Here's a shameless bit of self-promotion. I was recently invited to perform a 15-minute mini piano recital in a concert Doctors With A Cause at Alexandra Hospital on Tuesday (13 September 2016). This was part of the Causeway EXChange programme of events which has been promoting bilateral ties through the arts between Singapore and Malaysia since 2010.
This was the first time that medical doctors have been involved, with the idea that good music can also be therapeutic, even when delivered by people who are more often viewed as pill-pushers and MC-issuers. Doctors from both Singapore and Malaysia performed in this concert, playing on one of the "Lang Lang" grand pianos designed by Steinway that have been donated to various schools and organisations in Singapore last year.
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| It is customary to get the least spectacular person to perform first! And I played all slow pieces: the Bach-Siloti Prelude in B minor, the Bach-Siloti Air in D major and Rachmaninov's Vocalise in Alan Richardson's transcription. Wonder how many people kept awake. |
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| Dr Thevi Thanigasalam, an ophthalmologist in Malacca performed the 1st movement from Beethoven's Pathetique Sonata and Chopin's Scherzo No.2 completely from memory. |
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| Dr Au Kah Kay, another one of the usual suspects, played the Schumann-Liszt Widmung and Chopin's Barcarolle. |
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| And here are the doctor-pianists! |
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| Doctor turned stand-up comedian Dr Jason Leong from Kuala Lumpur showed how laughter is the best medicine by regaling the audience with stories about his Proton Wira and how MY is "different" from SG. |
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| Like Saturday Night Live, there was a wonderful world music band At Adau from Kuching, Sarawak which performed a selection of updated indigenous songs on traditional and modern instruments. |
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| Some nifty Orang Ulu moves from At Adau's tribal dancer. |
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| Dr Thevi and Juju, the Korean drummer of At Adau |
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| Musicians and jokers unite! |
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| Some well-deserved post-concert makan at Newton Circus food centre. |
1 comment:
I cannot believe I actually appeared on the same stage as the great comedian Jason Leong! Well great artists (I mean comedians) have to start somewhere, so why not Alexandra Hospital?
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