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TPO welcomes works by 19th-century giants
Life, Published on 01/02/2018
» Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra will start this month with three works by 19th-century giants -- Beethoven, Schumann and Dvorak, who, though born roughly a generation apart, shaped the Romantic style with unique approaches to form, melody and, perhaps most importantly, musical expression.
The way we were
Life, Published on 23/11/2018
» The history of Bangkok is fascinating. But the textbooks in history class or the stories told by our grandparents can only tell us so much. We need to take a closer look if we want an understanding of what life here was really like more than a century ago.
For whom the Bell bows
Life, Harry Rolnick, Published on 06/08/2018
» When Joshua Bell plays a single work with an orchestra, tickets anywhere in the world are sold out within minutes. However, Bell, one of the leading lights in fiddle-playing, won't be playing a mere single piece with the Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra on Sept 4.
Bathe in the beauty of Beethoven and Bruckner
Life, Published on 21/06/2019
» The Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra returns to the Main Hall of the Thailand Cultural Centre on June 28 (28 June) for a programme of works by two of the giants of European music, Ludwig van Beethoven and Anton Bruckner.
Jewels of St Petersburg
Life, Published on 12/03/2019
» The Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra under the Royal Patronage of Her Royal Highness Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana has recently focused on a number of Russian works. For its next concert in the Main Hall of the Thailand Cultural Centre on 29 March, it returns to that country with a concert featuring three popular classics from the Russian canon. The concert is dedicated to His Majesty King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun.
From prostration to prostration
Life, Chris Baker, Published on 05/03/2021
» After leading a coup in 2014, Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha announced a code of "Twelve Thai Values", telling people how to think and behave. It is difficult to imagine Angela Merkel announcing "Twelve German Values", or even Narendra Modi announcing "Twelve Indian Values". Since the mid-19th century, there have been lots of Thai manuals about proper body language and oral language in social encounters. These books tell a story about power and hierarchy that Patrick Jory narrates in fascinating detail.
All about love
Life, Noko, Published on 10/09/2021
» Unearthed in 1877 in the Kimberley Mines of South Africa, a rough diamond was considered among the most important gemstone discoveries of the 19th century. A year later Charles Lewis Tiffany purchased the stone, solidifying his jewellery house's reputation as a diamond authority.
A smoother blue from North Mississippi Allstars
Life, John Clewley, Published on 13/04/2021
» In 2014, I wrote a review about the unique sound of blues rockers North Mississippi Allstars (NMA), whose music is rooted in the "fife and drum" culture of North Mississippi. Unlike in the Mississippi delta, which has a distinctive brand of guitar-driven blues, North Mississippi African-American hill country musicians use fifes (a small shrill flute used in 19th-century military bands), fiddles, banjos, tambourines, snare drums and a huge bass drum to create their local sound.
Newish twist on a classic tale
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 29/05/2020
» Growing up, we were all familiar with the name of the Brothers Grimm who left us such an astounding legacy of folklore and fairy tales collected and published from the 19th century, like Snow White, Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood and Beauty And The Beast, that have been made into hundreds of TV shows and films, animated and otherwise, over the years. However, when we think of fairy tales, we most likely think of cute Disney versions, but the original Grimm fairy tales weren't actually intended for children and are incredibly gruesome in tone.
Grim tale of modern-day Hansel And Gretel
Life, Published on 05/03/2020
» After the immense success of last year's musical West Side Story, Young Artists Music Program (YAMP), the pre-college division of the College of Music, Mahidol University, is staging the modernised version of the classic fairy tale Hansel And Gretel, at YAMP Building, Salaya campus, from today to Sunday, daily at 7pm. This is the first time that the masterpiece by 19th-century composer Engelbert Humperdinck will be presented in a full-scale opera by a high school in Thailand.