{"id":4006,"date":"2024-03-14T09:28:20","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T09:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevillagemyhome.com\/?p=4006"},"modified":"2024-03-14T09:28:20","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T09:28:20","slug":"the-power-of-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevillagemyhome.com\/zh\/the-power-of-music\/","title":{"rendered":"The power of music"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Beethoven and the Cello: Lee Jae Phang (left) and Lyubomira Stankova in Kuala Lumpur on March 3, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n

By Foong Pek Yee<\/p>\n

foongpekyee@gmail.com<\/a><\/div>\n
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THE recital – Beethoven and the Cello : An epic musical journey – by concert pianist Lee Jae Phang and cellist Lyubomira Stankova is certainly more than beautiful music.<\/div>\n
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It saw Lee Jae and Lyu setting a new record in classical music for Malaysia!<\/div>\n
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“Complete cycles of Beethoven’s works are occasionally performed in Europe and the United States, but seldom presented in Asia.<\/div>\n
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“Our research shows that our project to perform all the cello and piano works(five sonatas AND three variations) has never been done in Malaysia,” says Lee Jae of their\u00a0 two-day recital on March 2 and 3 in Kuala Lumpur.<\/div>\n
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At Singapore’s Victoria Concert Hall last\u00a0August, Lee Jae says Altenburg Arts presented cellist Yibai Chen and pianist Boyang Shi performing the complete works over two recitals as well.<\/div>\n
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Beethoven and the Cello – In Kuala Lumpur on March 2, 2024<\/strong><\/div>\n
Sonata No. 2 in G minor, Op. 5, No. 2 (25 mins)<\/strong><\/div>\n
Sonata No. 4 in C major, Op. 102, No. 1 (17 mins)<\/strong><\/div>\n
Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 69 (27 mins)<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Beethoven and the Cello – In Kuala Lumpur on March 3, 2024<\/strong><\/div>\n
12 Variations on “See the conquering hero comes”, WoO 45 (13 mins)<\/strong><\/div>\n
Sonata No. 1 in F major, Op. 5, No. 1 (25 mins)<\/strong><\/div>\n
12 Variations on “Ein M\u00e4dchen oder Weibchen”, Op. 66 (10 mins)<\/strong><\/div>\n
7 Variations on “Bei M\u00e4nnern, welche Liebe f\u00fchlen”, WoO 46 (10 mins)<\/strong><\/div>\n
Sonata No. 5 in D major, Op. 102, No. 2 (16 mins)<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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No ordinary recital: Lee Jae and Lyu performing in Kuala Lumpur on March 2, 2024.<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Lee Jae points out that to play a complete cycle of any genre of Beethoven’s works (the piano sonatas or the string quartets for example) requires a performer to be simultaneously\u00a0 a master of their instrument and also a mature musician.<\/div>\n
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Beethoven seldom repeats himself musically, preferring instead to continuously push the boundaries of musical expression and possibility; each of the five cello sonatas are therefore individual creations with distinct musical characteristics.<\/div>\n
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This means that a performer who performs the entire cycle has to effectively and convincingly switch between musical characters on stage.<\/div>\n
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A performer who is less skilled and experienced will be less successful at communicating vividly the different characters and shades of meaning found within each of the pieces.<\/div>\n
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Lee Jae\u00a0 and Lyu also conducted masterclasses on March 3.<\/div>\n
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Young and talented<\/strong> : Lee Jae (far left) and Lyu (far right) with their students at the masterclasses on March 3, 2024.<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Each of the four students performed their choice of works by Beethoven.<\/div>\n
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Lee Jae and Lyu gave them musical and technical feedback to help them improve in their playing.<\/div>\n
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A special element of the masterclasses was the opportunities that the students were given to play either with Lyu or with Lee Jae.<\/div>\n
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Important insights: Lyu with a student at the masterclasses.<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Talented and confident : Lee Jae with a student at the masterclasses.<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Apart from playing a movement from a piano sonata of their choice, the students also chose a section of a piano and cello work to play with Lyu.<\/div>\n
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This allows them to experience and learn the art of playing chamber music.<\/div>\n
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The cello students had the opportunity to play a cello and piano work, accompanied by Lee Jae.<\/div>\n
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Beethoven and the Cello: Lee Jae Phang (left) and Lyubomira Stankova in Kuala Lumpur on March 3, 2024 By Foong Pek Yee foongpekyee@gmail.com March 14, 2024 THE recital – Beethoven and the Cello : An epic musical journey – by concert pianist Lee Jae Phang and cellist Lyubomira Stankova is certainly more than beautiful music. … Continue reading “The power of music”<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[366,390,389,368],"class_list":["post-4006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-people","tag-beethoven","tag-cellist-lyubomira-stankova","tag-concert-pianist-lee-jae-phang","tag-recital"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevillagemyhome.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevillagemyhome.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevillagemyhome.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevillagemyhome.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevillagemyhome.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4006"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/thevillagemyhome.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4023,"href":"https:\/\/thevillagemyhome.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4006\/revisions\/4023"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevillagemyhome.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevillagemyhome.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevillagemyhome.com\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}