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Singapore
Symphony
Orchestra
2015 /16
season
04
The Orchestra
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subscription / gala / christmas Concerts
38SSO pops concerts
40Concerts for Children & Babies’ Proms
43
discovering music! 44VCH Chamber series
47Singapore International Piano Festival
55Booking Information
62
free performances
66Index
Esplanade concert hall
P e r f o r m i n g H o m e o f t h e SSO
The information in this publication is correct at
press time but the SSO reserves the right to change
programmes or artists without prior notice.
Patron
President Tony Tan Keng Yam
Board of Directors
Chairman
Mr Goh Yew Lin
deputy Chairman
Mr Chng Hak-Peng
Directors
Mr Ang Chek Meng
Mrs Odile Benjamin
Mr Lionel Choi
Prof Arnoud De Meyer
Mr Heinrich Grafe
Mr Kwee Liong Seen
Ms Lim Mei
Prof Lim Seh Chun
Ms Tan Choo Leng
Mr Paul Tan
Mr Wong Nang Jang
Mr Yee Chen Fah
Ms Yong Ying-I
SSO Council
Chairman
Prof Cham Tao Soon
members
Mr Alan Chan
Ms Chew Gek Khim
Mr Choo Chiau Beng
Dr Geh Min
Mr Goh Geok Khim
Mr Khoo Boon Hui
Prof Tommy Koh
Mr JY Pillay
Dr Stephen Riady
Ms Priscylla Shaw
Dr Gralf Sieghold
Mr Andreas Sohmen-Pao
Dr Tan Chin Nam
Ms Tan Choo Leng
Mr Tan Soo Nan
Mr Wee Ee Cheong
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Welcome from the music director
No celebration is quite complete
without music.
As we enter into the second half of Singapore’s 50th birthday year, it gives
me great pleasure to welcome you to SSO’s 2015/16 season, another series
of exhilarating musical experiences that will bring back good memories and
create exciting new ones.
This season, we welcome the return of pianist Stephen Hough, who joins
us for the complete Piano Concertos of Beethoven in September. Stephen’s
own composition, The Loneliest Wilderness, will also take centrestage
with SSO’s Principal Cellist Ng Pei-Sian as soloist. Completing the series of
Beethoven concertos is violinist Leonidas Kavakos, who will also conduct
the SSO in Beethoven’s one and only Violin Concerto.
In November we will give the Asian premiere of Wolfgang Rihm’s Double
Concerto featuring Mira Wang and Jan Vogler in November. We are also
thrilled to perform two new works by Singaporean composers Chen Zhangyi
and Koh Cheng Jin which have been specially commissioned by the SSO.
Chen’s composition will also be performed by the SSO at the Dresden
Music Festival and Prague Spring International Music Festival in May 2016.
The music of the great Russian composers will be highlighted this season,
with two all-Rachmaninov concerts featuring the Piano Concertos Nos. 2
& 3, the symphonic poem The Rock and Rachmaninov’s final composition,
the Symphonic Dances. An all-Shostakovich programme in February will
juxtapose his light-hearted Piano Concerto No. 1 with the groundbreaking
Leningrad Symphony.
Sharing the spotlight on the conductor’s podium this season are renowned
maestros Charles Dutoit, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Neeme Järvi and
Vladimir Ashkenazy, amongst many others, and we will have a double
birthday celebration of great Scandinavian masters Sibelius and Nielsen
in July. We are also set to present Haydn’s great choral masterpiece, The
Creation, as well as Mahler’s grand opus, the Symphony No. 3, featuring
our very own Singapore Symphony Children’s Choir. Towards the end of
season, we will be joined by an international cast of singers in a concert
performance of Bizet’s timeless opera Carmen.
Please join me and our amazing musicians on another journey of
excitement and adventure, as we celebrate the joy and the wonder of
great music.
Lan Shui Music Director
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‘A fine display of
orchestral bravado for
the SSO and Shui’
the guardian
singapore symphony orchestra
A premier Asian orchestra gaining
recognition around the world, the Singapore
Symphony Orchestra (SSO) aims to enrich
the local cultural scene, serving as a bridge
between the musical traditions of Asia and
the West, and providing artistic inspiration,
entertainment and education.
A full-time professional orchestra with 96
members, the SSO now makes its performing
home at the Esplanade Concert Hall, and
also performs regularly at the Victoria
Concert Hall, home of the SSO since 1979.
The SSO performs over 50 symphonic
programmes a year. Its versatile repertoire
spans the all-time favourites and orchestral
masterpieces to exciting cutting-edge
premieres, with Asian and Singaporean
musicians and composers featuring
prominently in the concert season.
In September 2014 the SSO’s debut at the
BBC Proms in London received critical
acclaim in the major UK newspapers
The Guardian and Telegraph. In 2010 the
SSO’s 6-city tour of London and Germany,
which included a concert at the Berlin
Philharmonie, garnered rave reviews from
The Times and Sueddeutsche Zeitung. The
SSO has also performed in America,
China, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece,
Hong Kong, Hungary, Italy, Japan, France,
Spain and Turkey.
Since Lan Shui assumed the position of
Music Director in 1997, the SSO has been
distinguished by a high level of excellence
and a rising international profile. Choo Hoey,
who was Music Director from 1979 to 1996,
is credited for developing the SSO with his
diverse programming.
Among the SSO’s recordings under BIS
are a number of CDs which have earned
international acclaim, including a
Rachmaninov series, a Seascapes album
featuring a compilation of sea-themed music
by Debussy, Frank Bridge, Glazunov and Zhou
Long, and the first-ever cycle of Tcherepnin’s
piano concertos and symphonies. The SSO
has also recorded the music of Chen Yi,
Bright Sheng, Karl Goldmark and Richard
Yardumian, collaborating with such great
artists as Gil Shaham, Evelyn Glennie,
Cho-Liang Lin, Noriko Ogawa, Yevgeny
Sudbin, Sharon Bezaly, Claude Delangle,
Christian Lindberg and Martin Fröst.
‘Shui’s credentials as a Rachmaninov
interpreter are impeccable, and his
no-frills performance was intense
without sentimentality, noble but
never bombastic.’
THE GUARDIAN
Lan
Shui
Music Director
Lan Shui joined the Singapore Symphony Orchestra as Music Director
in 1997. He has brought the SSO to greater heights during his
tenure, through several international tours and recordings for the BIS
label. Passionate about performing music by Asian and Singaporean
composers, he is the recipient of several international awards from the
Beijing Arts Festival, New York Tcherepnin Society, Boston University
(Distinguished Alumni Award) and Singapore (Cultural Medallion).
Lan Shui has also been Chief Conductor of the Copenhagen
Philharmonic since 2007, and from 2011 to 2014 he served as Artistic
Advisor to the National Taiwan Symphony. He has conducted many
orchestras including the Baltimore Symphony, Bamberg Symphony,
Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, Frankfurt Radio Symphony, San
Francisco Symphony, Stuttgart Radio Symphony, MDR Leipzig, Detroit
Symphony, Houston Symphony, Deutsche Symphony (Berlin), Japan
Philharmonic and Hong Kong Philharmonic. He has also performed at
festivals including Tanglewood, Aspen, Bravo! Vail Valley, Round Top,
Eastern Music, National Orchestra Institute and Casals Festivals.
Born in Hangzhou, China, Lan Shui studied composition at the
Shanghai Conservatory and graduated from the Beijing Central
Conservatory, where he studied conducting with Xu Xin and Huang Fei
Li. He made his professional conducting debut with Beijing’s Central
Philharmonic Orchestra in 1986 and was later appointed Conductor of
the Beijing Symphony. From 1986 he continued his graduate studies at
Boston University and attended the Tanglewood Music Festival, where
he worked closely with Leonard Bernstein. In 1990 he conducted the
Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Summer Festival, where he came to the
attention of David Zinman who in 1992 invited him to the Baltimore
Symphony Orchestra as Conducting Affiliate for two seasons. From
1994 to 1997, he was Associate Conductor to Neeme Järvi at the
Detroit Symphony. In the same period he assisted Kurt Masur at the
New York Philharmonic, and worked with Boulez and the Cleveland
Orchestra in Paris under the Young Conductors’ Project.
Since 1998, Lan Shui has recorded over 20 CDs for the BIS label,
including music by Arnold and Hindemith with the Malmö Symphony,
and his albums have been nominated twice for the Grammy Awards.
Notable releases with the SSO include a Rachmaninov series, the firstever complete symphonies of Tcherepnin and a Seascapes CD, which
won a place in MusicWeb International’s 2007 Recordings of the Year.
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‘This could be one of
the great orchestras of
the 21st century’
the spectator
the orchestra
Lan Shui
jason lai
joshua tan
Music Director
Associate Conductor
Associate Conductor
Choo Hoey
Okko Kamu
Lim Yau
Conductor Emeritus
Principal Guest Conductor
Choral Director
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FIRST VIOLIN
CONCERTMASTER
Igor Yuzefovich^
CO-CONCERTMASTER
Lynnette Seah
ASSOCIATE
CONCERTMASTER
Kong Zhao Hui*
FIXED CHAIR
Chan Yoong-Han
Cao Can*
Chen Da Wei
Duan Yu Ling
Foo Say Ming
Gu Wen Li
Jin Li
Cindy Lee
Alexander Souptel #*
Sui Jing Jing
Karen Tan
William Tan
Wei Zhe
SECOND VIOLIN
PRINCIPAL
ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL
Guan Qi
FIXED CHAIR
Michael Loh
FIXED CHAIR
Hai-Won Kwok
Nikolai Koval*
Priscilla Neo
Margit Saur
Shao Tao Tao
Lillian Wang
Wu Man Yun*
Xu Jue Yi*
Ye Lin*
Yeo Teow Meng
Yin Shu Zhan*
Zhang Si Jing*
VIOLA
PRINCIPAL
Zhang Manchin
ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
Gao Jian
Jamie Hersch
Marc-Antoine Robillard
Roberto Alvarez
Gu Bing Jie*
Kim Jieun
Marietta Ku
Luo Biao
Shui Bing
Tan Wee Hsin
Tong Yi Ping
Yang Shi Li
CELLO
PRINCIPAL
Ng Pei-Sian
OBOE
PRINCIPAL
Yu Jing*
Kartik Alan Jairamin
Wang Min
Rachel Walker
ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL
TRUMPET
Pan Yun
PRINCIPAL
Carolyn Hollier
Elaine Yeo
Jon Paul Dante
ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL
David Smith
COR ANGLAIS
ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL
Lertkiat Chongjirajitra
Ikebe Jun
PRINCIPAL
FIXED CHAIR
PRINCIPAL
Allen Meek
Guo Hao*
Ma Yue
Chan Wei Shing*
Song Woon Teng
Wang Yan
Wu Dai Dai
Zhao Yu Er
ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL
ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL
PRINCIPAL
Guennadi Mouzyka
ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL
Yang Zheng Yi
FIXED CHAIR
Karen Yeo
Olga Alexandrova
Ma Li Ming
Jacek Mirucki
Wang Xu
FLUTE
PRINCIPAL
Jin Ta
Roberto Alvarez
Miao Shanshan
Damian Patti
Li Xin
Liu Yoko
Tang Xiao Ping
Lan Shui Music Director
To continue to be one of the most outstanding orchestras in the
region, the Singapore Symphony Orchestra needs to recruit and
maintain its pool of talented musicians. We would like to thank
the following organisations for their generous support for our
Musicians’ Chair programme.
Gil Shaham violin
Principal Cello
ng pei-sian
TUBA
PRINCIPAL
Hidehiro Fujita
BASS CLARINET
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
TIMPANI
Tang Xiao Ping
PRINCIPAL
Christian Schiøler
BASSOON
ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL
PRINCIPAL
Jonathan Fox
Zhang Jin Min
ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL
PERCUSSION
Liu Chang
PRINCIPAL
Christoph Wichert
Zhao Ying Xue
Jonathan Fox
ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL
Mark Suter
CONTRA
BASSOON
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL
Principal Flute
JIN TA
Santa Lucia
Asset Management
28 may 16 | Sat
29 may 16 | Sun
Dresden
Music Festival,
Germany
Prague Spring
International
Music Festival,
Czech Republic
Frauenkirche Dresden
Municipal House, Smetana Hall
Principal Double Bass
GUENNADI
MOUZYKA
Mark De Souza
Lim Meng Keh
Zhu Zheng Yi
www.musikfestspiele.com
www.festival.cz
CHEN ZHANGYI
New work commissioned by the SSO
CHEN ZHANGYI
MENDELSSOHN
MENDELSSOHN
Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
SCHOENBERG SCHOENBERG Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4
Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4
ravel La Valse
STRAUSS
Zhao Ying Xue
ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL
Evgueni Brokmiller
Sso
europe
tour 2016
TROMBONE
CLARINET
DOUBLE BASS
musician’s
chair
programme
Elaine Yeo
ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL
Zhang Zhen Shan
ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL
PICCOLO
HARP
HORN
PRINCIPAL
PRINCIPAL
Gulnara Mashurova
Han Chang Chou
Igor Yuzefovich plays an instrument generously loaned by Mr & Mrs G K Goh
* With deep appreciation to Mr & Mrs Rin Kei Mei for their generous loan of string instruments from the Rin Collection
#
Served as Leader from 1993 to 2012
^
Musicians listed alphabetically by family name rotate their seats on a per programme basis.
Fixed Chair, Cello
GUO HAO
Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59: Suite
15
President’s Young
Performers Concert
Walton’s Cello Concerto
Transfigured Night
23 & 24 July 15
Thu & Fri, 7.30pm | Victoria Concert Hall
R. STRAUSS
Serenade for 13 Winds
schoenberg
Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4
SCHUMANN
2 & 3 July 15
17 July 15
Fri, 7.30pm | Esplanade Concert Hall
brahms
walton
Tragic Overture
Cello Concerto
LISZT britten
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major
Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20
SINDING
r. Strauss
Suite in A minor, Op. 10
Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24
ravel
Ma Mère L’Oye
Joshua Tan conductor
Clarence Lee piano
Kimberly Lo violin
In this President’s Young Performers Concert
showcasing Singapore’s brightest musical
stars, 24-year-old pianist Clarence Lee will
perform the fiery solo part in the First Piano
Concerto by Liszt, while 14-year-old violinist
Kimberly Lo takes on the virtuosic Suite in
A minor by Norwegian composer Christian
Sinding. Associate Conductor Joshua Tan
also conducts the orchestral version of
Ravel’s Mother Goose which was inspired by
popular fairytales.
Sponsored by
Jason Lai conductor
Qin Li-Wei cello
Qin Li-Wei joins Associate Conductor Jason
Lai and the SSO for Walton’s Cello Concerto,
a ravishing masterpiece Walton wrote on
the Italian island of Ischia. The Sinfonia da
Requiem is Britten’s largest purely orchestral
work and his response to the breakout of war
in Europe. The concert closes with Strauss’
depiction of the transcendental experience of
an artist’s final moments in his tone poem Tod
und Verklärung (“Death and Transfiguration”).
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
Lan Shui conductor
Nikolai Demidenko piano
Acclaimed Russian pianist Nikolai
Demidenko returns in Schumann’s Piano
Concerto, one of the most lyrical of all
piano concertos. The first half of the concert
couples Richard Strauss’ youthful Serenade
for 13 Winds – a work filled with lyrical,
melodic themes that foreshadow Strauss’
eminence as a composer of vocal music –
with Schoenberg’s most seductive creation
Verklärte Nacht (“Transfigured Night”), a
work inspired by his feelings for his future
wife Mathilde von Zemlinsky.
‘There was more to this
performance than
barn-storming bravura’
The Guardian on Nikolai Demidenko
‘...a meltingly beautiful
tone, flawless centered
intonation and an
ironclad technique’
the New York Times on Qin Li-Wei
Pre-concert Talk
Pre-concert Talk
2 JUL | Thu, 6.30pm-7pm | VCH Music Studio @ L3
6.30pm-7pm | Esplanade Concert Hall
POST-concert symphony chat
Pre-concert Talk
6.30pm-7pm | VCH Music Studio @ L3
sso 15/16 subscription concert
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CARL
NIELSEN
JEAN
SIBELIUS
1865 - 1931
1865 - 1957
Dissimilar in style and temperament, Nielsen and Sibelius were not only important musical
ambassadors for their respective countries, they stood at the forefront of the Nationalist
movement that had begun to permeate the realm of Western music by the second half
of the 19th century. Sibelius took inspiration from the great Finnish epics and the natural
landscape of Finland, whilst Nielsen’s deep respect of Danish folk culture and traditions
helped him redefine the national song tradition and claim for Denmark a spot amongst the
great symphonists of the 20th century.
In celebration of their 150th birth anniversaries in 2015, the SSO presents a programme
showcasing the mastery of Carl Nielsen and Jean Sibelius. It was the Espansiva Symphony
that first gained Nielsen recognition outside his home country, whilst Finlandia – even today
one of the key national songs of Finland – and the sparkling and technically demanding
Violin Concerto continue to stand amongst Sibelius’ most significant compositions.
Scottish Fantasy
Masaaki & Masato Suzuki
14 August 15
27 & 28 August 15
Fri, 7.30pm | Victoria Concert Hall
milhaud
C.P.E. BACH
La création du monde, Op. 81
Sinfonia in D major, H.633 W.183/1
BRUCH
POULENC
Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46
Concerto for Organ, Timpani and Strings
in G minor
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36
Nielsen’s Espansiva Symphony
Choo Hoey conductor
Tseng Yu-Chien violin
31 july 15
SIBELIUS
Finlandia, Op. 26
SIBELIUS
Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47
NIELSEN Symphony No. 3, Op. 27 ‘Espansiva’
Lan Shui conductor
Ning Feng violin
Pre-concert Talk
6.30pm-7pm | library@esplanade
Award-winning violinist Ning Feng returns to
join Lan Shui and the SSO for the dark and
intense Concerto in D minor by Sibelius. The
Espansiva Symphony achieved international
renown for Danish composer Carl Nielsen,
who described its pastoral second movement
as “the purist idyll...the peaceful mood that
one could imagine in Paradise”.
The SSO’s founding Music Director Choo
Hoey returns to partner the young Taiwanese
violinist Tseng Yu-Chien, winner of the 2015
Singapore International Violin Competition,
in Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy. The first five bars
of Beethoven’s exhilarating Fifth features one
of the most famous classical melodies ever
written. Opening the concert is La création
du monde (“The Creation of the World”),
composed by Milhaud in the spirit of the
New Orleans jazz bands he had heard in
New York.
Masaaki Suzuki has earned glowing reviews
for his performances of Bach’s Cantatas
with the Bach Collegium Japan, and he
will partner his son Masato Suzuki for this
programme featuring Poulenc’s Concerto
for Organ, Timpani and Strings. “This is not
the happy-go-lucky Poulenc who wrote the
Concerto for two pianos, but a Poulenc en
route to the cloister – a fifteenth century
Poulenc, if you like,” wrote the composer.
The concert closes with Beethoven’s
ebullient Second Symphony.
‘The world’s greatest
Bach conductor’
‘Ning Feng’s total
mastery can be seen in
the precision and sweep
of his bow, and heard
in the effortless tonal
range, from sweet to
sumptuous.’
New Zealand Herald
Masaaki Suzuki conductor
Masato Suzuki organ
new haven advocate
Pre-concert Talk
Pre-concert Talk
28 AUG | Fri
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Beethoven Piano
Concertos Nos. 2 & 5 –
with Stephen Hough
Beethoven Piano
Concertos Nos. 1 & 4 –
with Stephen Hough
Beethoven Piano
Concerto No. 3 –
with Stephen Hough
2 september 15
5 september 15
10 september 15
Wed, 7.30pm | Esplanade Concert Hall
Sat, 7.30pm | Esplanade Concert Hall
Thu, 7.30pm | Esplanade Concert Hall
HOUGH
cherubini
BEETHOVEN
Loneliest Wilderness, Elegy for Cello &
Orchestra
Anacréon
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37
BEETHOVEN
BRUCKNER
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15
Symphony No. 8 in C minor
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 19
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73
‘Emperor’
Lan Shui conductor
Stephen Hough piano
Ng Pei-Sian cello
Britain’s best-loved pianist Stephen Hough
takes centrestage in the five definitive
Beethoven piano concertos over three exciting
performances under Lan Shui. Beethoven’s
final piano concerto, the Emperor, is noble
in character and the most popular among
the five, described at its premiere as “one of
the composer’s most original works”. Earlier
in his life, it was with No. 2 that Beethoven
sought to establish a name for himself after his
move to Vienna from Bonn. The concert opens
with Hough’s own composition, the elegiac
Loneliest Wilderness, featuring SSO’s Principal
Cellist Ng Pei-Sian.
‘The most perfect piano
playing conceivable’
The Guardian
Sponsored by
Pre-concert Talk
6.30pm-7pm | Esplanade Concert Hall
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
Lan Shui conductor
Stephen Hough piano
Considered by many to be the greatest of the
five concertos, No. 4 features an exquisite
slow movement which is one of the most
beautiful in the repertoire. The C major
Concerto is infused with the rich Viennese
musical tradition of Haydn and Mozart, and
yet shows a young Beethoven striking out on
his own path.
Lan Shui conductor
Stephen Hough piano
The dramatic Third Concerto was the only
one of Beethoven’s concertos to be written
in a minor key, and broke new ground at
the time of its 1803 premiere in Vienna.
From the mysterious opening minutes,
through a heartbreaking slow movement
and a triumphant conclusion, Bruckner’s
magnificent Eighth Symphony covers
an extraordinary emotional span and is
considered by many to be his greatest work.
Sponsored by
Pre-concert Talk 6.30pm-7pm | library@esplanade
open rehearsal 9.30am | Esplanade Concert Hall
Pre-concert Talk
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gala
Beethoven
Violin Concerto –
with Leonidas Kavakos
Dausgaard Conducts
Mahler’s Tenth
25 & 26 september 15
3 October 15
Fri & Sat, 7.30pm | Victoria Concert Hall
beethoven
MAHLER
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61
Symphony No. 10
(Performing version by Deryck Cooke)
DVOrÁK
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Hélène Grimaud Plays Ravel
Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70
Thomas Dausgaard conductor
Leonidas Kavakos conductor/violin
Greek violinist Leonidas Kavakos returns
with Beethoven’s sunny Violin Concerto, a
virtuosic showpiece long considered one
of the greatest written for the repertoire.
Kavakos will also conduct Dvorák’s
dramatic Seventh Symphony, which the
composer said was inspired by “Love, God
and my Fatherland”.
‘The tonal and
intonational purity
of Kavakos’ playing is
magically beguiling’
Classic FM
Chief Conductor of the Swedish Chamber
Orchestra Thomas Dausgaard directs the
SSO in Mahler’s Tenth Symphony. Composed
during a time of emotional turmoil in
Mahler’s personal life, the final movement is
a passionate reaffirmation of Mahler’s love for
his wife Alma. The Tenth remained unfinished
at the time of Mahler’s death in 1911, and it
was only in 1964 that Deryck Cooke’s version
– the most widely-performed version today –
was premiered.
9 & 10 october 15
RAVEL
Le Tombeau de Couperin
ravel
Piano Concerto in G major
mozart
Idomeneo: Selections from Ballet Music
‘Dausgaard’s forces
weaved through
with authority and
luminous beauty.’
mozart
Symphony No. 39 in E-flat major, K.543
John Nelson conductor
Hélène Grimaud piano
The Times
French pianist Hélène Grimaud returns to
join John Nelson and the SSO in Ravel’s
Piano Concerto. Infused with jazz idioms,
the work remains one of the most popular
concertos in the repertory. Opening the
concert is Le Tombeau de Couperin (“The
Grave of Couperin”), a work Ravel dedicated
to his friends who were killed during the
First World War. The all-Mozart second half
features selections from the scintillating
ballet music from the opera Idomeneo, and
the majestic Symphony No. 39.
‘Riveting… Ms Grimaud,
besides being an elegant
pianist, is an artist game
for adventure.’
The New York Times
Pre-concert Talk
Pre-concert Talk
Pre-concert Talk
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sso 15/16 gala concert
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gala
23
The Creation
Rachmaninov Concerto No. 2
23 & 24 october 15
30 October 15
HAYDN
The Creation
Lim Yau conductor
Vocalists to be announced
Singapore Symphony Chorus
The NAFA Chamber Choir
Inspired by the masterly oratorios of Handel
he had heard on his visits to London,
Haydn set to music the text in John Milton’s
Paradise Lost, as well as passages from the
Old Testament books of Genesis and Psalms.
The Creation (“Die Schöpfung”) has endured
to the present day as one of the most
resoundingly popular and grandiose of the
great choral masterpieces.
rachmaninov
Scherzo in D minor
RACHMANINOV
The Rock, Op. 7
RACHMANINOV
Lan Shui conductor
Nelson Goerner piano
‘Nelson Goerner
delivered a thrilling
and fastidiously
faithful account’
Sponsored by
Pre-concert Talk
This all-Rachmaninov programme opens with
the composer’s early composition from 1888,
the Scherzo in D minor. Argentinian pianist
Nelson Goerner returns with Rachmaninov’s
most popular piano concerto – a popularity
owing to its abundance of memorable
melodies. Rachmaninov’s “symphonic
fantasy”, The Rock, is prefaced by lines from
a poem by Lermontov: “The golden cloud
slept through the night / Upon the breast of
the giant-rock.”
Pre-concert Talk
The Guardian
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gala
The Muse And The Poet
25
Rachmaninov Concerto No. 3
14 november 15
SAINT-SaëNS
La Muse et le Poète
RIHM
Concerto for Violin and Cello
asian premiere
debussy
Jeux
debussy
Nocturnes
Lan Shui conductor
Mira Wang violin
Jan Vogler cello
The husband-and-wife duo of Jan Vogler and
Mira Wang return with a pair of contrasting
works: Saint-Saëns’ charming La Muse et le
Poète for violin, cello and orchestra; and a
new Double Concerto by Grawemeyer
Award-winning composer Wolfgang Rihm,
co-commissioned by the SSO, Orpheus
Chamber Orchestra and the Friends of
Dresden Music Foundation. The second half
features two atmospheric works by Claude
Debussy: Jeux and Nocturnes, of which
the sensuous orchestration is testament to
Debussy’s unsurpassed reputation for painting
orchestral pictures.
3 December 15
RACHMANINOV
Vocalise
RACHMANINOV
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30
RACHMANINOV
Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
‘Mr. Vogler pushed the
expressive envelope to
extremes’
Vladimir Ashkenazy conductor
Alexei Volodin piano
The New York Times
The SSO’s second all-Rachmaninov
programme this season features the return of
star conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy, together
with prize-winning Russian pianist Alexei
Volodin performing in the grand Third Piano
Concerto, a work that gained huge popularity
after it was used in the soundtrack of the
movie Shine. Rachmaninov’s final work, the
Symphonic Dances, includes a solo part
for alto saxophone and showcases unique
contributions from individual instruments in
the orchestra.
‘He played with
staggering technique
and furious accuracy’
With support from
The Guardian on Alexei Volodin
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SSO Christmas Concert
Mendelssohn’s
Violin Concerto
9 january 16
chen zhangyi
MENDELSSOHN
R. STRAUSS
RAVEL
La Valse
Lan Shui conductor
Yang Tianwa violin
In this preview of the SSO’s European tour
programme, rising young violinist Yang
Tianwa returns with Mendelssohn’s wellloved masterpiece, the Violin Concerto in
E minor. The concert opens with music
specially composed for the SSO by the
promising Singaporean composer Chen
Zhangyi. The second half features the
delightful Suite from Strauss’ popular opera
Der Rosenkavalier as well as La Valse, Ravel’s
vivid depiction of nineteenth century Vienna
when the waltz was king.
11 - 13 December 15
Fri & Sat, 7.30pm | Sun, 4pm
Victoria Concert Hall
Jason Lai conductor
Singapore Bible College Chorale
Make it another memorable Christmas
at the Victoria Concert Hall, as the SSO
and the Singapore Bible College Chorale
join forces under Associate Conductor
Jason Lai. Come join us for three magical
performances featuring traditional carols
and favourite yuletide melodies.
‘An artist of exceptional
technique and
musicianship’
BBC Music Magazine on Yang Tianwa
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Arabella Steinbacher
Mahler’s Third
23 january 16
RAVEL
Rapsodie espagnole
PROKOFIEV
Violin Concerto No. 2 in G major, Op. 63
SAINT-SAëNS
Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78
‘Organ’
Charles Dutoit conductor
Arabella Steinbacher violin
Swiss conductor Charles Dutoit makes
his SSO debut alongside German violinist
Arabella Steinbacher in a programme that
features Ravel’s popular Rapsodie espagnole
and the delightful Second Violin Concerto
by Prokofiev. The second half showcases
Saint-Saëns’ grandest symphony ever, the
Organ, of which he claimed to “have given
everything to it I was able to give”.
16 january 16
‘Among her assets
are a finely polished
technique and a
beautifully varied
palette of timbres’
MAHLER
Symphony No. 3 in D minor
Lan Shui conductor
Sasha Cooke mezzo soprano
Ladies of Singapore Symphony Chorus
Lim Yau choral director
Singapore Symphony Children’s Choir
Wong Lai Foon choirmaster
Mahler’s Third is a glorious symphonic
opus scored for mezzo-soprano, chorus
and orchestra and the first work into which
he incorporated his whole universe: each
movement represents an element in the
universe – plants, animals, man, angels – all
culminating in a concluding celebration of
divine love in the final movement.
The New York Times on Arabella Steinbacher
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15 JAN | Fri, 7.30pm | Esplanade Concert Hall
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SSO 37th Anniversary Concert:
Ein Heldenleben
The Butterfly Lovers
Leningrad Symphony
19 & 20 February 16
26 February 16
LI HUANZHI
SHOSTAKOVICH
Spring Festival Overture
XU ZHENMING
SHOSTAKOVICH
A Tone Picture of Border Village
Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60
‘Leningrad’
MA KE, JU WEI, ZHANG LU etc.
Selections from The White-Haired Girl:
Ballet Suite
SHOSTAKOVICH
Festive Overture, Op. 96
29 january 16
CHEN GANG / HE ZHANHAO
Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto
koh cheng jin
MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major, K.482
R. STRAUSS
Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
Darrell Ang conductor
Melvyn Tan piano
“A monstrous act of egotism,” said one
contemporary reviewer of Strauss’ tone poem
Ein Heldenleben (“A Hero’s Life”), of which
the heroic subject was the composer himself,
and which also famously features a touchingly
affectionate portrait of Strauss’ wife, Pauline.
Singaporean conductor Darrell Ang will also
direct the orchestra in Mozart’s charming
Piano Concerto No. 22 featuring pianist
Melvyn Tan. The concert opens with music
by the 18-year-old Singaporean composer
Koh Cheng Jin, who will be embarking on her
studies at the Juilliard School.
Sponsored by
CHEN LE-CHANG
Sainaim Rhapsody
Zheng Xiao Ying conductor
Kong Zhao Hui violin
Hailed at its 1959 premiere as a
“breakthrough in China’s symphonic
music”, The Butterfly Lovers remains one of
the most performed concertos in the 20th
century and is based on the legend of the
young lovers Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai,
who are transformed into butterflies as
they reunite in death. Prominent conductor
Zheng Xiao Ying will also conduct a
selection of other well-known Chinese
pieces, including excerpts from the ballet
music of the opera The White-Haired Girl.
Gennady Rozhdestvensky conductor
Viktoria Postnikova piano
Jon Paul Dante trumpet
The husband-and-wife duo of Gennady
Rozhdestvensky and Viktoria Postnikova
return with two great masterpieces from
Shostakovich. The Leningrad Symphony –
in reality a veiled outcry by the composer
against all forms of fascism – stood in its
time as a musical symbol of resistance to
and condemnation of the Nazi regime.
One of Shostakovich’s most delightfully glib
works, the First Piano Concerto also features
a substantial part for solo trumpet.
‘Few conductors do so
little and achieve so
much as Rozhdestvensky’
The Boston Herald
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Symphonie Fantastique
Brahms’ Piano Quartet
5 March 16
26 march 16
BRAHMS
BERLIOZ
Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 14
Jean-Claude Casadesus conductor
Valeriy Sokolov violin
Valeriy Sokolov returns in the technically
demanding Concerto in D major by Brahms,
a work which, despite a lukewarm critical
reception – “a concerto against the violin” –
is acknowledged today as one of the greatest
in the repertoire. The eminent conductor
Jean-Claude Casadesus also leads the
SSO in Berlioz’s Symphonie Fantastique, a
symphonic tale (complete with orchestral
sound effects) of an artist’s doomed love,
which leads him to the grave, and beyond.
brahms
Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80
r. strauss
Horn Concerto No. 2 in E-flat major, AV132
BRAHMS orch. SCHOENBERG
Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25
Okko Kamu conductor
Han Chang Chou horn
‘It was playing full of
effective contrasts, steel
alternating with velvet’
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Okko Kamu conducts Schoenberg’s
orchestration of Brahms’ Piano Quartet, a
work reminiscent of Beethoven’s music and
containing some of Brahms’ most memorable
melodies. The first half features the cheery
Academic Festival Overture as well as the
ebullient Second Horn Concerto by Richard
Strauss, featuring the SSO’s Principal Horn,
Han Chang Chou.
‘A conductor of great
energy and insight’
Classics Today
The Strad on Valeriy Sokolov
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Eroica
Barber’s Violin Concerto
1 april 16
8 & 9 april 16
mendelssohn
STRAVINSKY
Hebrides Overture, Op. 26 ‘Fingal’s Cave’
Danses Concertantes
PROKOFIEV
barber
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16
Violin Concerto, Op. 14
BEETHOVEN
MOZART
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55
‘Eroica’
Symphony No. 38 in D major, K.504
‘Prague’
Okko Kamu conductor
Wong Chiyan piano
Lan Shui conductor
Igor Yuzefovich violin
Pianist Wong Chiyan makes his SSO debut
in the technically demanding Second
Piano Concerto, an early work completed
when Prokofiev was still a student at the St
Petersburg Conservatory. A contemporary
critic foresaw greatness for its composer,
though, he wrote, the work “left listeners
frozen with fright, hair standing on end”.
Prinicipal Guest Conductor Okko Kamu
closes the concert with Beethoven’s Eroica
Symphony, a work which breaks away from
the formal traditions of the classical era.
SSO’s Concertmaster Igor Yuzefovich takes
centrestage in Barber’s Violin Concerto,
one of his best-loved compositions, which
started life as a commissioned work but was
reportedly rejected by the intended soloist,
who declared its finale too difficult to play.
Mozart’s Symphony No. 38 was premiered
in 1787 in Prague and its statuesque opening
anticipates the overture to his opera, Don
Giovanni, which also premiered in Prague
the same year.
‘Chiyan Wong is an
exciting, original and
thoughtful pianist’
gala
Bizet’s Carmen
22 & 23 april 16
Fri & Sat, 7.30pm | Esplanade Concert Hall
BIZET
Carmen
Lan Shui conductor
Singapore Symphony Chorus
The NAFA Chamber Choir
Lim Yau choral director
Singapore Symphony Children’s Choir
Wong Lai Foon choirmaster
Sponsored by
Stephen Hough
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21 APR | Thu, 7.30pm | Esplanade Concert Hall
Music Director Lan Shui directs the concert
version of Bizet’s famous opera depicting
a controversial story of seduction and
tragedy which broke new ground at its 1875
premiere in Paris. A grand masterpiece
showcasing Bizet’s brilliant orchestration
and melodies, Carmen went on to become
his greatest known work and remains one
of the most frequently performed operas
around the world today.
‘...if you were to suppress
adultery, fanaticism,
crime, evil and the
supernatural, there would
no longer be the means
for writing one note’
Georges Bizet
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Variations on a Theme by Handel
Neeme Järvi conductor
Lu Wei violin
Esteemed maestro Neeme Järvi returns
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monumental Handel Variations by Brahms,
a set of 25 variations based on a theme from
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My Neighbor
TOTORO:
The Best of
Joe Hisaishi
6 August 15
Following a sell-out concert in 2014,
Associate Conductor Joshua Tan and the
SSO bring you the best of award-winning
composer Joe Hisaishi in this not-to-bemissed concert at the Esplanade Concert
Hall! Highlights include music from Studio
Ghibli’s acclaimed animation films such as
My Neighbor TOTORO, Spirited Away and
Kiki’s Delivery Service as well as themes
from some of his best-loved film scores.
16 october 15
Jason Lai conductor
A Night
at the Movies
The SSO’s film music concerts led by
Associate Conductor Jason Lai have seen
phenomenal success and he returns with
yet another stunning lineup of silver screen
favourites. Whether you like romance, thriller
or sci-fi, there is something for everyone
with selections from The Godfather, Mission
Impossible, Psycho, Back to the Future and
many more award-winning films. Book early
to secure the best seats in the house!
‘The audience lapped
up every minute of the
night’s programme’
the straits times
Tickets: $28-$80
Family packages & school packages available.
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sso 15/16 concerts for children
18 & 19 march 16
Fri, 2pm & 4pm | Sat, 2pm
Jack and
the Beanstalk
12 & 13 september 15
Sat, 2pm & 4pm | Sun, 2pm
Dandi Productions
Jason Lai conductor
Emily Saves
the Orchestra
From Bach to Beethoven and beyond, join
Associate Conductor Jason Lai as he takes
you on a thrilling tour of music history! Come
and discover more about Baroque, Classical,
Romantic and modern music and meet some
of the composers who have helped to shape
the course of history.
21 & 22 november 15
Sat, 2pm & 4pm | Sun, 2pm
Based on Roald Dahl’s Revolting Rhyme, Jack and the Beanstalk
by Dandi Productions features a cast of four actors, outrageous
puppets and a stunning 60-foot beanstalk, which rises from the
stage to the ceiling in a matter of seconds. There’s still a cow, a
giant and an ambitious boy with a pocket full of beans, but in
Dahl’s telling of the tale, getting rich depends on getting past
the giant’s highly developed sense of smell. With a 45-minute
orchestral score by Latvian composer Georgs Pelécis, this wildly
entertaining concert-story provides for plenty of unexpected
twists, and a constant parade of inspired theatrics.
BA RO QU E
Leonard Tan conductor
Platypus Theatre
A clever 10-year-old needs the audience to help
outsmart a monster scheming to silence music
forever. In this mesmerising children’s concert,
drama, dance, dazzling masks and costumes are
woven together with orchestral music in a story
about bravery and hope. Audiences will laugh,
chant and sing while discovering musical
concepts and urging Emily onward to
defeat the horrible beast Cacopholous.
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Described as “a visually stunning production” and “beautiful
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some of history’s most beloved pieces, including Beethoven’s
Ninth Symphony, The Nutcracker and William Tell Overture.
Supported by Lim and Tan Securities – A Musical Discovery, which enables
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discovering the joy of music.
Tickets: $30, $25
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Babies’
Proms
New to classical music? Join the SSO and Associate
Conductors Jason Lai and Joshua Tan for this
engaging and educational series suitable for young
audiences, as well as first-time concertgoers. All
concerts are held at the Victoria Concert Hall.
18 October 15
sun, 4pm
28 & 29 november 15
Jason Lai conductor
Sat & Sun, 2pm & 4pm | Victoria Concert Hall
Peter Moore conductor/ presenter
31 january 16
Join Uncle Peter and the SSO for an amazing musical adventure like no other
and discover the fun and fantastic world of the orchestra and its different
instruments! Now into its 13th year, the SSO Babies’ Proms promises to be
an hour of great fun and entertainment for parents and children alike.
sun, 4pm
10 april 16
sun, 4pm
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bach
festival I
21 August 15
Fri, 7.30pm
J.S. Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major, BWV 1066
Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major,
BWV 1046
Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068
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Franck’s
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19 july 15
Sun, 4pm
‘César Franck’s Piano
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pristine classical
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Vocalise
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bach cello
suites with
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22 August 15
10 november 15
Sat, 7.30pm
Tue, 7.30pm
J.S. Bach
J.S. bach
Trio Sonata in D minor, BWV 1036
Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007
Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008
Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009
Suite No. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010
Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011
Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012
Trio Sonata in C major, BWV 1037
Trio Sonata in G major, BWV 1038
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major,
BWV 1050
SHOSTAKOVICH
Jan Vogler cello
Piano Trio No. 1 in C minor, Op. 8
Yao Xiao Yun piano
Chen Da Wei violin
Yu Jing cello
bach
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franck
23 August 15
Piano Quintet in F minor
Sun, 7.30pm
Liu Jia piano
Lynnette Seah violin
Cindy Lee violin
Zhang Manchin viola
Ng Pei-Sian cello
J.S. Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D major, BWV 1069
Concerto for 3 Violins in D major, BWV 1064
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067
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31 october 15
Sat, 4pm
SCHULHOFF
Hot Sonate for alto saxophone and piano
BUSCH
Quintet for alto saxophone, two violins,
viola and cello
Claude Delangle saxophone
MENDELSSOHN
Piano Sextet in D major, Op. 110
Albert Tiu piano
Chan Yoong-Han violin
Gu Bing Jie viola
Kim Jieun viola
Ng Pei-Sian cello
Yang Zheng Yi double bass
‘Simply the mellowest,
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dreamy saxophonist I’ve
ever heard’
American Record Guide
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The SSC is made up of volunteers from all
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Association Finals.
SSCC 10th Anniversary Concert
28 may 16 | Sat, 7.30pm | Victoria Concert Hall
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Debussy: La Mer
IMAGES POUR ORCHESTRE
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Free
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9 July 15
Since its launch in 2005, the SPH Gift of Music series has reached out to
tens of thousands of Singaporeans through its many free performances in
the heartlands, parks, concert halls and shopping malls.
Thu, 12.30pm
Admission is free. Outdoor concerts are subject to prevailing weather conditions.
Lunchtime Concert:
11 July 15
Sat, 6pm, Singapore Botanic Gardens
Classics in the Park:
1845: The Straits Times 170th Anniversary Concert
10 July 15
Fri, 7.30pm
SSO on Campus:
Victoria Junior College
30 July 15
Thu, 12.30pm, Esplanade Concert Hall
Lunchtime Concert:
SPH Gift of Music 10th Anniversary Concert
Lan Shui conductor
Ning Feng violin
10 march 16
11 march 16
Thu, 12.30pm
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Lunchtime Concert:
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Paya Lebar Methodist
Girls’ School
Jason Lai conductor
Jason Lai conductor
13 march 16
8 may 16
Sun, 6.30pm
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Classics in the Park:
Mother’s Day Concert:
Gardens by the Bay
Singapore Botanic Gardens
Jason Lai conductor
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Chairman
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Prof Bernard Tan
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Index
composer work
page
composer work
page
C.P.E. BACH Sinfonia in D major, H.633 W.183/1
17
koh cheng jin
30
J.S. Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major, BWV 1046
45
LI HUANZHI Spring Festival Overture
31
J.S. Bach
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050
45
LISZT Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major 14
J.S. Bach
Concerto for 3 Violins in D major, BWV 1064 45
MA KE, JU WEI, ZHANG LU etc. Selections from The White-Haired Girl: Ballet Suite
31
J.S. Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major, BWV 1066 45
MAHLER 28
J.S. Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067
45
MAHLER J.S. Bach Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068
45
MENDELSSOHN Hebrides Overture, Op. 26 ‘Fingal’s Cave’ J.S. Bach
Orchestral Suite No. 4 in D major, BWV1069
45
MENDELSSOHN Piano Sextet in D major, Op. 110 J.S. Bach
Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007
45
MENDELSSOHNViolin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
J.S. Bach
Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008
45
milhaud La création du monde, Op. 81
17
J.S. Bach
Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009
45
mozart Idomeneo: Selections from Ballet Music 21
J.S. Bach
Suite No. 4 in E-flat major, BWV 1010
45
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 22 in E-flat major, K.482
30
J.S. Bach
Suite No. 5 in C minor, BWV 1011
45
MOZART Symphony No. 38 in D major, K.504 ‘Prague’
34
J.S. Bach
Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012
45
mozart Symphony No. 39 in E-flat major, K.543
21
J.S. Bach
Trio Sonata in D minor, BWV 1036 45
NIELSEN Symphony No. 3, Op. 27 ‘Espansiva’
16
J.S. Bach
Trio Sonata in C major, BWV 1037 45
PROKOFIEV
Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16
34
J.S. Bach
Trio Sonata in G major, BWV 1038 45
PROKOFIEV Violin Concerto No. 2 in G major, Op. 63
29
barber Violin Concerto, Op. 14
34
POULENC Concerto for Organ, Timpani and Strings in G minor 17
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15 19
RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
23
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 19 18
RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30
25
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 19
rachmaninov Scherzo in D minor 23
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
19
RACHMANINOV Symphonic Dances, Op. 4525
18
RACHMANINOV BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73 ‘Emperor’
Symphony No. 3 in D minor
Symphony No. 10 (Performing version by Deryck Cooke) 20
34
46
13, 27
The Rock, Op. 723
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36 17
RACHMANINOV
25, 44
BEETHOVEN
34
RAVEL La Valse
13, 27
17
RAVEL
20
ravel Ma Mère L’Oye14
Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 ‘Eroica’
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
beethoven Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 BERLIOZ Symphonie Fantastique, Op. 1432
Vocalise
Le Tombeau de Couperin
21
ravel Piano Concerto in G major
21
BIZET Carmen35
RAVEL
29
brahms
RIHM Concerto for Violin and Cello
24
24
Academic Festival Overture, Op. 8033
Rapsodie espagnole
BRAHMS Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25 33
SAINT-SaëNS
La Muse et le Poète
brahms 14
SAINT-SAëNS Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 ‘Organ’
36
schoenberg
Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 BRAHMS BRAHMS
Tragic Overture Variations on a Theme by Handel
29
13, 15
32
SCHULHOFF
britten Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 2014
SCHUMANN
BRUCH Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46 17
SIBELIUS Finlandia, Op. 26
16
BRUCKNER Symphony No. 8 in C minor
19
SIBELIUS Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 16
BUSCH Quintet for alto saxophone, two violins, viola and cello 46
SHOSTAKOVICH Festive Overture, Op. 9631
CHEN GANG/HE ZHANHAO Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto
31
SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 35 31
CHEN LE-CHANG Sainaim Rhapsody31
Hot Sonate for alto saxophone and piano 46
15
SHOSTAKOVICH Piano Trio No. 1 in C minor, Op. 8
44
13, 27
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 60 ‘Leningrad’
31
Anacréon 19
SINDING Suite in A minor, Op. 10
R. STRAUSS
CHEN ZHANGYI New work commissioned by the SSO cherubini Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 CONUSViolin Concerto in E minor 36
14
13, 27
debussy Jeux24
R. STRAUSS Ein Heldenleben, Op. 4030
debussy Nocturnes24
r. strauss
Horn Concerto No. 2 in E-flat major, AV132
DVOrÁK Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70 20
R. STRAUSS Serenade for 13 Winds franck Piano Quintet in F minor
44
r. Strauss
Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24 HAYDN
The Creation 22
STRAVINSKY
Danses Concertantes34
HAYDN
Symphony No. 86 in D major
36
walton Cello Concerto 14
HOUGH
Loneliest Wilderness, Elegy for Cello & Orchestra 18
XU ZHENMING A Tone Picture of Border Village 31
33
15
14
68
69
at a glance
2015-16 Concert Calendar
2 & 3 Jul 15
Thu & Fri, 7.30pm, VCH
17 Jul 15
Fri, 7.30pm, ECH
President’s Young Performers Concert
Joshua Tan conductor | Clarence Lee piano | Kimberly Lo violin
Jason Lai conductor | Qin Li-Wei cello
Yao Xiao Yun piano | Liu Jia piano
23 & 24 Jul 15
Lan Shui conductor | Nikolai Demidenko piano
6 aug 15
Thu, 7.30pm, ECH
14 aug 15
Fri, 7.30pm, VCH
VCH chamber series:
bach cello suites with jan vogler
Jan Vogler cello
14 nov 15
Sat, 7.30pm, ECH
Lan Shui conductor | Mira Wang violin | Jan Vogler cello
walton’s cello Concerto
19 Jul 15
Sun, 4pm, VCH
31 Jul 15
Fri, 7.30pm, ECH
10 nov 15
Tue, 7.30pm, VCH
the muse and the poet
VCH chamber series: Franck’s piano quintet
transfigured night
nielsen’s espansiva symphony
21 & 22 nov 15
Sat, 2pm & 4pm, VCH
Sun, 2pm, VCH
concerts for children:
emily saves the orchestra
Leonard Tan conductor | Platypus Theatre
28 & 29 nov 15
Sat & Sun, 2pm & 4pm, VCH
Peter Moore conductor/presenter
3 dec 15
Thu, 7.30pm, ECH
Vladimir Ashkenazy conductor | Alexei Volodin piano
11-13 dec 15
Jason Lai conductor | Singapore Bible College Chorale
sso babies’ proms
Lan Shui conductor | Ning Feng violin
SSO pops concert: my neighbor totoro
GALA: rachmaninov concerto no. 3
scottish fantasy
Fri & Sat, 7.30pm, VCH Sun, 4pm, VCH
sso christmas concert
Choo Hoey conductor | Tseng Yu-Chien violin
21 aug 15
Fri, 7.30pm, VCH
VCH Chamber series: bach festival i
9 Jan 16
Sat, 7.30pm, ECH
Lan Shui conductor | Yang Tianwa violin
22 aug 15
Sat, 7.30pm, VCH
VCH chamber series: bach festival iI
16 Jan 16
Sat, 7.30pm, ECH
Lan Shui conductor | Sasha Cooke mezzo soprano
23 aug 15
Sun, 7.30pm, VCH
VCH chamber series: bach festival iII
23 Jan 16
Sat, 7.30pm, ECH
Charles Dutoit conductor | Arabella Steinbacher violin
27 & 28 aug 15
masaaki & masato suzuki
Masaaki Suzuki conductor | Masato Suzuki organ
2 sep 15
Wed, 7.30pm, ECH
Lan Shui conductor | Stephen Hough piano | Ng Pei-Sian cello
5 sep 15
Sat, 7.30pm, ECH
Lan Shui conductor | Stephen Hough piano
10 sep 15
Thu, 7.30pm, ECH
Lan Shui conductor | Stephen Hough piano
12 & 13 sep 15
Sat, 2pm & 4pm, VCH
Sun, 2pm, VCH
beethoven piano concertos nos. 2 & 5
beethoven piano concertos nos. 1 & 4
beethoven piano concerto no. 3
Joshua Tan conductor | Dandi Productions
Leonidas Kavakos conductor/violin
3 oct 15
Sat, 7.30pm, ECH
Thomas Dausgaard conductor
16 oct 15
Fri, 7.30pm, ECH
18 oct 15
Sun, 4pm
23 & 24 oct 15
Fri & Sat, 7.30pm, VCH
30 oct 15
Fri, 7.30pm, ECH
31 oct 15
Sat, 4pm, VCH
GALA: mahler’s third
charles dutoit & arabella steinbacher
29 Jan 16
Fri, 7.30pm, ECH
SSO 37th anniversary concert:
ein heldenleben
Darrell Ang conductor | Melvyn Tan piano
31 Jan 16
Sun, 4pm
19 & 20 feb 16
Zheng Xiao Ying conductor | Kong Zhao Hui violin
26 feb 16
Fri, 7.30pm, ECH
discovering music!
the butterfly lovers
leningrad symphony
Gennady Rozhdestvensky conductor | Viktoria Postnikova piano
Jon Paul Dante trumpet
5 mar 16
Sat, 7.30pm, ECH
Jean-Claude Casadesus conductor | Valeriy Sokolov violin
concerts for children: jack and the beanstalk
25 & 26 sep 15
9 & 10 oct 15
mendelssohn’s violin concerto
beethoven violin concerto
dausgaard conducts mahler’s tenth
Gala: Hélène grimaud plays ravel
symphonie fantastique
18 & 19 mar 16
Fri, 2pm & 4pm, VCH
concerts for children:
Sat, 2pm, VCH
Jason’s short guide to music history
Jason Lai conductor
26 mar 16
Sat, 7.30pm, ECH
Okko Kamu conductor | Han Chang Chou horn
brahms’ piano quartet
1 apr 16
Fri, 7.30pm, ECH
Okko Kamu conductor | Wong Chiyan piano
8 & 9 apr 16
Lan Shui conductor | Igor Yuzefovich violin
10 apr 16
Sun, 4pm
22 & 23 apr 16
Fri & Sat, 7.30pm, ECH
Lan Shui conductor | Singapore Symphony Chorus
6 & 7 may 16
Neeme Järvi conductor | Lu Wei violin
John Nelson conductor | Hélène Grimaud piano
SSO pops concert: a night at the movies
eroica
Jason Lai conductor
discovering music!
Barber’s violin concerto
Jason Lai conductor
Gala: the creation
discovering music!
Lim Yau conductor | Singapore Symphony Chorus
rachmaninov concerto no. 2
Gala: bizet’s carmen
Lan Shui conductor | Nelson Goerner piano
VCH chamber series: sax & sextet
Claude Delangle saxophone | Albert Tiu piano
VCH Victoria Concert Hall
ECH Esplanade Concert Hall
handel variations
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