As you can clearly see in the poster above, DPac will become a host to an Italian Opera performance called L'Eliser d'Amore (The Elixir of Love). It is not a common thing to have an opera performance here in Malaysia, so this is definitely something you all will want to watch. On top of that, one of our group member, Wani Ismail, the violinist, will be playing along side the orchestra that will accompany the opera. The performance will be held on October 8,9,11 and 12. With the one on the 12th as afternoon concert. Do come and support them! They all work really hard for this concert. Besides, it's not everyday you get to see an Italian Opera here in Malaysia! It's fun! Come and watch them give their best show ^_^
We decided to update our FB cover photo. Considering our FB Profile Page picture only contains our logo, why not include our faces in the cover photo.
This is not a recent picture, unfortunately :(
Well, honestly, life as a quartet group has been rather slow lately. Everyone is currently busy that it is quite difficult to gather and do something together. Hopefully, in the near future, we will get an event to play for.
To those who don't know our Facebook page, you can find it at the side of this blog. Just press the link and it will direct you to the Facebook page.
As for future projects, at this moment, our plan is to do a new recording of our playing. Because, as some of you might know, Sophia just joined us, after Jennifer left to pursue her studies in Singapore. So, we don't have any recordings with Sophia in it. So, that is our plan for now. Hope to get that done before the year ends.
Let us just start by saying, sorry for leaving this blog unattended for quite awhile. Nothing much happened in the past few weeks :( However, something interesting did happened to two of our members, Wani and Po Ann. On August 2nd, 2014, both of them had their convocation at UCSI Kuala Lumpur. They finally completed their three years of study in UCSI. Both of them graduated from their Bachelor in Classical Music course. We wish them both the best of luck in the world and may more success coming down their paths. Life will be challenging in a whole different way from now on, but we are sure that they will be fine :)
Again, for the last time, congratulations to these two girls and good luck for your future. Also, let's work our way to become better performers, as well as a better string quartet ^_^
Hello there lovely people of the world! Today, just thought of sharing something music related. Same song but from three different generations. We all know the recent Disney movie called Maleficent that was released not too long ago. Not sure if you have watched it, if you have, what do you think of it? If you haven't, you should really give it a shot because it is not like the typical Disney's movies. You might like it.
Anyway, the song that we talked about before was called Once Upon A Dream. Now, to those who have watched the Disney Classics Sleeping Beauty will definitely know about this song. However, in case you don't know, that song was taken from a ballet written by a great 19th century Russian composer named Tchaikovsky. Disney took the waltz from the Sleeping Beauty ballet and put lyrics into it, and thus, it becomes Once Upon A Dream, that most people know as today. As Maleficent comes, another version of Once Upon A Dream appeared. This time, it's sang by Lana Del Rey, and she gave it a whole new mood. It kinda suits Maleficent, so, it works!
Now, let us show you the original version of Once Upon A Dream. Which is, the one written by the genius, Tchaikovsky. It is an instrumental ballet. So, I hope you enjoy this original version of this song just like we do ^_^
Have you listened to it yet? We sure hope you do. What do you think of it? Isn't it beautiful? Now, let's move on to the version from Sleeping Beauty. Of course, by this time, it is known as Once Upon A Dream.
Very nostalgic, is it not? Well, at least for some of us, it might. So, in this version, it is pretty much very typical style of Disney classic movies. A song that sparks the romance. We've all heard it, like Beauty and the Beast, A Whole New World, Can You Feel the Love Tonight? and so much more. So, this is pretty much one of them. Which one do you prefer so far? The classic instrumental version or the Disney classic version? Ok, now that you have both songs in mind, let us listen to the most recent version of this song, which is the one sang by Lana Del Rey.
What do you think? A little too dark for your taste? Or something that just defines you when it comes to good music? It is all very subjective, there is no right or wrong answer, there is no good or bad version...it is all a matter of preference really. Just because you loved the version by Lana Del Rey, doesn't mean everyone else will feel the same way, but that does not make them (or you) have a bad taste in music...you just have different preference when it comes to music. That is the great thing about music, it speaks to everyone.
