Brought to Melaka for the very first time, this latest installment of VerSeS’ Renaissance & Baroque Gems series entitled Bach & Charpentier will be featuring the celebrated KL Madrigal Singers and Players. Presenting sacred music by two composers who varied greatly in style, wider perspectives of Baroque music will be offered. The venue of the concert – iconic ChristContinue reading “Bach & Charpentier”
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4 Hands: The Calm After the Storm
In stormy times, music is healing for the soul. Not one work is able to better encapsulate joy, sorrow, despair, and solace all together than Schubert’s “Lebensstürme”, which forms the centerpiece of a four-hand piano recital brought to you by two Royal Birmingham Conservatoire Alumni – Kenneth Lim & Michelle Kwan. Relive the times, moodsContinue reading “4 Hands: The Calm After the Storm”
The Portuguese Pianist: Bernardo Santos
This November 18th 2022, come join us for an evening of passionate music, performed by virtuosic concert pianist Bernardo Santos. Internationally renowned as a soloist and chamber musician, Bernardo has performed in four continents in venues such as the Royal Albert Hall, the Tonhalle Düsseldorf, and Convento de São Francisco, among many others. Now, heContinue reading “The Portuguese Pianist: Bernardo Santos”
A Season for Celebration
“…Artistically satisfying, combining freshness, polish, warmth and spontaneity with well-integrated detail, excellent balance and blend and immaculate ensemble.” – The Strad (Review of Dudok Quartet Amsterdam) This September 17th, Melaka Classics is thrilled to present a string quartet of the finest quality, all the way from the Netherlands. Internationally renowned Dudok Quartet Amsterdam will make their Melakan DebutContinue reading “A Season for Celebration”
Media Vita: Songs of Plague, Healing, and Mortality
Current affairs and crises inevitably find expression and reflection in the arts. In premodern Europe, epidemics and wars were common, and the Black Death or bubonic plague was perhaps the most feared of all, being responsible for some 100 million deaths between 1375 and 1475. In our time of a global pandemic, it is fascinatingContinue reading “Media Vita: Songs of Plague, Healing, and Mortality”
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