คำคมที่คลายความคมไปเสียแล้ว: บทเรียนจากเบอร์ลิน
คำคมที่คลายความคมไปเสียแล้ว: บทเรียนจากเบอร์ลิน บน: Concertgebouw Orchestra ล่าง: Bayerisches Rundfunk Symphonieorchester เจตนา นาควัชระ […]
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THE SIAM SOCIETY TRANSFORMING ITSELF INTO A SOCIETY FOR MUSIC LOVERS
by Chetana Nagavajara I hope it is not sacrilegious to speak of the Siam Society as if it were a musical institution of the rank of the time-honoured “Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde” of Vienna. But the chamber concert in the evening of Mar […]
» Read moreCONTINUITY IS THE KEY TO SUCCESS : BSO AT 30
CONTINUITY IS THE KEY TO SUCCESS : BSO AT 30 Chetana Nagavajara The 30th Anniversary Celebration Concert of the Bangkok Symphony Orchestra at the Thailand Cultural Centre on 10 March 2013 proved one very important point: continuity and tradition do c […]
» Read moreTHE CONCOCTED BOLLYWOOD SAGA: THE ISRAEL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA ON SANAM LUANG
Chetana Nagavajara 9/1/13 It was a very, very long evening. An unusually long concert was staged in a festive mode in the evening of 8 January 2013 on Sanam Luang to celebrate the 80th birthday of Her Majesty the Queen. The visitors mos […]
» Read moreWHEN SLAPSTICK MEANT SERIOUSNESS
Chetana Nagavajara Went to see a performance of “Waiting for Godot” yesterday, staged by the Suan Sunantha University Drama Department. Certainly the most enjoyable performance of the play I had ever seen. I had seen the play sever […]
» Read more“OTHELLO” AT DEMOCRAZY THEATRE: OR THE PITFALL OF REALISM
Chetana Nagavajara Went to see a Thai adaptation of “Othello” at Democrazy Studio last night (26.11.12) and came home with a mixed feeling. It is heart-breaking to have to chastise the Director for his lack of sense of proportion a […]
» Read moreTheatre of Commitment: On the Singaporean Opera “Fences”
Full version of the review by Chetana Nagavajara I still recall a panel discussion broadcast on the BBC third Programme around 1960 in which musicians as well as music critics took part. Although the exact theme addressed by them has since eluded me […]
» Read moreOn the Singaporean Opera “Fences”
Chetana Nagavajara Just came back from Singapore last night, having attended the premiere of the opera “Fences”, with music by the American Composer, John Sharpely, (who has been living in Singapore for 27 years) and the libretto by the S […]
» Read moreMusic for the Initiated: RECITAL “The Art of Piano Transcription” by JAYANAT WISAIJORN at the Siam Society, 8 July 2012
Music for the Initiated: RECITAL “The Art of Piano Transcription” by JAYANAT WISAIJORN at the Siam Society, 8 July 2012 —————– Chetana Nagavajara I must admit my defeat: I rarely walked out of a concert […]
» Read moreละครใบ้ที่ต้องการจะเอาชนะความใบ้
เจตนา นาควัชระ สถาบันละครใบ้คนหน้าขาวจัดแสดงละครใบ้เรื่อง “พระจันทร์สีส้มอมสีชมพู” ที่สถาบันปรีดี พนมยงค์ ซึ่งผมได้ไปชมในวันที่ 7 กรกฎาคม 2555 นักแสดงคณะนี้ดูจะเป็น “ละครผอม” ที่ผมชอบ เพราะลักษณะของความ “พอเพียง” ทั้งในด้านผู้แสดง และในด้านฉา […]
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