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A titanic evening of Mehler
Life, Stan Gayuski, Published on 18/10/2025
» Earlier in October, Somtow Sucharitkul informed this reviewer that he was about to conduct Gustav Mahler's Titan with the Siam Sinfonietta.
Oscars facts and firsts
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 03/03/2025
» The 97th Academy Awards ceremony took place last night at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.
Viennese masterclass
Life, James Keller, Published on 20/02/2025
» In what must surely rank as a standout concert in the entire four-plus decades of the Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra, the ensemble was joined recently by acclaimed Austrian violinist Daniel Froschauer at the Thailand Cultural Centre for a resoundingly successful collaborative performance of Beethoven's genial Septet In E-flat Major Opus 20 and Brahms' mighty Symphony No.1 In C Minor Opus 68.
Set your heart on The Mall this week of love
Life, Published on 14/02/2023
» Love is in full bloom today with several branches of The Mall presenting special activities for loving couples.
K-drama, American-style
Life, Mike Hale, Published on 01/04/2022
» In Japan, millions of people are addicted to the pinball-like arcade game pachinko. Around the world, millions more may soon find themselves addicted to a soapy, bittersweet television series called Pachinko. Just as pachinko-parlour owners delicately adjust their devices' pins and cups to keep gamblers in the seats, the makers of Pachinko have expertly tweaked the machinery of their story to produce a guaranteed crowd-pleaser.
Movie masterpieces
Life, Published on 01/04/2022
» Marlon Brando wore a Rolex when he played the iconic character Colonel Kurtz in Apocalypse Now (1979). Paul Newman sported one as pool hustler Fast Eddie Felson in The Color Of Money (1986). Bill Paxton, as treasure hunter Brock Lovett, also had one on his wrist as he descended in a submersible to the famous wreck in Titanic (1997).
Born to be an adventurer
Life, Story: Thana Boonlert, Published on 05/07/2021
» The depths of the sea is dark and impenetrable but Robert Ballard feels comfortable in this space, which has no bounds.
BCT stages Mozart's greatest hits
Life, Published on 20/02/2020
» If you find opera to be boring, you will feel differently after watching The Essential Marriage Of Figaro. This short English adaptation of Mozart's opera, The Marriage Of Figaro, will open the Bangkok Community Theatre (BCT)'s 2020 season, and promises to be a fun-filled evening of antics and deception.
RBSO is an A+ on the Bs
Life, James Keller, Published on 19/07/2019
» Two magnificent "cathedrals of sound" in E-flat major were conjured up in the Main Hall of the Thailand Cultural Centre late last month. The Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra gave splendidly rousing performances of two towering masterpieces central to the oeuvres of Ludwig van Beethoven and Anton Bruckner.
Ignore the naysayers, Alita kicks ass
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 15/02/2019
» After teasing us with a series of theatrical trailers for over a year, the highly anticipated sci-fi action film Alita: Battle Angel has finally landed in cinemas in Thailand and around the world.