Fine Sunday afternoon fare from Bomsori Kim and Lim Yan in Singapore

By Chang Tou Liang, 19 April 2021

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“exercising a healthily robust tone, unafraid of exhibiting a broad vibrato throughout”

Reviewed at Victoria Concert Hall, Singapore on 18 April 2021

Bach, Violin partita no. 2 in D minor, BWV1004: Chaconne

Beethoven, Violin Sonata no. 5 in F major "Fruhling (Spring)", Op.24

Waxman, Carmen Fantasy

Massenet, Thaïs: Méditation

Kreisler, Three Old Viennese Dances: Schön Rosmarin

Bomsori Kim, Violin

Lim Yan, Piano

Jaap van Zweden and the Seoul Philharmonic impress on US tour

Susan Stempleski, 27th October

In their first visit to the US in over a decade, the Seoul Philharmonic display their abundant skills in a crowd-pleasing program pairing two concert staples with an impressive American premiere.

****1

Jaap van Zweden and the Seoul Philharmonic prepare for their US tour

SangKwon Lee, 1st October

The Seoul Philharmonic preview their forthcoming US-tour programme, featuring Bomsori Kim playing Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto.

****1

Residentie Orkest has a new story to tell at the Concertgebouw

Clare Varney, 24th August

Artist-in-Residence Bomsori Kim joins Jun Märkl for a new chapter in the history of the Residentie Orkest, The Hague.

***11

Hrůša and the Bamberg Symphony with Bomsori Kim in Seoul

SangKwon Lee, 1st June

Tradition reborn with thrilling clarity: Jakub Hrůša’s Bambergers light up Seoul: Wagner’s shimmering overture, Bomsori Kim’s impassioned Bruch, and a lucid yet explosive Beethoven Seventh.

****1

White-knuckle ride: Bomsori Kim plays Tchaikovsky at the Concertgebouw

Eleanor Knight, 3rd July

Bomsori Kim tackles the dangers of Tchaikovsky's concerto, before Ryan Bancroft and the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic hurtle through Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances.

****1

Celebrating 20 years of the RPO at Cadogan Hall

Alexander Hall, 29th June

Expectations are not fulfilled in an uneven performance of Mendelssohn's great fiddle concerto, followed by an unidiomatic view of Sibelius' Fifth Symphony.

**111

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Chang Tou Liang

Chang Tou Liang, a native of Singapore, is a family physician by profession. Actively following the classical music scene in Singapore since 1979, he has been a music reviewer of The Straits Times from 1997, contributing over 2300 articles to the national daily. He was also editor of several local musical newsletters and served as Artistic Director of the Singapore International Piano Festival from 2004 to 2008. His blog Pianomania has covered international piano competitions and musical events in four continents. He has a keen interest in travelling, street food and cat photography.