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Siti Nurhaliza In Symphony – Live With The Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra was a residency show by Malaysian recording artist, Siti Nurhaliza. Held on three consecutive nights in July 2013 at Dewan Filharmonik Petronas, this was her first solo concert to be backed entirely by 80-piece Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO). The concert marked her 18th year involvement Malaysian music industry with more than 20 albums, where most songs that were performed were taken from her solo albums and couple of songs as tribute to Malaysian singers and artists who have inspired her. During the course of the three-night concert, she performed more than 20 songs with MPO which was also her second time collaborating with them since 2001, when she was only a guest artist for Tan Sri SM Salim. ==Background and development== She was reportedly invited to collaborate with Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO) as early as July 2012. This concert marked her first collaboration with MPO as a solo artist at Dewan Filharmonik Petronas (DFP). 12 years earlier, in 2001, at the very same venue, she was only a guest artist for Tan Sri SM Salim's concert which also was backed by MPO, Konsert Perjalanan Seni Tan Sri SM Salim.〔 During the stint, she only performed two songs – ''Mohon Kasih'' as a solo and ''Pandang Pandang Jeling Jeling'' as a duet.〔 Prior to the concert dates, the preparation for the concert for Siti herself has taken place at least a month earlier. Preparation made by Siti included the training for her voice, breath control and stamina against a prerecorded orchestral arrangement of the chosen songs made by MPO in a compact disc, followed by a couple of morning and evening practice sessions with MPO itself for two days in a row before the concert dates, under the tutelage and guidance of Kevin Field, the conductor for the concert. Siti admitted the fact that though she has had performed at Royal Albert Hall with London Symphony Orchestra in 2005, and had been a recording artist for over 18 years, it was still a challenge for her to perform a full orchestra-backed performance. In the first night of the performance, she said, "Every time after I finished singing a song, I will feel relieved. It is not easy to make sure that we and the musicians are moving together. Alhamdullilah (Praise to God), so far I am satisfied, because I got the momentum that I wanted."〔 In addition to limited time frame for practice, Farihad Shalla Mahmud of ''Berita Harian'' also pointed out that unlike her previous concerts with considerable big space that allows different gimmicks to be performed, the limited space at DFP means Siti has nothing to offer other than her solid vocal performance alone. Since the whole duration of the concert was only 90 minutes,〔〔 the original 30 songs that she has listed to perform has to be reduced to only 20 songs, composed mainly from her own repertoire, with additional songs from singers who have inspired her to be in the music industry – Alleycats,〔 Jamal Abdillah,〔 M. Nasir,〔 Sudirman Arshad〔 and P. Ramlee.〔 The concert also marked the closing of DFP and MPO's 2012/2013 season.〔 To maintain the exclusivity of the concert, no form of audio or visual recordings were made upon Siti's own request. She said, "This is my own request and may it become the sweetest memory for the audiences for the next ten, twenty years".〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Siti Nurhaliza in Symphony」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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