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LAN SHUI
20
th
SSO season
2016/17
season
LAN SHUI Music Director
Singapore
Symphony
Orchestra
2016/17 season
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SSO Recommends
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Subscription / Gala / Christmas Concerts
56
SSO Pops Concerts
59
Concerts for Children & Discovering Music!
67
SSO Chamber Series
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Booking Information & Ticket Prices
84
Free Performances
90
Index
Patron
President Tony Tan Keng Yam
Board of Directors
CHAIRMAN
Mr Goh Yew Lin
DEPUTY CHAIRMAN
Ms Yong Ying-I
DIRECTORS
Mr Ang Chek Meng
Mrs Odile Benjamin
Mr Chng Hak-Peng
Mr Lionel Choi
Victoria Concert Hall: Home of the SSO
Esplanade Concert Hall: Performing Home of the 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.
Prof Arnoud De Meyer
Mr Heinrich Grafe
Mr Kwee Liong Seen
Ms Liew Wei Li
Ms Lim Mei
Prof Lim Seh Chun
Mr Andreas Sohmen-Pao
Ms Tan Choo Leng
Mr Paul Tan
Dr Kelly Tang
Mr Yee Chen Fah
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Old Friends. Bookends.
Welcome from the Music Director
When the Singapore Symphony Orchestra requested a special year of concerts for
2016/17 because it would be my 20th concert season with them, it brought a smile to my
face. My friendship with the SSO as Music Director began on 10 January 1997, and looking
back at how far we have come, I feel honoured to be a part of this amazing SSO family.
There is no better way to celebrate a journey than by welcoming back friends old and
new – Charles Dutoit, Andrew Litton, Robert Spano, Yu Long, Masaaki Suzuki, Gil Shaham,
Wang Jian, Frank Peter Zimmermann, Renaud Capuçon, and Kam Ning. We are also thrilled
that two of classical music’s superstars, Yo-Yo Ma and Gustavo Dudamel, will share the
stage with our orchestra.
We also welcome back our dearest friend Okko Kamu for two concerts. Okko will step
down as our Principal Guest Conductor after more than 20 years. He has introduced
some wonderful repertoire to us, especially the music of Sibelius, and is well-loved by our
musicians. With our final concert of the season featuring Crusell’s Sinfonia Concertante in
B-flat, we bid farewell to Zhang Jin Min, our Principal Bassoon of 30 years who has played
a key role in the SSO’s development.
This season, we have chosen an exciting line-up of works from the sensuous to the
sensational, from familiar favourites from the past to new music from more modern
times. Among the highlights are a full concert of Broadway music, Carnival of the Animals
and Harry Potter music especially for our young friends, and the BBC’s Frozen Planet in
Concert for film buffs. We are also proud to perform Messiaen’s Turangalîla-symphonie
for the first time since 1994, as well as Bruckner’s Mass No. 3 in F minor with the
Singapore Symphony Chorus.
A major theme pays tribute to the world of books and the stories between their covers.
We are excited to present Shakespeare400, where we pay tribute to the legacy of William
Shakespeare through the gorgeous music inspired by his stories, such as A Midsummer
Night’s Dream and Hamlet. We are also exploring different ways composers reflect on
the love and tragedy of Romeo and Juliet. Aside from Shakespeare, immerse yourself in
fables about fantastic firebirds, puppets who come to life, and fairy princesses inside three
oranges. The SSO brings these stories to life in Stravinsky’s The Firebird and Petrushka,
and Prokofiev’s The Love of Three Oranges.
Come join me and our wonderful musicians as we celebrate our friendship this season.
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LAN SHUI Music Director
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Singapore
Symphony
Orchestra
‘Who would suppose an orchestra
in Asia could remind one of Eugene
Ormandy and the Philadelphia?’
FANFARE
Since its founding in 1979, the Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO) has been
Singapore’s flagship orchestra, touching lives through classical music and providing
the heartbeat of the cultural scene in the cosmopolitan city-state. In addition to its
subscription series concerts, the orchestra is well-loved for its outdoor and community
appearances, and its significant role in educating the young people of Singapore. The
SSO has also earned an international reputation for its orchestral virtuosity, having
garnered sterling reviews for its overseas tours and many successful recordings.
The SSO makes its performing home at the 1,800-seat state-of-the-art Esplanade
Concert Hall. More intimate works and all outreach and community performances
take place at the 673-seat Victoria Concert Hall, the home of the SSO. The orchestra
performs 100 concerts a year, and its versatile repertoire spans all-time favourites
and orchestral masterpieces to exciting cutting-edge premieres. Bridging the musical
traditions of East and West, Singaporean and Asian musicians and composers
are regularly showcased in the concert season. This has been a core of the SSO’s
programming philosophy from the very beginning under Choo Hoey, who was Music
Director from 1979 to 1996.
Since Lan Shui assumed the position of Music Director in 1997, the SSO has performed
in Europe, Asia and the United States. In September 2014 the SSO’s debut at the 120th
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.
Notable SSO releases under BIS include a Rachmaninov series, a Debussy disc,
Seascapes featuring 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 collaborated with such great artists as Lorin Maazel, Charles Dutoit,
Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Neeme Järvi, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Lang Lang, Yo-Yo Ma,
Leonidas Kavakos and Gil Shaham.
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Lan Shui
Music Director
‘Lan Shui is the master of movement, detail,
and musical integrity, and elicits playing
so refined it sounds like one of the world’s
greatest orchestras.’
AMERICAN RECORD GUIDE
Lan Shui is renowned for his abilities as an orchestral builder and for his passion in
commissioning, premiering and recording new works by leading Asian composers. As
Music Director of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra since 1997, American Record
Review noted that Shui has “turned a good regional orchestra into a world-class
ensemble that plays its heart out at every concert”. Together they have made several
acclaimed tours to Europe, Asia and the United States and appeared for the first time at
the BBC Proms in September 2014.
Lan Shui held the position of Chief Conductor of the Copenhagen Phil from 2007 to
2016, and from 2017 he will be their Conductor Laureate. He recently concluded a fouryear period as Artistic Advisor of the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra. As a guest
conductor, Shui has worked with many orchestras. In the United States he has appeared
with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, San Francisco Symphony, and Baltimore and
Detroit symphony orchestras. In Europe he has performed with Deutsches SymphonieOrchester Berlin, hr-Sinfonieorchester, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, RadioSinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR, Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, Gothenburg
Symphony, Tampere Philharmonic and Orchestre National de Lille. In Asia he has
conducted the Hong Kong, Malaysian and Japan Philharmonic orchestras and maintains
a close relationship with the China Philharmonic and Shanghai Symphony.
Since 1998 Shui has recorded over 20 CDs for BIS – including a Rachmaninov series, a
Seascapes disc and the first-ever complete cycle of Tcherepnin’s symphonies with the
Singapore Symphony Orchestra – and also music by Arnold and Hindemith with the
Malmö Symphony Orchestra, which has received two Grammy nominations.
Lan Shui is the recipient of several international awards from the Beijing Arts Festival and
the New York Tcherepnin Society, the 37th Besançon Conductors’ Competition in France
and Boston University (Distinguished Alumni Award) as well as the Cultural Medallion Singapore’s highest accolade in the arts.
Born in Hangzhou, China, Shui studied composition at the Shanghai Conservatory and
graduated from The Beijing Central Conservatory. He continued his graduate studies at
Boston University while at the same time working closely with Leonard Bernstein at the
Tanglewood Music Festival. He has worked together with David Zinman as Conducting
Affiliate of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, as Associate Conductor to Neeme Järvi
at the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, and with Kurt Masur at the New York Philharmonic
and Pierre Boulez at The Cleveland Orchestra.
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The
Orchestra
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LAN SHUI
Music Director
JASON LAI
Associate Conductor
JOSHUA TAN
Associate Conductor
FIRST VIOLIN
VIOLA
DOUBLE BASS
COR ANGLAIS
HORN
TIMPANI
Concertmaster
Igor Yuzefovich°
Principal
Zhang Manchin
Principal
Guennadi Mouzyka
Associate Principal
Elaine Yeo
Principal
Han Chang Chou
Principal
Christian Schiøler
Co-Concertmaster
Lynnette Seah
Associate Principal
Guan Qi
Associate Principal
Yang Zheng Yi
CLARINET
Associate Concertmaster
Kong Zhao Hui*
Fixed Chair
Gu Bing Jie*
Fixed Chair
Karen Yeo
Principal
Ma Yue
Associate Principal
Gao Jian
Jamie Hersch
Marc-Antoine Robillard
Fixed Chair
Chan Yoong-Han
Marietta Ku
Luo Biao
Shui Bing
Tan Wee-Hsin
Tong Yi Ping
Yang Shi Li
Olga Alexandrova
Ma Li Ming
Jacek Mirucki
Wang Xu
Associate Principal
Li Xin
Kartik Alan Jairamin
Wang Min
Principal
Jonathan Fox
Liu Yoko
Tang Xiao Ping
TRUMPET
Associate Principal
Mark Suter
BASS CLARINET
Principal
Jon Paul Dante
Assistant Principal
Tang Xiao Ping
Associate Principal
David Smith
BASSOON
TROMBONE
Principal
Zhang Jin Min
Principal
Allen Meek
Associate Principal
Liu Chang
Associate Principal
Damian Patti
Christoph Wichert
Zhao Ying Xue
Samuel Armstrong
Cao Can*
Chen Da Wei*
Duan Yu Ling
Foo Say Ming
Gu Wen Li
Jin Li
Cindy Lee
Sui Jing Jing
Karen Tan
William Tan
Wei Zhe
SECOND VIOLIN
CHOO HOEY
Conductor Emeritus
Associate Principal
Michael Loh
Fixed Chair
Hai-Won Kwok
OKKO KAMU
Principal Guest
Conductor
Nikolai Koval*
Priscilla Neo
Chikako Sasaki*
Margit Saur
Shao Tao Tao
Lillian Wang
Wu Man Yun*
Xu Jue Yi*
Ye Lin*
Yeo Teow Meng
Yin Shu Zhan*
Zhang Si Jing*
CELLO
Principal
Ng Pei-Sian
Associate Principal
Yu Jing
Fixed Chair
Guo Hao
Chan Wei Shing
Song Woon Teng
Wang Yan
Wang Zihao*
Peter Wilson
Wu Dai Dai
Zhao Yu Er
FLUTE
Principal
Jin Ta
Associate Principal
Evgueni Brokmiller
Roberto Alvarez
Miao Shanshan
PICCOLO
Assistant Principal
Roberto Alvarez
OBOE
Principal
Rachel Walker
Associate Principal
Pan Yun
CONTRA
BASSOON
Assistant Principal
Zhao Ying Xue
Carolyn Hollier
Elaine Yeo
Associate Principal
Jonathan Fox
PERCUSSION
Mark De Souza
Lim Meng Keh
Zhu Zheng Yi
HARP
Principal
Gulnara Mashurova
BASS
TROMBONE
Assistant Principal
Wang Wei
TUBA
Principal
Hidehiro Fujita
LIM YAU
Choral Director
*With deep appreciation to Mr & Mrs Rin Kei Mei for their generous loan of string instruments from the Rin Collection
°Igor Yuzefovich plays an instrument generously loaned by Mr & Mrs G K Goh
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Musicians listed alphabetically rotate their seats on a per programme basis.
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Musicians’ Chair
7 JULY 2016
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.
‘IF
MUSIC
BE THE
FOOD
OF LOVE,
PLAY
ON.’
MENDELSSOHN:
A MIDSUMMER
NIGHT’S DREAM
SUITE
Lan Shui, conductor
15 JULY 2016
PROKOFIEV:
SCENES FROM
ROMEO & JULIET
Lan Shui, conductor
23 JULY 2016
Shakespear e400
Celebrating the Bard
GUENNADI MOUZYKA
GUO HAO
NG PEI-SIAN
principal double bass
fixed chair cello
principal cello
2016 marks 400 years since the death of
William Shakespeare, whose legacy continues
to live on in theatres and concert halls the
world over. The SSO celebrates Shakespeare400
with a selection of orchestral favourites by
Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky and Berlioz.
BERLIOZ:
SCENES FROM
ROMEO & JULIET
BEATRICE & BENEDICT
OVERTURE
Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
19 AUGUST 2016
TCHAIKOVSKY:
HAMLET
FANTASY OVERTURE
Darrell Ang, conductor
26 AUGUST 2016
TCHAIKOVSKY:
ROMEO & JULIET
FANTASY OVERTURE
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Michal Nesterowicz, conductor
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20 th
SSO season
In celebration of Music Director Lan Shui’s
20th SSO season in 2016/17, we take a walk
down memory lane, revisiting his inaugural
concert of January 1997, as well as his very first
appearances with the SSO as guest conductor.
‘When the Singapore Symphony Orchestra’s new
maestro, Shui Lan, put down his baton after leading it
through a galloping rendition of Beethoven’s famous
Fifth Symphony last Friday, the audience broke into
long and appreciative applause and shouts of ‘Bravo!’.
THE STRAITS TIMES, 13 January 1997
6 OCTOBER 2016
9 & 10 DECEMBER 2016
13 JANUARY 2017
MUSSORGSKY:
PICTURES AT AN
EXHIBITION
SCHUMANN:
SYMPHONY NO. 2
IN C MAJOR
BEETHOVEN:
LEONORE
OVERTURE NO. 3
R. STRAUSS:
DEATH AND
TRANSFIGURATION
Performed by SSO
under Lan Shui on 9 & 10
September 1994
PIANO CONCERTO
NO. 4 IN G MAJOR
Performed by SSO under
Lan Shui on 2 & 3 April 1993
SYMPHONY NO. 5
IN C MINOR
Nicholas Angelich, piano
Performed by SSO under
Music Director Lan Shui on
10 & 11 January 1997
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SSO
RECOMMENDS
CONCERTS FOR
BEGINNERS
These concerts help guide beginners
embarking on their first concerts,
enhancing their understanding and
appreciation of classical music and
the orchestra.
Thinking of watching a SSO concert
but not sure where to start? Here are
our suggestions on how to choose
the right concert!
SSO Discovering Music!
READY FOR MORE?
Becoming more comfortable with classical
music, and would like to listen to more?
These concerts introduce you to a wider
range of composers and music.
7 Jul 16
All-Mendelssohn
evening
15 Jul 16
Chopin & Prokofiev
29 Oct 16
Rachmaninov
Symphony No. 2
SSO Pops Concerts
SSO Outdoor and
Community Concerts
24 Mar 17
Petrushka
28 Apr 17
Mozart’s Requiem
15 Apr 17
Mahler 1
CONCERTS FOR
FAMILIES AND
YOUNG PEOPLE
Kids love coming to the orchestra,
and these are our most popular
children’s concerts!
SSO Babies’ Proms
(suitable for ages up to 6)
SSO Concerts for Children
(for ages up to 14)
SSO Campus Concerts (free)
FEELING ADVENTUROUS?
Discover some of the most fascinating modern composers of
the 20th and 21st centuries through these concerts.
FAMILIAR
FAVOURITES
These concerts are bound to get
you hooked on classics, and keep you coming back for more!
26 Aug 16
Grieg & Sibelius
6 Oct 16
Pictures at an
Exhibition
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21 & 22 Oct 16
Eight Seasons:
Vivaldi & Piazzolla
5 & 6 Jan 17
Dvořák:
New World Symphony
13 Jan 17
SSO Beethoven Gala
19 Aug 16
Prokofiev & Shostakovich 12
1 Apr 17
Messiaen Turangalîla
9 & 10 Dec 16
Liszt
20 Apr 17
Tan Dun
21 Jan 17
Zechariah Goh
(Singaporean composer)
19 & 20 May 17
Jeremiah Li
(Singaporean composer)
4 Mar 17
Ibert Flute Concerto
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7 JULY 2016
THU | 7.30PM
ESPLANADE CONCERT HALL
Shakespear e400
A MIDSUMMER
NIGHT’S DREAM
GIL SHAHAM
THE GREAT Beethoven
Experience the tender lyricism of one of the
greatest composers of all time – the great
Beethoven – as we bring you four
All-Beethoven programmes.
24 & 25 FEBRUARY 2017
SSO BEETHOVEN GALA
A WEEKEND WITH
BEETHOVEN
Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b
Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Lan Shui, conductor
Egmont: Overture, Op. 84a
Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15
Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
Yu Long, conductor
Serena Wang, piano
10 FEBRUARY 2017
11 FEBRUARY 2017
SSO CHAMBER SERIES:
THE GREAT BEETHOVEN I
SSO CHAMBER SERIES:
THE GREAT BEETHOVEN II
Serenade for Flute, Violin and Viola in
String Quartet in F major, Op. 18, No. 1
D major, Op. 25
String Quartet in C minor, Op. 18, No. 4
String Quintet in C major, Op. 29
Septet in E-flat major, Op. 20
‘The course of true love never did run smooth.’ Relive the jolly
adventures of Puck, Hermia and Lysander in A Midsummer Night’s
Dream through Mendelssohn’s Suite, in the first installment of SSO’s
Shakespeare400 series in 2016. This all-Mendelssohn evening sees
old friend Gil Shaham join the SSO for the beloved Violin Concerto
in E minor. Composed just a year earlier, the magical Fair Melusina
Overture paints an emotional picture of the mythical Melusina and
her aquatic home.
MENDELSSOHN
The Fair Melusina Overture
MENDELSSOHN
© Luke Ratray
13 JANUARY 2017
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Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
MENDELSSOHN
A Midsummer Night’s Dream Suite
Lan Shui, conductor
Gil Shaham, violin
‘One of today’s
preeminent violinists’
THE NEW YORK TIMES
Stradivari Quartet with SSO musicians
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PRE-CONCERT TALK 6.30pm-7pm | library@esplanade
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15 JULY 2016
23 JULY 2016
FRI | 7.30PM
SAT | 7.30PM
Shakespear e400
Shakespear e400
ROMEO AND JULIET
CHOPIN PIANO
CONCERTO NO. 1
•
ROMEO AND JULIET
RACHMANINOV
CONCERTO NO. 2
•
© K. Miura
‘That which we call a rose, by any other name
would smell as sweet.’ Lan Shui brings the world’s
most famous love story to life through scenes
from the Prokofiev’s captivating Romeo and Juliet.
Immerse yourself in the deeply reflective First
Piano Concerto, which expresses Chopin’s love
for his native Poland – featuring no less than the
dazzling winner of the 2010 Chopin Competition,
Yulianna Avdeeva.
Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers have inspired
some of the most gorgeous music we know. Yan
Pascal Tortelier leads the SSO in scenes from
Berlioz’s Romeo and Juliet, which captures the
essence of the fabled tale of the Montagues and
Capulets in fair Verona. Dmitri Alexeev returns
with the ever-popular Second Piano Concerto by
Rachmaninov, whose adagio theme inspired the
pop ballad All By Myself.
SMETANA
BERLIOZ
The Moldau from My Fatherland
Beatrice and Benedict: Overture
CHOPIN
RACHMANINOV
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
PROKOFIEV
BERLIOZ
Scenes from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64
Lan Shui, conductor
Yulianna Avdeeva, piano
Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor
Dmitri Alexeev, piano
19 AUGUST 2016
FRI | 7.30PM
Shakespear e400
HAMLET • THE YEAR 1917
‘This above all: to thine own self be true’. An avid reader and theatregoer, Tchaikovsky
looked to Shakespeare thrice for his symphonic poems – Romeo and Juliet, The
Tempest and Hamlet – and the vindictive role of Hamlet lends itself well to musical
representation. This Russian programme sees old friend Nikolai Demidenko take on the
lyrical and virtuosic Third Piano Concerto by Prokofiev. Homegrown conductor Darrell
Ang closes the concert with Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 12, a passionate portrait of
the 1917 Bolshevik Revolution.
TCHAIKOVSKY
Hamlet: Fantasy Overture, Op. 67
PROKOFIEV
SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 12 in D minor, Op. 112 ‘The Year 1917’
Darrell Ang, conductor
Nikolai Demidenko, piano
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POST-CONCERT SYMPHONY CHAT
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26 AUGUST 2016
23 SEPTEMBER 2016
30 SEPTEMBER & 1 OCTOBER 2016
FRI | 7.30PM
FRI | 7.30PM
FRI & SAT | 7.30PM
VICTORIA CONCERT HALL
PRESIDENT’S
YOUNG PERFORMERS
CONCERT
ROCOCO
VARIATIONS
Shakespear e400
© Lukasz Rajchert
JAVIER PERIANES
PLAYS GRIEG
Tchaikovsky’s Shakespearean dreams took flight
with Romeo and Juliet, the first and most popular
of his three orchestral fantasies inspired by the
Bard. Spanish pianist Javier Perianes has earned
glowing praise for his 2015 album of the Grieg
Piano Concerto, a perennial favourite heard on
Adrian Lyne’s film Lolita. Music from yet another
great Nordic composer, Sibelius, closes the
evening. Of the Third Symphony Sibelius described
its restless finale as a “crystallization of thought
from chaos”.
R. STRAUSS
Oboe Concerto in D major, TrV.292
TCHAIKOVSKY
ELGAR
Romeo and Juliet: Fantasy Overture
Sea Pictures, Op. 37
GRIEG
BRAHMS
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73
SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 3 in C major, Op. 52
© Josep Molina
Jade Tan, 21, and Bernice Lee, 22, are the soloists
in this President’s Young Performers Concert
celebrating Singapore’s rising stars. Explore the
deepest feelings of Elgar through his song cycle
Sea Pictures for mezzo-soprano and orchestra, and
embrace the warmth of Brahms’ cheerful Second
Symphony. A friendship between Richard Strauss
and a young American soldier in post-war Bavaria
sowed the seeds for his glorious Oboe Concerto.
Michal Nesterowicz, conductor
Javier Perianes, piano
Jason Lai, conductor
Jade Tan Shi Yu, mezzo-soprano
Bernice Lee, oboe
Sponsored by
Tchaikovsky’s Rococo Variations is one of those
pieces that never fails to delight, and its grace
and poetry come alive in the steady hands of
SSO’s Principal Cellist Ng Pei-Sian in this concert.
Principal Guest Conductor Okko Kamu lends his
insight to two glorious masterpieces composed
in the key of D major which is usually associated
with celebration: Prokofiev’s famous Classical
Symphony, and Beethoven’s cheerful Second
Symphony.
PROKOFIEV
Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25 ‘Classical’
TCHAIKOVSKY
Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33
BEETHOVEN
Okko Kamu, conductor
Ng Pei-Sian, cello
Sponsored by
‘A pianist of impeccable
and refined tastes, blessed
with a warmth of touch’
THE TELEGRAPH
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Not available for birthday voucher redemption.
PRE-CONCERT TALK 6.30pm-7pm | VCH Music Studio @ L3
POST-CONCERT SYMPHONY CHAT 1 Oct, Sat
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DAVID SMITH associate principal trumpet
15 OCTOBER 2016
THU | 7.30PM
SAT | 7.30PM
LAN SHUI
20
th
SSO season
PICTURES AT
AN EXHIBITION
The Gnome. Children playing in the Tuileries.
The Great Gate of Kiev. These paintings come to
life in Ravel’s vivid and colourful orchestration of
Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition. But first, Lan
Shui brings you a heartfelt rendition of Death and
Transfiguration, and the intense Tchaikovsky Violin
Concerto featuring rising violinist Sayaka Shoji.
BRUCKNER MASS
NO. 3
Expect some of the most sublime and spiritually
uplifting music with Anton Bruckner’s magnificent
Mass No. 3 in F minor, in this sensational
performance directed by Lim Yau. Opening the
concert is Estonian composer Arvo Pärt’s Te Deum,
which Pärt described as “immeasurable serenity
imparted by a mountain panorama”.
R. STRAUSS
PÄRT
Tod und Verklärung
(Death and Transfiguration), Op. 24
Te Deum
TCHAIKOVSKY
Mass No. 3 in F minor, WAB.28 ‘Great’
BRUCKNER
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
MUSSORGSKY (Orch. RAVEL)
Pictures at an Exhibition
Lan Shui, conductor
Sayaka Shoji, violin
‘An emerging star’
THE INDEPENDENT on Sayaka Shoji
© Yew Jiajun
6 OCTOBER 2016
Lim Yau, conductor
Singapore Symphony Chorus
The NAFA Chamber Choir
The Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Singapore
‘One of the greatest and
most sublime settings
ever composed’
GRAMOPHONE
21 & 22 OCTOBER 2016
FRI & SAT | 7.30PM
EIGHT SEASONS:
VIVALDI & PIAZZOLLA
Spring. Summer. Autumn. Winter. Enjoy this striking pairing of tango master Piazzolla’s
Four Seasons of Buenos Aires with Vivaldi’s timeless Four Seasons, a ravishing
masterpiece which can be heard on over 1,000 recordings today.
VIVALDI
The Four Seasons
PIAZZOLLA (arr. Leonid Desyatnikov)
The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
Sponsored by
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Igor Yuzefovich, violin/ direct
OPEN REHEARSAL 14 Oct, Fri, 7.30pm | Esplanade Concert Hall
FRIENDS’ CONCERT: Friends of the SSO enjoy 50% off this
concert (Cat 1-3) at all SISTIC outlets.
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29 OCTOBER 2016
SAT | 7.30PM
ROUSE AND RACHMANINOV
Gold. Love. The Curse. Wagner’s famous opera The Ring of the
Nibelung inspired Grammy-winning composer Christopher Rouse’s
Der Gerettete Alberich (‘Alberich Saved’), a fantasy for solo percussion
and orchestra. It is paired here with Rachmaninov’s majestic Second
Symphony, led by Andrew Litton.
ROUSE
Der Gerettete Alberich
RACHMANINOV
Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27
Andrew Litton, conductor
Jonathan Fox, percussion
‘Sheer dynamite
from beginning
to end’
THE HERALD
on Andrew Litton
‘From the first notes there was no
doubt of being in the presence of
something special’
THE STRAD on Ray Chen
3 NOVEMBER 2016
THU | 7.30PM
RAY CHEN PLAYS
BRUCH
Expect soul-searching lyricism as violinist
Ray Chen brings out the unusual beauty of
Bruch’s First Violin Concerto. Prokofiev’s Fifth
Symphony, meant to inspire Russians in time
of war and to “sing the praises of the free and
happy man”, closes this concert.
COPLAND
An Outdoor Overture
BRUCH
Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor,
Op. 26
PROKOFIEV
Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major,
Op. 100
Andrew Litton, conductor
Ray Chen, violin
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11 & 12 NOVEMBER 2016
FRI & SAT | 7.30PM
SSO GALA
YO-YO MA &
THE SILK ROAD
ENSEMBLE
Prepare to be astounded as the SSO brings you
two gala programmes featuring superstar cellist
Yo-Yo Ma and Silk Road Ensemble! On November
11, Yo-Yo Ma brings tenderness and exuberance
to Elgar’s Cello Concerto in E minor, and Lan Shui
will also conduct soloist Kayhan Kalhor’s Silent City
with members of the Silk Road Ensemble.
© Todd Rosenberg
On November 12, the Silk Road Ensemble performs
with their artistic director Yo-Yo Ma, who partners
Wu Tong for Zhao Lin’s Duo, a double concerto for
cello and sheng, a traditional Chinese woodwind
instrument comprised of 17 bamboo pipes, and the
first half includes Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky’s Sacred
Signs Suite, which draws parallels between Russian
instrumental traditions and seemingly diverse
instruments such as sheng, pipa and kamancheh.
Lan Shui, conductor
Yo-Yo Ma, cello
Silk Road Ensemble
‘Yo-Yo Ma is the cello’s
superstar’
‘Roving musical
laboratory without walls’
BOSTON GLOBE on The Silk Road Ensemble
THE TELEGRAPH
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(foreground)
CHAN WEI SHING cello
OLGA ALEXANDROVA double bass
MICHAEL LOH associate principal second violin
GUENNADI MOUZYKA principal double bass
GUO HAO cello fixed chair
2 DECEMBER 2016
9 & 10 DECEMBER 2016
FRI | 7.30PM
FRI & SAT | 7.30PM
LAN SHUI
MAHLER 5
20
th
SSO season
‘I live alone in my heaven, in my loving, in my song.’ Despair, nostalgia,
escape… Experience the kaleidoscopic emotions in Mahler’s Fifth
Symphony and find inner peace in the Adagietto, his most famous
movement. First up, enjoy a performance of Mozart’s Piano Concerto
No. 20 by Zhang Haochen, Gold Medallist of the 2009 Van Cliburn
Piano Competition.
BERTRAND
CHAMAYOU PLAYS
LISZT
French pianist Bertrand Chamayou brings poetry
and imagination to Liszt’s Second Piano Concerto.
Lan Shui closes the concert with Schumann’s lively
Second Symphony; the Adagio is a reflection of
Schumann’s deep love for his wife Clara.
MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K.466
MAHLER
Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor
BEETHOVEN
Lan Shui, conductor
Zhang Haochen, piano
Leonore Overture No. 1, Op. 138
LISZT
‘Lithe energy, crystal
clarity and impressive
precision’
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major, S.125
SCHUMANN
Lan Shui, conductor
Bertrand Chamayou, piano
© Marco Borggreve
© B Ealovega
FINANCIAL TIMES on Zhang Haochen
‘Chamayou brings
everything home in
a way that is deeply
personal, vivid, unique’
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5 & 6 JANUARY 2017
THU & FRI | 7.30PM
SSO GALA
The phenomenal Gustavo Dudamel, poster boy of
Venezuela’s El Sistema music programme, marks
his Singapore debut conducting Dvořák’s famous
New World Symphony. He is joined by old friend of
the SSO, Renaud Capuçon, for Alban Berg’s Violin
Concerto, a piece dedicated ‘to the memory of an
angel’.
© Maria Ziegelboeck
GUSTAVO DUDAMEL &
RENAUD CAPUÇON
BRAHMS
Academic Festival Overture
BERG
Violin Concerto
FRI & SAT | 7.30PM
DVOŘÁK
SUN | 4PM
‘From the New World’
SSO CHRISTMAS CONCERT
I’m dreaming of a white Christmas. Get into the mood for Christmas as Associate
Conductor Joshua Tan and the SSO take you on a jolly sleigh ride through a dazzling
array of yuletide treasures in the Victoria Concert Hall. A favourite with audiences young
and old, the SSO Christmas Concert also includes a popular sing-a-long segment.
Joshua Tan, conductor
Singapore Symphony Children’s Choir
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor
Renaud Capuçon, violin
‘He inhabits both score
and orchestra, offering
a seamless conduit
between the two’
THE GUARDIAN on Gustavo Dudamel
‘Fun songs that deck the halls’
THE STRAITS TIMES
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© Adam Latham
16, 17 & 18 DECEMBER 2016
LAN SHUI music director
MA YUE principal clarinet
13 JANUARY 2017
21 JANUARY 2017
FRI | 7.30PM
SAT | 7.30PM
LAN SHUI
20
th
SSO season
SSO BEETHOVEN GALA
LAN SHUI – 20TH SSO SEASON
In celebration of Music Director Lan Shui’s 20th SSO season in
2016/ 17, we take a walk down memory lane, revisiting his inaugural
concert of January 1997. More than 200 years after its premiere,
Beethoven’s Fifth – the world’s most famous symphony – still has
the power to shock us. It is paired here with the grand Leonore
Overture No. 3 and the Piano Concerto No. 4, a piece hailed as one
of Beethoven’s most original works.
BEETHOVEN
WEST SIDE STORY
Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances to West Side
Story is the perfect piece to set the mood for the
weekend, and Joshua Tan opens the concert with
an exciting new work by Singaporean composer
Zechariah Goh. A ‘body through which the
dream flows’ was how John Adams described his
Violin Concerto. Listen out for the endless solo
voice of the violin creating unique colours in this
masterpiece.
ZECHARIAH GOH
New Work
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ADAMS
Violin Concerto
BEETHOVEN
BERNSTEIN
West Side Story: Symphonic Dances
BEETHOVEN
ADAMS
Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Lan Shui, conductor
Kam Ning, violin
‘The concerto requires
feats of focus and strength
from the violinist’
Sponsored by
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JOHN ADAMS
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16 FEBRUARY 2017
24 & 25 FEBRUARY 2017
THU | 7.30PM
FRI & SAT | 7.30PM
SSO GALA
A WEEKEND WITH BEETHOVEN
CHARLES DUTOIT •
RHAPSODY ON A THEME
OF PAGANINI
A fabulous bird with a plumage of fire sits at the heart of Stravinsky’s
stunning masterpiece, which comes alive at the hands of celebrated
Swiss maestro Charles Dutoit. Expect passionate artistry as the
brilliant Russian pianist Lukas Geniušas joins Dutoit and the SSO for
Rachmaninov’s virtuosic showpiece, the Rhapsody on a Theme of
Paganini.
RAVEL
Alborada del Gracioso
RACHMANINOV
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
STRAVINSKY
The Firebird: Complete Ballet
© Jean-Baptiste Millot
Charles Dutoit, conductor
Lukas Geniušas, piano
BEETHOVEN
BEETHOVEN
BEETHOVEN
Yu Long, conductor
Serena Wang, piano
‘China’s Herbert von
Karajan’
THE NEW YORK TIMES
‘Geniušas plays with a
prizewinner’s brilliance, yet
with a mature ability to recreate
a work’s architecture, and an
expressiveness that doesn’t overtly
draw attention to itself’
THE GUARDIAN
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Expect surpassing beauty as leading Chinese conductor Yu Long
returns with an all-Beethoven programme featuring the extraordinary
Seventh Symphony and Egmont Overture, a tale of oppression, courage
and liberation. 12-year-old piano prodigy Serena Wang is the soloist in
Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1.
Sponsored by
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4 MARCH 2017
24 MARCH 2017
1 APRIL 2017
15 APRIL 2017
SAT | 7.30PM
FRI | 7.30PM
SAT | 7.30PM
SAT | 7.30PM
IBERT FLUTE
CONCERTO •
SHOSTAKOVICH 5
PETRUSHKA •
BRAHMS PIANO
CONCERTO NO. 1
MESSIAEN
TURANGALÎLA
ROBERT SPANO
TITAN
A prince is under a curse and falls in love with three
giant oranges, of which one contains his true love.
Live the fantasy in Prokofiev’s scintillating opera
The Love for Three Oranges through his sixmovement Suite. Hear the flute sing and leap in the
magical Flute Concerto by Jacques Ibert, featuring
SSO Principal Flautist Jin Ta. Yu Long closes a
brilliant evening with ‘a true Soviet masterpiece’,
Shostakovich’s Fifth.
A puppet comes to life and falls in love with a
ballerina in Stravinsky’s Petrushka, a colourful
masterpiece filled with gorgeous Russian folk
melodies. Expect grandiose and wild passion as
Nikolai Lugansky returns to play Brahms’ First Piano
Concerto.
Olivier Messiaen wrote of his epic Turangalîlasymphonie: ‘It is a love song, a hymn to joy; love
that is fatal, irresistible, transcending everything,
suppressing everything outside; joy that is
superhuman, overwhelming, blinding, unlimited.”
Andreas Haefliger and Cynthia Millar join Lan Shui,
the SSO and combined forces for this radiant
75-minute symphony of 10 movements.
Gustav Mahler’s daring Symphony No. 1 is an
exceptional work that effortlessly transits between
tranquility to grandeur within an hour of music.
Setting the scene to Titan is Schubert’s Unfinished
Symphony, known as one of the greatest, and the
strangest, of the genre.
PROKOFIEV
The Love for Three Oranges: Suite, Op. 33a
IBERT
Flute Concerto
SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47
Yu Long, conductor
Jin Ta, flute
STRAVINSKY
Petrushka
BRAHMS
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15
Okko Kamu, conductor
Nikolai Lugansky, piano
‘His performances dig so
deeply into the substance
beneath the surface’
•
SCHUBERT
Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D.759 ‘Unfinished’
MESSIAEN
Turangalîla-symphonie
MAHLER
Lan Shui, conductor
Andreas Haefliger, piano
Cynthia Millar, ondes Martenot
Robert Spano, conductor
‘A milestone of
20th-century music’
THE NEW YORK TIMES
Symphony No. 1 in D major ‘Titan’
‘Spano has that great skill
in a conductor of making
every performance
radiate joy’
THE NEW YORK TIMES
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH on Nikolai Lugansky
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ZHANG MANCHIN principal viola
WILLIAM TAN first violin
20 APRIL 2017
28 APRIL 2017
THU | 7.30PM
FRI | 7.30PM
TAN DUN • FAREWELL
MY CONCUBINE
SSO GALA
Peking opera meets the piano in Grammywinning composer Tan Dun’s symphonic poem
Farewell My Concubine, which paints a tragic love
story between warrior Xiang Yu and consort Yu.
Passacaglia: Secret of Wind and Birds draws on
forms and methods from East and West, ancient
and modern, and incorporates birdsong produced
by smartphones.
MASAAKI SUZUKI
CONDUCTS MOZART
Expect purity and sublime spirituality as Masaaki Suzuki, founder
of Bach Collegium Japan, brings glorious insights to Mozart’s final
masterpiece, the Requiem in D minor. Suzuki prefaces this with the
beloved G minor Symphony, which exudes astonishing grace and grief.
MOZART
Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K.550
BARTÓK
Dance Suite
MOZART
Requiem in D minor, K.626
TAN DUN
Farewell My Concubine
TAN DUN
Passacaglia: Secret of Wind and Birds
Masaaki Suzuki, conductor
The Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Singapore
Lim Yau, choral director
BARTÓK
Tan Dun, conductor
‘A dynamic conductor’
THE NEW YORK TIMES
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POST CONCERT SYMPHONY CHAT
‘It would take an iron bar
not to be moved by his
crispness, sobriety and
spiritual vigour’
THE TIMES
© Marco Borggreve
The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19: Suite
5 MAY 2017
19 & 20 MAY 2017
FRI | 7.30PM
FRI & SAT | 7.30PM
DEBUSSY AND
DVOŘÁK
SSO GALA
Cellist Wang Jian returns to perform with the SSO in Dvořák’s
sublime masterpiece, the Cello Concerto in B minor, one of the
most performed cello concertos in the world. Expect evocative
soundscapes as Lan Shui conducts three works by French
composer Claude Debussy, including Printemps and Sacred and
Profane Dances.
DEBUSSY
BEETHOVEN VIOLIN CONCERTO •
CRUSELL SINFONIA CONCERTANTE
SSO brings its spectacular season to a close with Beethoven’s crown jewel,
the Violin Concerto in D major performed in the capable hands of Frank Peter
Zimmermann, and the delightful triple concerto by Finnish-Swedish composer
Bernhard Crusell featuring old friends Ma Yue, Han Chang Chou and Zhang Jin Min,
who will step down as Principal Bassoon after this season. The concert opens with
music by Singaporean composer Jeremiah Li.
Scottish March on a Popular Theme
DEBUSSY
JEREMIAH LI
New Work
COMMISSIONED BY THE SSO
Sacred and Profane Dances
DEBUSSY
CRUSELL
Sinfonia concertante in B-flat major, Op. 3
Printemps
DVOŘÁK
Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104
Lan Shui, conductor
Wang Jian, cello
Gulnara Mashurova, harp
‘An impressive blend of charm,
elegance and bravura’
BEETHOVEN
Lan Shui, conductor
Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin
Ma Yue, clarinet
Han Chang Chou, horn
Zhang Jin Min, bassoon
‘Gorgeously ripe tone, easy
swagger and intoxicating
range of colour’
GRAMOPHONE on Frank Peter Zimmermann
POST-CONCERT SYMPHONY CHAT 20 May, Sat
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© Harald Hoffmann
THE NEW YORK TIMES on Wang Jian
JAMIE HERSCH associate principal horn
MARC-ANTOINE ROBILLARD associate principal horn
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Join our conductors and guest artists at the Symphony Chat where
they will share their thoughts and ideas on music. If you have a
question about what you’ve just heard, this is the perfect opportunity
to get it answered.
19 AUG 16, FRI
1 OCT 16, SAT
20 APR 17, THU
20 MAY 17, SAT
OPEN REHEARSAL
That amazing concert you just watched is the result of several
rehearsals and a lot of hard work. Open rehearsals offer a behindthe-scenes perspective of how the conductor shapes every note and
phrase with the orchestra, and how the individual sections come
together as a harmonious whole.
14 OCT 16, FRI, 7.30PM
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1 APR 17, SAT, 9.30AM
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AUTOGRAPH SESSIONS
Please visit the What’s On section on www.sso.org.sg to view our
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concer t
29 JULY 2016
FRI | 7.30PM
Enjoy some of the greatest Broadway hits
– Tonight, I Could Have Danced All Night,
Cheek to Cheek – at this SSO Pops Concert
featuring conductor Joshua Tan and singer
Rani Singam. Let your hair down as they
bring you a stunning selection of favourite
songs from the best-selling musicals My Fair
Lady, West Side Story, The Sound of Music
and more!
ss o
concer t
8 APRIL 2017
TCHAIKOVSKY
SAT | 7.30PM
(arr. by D. ELLINGTON &
B. STRAYHORN, orch J. TYZIK)
Prepare to be thrilled as acclaimed
Japanese jazz pianist Makoto Ozone joins
Joshua Tan and the Singapore Symphony
Orchestra at the Esplanade Concert
Hall for a one-night-only Pops Concert
featuring American composer George
Gershwin’s ever-popular Rhapsody In
Blue, which draws on lively jazz elements.
Makoto Ozone will also perform Ravel’s
Concerto in G major.
RAVEL
The Nutcracker Suite
Concerto in G major
TYZIK
Symphonic Swing
GERSHWIN
Rhapsody in Blue
Makoto Ozone, piano
Rani Singam, vocalist
‘Thrilling, virtuosic and
unabashedly personal’
THE NEW YORK TIMES
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Family of 4 packages: 15% discount (Cat 1-3)
8 SEPTEMBER 2016
3 & 4 SEPTEMBER 2016
THU | 7.30PM
SAT | 2PM & 4PM, SUN | 2PM
Concerts
for Children
The last of BBC’s acclaimed
Planet Earth Trilogy
SYMPHONIC SORCERY –
THE MUSIC OF HARRY POTTER
Take a ride on Harry Potter’s flying broom, and race across the night
skies to Hogwarts Academy, and relive the intrigue, magic and wonder
of the first six Harry Potter stories… all on the wings of music.
Enjoy the magical compositions of John Williams and Nicholas Hooper
as they create a world filled with witches, wizards, warlocks and
muggles. Your host is a delightful old wizard, who guides you through
Harry’s thrilling years at Hogwarts Academy. You’ll meet giant spiders;
learn about potions and Quidditch; and you’ll fly on a Nimbus 2000!
Dandi Productions
The Blue Planet Live! and Planet Earth in Concert enraptured Singapore audiences at the Esplanade
Concert Hall. Now, we present Frozen Planet in Concert, the third and final chapter of BBC’s Earth Trilogy.
The ultimate portrait of Earth’s polar regions is brought to awe-inspiring life through high-resolution film
images on a 10-metre tall curved screen stretching across the Concert Hall stage. Joshua Tan leads the
Singapore Symphony Orchestra in a gripping journey through the struggles and triumphs of this icy realm.
Filmed entirely in high definition on an unimaginable scale from seemingly impossible locations and
enlivened by an emotive score by award-winning British composer George Fenton, Frozen Planet in
Concert takes us on an extraordinary cinematic journey through a majestic and frozen wilderness.
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18 & 19 MARCH 2017
SAT | 2PM & 4PM, SUN | 2PM
JASON’S YOUNG PERSON’S
GUIDE TO THE ORCHESTRA
British composer Benjamin Britten wrote The Young Person’s Guide
to the Orchestra in 1946, as a listening guide to the musical
instruments in the orchestra. SSO Associate Conductor Jason Lai
gives an exciting new spin with his very own take on the work
with Jason’s Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra! From flutes
to bassoons, trumpets to tubas, find out all about the different
instruments (and the musicians) as he brings you on a thrilling journey
with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra.
Concerts
for Children
25 & 26 NOVEMBER 2016
FRI | 6PM, SAT | 11AM, 2PM & 4PM
CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS
Concerts
for Children
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Discover the marvellous universe of the Carnival of the Animals by
Camille Saint-Saëns with Octave and Mandoline, as they guide you
through a magical world where lions, kangaroos, turtles and other
animals come to life through the use of small and large marionettes,
each more surprising than the other.
L’Arsenal à Musique
Low Shao Suan & Low Shao Ying, pianos
TICKETS
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Suitable for ages 4 to 14. No admission for infants-in-arms.
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Discovering Music!
Join SSO Associate Conductor Jason Lai for a trio of Discovering Music! concerts exploring
how composers use stories, plays and poems as an inspiration to write great music. From
Shakespeare’s plays to Wagner’s music dramas, and Tchaikovsky’s ballets to Stravinsky’s
colorful ballets based on folk tales, feast your ears on some truly incredible music!
19 & 20 NOVEMBER 2016
SAT | 2PM & 4PM, SUN | 11AM, 2PM & 4PM
SSO Babies’ Prs
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 14th year, the SSO Babies’ Proms promises to be an hour of
great fun and entertainment for parents and children alike.
11 SEPTEMBER 2016
5 NOVEMBER 2016
SUN | 4PM
SAT | 4PM
Music Inspired
by Shakespeare
The World’s a Stage:
The Drama of Opera
18 FEBRUARY 2017
SAT | 4PM
Peter Moore, conductor/ presenter
Colourful Tales
Jason Lai
conductor
TICKETS
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Priority sales: 26 Jul 16 | Public sales: 29 Jul 16
Suitable for children aged 6 and below.
Tickets are required for children aged 2 and above.
Each concert lasts one hour, and pre-concert activities will be held 30 minutes
before the respective show.
For pre-school bookings, please call 6602 4245 or email [email protected].
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Family packages & school packages available. Suitable for ages 5 and above. Please visit www.sso.org.sg for event updates.
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PETER WILSON cello
CHAN WEI SHING cello
WIND, WATER & WAVES:
BAROQUE FESTIVAL
WITH PAVLO BEZNOSIUK
Pavlo Beznosiuk, violin/ direct
12 AUGUST 2016
13 AUGUST 2016
14 AUGUST 2016
FRI | 7.30PM
SAT | 7.30PM
SUN | 4PM
REBEL
VIVALDI
LOCKE
Les élémens (The Elements)
Overture to La Senna
Festeggiante, RV 693
The Tempest: Incidental music
Concerto for Violin in A major,
TWV.51:A4 ‘Die Relinge’
(The Frog)
VALENTINI
Concerto in D major, RV 562
Concerto for Four Violins in A
minor, Op. 7, No. 11
HANDEL
TELEMANN
VIVALDI
Overture in C major,
TWV.55:C3 ‘Wassermusik’
(Water Music)
Concerto for Violin in
E-flat major, RV 253
‘La tempesta di mare’
TELEMANN
VIVALDI
Selections from Water Music
Suites
TELEMANN
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CAO CAN first violin
Orchestral Suite in F major,
TWV.55:F11 ‘Alster Overture’
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DVOŘÁK
SERENADE
FOR WINDS
CAPUÇON &
ANGELICH •
BERG KAMMERKONZERT
23 OCTOBER 2016
8 JANUARY 2017
SUN | 4PM
SUN | 4PM
RAVEL
BRAHMS
Introduction & Allegro for Harp,
Flute, Clarinet and String Quartet
Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major,
Op. 100
POULENC
BERG
Sextet for Piano and Wind Quintet,
Op. 100
Kammerkonzert
DVOŘÁK
Serenade for Winds in
D minor, Op. 44
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THE GREAT
BEETHOVEN II
11 FEBRUARY 2017
SAT | 7.30PM
BEETHOVEN
BEETHOVEN
Stradivari Quartet with
SSO musicians
Lan Shui, conductor
Renaud Capuçon, violin
VIVE LA
FRANCE!
THE GREAT
BEETHOVEN I
SCHUMANN
PIANO QUINTET
FOUR
SEASONS
27 NOVEMBER 2016
10 FEBRUARY 2017
25 MARCH 2017
23 APRIL 2017
SUN | 4PM
FRI | 7.30PM
SAT | 7.30PM
SUN | 4PM
CHAUSSON
BEETHOVEN
MOZART
PIAZZOLLA
Chanson Perpetuelle
for Voice, Piano and String Quartet
Serenade for Flute, Violin and Viola in D major,
Op. 25
Piano Trio No. 6 in G major, K.564
Oblivion for Piano Trio
BRIDGE
PIAZZOLLA
RAVEL
BEETHOVEN
Four Seasons for Piano Trio
Piano Trio in A minor
Miniatures for Piano Trio,
Set 2: Romance, Intermezzo & Saltarello
FAURÉ
BEETHOVEN
SCHUMANN
Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60
Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor,
Op. 15
Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44
Stradivari Quartet with
SSO musicians
Chiao-Ying, piano
BRAHMS
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Lim Yau, Choral Director
The Singapore Symphony Chorus (SSC) was initiated in 1980 under the direction of Choo Hoey, then Music
Director of the SSO, giving its first performance on 13 June 1980 - Brahms’ German Requiem. In 1981, Lim
Yau was appointed Chorus Master. Under his guidance, the SSC established itself as one of the finest choirs
in the region and one of the few symphony choruses in Southeast Asia.
The chorus has worked with renowned conductors such as Peter Erdei, Eric Ericsson, John Nelson, Claus
Peter Flor, Okko Kamu as well as SSO’s own Lan Shui. They have amassed a wide repertoire over the years,
performing such works as Orff’s Carmina Burana, Rachmaninov’s The Bells, Tippett’s A Child of Our Time,
Macmillan’s Seven Last Words from the Cross, Kodály’s Missa Brevis, Britten’s War Requiem, and baroque
classic Bach’s St John Passion, amongst many others.
For audition details, please email [email protected].
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Singapore
Symphony
Children’s Choir
Singapore
National
Youth Orchestra
Wong Lai Foon, Choirmaster
Darius Lim, Assistant Choirmaster
Leonard Tan, Principal Conductor
Lin Juan, Assistant Conductor
The Singapore Symphony Children’s Choir (SSCC)
celebrates 10 wonderful years of singing in 2016.
Since its debut performance in 2007, the SSCC
has given many successful concerts, including
appearances with the Singapore Symphony
Orchestra (SSO) in its ever-popular Christmas
Concerts and in the great choral masterpieces
such as Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, Mahler’s
Third Symphony, Berlioz’s Damnation of Faust,
Orff’s Carmina Burana and Britten’s War Requiem.
Under the direction of choirmaster Wong Lai
Foon and assistant choirmaster Darius Lim, the
SSCC provides a nurturing environment for
young singers aged between 9 and 16 years,
allowing them to explore their love of music while
enriching them with a comprehensive initiation
into the art of classical singing.
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In June 2015, the choir made their first trip
overseas, collaborating with the Maîtrise de Radio
France in Paris. They performed Berlioz’s Te
Deum at the Philharmonie de Paris as part of the
Singapour en France – le Festival. The choir was
also featured in MediaCorp’s SG50: The Gift of
Song - These Are The Days.
3 SEPTEMBER 2016, SAT | 6PM
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FREE ADMISSION
7 DECEMBER 2016, WED | 7.30PM
SSCC & SNYO PRE-TOUR
CONCERT: COLOURS OF S.E.A
27 MAY 2017, SAT | 7.30PM
SSCC 11TH ANNIVERSARY
CONCERT: SOUND MUSINGS
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Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO) and
other community orchestras in Singapore as
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The SNYO is made up of over 180 talented young
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SSO musicians.
Recognised by the Ministry of Education as
a National Project of Excellence, entry into
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Members in mainstream secondary schools with
sustained involvement in the SNYO will have their
participation in the orchestra recognised in lieu of
a school-based Co-Curricular Activity (CCA).
28 JULY 2016, THU | 7.30PM
18 MARCH 2017, SAT | 7.30PM
In April 2015, the SNYO started a new chapter
in its musical journey with the transfer of the
management and operations from the Ministry of
Education to the Singapore Symphony Orchestra
to draw on the knowledge and expertise of
Singapore’s flagship orchestra.
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1 SEPTEMBER 2016
THU | 12.30PM
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Singapore Symphony Orchestra
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SSCC IN THE PARK
Darius Lim, conductor
Singapore Symphony Children’s Choir
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COMPOSER
WORK
PAGE
COMPOSER
WORK
PAGE
ADAMS
ADAMS
BARTÓK
BARTÓK
BEETHOVEN
BEETHOVEN
BEETHOVEN
BEETHOVEN
BEETHOVEN
BEETHOVEN
BEETHOVEN
BEETHOVEN
BEETHOVEN
BEETHOVEN
BEETHOVEN
BEETHOVEN
BEETHOVEN
BEETHOVEN
BERG
BERG
BERLIOZ
BERLIOZ
BERNSTEIN
BRAHMS
BRAHMS
BRAHMS
BRAHMS
BRAHMS
BRIDGE
BRUCH
BRUCKNER
CHAUSSON
CHOPIN
COPLAND
CRUSELL
DEBUSSY
DEBUSSY
DEBUSSY
DVOŘÁK
DVOŘÁK
DVOŘÁK
ELGAR
ELGAR
FAURÉ
GERSHWIN
GRIEG
ZECHARIAH GOH
HANDEL
IBERT
KALHOR
JEREMIAH LI
LISZT
LOCKE
MAHLER
MAHLER
MENDELSSOHN
Short Ride in a Fast Machine
Violin Concerto
Dance Suite
The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19: Suite
Leonore Overture No. 1, Op. 138
Serenade for Flute, Violin and Viola in D major, Op. 25
Violin Concerto
Kammerkonzert
Beatrice and Benedict: Overture
West Side Story: Symphonic Dances
Academic Festival Overture
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15
Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major, Op. 100
Miniatures for Piano Trio, Set 2: Romance, Intermezzo & Saltarello
Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26
Mass No. 3 in F minor, WAB.28 ‘Great’
Chanson Perpetuelle for Voice, Piano and String Quartet
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11
An Outdoor Overture
Sinfonia concertante in B-flat major, Op. 3
Printemps
Sacred and Profane Dances
Scottish March on a Popular Theme
Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104
Serenade for Winds in D minor, Op. 44
Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 ‘From the New World’
Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85
Sea Pictures, Op. 37
Rhapsody in Blue
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
New Work commissioned by the SSO
Selections from Water Music Suites
Flute Concerto
Silent City
New Work commissioned by the SSO
Piano Concerto No. 2 in A major, S.125
The Tempest: Incidental music
Symphony No. 1 in D major ‘Titan’
Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor
A Midsummer Night’s Dream Suite
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41
48
48
43
35
40
43
40
69
68
68
68
69
23
40
43
51
37
68
20
20
41
37
44
69
23
68
69
29
26
68
20
29
51
50
50
50
50
68
37
30
23
68
57
22
41
67
44
30
51
35
67
45
34
19
MENDELSSOHN
MENDELSSOHN
MESSIAEN
MOZART
MOZART
MOZART
MOZART
MUSSORGSKY
PÄRT
PIAZZOLLA
PIAZZOLLA
PIAZZOLLA
POULENC
PROKOFIEV
PROKOFIEV
PROKOFIEV
PROKOFIEV
PROKOFIEV
RACHMANINOV
RACHMANINOV
RACHMANINOV
RAVEL
RAVEL
RAVEL
RAVEL
REBEL
ROUSE
SCHUBERT
SCHUMANN
SCHUMANN
SIBELIUS
SHOSTAKOVICH
SHOSTAKOVICH
SMETANA
R. STRAUSS
R. STRAUSS
STRAVINSKY
STRAVINSKY
TAN DUN
TAN DUN
TCHAIKOVSKY
TCHAIKOVSKY
TCHAIKOVSKY
TCHAIKOVSKY
TCHAIKOVSKY
TELEMANN
TELEMANN
TELEMANN
TYZIK
VALENTINI
VIVALDI
VIVALDI
VIVALDI
VIVALDI
YANOV-YANOVSKY
ZHAO LIN
The Fair Melusina Overture
Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
Turangalîla-symphonie
Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K.466
Piano Trio No. 6 in G major, K.564
Requiem in D minor, K.626
Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K.550
Pictures at an Exhibition
Te Deum
Four Seasons for Piano Trio
Oblivion for Piano Trio
The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
Sextet for Piano and Wind Quintet, Op. 100
The Love for Three Oranges: Suite, Op. 33a
Symphony No. 1 in D major, Op. 25 ‘Classical’
Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, Op. 100
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
Alborada del Gracioso
Concerto in G major
Introduction & Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet and String Quartet
Piano Trio in A minor
Les élémens (The Elements)
Der Gerettete Alberich
Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D.759 ‘Unfinished’
Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44
Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47
Symphony No. 12 in D minor, Op. 112 ‘The Year 1917’
The Moldau from My Fatherland
Oboe Concerto in D major, TrV.292
Tod und Verklärung (Death and Transfiguration), Op. 24
Petrushka
The Firebird: Complete Ballet
Farewell My Concubine
Passacaglia: Secret of Wind and Birds
Hamlet: Fantasy Overture, Op. 67
Romeo and Juliet: Fantasy Overture
The Nutcracker Suite
Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33
Concerto for Violin in A major, TWV.51:A4 ‘Die Relinge’ (The Frog)
Orchestral Suite in F major, TWV.55:F11 ‘Alster Overture’
Overture in C major, TWV.55:C3 ‘Wassermusik’ (Water Music)
Symphonic Swing
Concerto for Four Violins in A minor, Op. 7, No. 11
Concerto for Violin in E-flat major, RV 253 ‘La tempesta di mare’
Concerto in D major, RV 562
Overture to La Senna Festeggiante, RV 693
The Four Seasons
Sacred Signs Suite
Duo
19
19
45
34
69
49
49
26
26
69
69
27
68
21
44
20
23
29
20
42
28
42
57
68
68
67
28
45
69
35
22
44
21
20
23
26
44
42
48
48
21
22
57
23
26
67
67
67
57
67
67
67
67
27
30
30
91
7
THU | 7.30PM, ECH
SHAKESPEARE400: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM • GIL SHAHAM
Lan Shui, conductor | Gil Shaham, violin
15
ECH: Esplanade Concert Hall
VCH: Victoria Concert Hall
OCT 16
JUL 16
At a Glance 2016/17 CONCERT CALENDAR
30 SEP
&1
6
FRI | 7.30PM, ECH
SHAKESPEARE400: ROMEO AND JULIET • CHOPIN PIANO CONCERTO NO. 1
Lan Shui, conductor | Yulianna Avdeeva, piano
23
15
SAT | 7.30PM, ECH
SHAKESPEARE400: ROMEO AND JULIET • RACHMANINOV CONCERTO NO. 2
AUG 16
Okko Kamu, conductor | Ng Pei-Sian, cello
THU | 7.30PM, ECH
PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION
SAT | 7.30PM, ECH
BRUCKNER MASS NO. 3
Lim Yau, conductor
21 &
22
FRI | 7.30PM, ECH
POPS CONCERT: A NIGHT ON BROADWAY
Joshua Tan, conductor | Rani Singam, vocalist
12-14
ROCOCO VARIATIONS
Lan Shui, conductor | Sayaka Shoji, violin
Yan Pascal Tortelier, conductor | Dmitri Alexeev, piano
29
FRI & SAT | 7.30PM, VCH
FRI & SAT | 7.30PM, SUN | 4PM, VCH
SSO CHAMBER SERIES: WIND, WATER & WAVES: BAROQUE FESTIVAL WITH PAVLO BEZNOSIUK
EIGHT SEASONS: VIVALDI & PIAZZOLLA
Igor Yuzefovich, violin / direct
23
SUN | 4PM, VCH
29
SAT | 7.30PM, ECH
SSO CHAMBER SERIES: DVOŘÁK SERENADE FOR WINDS
Pavlo Beznosiuk, violin/ direct
19
FRI | 7.30PM, ECH
SHAKESPEARE400: HAMLET • THE YEAR 1917
ROUSE AND RACHMANINOV
Andrew Litton, conductor | Jonathan Fox, percussion
26
FRI | 7.30PM, ECH
SHAKESPEARE400 • JAVIER PERIANES PLAYS GRIEG
NOV 16
Darrell Ang, conductor | Nikolai Demidenko, piano
3
THU | 7.30PM, ECH
RAY CHEN PLAYS BRUCH
Andrew Litton, conductor | Ray Chen, violin
SEP 16
Michal Nesterowicz, conductor | Javier Perianes, piano
3&4
SAT | 2PM & 4PM, SUN | 2PM, VCH
5
CONCERTS FOR CHILDREN: SYMPHONIC SORCERY – THE MUSIC OF HARRY POTTER
SAT | 4PM, VCH
DISCOVERING MUSIC! – THE WORLD’S A STAGE: THE DRAMA OF OPERA
Jason Lai, conductor | Dandi Productions
8
THU | 7.30PM, ECH
FROZEN PLANET IN CONCERT
11 &
12
FRI & SAT | 7.30PM, ECH
19 &
20
SAT | 2PM & 4PM, SUN | 11AM, 2PM & 4PM, VCH
25 &
26
FRI | 6PM, SAT | 11AM, 2PM & 4PM, VCH
SSO GALA: YO-YO MA & THE SILK ROAD ENSEMBLE
Lan Shui, conductor | Yo-Yo Ma, cello | Silk Road Ensemble
11
SUN | 4PM, VCH
DISCOVERING MUSIC! – MUSIC INSPIRED BY SHAKESPEARE
SSO BABIES’ PROMS
Peter Moore, conductor/ presenter
23
FRI | 7.30PM, VCH
PRESIDENT’S YOUNG PERFORMERS CONCERT
CONCERTS FOR CHILDREN: CARNIVAL OF THE ANIMALS
Joshua Tan, conductor | L’Arsenal à Musique | Low Shao Suan & Low Shao Ying, pianos
Jason Lai, conductor | Jade Tan Shi Yu, mezzo-soprano | Bernice Lee, oboe
27
92
SUN | 4PM, VCH
SSO CHAMBER SERIES: VIVE LA FRANCE!
93
MAR 17
MAHLER 5
Lan Shui, conductor | Zhang Haochen, piano
9&
10
JAN 17
FRI | 7.30PM, ECH
BERTRAND CHAMAYOU PLAYS LISZT
Lan Shui, conductor | Bertrand Chamayou, piano
16, 17
& 18
FRI & SAT | 7.30PM, SUN | 4PM, VCH
5&6
THU & FRI | 7.30PM, ECH
4
24
SSO CHRISTMAS CONCERT
25
SSO GALA: GUSTAVO DUDAMEL & RENAUD CAPUÇON
SUN | 4PM, VCH
SSO CHAMBER SERIES: CAPUÇON & ANGELICH • BERG KAMMERKONZERT
Lan Shui, conductor | Renaud Capuçon, violin | Nicholas Angelich, piano
13
1
8
FRI | 7.30PM, ECH
SSO BEETHOVEN GALA: LAN SHUI – 20TH SSO SEASON
FEB 17
FRI | 7.30PM, ECH
PETRUSHKA • BRAHMS PIANO CONCERTO NO. 1
SAT | 7.30PM, VCH
SSO CHAMBER SERIES: SCHUMANN PIANO QUINTET
SAT | 7.30PM, ECH
MESSIAEN TURANGALÎLA
SAT | 7.30PM, ECH
SSO POPS CONCERT: MAKOTO OZONE • RHAPSODY IN BLUE
Joshua Tan, conductor | Makoto Ozone, piano
15
SAT | 7.30PM, ECH
WEST SIDE STORY
SAT | 7.30PM, ECH
ROBERT SPANO • TITAN
Robert Spano, conductor
20
FRI | 7.30PM, VCH
SSO CHAMBER SERIES: THE GREAT BEETHOVEN I
11
CONCERTS FOR CHILDREN: JASON’S YOUNG PERSON’S GUIDE TO THE ORCHESTRA
Lan Shui, conductor | Andreas Haefliger, piano | Cynthia Millar, ondes Martenot
Joshua Tan, conductor | Kam Ning, violin
10
SAT | 2PM & 4PM, SUN | 2PM, VCH
Chiao-Ying, piano
Lan Shui, conductor | Nicholas Angelich, piano
21
IBERT FLUTE CONCERTO • SHOSTAKOVICH 5
Okko Kamu, conductor | Nikolai Lugansky, piano
Gustavo Dudamel, conductor | Renaud Capuçon, violin
8
SAT | 7.30PM, ECH
Yu Long, conductor | Jin Ta, flute
18 &
19
APR 17
DEC 16
2
THU | 7.30PM, ECH
TAN DUN • FAREWELL MY CONCUBINE
Tan Dun, conductor
SAT | 7.30PM, VCH
SSO CHAMBER SERIES: THE GREAT BEETHOVEN II
23
SUN | 4PM, VCH
28
FRI | 7.30PM, ECH
SSO CHAMBER SERIES: FOUR SEASONS
16
THU | 7.30PM, ECH
SSO GALA: CHARLES DUTOIT • RHAPSODY ON A THEME OF PAGANINI
SSO GALA: MASAAKI SUZUKI CONDUCTS MOZART
Masaaki Suzuki, conductor
18
SAT | 4PM, VCH
DISCOVERING MUSIC! – COLOURFUL TALES
MAY 17
Charles Dutoit, conductor | Lukas Geniušas, piano
5
FRI | 7.30PM, ECH
DEBUSSY AND DVOŘÁK
Lan Shui, conductor | Wang Jian, cello | Gulnara Mashurova, harp
24 &
25
94
A WEEKEND WITH BEETHOVEN
Yu Long, conductor | Serena Wang, piano
19 &
20
SSO GALA: BEETHOVEN VIOLIN CONCERTO • CRUSELL SINFONIA CONCERTANTE
Lan Shui, conductor | Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin | Ma Yue, clarinet
Han Chang Chou, horn | Zhang Jin Min, bassoon
95
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