Bangkok--May 26--Tamnak Prathom Harp Centre
"An Open Invitation Concert" or "Making Music Among Friends" will be the theme of a musical evening to be held by the Tamnak Prathom Harp Centre this Saturday. May 28 at the Siam Society Auditorium, Sukhumvit 21 Soi Asoke starting at 7.30 p.m.
The evening will be a melange of musical instrumentalists including, a cellist, two flautists, an oboist, a percussionist and, of course, harpists, who will be playing solos, duos, quartets.
Featured soloists will be two student harpists of the Harp Centre, Walaiporn Sawangwong and Phuttaraksa Kamnirdratana. Elated with being the first two Thais to have passed their Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music grade 5 harp exams with Distinction and Merit, respectively, the two have decided to celebrate their success by inviting their musician friends -- and of course, their teachers, Branka Pajovic and Gwen Sinclair-- for the musical get-together.
The program will begin in deference to the harp with a piece by French composer and master harpist, Marcel Grandjany, presented as a quartet of four harps. Walaiporn and Phuttaraksa will then take over centre stage, taking turns playing duos and solos of their favourite pieces, before inviting their friends to join them on stage.
Bangkok Symphony Orchestra's co-principal cellist, Tavade Mingkwan will be joining Walaiporn in Saint-Saens' The Swan and R. Leoncavallo's Serenade. This will be followed by G. Bizet's Intermezzo from Carmen and Puccini's O Mio Babbino Caro with Royal Navy's flautist, Yosapol Koomchun
Phuttaraksa, meanwhile, invited three of her friends from the Music Faculty of Mahidol University, Chatchapon Jiamjanyong-flute, Piapatpong Preechaporn- oboe/keyboard and Tanasit Siripanichwatana-percussion , with whom she will play Handel's Largo, as a harp and flute duet, J.S. Bach's Adagio with her oboist friend and all three will join together to form a 'cool jazz' trio, playing a Thai song by Viyada Komarakul.
Four harpists will then regroup for a quartet of the rousing traditional Thai melody "Kang Kao Kin Kluay" to end off the evening.
The concert will be the first in the series of the Tamnak Prathom Harp Centre's Open Invitation designed to encourage musicians to get-together for ensemble playing together with the harp.Proceeds collected from the donation of 200 baht will be used to set up a Fund for Young Musicians, encouraging them to organize their own concerts,and help enable them to broaden their musical horizons and abilities."
For further information calling Tamnak Prathom Harp Centre tel.02 261 4777-8 or email: [email protected]
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