and songs from an older Malaya--both Chinese and Malay songs--the two singers fuse the old with the new. They reveal why they collaborate and the appeal of this commingling of cultures and languages.

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The artist has shuttled between Australia for a while, and circumstances have allowed him to settle down there for a while. With a perspective that permits comparing and contrasting the two countries in which he lived in the flesh, he presents 35 portraits “printed on the actual pages taken from The Picturesque Atlas of Australasia, a vintage London-based publication from the 1880s.

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Not only are professional shows bursting out right after June, so are student productions. These young pupils talk about their participation in ‘Fame’, a 1988-musical based on the film of the same name which was released in 1980.

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Bibi Chew’s career as an artist has spanned over 30 years, but has decided now is the time to have her FIRST solo show. The exhibition, called ‘What If…’ is being displayed at Shalini Ganendra Fine Art gallery and Bibi joins us to explain what it’s all about and why it took her so long to produce a solo show.

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