New Year's Concert 2023
Programme
Classical
Aes Duo
Clarinetist Emanuele Mammarella & pianist Marco Mantovani, also known as the Aes Duo, performed Aaron Copland's Clarinet Concerto: a two-movement concerto with the most lyrical and melodic creations first, followed by a jazzy style with a glissando or jazz "smear" at the end.
Fiona & Chiara Alaimo
As the second classical duo, pianists Fiona en Chiara Alaimo performed Francis Poulenc's Sonata for four-handed piano and Franz Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No 2 in C-sharp minor. These twin sisters were jointly trained at KCB by piano teacher Aleksandar Madzar, making them incredibly well matched. The ideal duo for the four-handed piano.
Jazzcombo
Our Jazz department performed two works by George Gershwin as the perfect transition between the more classical part of this concert and the musical part that was to follow. The jazz ensemble consisted of: Yu-Ting Li on piano, Scott Cizhou Wong on double bass, Rob Swennen on drums, Ee Hyung Jin on saxophone and Olivier Vander Bauwede with his chromatic harmonica.
Musical
As a smashing finale, our entire musical department performed several excerpts from musicals by absolute musical greats, including Joe, Hamilton and Sunday in the Park with George, among others.
