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Hugh Macdonald, musicologist
Remind yourself just how badass Beethoven can be as the world celebrates his 250th birthday in 2020. This rockin’ rendition of the composer’s much-loved Fifth Symphony performed by the Metropolitan Festival Orchestra (MFO), conducted by Music Director Julian Wong, and featuring turntablist DJ KoFlow, will help you rediscover why Beethoven was the world’s very first rock star!
A genre-defying musical adventure that fused pop culture and electronic music with a symphony orchestra, A Turntable-Orchestra Programme was performed live at Esplanade Concert Hall on 24 May 2017.
Educators, if you are looking to introduce your students to Beethoven's Fifth Symphony or turntabling, download the student guide below that was produced as part of KoFlow-MFO: A Turntable-Orchestra Programme.

Remind yourself just how badass Beethoven can be as the world celebrates his 250th birthday in 2020. This rockin’ rendition of the composer’s much-loved Fifth Symphony performed by the Metropolitan Festival Orchestra (MFO), conducted by Music Director Julian Wong, and featuring turntablist DJ KoFlow, will help you rediscover why Beethoven was the world’s very first rock star!
A genre-defying musical adventure that fused pop culture and electronic music with a symphony orchestra, A Turntable-Orchestra Programme was performed live at Esplanade Concert Hall on 24 May 2017.
The show must go on and for Offstage, it goes on...line. Specially culled from Esplanade's archives, this series of performances by leading acts in Singapore and Asia was first released in 2020 at the height of the pandemic, with the aim to nourish souls and sate audience's appetites for the arts during trying times.