Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Claus Peter Flor conductor
Alexandre Tharaud piano

GLINKA: Overture to Russlan and Lyudmilla
RAVEL: Concerto for the Left Hand
MUSSORGSKY/RAVEL: Pictures at an Exhibition

Losing his right arm after being shot by the enemy during the First World War, pianist Paul Wittgenstein turned his tragedy into triumph by commissioning one of the 20th century's finest piano concertos while grief at the early death of his friend – painter, sculptor and architect Viktor Hartmann – prompted Mussorgsky to produce his one true masterpiece.

Claus Peter Flor		Alexandre Tharaud

The same concert is available on Sunday, 26 September 2010 at 3.00pm

Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Claus Peter Flor conductor
Alexandre Tharaud piano

GLINKA: Overture to Russlan and Lyudmilla
RAVEL: Concerto for the Left Hand
MUSSORGSKY/RAVEL: Pictures at an Exhibition

Losing his right arm after being shot by the enemy during the First World War, pianist Paul Wittgenstein turned his tragedy into triumph by commissioning one of the 20th century's finest piano concertos while grief at the early death of his friend – painter, sculptor and architect Viktor Hartmann – prompted Mussorgsky to produce his one true masterpiece.

Claus Peter Flor		Alexandre Tharaud

Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Claus Peter Flor conductor
Lars Vogt piano

MOZART: Piano Concerto No.24 in C minor
SCHUBERT: Symphony No.9 – “The Great”

"One of the finest things conceived by human genius" is how one commentator described Mozart's magnificent C minor Piano concerto, while no less a figure than Schumann recognised "Schubert's great mastery" in his ninth and final symphony. Great German pianist, Lars Vogt, joins forces with the MPO and Music Director Claus Peter Flor to display these two outstanding examples of Teutonic genius.

Claus Peter Flor	Lars Vogt

The same concert is available on Sunday, 21 November 2010 at 3.00pm

Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Claus Peter Flor conductor
Lars Vogt piano

MOZART: Piano Concerto No.24 in C minor
SCHUBERT: Symphony No.9 – “The Great”

"One of the finest things conceived by human genius" is how one commentator described Mozart's magnificent C minor Piano concerto, while no less a figure than Schumann recognised "Schubert's great mastery" in his ninth and final symphony. Great German pianist, Lars Vogt, joins forces with the MPO and Music Director Claus Peter Flor to display these two outstanding examples of Teutonic genius.

Claus Peter Flor	Lars Vogt

Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Giancarlo Guerrero conductor
Ketevan Kemoklidze mezzo-soprano

KABALEVSKY: Overture to Colas Breugnon
BERLIOZ: Les nuits d'été
RESPIGHI: The Fountains of Rome
RESPIGHI: Feste romane

Born in Tbilisi, Ketevan Kemoklidze has spent the last three years since graduating from the La Scala Academy in Milan establishing an enviable reputation in opera and on the concert platform. She makes her Malaysian debut in Berlioz's magical song cycle. From the other side of the globe, Giancarlo Guerrero brings a touch of the fiesta to Respighi's dazzlingly colourful scores.

Giancarlo Guerrero	Ketevan Kemoklidze

The same concert is available on Sunday, 16 January 2011 at 3.00pm

Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Giancarlo Guerrero conductor
Ketevan Kemoklidze mezzo-soprano

KABALEVSKY: Overture to Colas Breugnon
BERLIOZ: Les nuits d'été
RESPIGHI: The Fountains of Rome
RESPIGHI: Feste romane

Born in Tbilisi, Ketevan Kemoklidze has spent the last three years since graduating from the La Scala Academy in Milan establishing an enviable reputation in opera and on the concert platform. She makes her Malaysian debut in Berlioz's magical song cycle. From the other side of the globe, Giancarlo Guerrero brings a touch of the fiesta to Respighi's dazzlingly colourful scores.

Giancarlo Guerrero	Ketevan Kemoklidze

Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Kees Bakels conductor
Jean-Guihen Queyras cello

DVOŘÁK: Cello Concerto
ELGAR: Symphony No.1

Writing of the Canadian-born French cellist's Proms debut, the Daily Telegraph observed; "Hearing Jean-Guihen Queyras is always a treat". There is even more of treat in store at this concert, for he is performing one of the greatest of all cello concertos, full of Dvorak's nostalgic thoughts for his homeland. Elgar, too, oozes nostalgia for the heady days of the British Empire in his magnificent Symphony.

Kees Bakels	Jean-Guihen Queyras

The same concert is available on Sunday, 30 January 2011 at 3.00pm

Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Kees Bakels conductor
Jean-Guihen Queyras cello

DVOŘÁK: Cello Concerto
ELGAR: Symphony No.1

Writing of the Canadian-born French cellist's Proms debut, the Daily Telegraph observed; "Hearing Jean-Guihen Queyras is always a treat". There is even more of treat in store at this concert, for he is performing one of the greatest of all cello concertos, full of Dvorak's nostalgic thoughts for his homeland. Elgar, too, oozes nostalgia for the heady days of the British Empire in his magnificent Symphony.

Kees Bakels	Jean-Guihen Queyras

Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Claus Peter Flor conductor

BRITTEN: Sinfonia da Requiem
BRUCKNER: Symphony No.9

Bruckner left his ninth and final symphony incomplete at his death, but it stands today as one of the masterpieces of the late 19th-century symphonic repertoire. When the Japanese government rejected Britten's only symphony in 1940, little did they know that they were turning down the music of a composer who was to dominate English music in the 20th century.

Claus Peter Flor

The same concert is available on Sunday, 27 February 2011 at 3.00pm

Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Claus Peter Flor conductor

BRITTEN: Sinfonia da Requiem
BRUCKNER: Symphony No.9

Bruckner left his ninth and final symphony incomplete at his death, but it stands today as one of the masterpieces of the late 19th-century symphonic repertoire. When the Japanese government rejected Britten's only symphony in 1940, little did they know that they were turning down the music of a composer who was to dominate English music in the 20th century.

Claus Peter Flor

Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Thomas Sanderling conductor
Alice Sara Ott piano

GRIEG: Piano Concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY: Manfred Symphony

Tchaikovsky expected his symphony inspired by Byron's epic to be performed "once every 10 years". The MPO last performed it in 1999, so the return of this rich romantic treasure is more than welcome. As is the return of pianist Alice Sara Ott who performs one of the three or four most popular piano concertos in the world; although it as not been heard in DFP since 2002.

Thomas Sanderling	Alice Sara Ott

The same concert is available on Sunday, 3 April 2011 at 3.00pm

Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Thomas Sanderling conductor
Alice Sara Ott piano

GRIEG: Piano Concerto
TCHAIKOVSKY: Manfred Symphony

Tchaikovsky expected his symphony inspired by Byron's epic to be performed "once every 10 years". The MPO last performed it in 1999, so the return of this rich romantic treasure is more than welcome. As is the return of pianist Alice Sara Ott who performs one of the three or four most popular piano concertos in the world; although it as not been heard in DFP since 2002.

Thomas Sanderling	Alice Sara Ott

Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Claus Peter Flor conductor
Arnaldo Cohen piano

BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No.1
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No.15

When Shostakovich's final symphony was premiered in 1972, many thought they were witnessing the end of the great symphonic tradition; they weren't, but the Symphony represents some sense of parting in its happy inclusion of all manner of themes taken from earlier works. Brahms desperately wanted to write a symphony, but his first attempt changed into a Piano Concerto and, as such, has enriched the genre with a work of rare grandeur and eloquence.

Claus Peter Flor	Arnaldo Cohen

The same concert is available on Sunday, 15 May 2011 at 3.00pm

Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Claus Peter Flor conductor
Arnaldo Cohen piano

BRAHMS: Piano Concerto No.1
SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No.15

When Shostakovich's final symphony was premiered in 1972, many thought they were witnessing the end of the great symphonic tradition; they weren't, but the Symphony represents some sense of parting in its happy inclusion of all manner of themes taken from earlier works. Brahms desperately wanted to write a symphony, but his first attempt changed into a Piano Concerto and, as such, has enriched the genre with a work of rare grandeur and eloquence.

Claus Peter Flor	Arnaldo Cohen

Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Perry So conductor
Valeriy Sokolov violin

MOSOLOV: Iron Foundry
TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto
PROKOFIEV: Symphony No.5

The Hong Kong Philharmonic's Associate Conductor, Perry So, won the Prokofiev International Conducting Competition in 2008 and his performance of Prokofiev's Fifth Symphony was one of the highlight's of last year's HKPO season. Hear him inspire the MPO to even greater heights in this all-Russian programme which includes the greatest of all Russian violin concertos played by the dazzling new violin sensation from Ukraine, Valeriy Sokolov.

Perry So	Valeriy Sokolov

The same concert is available on Sunday, 19 June 2011 at 3.00pm

Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Perry So conductor
Valeriy Sokolov violin

MOSOLOV: Iron Foundry
TCHAIKOVSKY: Violin Concerto
PROKOFIEV: Symphony No.5

The Hong Kong Philharmonic's Associate Conductor, Perry So, won the Prokofiev International Conducting Competition in 2008 and his performance of Prokofiev's Fifth Symphony was one of the highlight's of last year's HKPO season. Hear him inspire the MPO to even greater heights in this all-Russian programme which includes the greatest of all Russian violin concertos played by the dazzling new violin sensation from Ukraine, Valeriy Sokolov.

Perry So	Valeriy Sokolov