Singapore, Germany in Musical Harmony: Beethoven im Garten
In partnership with the German Embassy in Singapore and the Nuremberg Symphony Orchestra, we celebrated German-Singaporean friendship with a musical jamboree in the Singapore Botanic Gardens. Our Conservatory Orchestra and Nuremberg Symphony musicians performed Beethoven's 7th Symphony, which was described by Wagner as the "apotheosis of the dance". The combined orchestra was led by Kahchun Wong ('11, Composition), the Nuremberg Symphony's first Singaporean and Asian Chief Conductor.
We were pleased to be joined by German Ambassador Dr Ulrich Sante; Prof Chan Heng Chee, Ambassador-at-Large and National Arts Council Chairman, and an audience of around 6000.
In addition to concert rehearsals, we were delighted to open up the music-making to children of Project Infinitude from community organisation Child at Street 11. The children got to sit within the orchestra and experience orchestral music-making up close.
Watch the highlights from Beethoven im Garten:
bit.ly/garten18
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