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21 May 2013
Somtow's World
... more from my memoir from a dozen years ago about my brief time in the monastery ... Day Four: The Begging Bowl My attempts at sleep meditation do not seem to have borne fruit.  I sleep fitfully.  Partially it is nervousness; in the morning I a...
12 May 2013
Somtow's World
I decided to post the entire concert from last week...enjoy!
10 May 2013
Somtow's World
*** continued serialization of Somtow's "Nirvana Express", the diary of his brief monkhood which he kept in 2001 Day Three: A Momentary Ecstasy The dawn brings the delivery of a delicious honey-roasted pork from my mother.  The plate, piled hig...
8 May 2013
Somtow's World
What an enjoyable concert last night ... in only its second concert, the Community Orchestra showed itself a truly viable player in Bangkok's musical scene....
6 May 2013
Somtow's World
Siam Community Orchestra •in rehearsal The Siam Community Orchestra, on its second outing, is tackling one of the biggest, most monumental works in the symphonic repertoire, and one that has never been played in Thailand ... Bruckner's Ninth Sy...
5 May 2013
Somtow's World
Day Two: Walking Meditation The second day of my monkhood, I rise even earlier than the 5 a.m. “official” wakeup time.   There is no bell, no alarm; a Thai monastery doesn’t operate by enforcing time constraints.  People are expected to get u...
5 May 2013
Somtow's World
continuing to excerpt my 2001 diary of my very brief monkhood.... ****Day One: Angel who Walks the Earth The day of the ordination is complex, and fraught with ceremony; I do not have time for doubts.  An air-conditioned hall has been set up for m...
3 May 2013
Somtow's World
During my brief monkhood in the year 2001, I kept a diary of the experiences there.  I recently rediscovered it, and I've decided to post some excerpts from it over the next few weeks. I have been going through severe emotional strain over the la...
1 Jan 2013
Somtow's World
Today is January 2nd, the anniversary of the death of HRH Princess Galyani Vadhana.  I've been sad for months about personal things but today I am more sad in a way, and also more hopeful. Princess Galyani on many occasions told me how she wanted ...
24 Aug 2012
Somtow's World
http://www.indiegogo.com/mahlerthai
16 Aug 2012
Somtow's World
Siam Sinfonietta, the two-year-old youth orchestra founded by Silpathorn Kittikhun Artist Somtow Sucharitkul, has won first place in one of the most prestigious competitions for youth ensembles, at the Golden Hall of the Musikverein in Vienna, on ...
28 Jul 2012
Somtow's World
This is a complete video of the premiere ... hope you enjoy it.
25 May 2012
Somtow's World
Why can't I dream A song from my new musical, "Reya" English translation of lyrics: Why can’t I dream Just like other little girls Why can’t I fantasize Of milk-white skin and golden curls?I see all around me an endless green lawn a golden pa...
8 May 2012
Somtow's World
The media madness and the conspiracy theorists have already begun.  Blame is being assigned, bucks are being passed, and every partisan is using this old man's death to blacken the name of his political opponent.  This is all perhaps to be expecte...
9 Apr 2012
Somtow's World
In ten days the Sinfonietta, the youth orchestra I founded two years ago, will do a very daring thing — it will play its first Mahler symphony.  It's daring because no group of 12-23-year-olds in this country has ever attempted such a feat - the c...
21 Feb 2012
Somtow's World
I’m trying this out for the first time ... the idea of posting entire concerts on youtube. So many of my blog readers made this concert possible without the chance to actually come to it — not all my readers live anywhere Bangkok, let alone Asia...
20 Feb 2012
Somtow's World
Today there is a huge celebration of the hundredth anniversary of M.R. Kukrit Pramoj, one of Thailand's most gifted and famous artists, to which (for reasons that may become apparent in the course of this blog) I haven't been invited.  This is a p...
13 Feb 2012
Somtow's World
The Seven Things The Public Has Shown the Most Interest in about my Forthcoming Performance of Mahler's Sixth Symphony (Thursday at 8 pm, Mahisorn Hall - Don't miss it!) - in Descending Order.... *** scene from the Ken Russell movie "...
8 Feb 2012
Somtow's World
The Mahler appeal seems to have slowed to a crawl at just over 200,000 baht.  Even this figure is in itself amazing, because no one's ever tried using social networks to finance classical concerts in Thailand before.   Now, at around a week to go ...
3 Feb 2012
Somtow's World
A List of Interesting Ironies A few days ago, the University in Thailand that most prides itself on promoting free speech and democratic ideals placed a ban on a moderate, apolitical group of academics seeking an open discussion of Thailand's lè...
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Sucharitkul: Requiem for the Mother of Songs
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na Patalung: Eternity
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Sucharitkul: Mae Naak
Sucharitkul: Madana
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Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin
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Sucharitkul: Avatar: Divertissement from "Madana"
Sucharitkul: War Dance from "Madana"
Sucharitkul: Nightmare from "Mae Naak"
Sucharitkul: Fire Music from "Ayodhya"
Sucharitkul: Kaki
Mahler: Symphony no 9 in D major
Sucharitkul: The Silent Prince
Sucharitkul: Gongula 3
Mahler: Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor
Mahler: Symphony no 7 in E minor
Haydn: Symphony no 102 in B flat major, H 1 no 102
Haydn: Symphony no 104 in D major, H 1 no 104 "London"
Mahler: Symphony no 6 in A minor "Tragic"
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