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Bruce Liu makes a spirited Singapore debut

Bruce Liu and the Singapore Symphony Orchestra
© Chris P Lim | Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Bruce Liu and the Singapore Symphony Orchestra
© Chris P Lim | Singapore Symphony Orchestra
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“unafraid to project with ringing resonance, Liu was also capable of lyrical poetry”
Reviewed at Victoria Concert Hall, Singapore on 23 November 2023
Schoenberg, Chamber Symphony no. 2, Op.38
Chopin, Piano Concerto no. 1 in E minor, Op.11
Chopin, Waltz no. 6 in D flat major "Minute Waltz", Op.64 no.1
Chopin, Étude in G flat major, Op.10 no.5
Siloti, Prelude in B minor (after J.S. Bach's Prelude in E Minor, BWV855a)
Beethoven, Symphony no. 1 in C major, Op.21
Bruce Liu, Piano
Jukka-Pekka Saraste, Conductor
Lintu, Kavakos and the SSO make the case for Shostakovich
*****
Eliahu Inbal enlivens the Singapore Symphony
****1
Takács-Nagy’s Schumann trumps Bach at the Singapore Symphony
****1
Pierre Bleuse and the Singapore Symphony raise the roof again
****1
World premiere of Jonathan Shin’s Piano Concerto a Singapore landmark
****1
Hannu Lintu shows Singapore great things to come with Mahler and Haydn
*****
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