Kuala Lumpur, 12 August 2010
- Mastering a musical instrument is no mean feat, let
alone playing in an orchestra. Recently, UCSI University
held its semesterly Orchestra Concert with a group of
39 students, conducted by Ms Cheryl Mah, a School of
Music lecturer.
The students played pieces from Ralph Vaughan Williams,
Gustav Holst, as well as full symphonies from Benjamin
Britten and Franz Shubert.
In the second movement from the Simple Symphony for
String Orchestra composed by Grammy-award-winning
composer Benjamin Britten, the students from the string
section did a wonderful job of playing the second movement
which necessitated plucking on the strings of their
instruments, to achieve the needed playfulness the piece
required.
The Six Morris Dance Tunes by Gustav Holst was
a more sedate piece, evoking scenes of folk dancing
in Welsh villages. This was followed by the Symphony
No. 5 in B Flat Major, D.485 by Franz Shubert, which
the orchestra played to a rousing finale that the piece
aptly deserved.
The UCSI University community was privileged to enjoy
concert music played by its students every semester.
These concerts included both classical and contemporary
music, as well as self compositions.
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17 Aug 2010
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