MUSIC & MAKAN:
WHAT LIES BEYOND
The Culture Story,
Thye Hong Centre
Saturday (2 December 2017)
The most recent Music & Makan was held not at home but at an art gallery. This was the first time its founder Beverly Hiong ventured outside of her family home, to host a M&M session at The Culture Story, a gallery space located in Thye Hong Centre, near Redhill.
On this occasion, the participating artists were to craft their works in a collaborative spirit with the art pieces on display, and the results were revelatory. The choice of inviting a soprano, harpist and sonic alchemist was an interesting one, which produced a somewhat unusual concert - with two of the world's oldest instruments (voice and plucked strings) juxtaposed with electronic manipulation of sounds. This with the modern art in the background conjured a sense of the surreal.
There was wine, desserts and sweetmeats, and the socialising that have made Music & Makan enjoyable and hopefully enduring encounters.
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| An audience gathers before the session begins |
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| Soprano Ng Jingyun surprised everyone by making a sudden appearance with Georges Aperghis' Recitations 11, which combines speech,song and melodrama. |
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| Jingyun and harpist Laura Peh performed melodies by Debussy and Fauré |
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| On her own, Laura performed Alphonse Hasselman's La Source. |
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| The tools of sonic alchemist Mervin Wong included his viola and a laptop with fancy programmes that generate and morph music. |
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| The audience was entranced by Mervin's creations, including Reveries, Ab Aeterno, Aphelion and Enter The Void which were "composed" in response to various artworks. |
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| The performers take a bow after the hour-long concert. |
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| Music & Makan founder Beverly Hiong addresses the audience. |
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| With the music completed, here's the makan segment! |
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| Music celebrities like SSO Principal Cellist Ng Pei Sian also attended, seen here with his friend Michelle and Beverly. |
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| The audience mingling after the concert. |
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