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Media quotations courtesy of The Esplanade Company LtdJump to comments from SingaporeansJump to quotations from ArtistesThe architecture certainly entertains.
Two boxes inside two glittering, Faberge-like shells doesn’t sound much, but a
combination of bold form and mostly delightful structural detail gives Esplanade
a highly engaging physique. And from the first and second floor concourses, its
dome structure is entirely beautiful. …. But beyond its distinctive
appearance, the Esplanade signals deeper changes for Singapore, where
efficiency, cleanliness and safety traditionally have trumped cultural
enrichment. The Esplanade’s concert halls
boast state-of-the-art acoustics unmatched in the region. By whatever name, Koh, Gore and an international cast of consultants from the United Kingdom and the United States (including Russell Johnson of Artec Inc., recent acoustical renovator of Toronto’s Roy Thomson Hall) have given Singapore an absolutely world-class home for music, theatre and dance. By the time he came to conduct
Bruckner Seventh Symphony at the conclusion of the second concert, Masur might
almost be said to have found it, so gloriously rich and alive did his fine
orchestra sound in this latest addition to Asia’s growing list of important,
Western-style concert venues.
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