SSO Christmas Concert

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Wed 5 Jun 2019 7:30PM Victoria Concert Hall Highlights

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14, 15 & 16 Dec 2018, Fri – Sun

SSO Christmas Concert Singapore Symphony Orchestra Joshua Tan, conductor Mandy Dickson, vocalist* Singapore Symphony Choruses Eudenice Palaruan, choral director " Wong Lai Foon, choirmaster # Bless Our Show from Sister Act (The Musical) 4’*

by Alan Menken (arr. David Bawiec)^ Glock n Spiel 4’ # based on traditional Christmas carols

by Eudenice Palaruan Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer 3’

by Johnny Marks (arr. Richard Hayman) Somewhere in My Memory from ​​​​​​Home Alone 5’*

by John Williams O Little Town of Bethlehem 3’ Traditional (arr. Arthur Harris) I'll Be Home for Christmas 4’*

by Walter Kent & Kim Gannon (arr. David Bawiec)^ I want a Hippopotamus for Christmas 3’*

by John Rox (arr. David Bawiec)^

Intermission 20’

Jingle Bells 3’ James Lord Pierpont (arr. Mack Wilberg) Carol of the Drum 4’ " Katherine Kennicott Davis (arr. Eudenice Palaruan) That’s Christmas to Me 4’ * Katy Lou Clark & Penny Lea Clark (arr. David Bawiec)^ Jingle Bell Rock 4’ Joseph Carleton Beal & James Ross Boothe (arr. Lee Jinjun) This is My Wish 4’ * Tim & Angela Lauer (arr. David Bawiec)^ It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year 4’ * Edward Pola & George Wyle (arr. David Bawiec)^ Mele Kalikimaka 4’ * Robert Alex Anderson (arr. David Bawiec)^ Christmas Medley (Sing-a-long) 7’ * A compilation of Christmas carols with orchestration

by Lee Jinjun ^vocal arrangement by Eudenice Palaruan Mandy Dickson will sign autographs in the foyer after the concert.

Concert duration: 1 hr 40 mins Go green. Digital programme booklets are available on www.sso.org.sg.

Scan the QR code in the foyer to view a copy.

S ing a p or e S y mp hon y Or c he s t r a 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 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.

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.

The SSO makes its performing home at the 1,800-seat state-of-the-art Esplanade

Since Lan Shui assumed the position of Music Director in 1997, the SSO has

performed in Europe, Asia and the United States. In May 2016 the SSO was invited to perform at the Dresden Music Festival and the Prague Spring International Music Festival.

This successful five‑city tour of Germany and Prague also included the SSO’s return to the Berlin Philharmonie after six years. In 2014 the SSO’s debut at the 120th BBC Proms in London received critical acclaim in the major UK newspapers The Guardian and Telegraph.

The SSO has also performed in China on multiple occasions.

Notable SSO releases under BIS include a Rachmaninoff series, a “Seascapes” album, two Debussy discs “La Mer” and “Jeux”, 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, Diana Damrau, Martha Argerich, Lang Lang, Yo-Yo Ma, Janine Jansen, Leonidas Kavakos and Gil Shaham.

The SSO is part of the Singapore Symphony Group, which also manages the Singapore Symphony Choruses, and the Singapore National Youth Orchestra.

The mission of the Group is to create memorable shared experiences with music. Through the SSO and its affiliated performing groups, we spread the love for music, nurture talent and enrich Singapore’s diverse communities.

Joshua Tan conductor Second Prize winner of the 2008 Dimitri Mitropoulos International Competition, Singaporean conductor Joshua Kangming Tan’s rise to prominence on the international scene has been marked by successful debuts in Carnegie Hall, Philharmonie Berlin, Mariinsky Hall and Bunkamura.

A graduate of The Juilliard School and the Eastman School of Music (High Distinction), he is an awardee of numerous scholarships and awards, such as the Young Artist Award, Singapore (2011), Bruno Walter Memorial Foundation Award, NAC-Shell Scholarship, and the SSO/MOE Scholarship.

Tan has conducted orchestras all around the world, in countries such as Singapore, China, Japan, Taiwan, Macau, Russia, Germany, and America. These orchestras include the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, Beethoven Bonn Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic, amongst others. He has studied with various eminent conductors such as James DePreist, Charles Dutoit, David Zinman and Kurt Masur.

A versatile conductor, Tan is at home with both symphonic and operatic works.

His substantial repertoire for opera includes La Traviata, Rigoletto, Der Fliegende Holländer, Lohengrin, Carmen, Don Giovanni, Madama Butterfly, Così fan tutte, and Turandot, among others.

He has also served as cover conductor for Christoph Eschenbach and Lorin Maazel. He is also equally adept with ballet productions and music for film/ multimedia.

Tan is presently Associate Conductor of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Principal Conductor of the Singapore National Youth Orchestra and Director of the Asia Virtuosi. He has served successful stints as Resident Conductor of the National Centre for the Performing Arts (China) Orchestra, and as Principal Conductor of the Guiyang Symphony Orchestra.

MANDY DICKSON vocalist Mandy Dickson has performed in over 22 countries all over the world. She has been a soloist with the Tokyo Philharmonic, Taiwan’s Evergreen Orchestra, The Orchestra Japan, Metropolitan Festival Orchestra, and more. On stage, she has voiced many Disney characters, including Elsa, Rapunzel, Snow White, Ariel, Cinderella, and Sally from the Nightmare Before Christmas. She has performed in the acclaimed concert tour Disney on Classic throughout Asia. Last year, she worked with conductor Joshua Tan in the Disney Dreams Come True concert tour in Taiwan.

In addition to her work on stage, Mandy is a session vocalist for Film, TV and Video game projects in Los Angeles, and releases her own music online. Her recent album, Light My Way Home: Songs from Iconic Holiday Movies, features songs from Frozen, Muppet’s Christmas Carol, The Grinch, and more, and is available on all digital platforms.

Stay up to date at www.MandyDickson.com.

Eudenice Palaruan choral director Eudenice Palaruan studied at the University of the Philippines majoring in composition under Ramon Santos (National Artist for Music) and choral conducting under Joel Navarro. After finishing his Bachelor’s Degree in the Philippines, he took on a four-year study in choral conducting at the Berliner Kirchenmusikschule, Germany under Martin Behrmann.

As a chorister and vocalist he has performed with leading choirs such as the Philippine Madrigal Singers, Ateneo de Manila College Glee Club, Berlin Spandauer Kantorei, and the World Youth Choir. He was also involved in early music performance practice as a countertenor with the Berlin Monteverdichor and continuo player at the Philippine International Bamboo Organ Festival. On the podium he was the Music Director of the Ateneo de Manila College Glee Club, Assistant Choir Master of the Philippine Madrigal Singers, Principal Conductor of the San Miguel Master Chorale and the Union Church of Manila Chancel Choir.

For the past seven years he was the Resident Conductor of the International Bamboo Organ Festival where he directed some of Philippines’ leading choirs in the

performance of early European choral music and the revival of Latin American Baroque choral music.

As a composer and arranger Palaruan introduced choral and other vocal works that exhibit the indigenous Filipino sound. His works are performed by Asian and European choirs in international festivals and competitions. With his active involvement in the choralization of Philippine and other Asian indigenous music he premiered a significant volume of new Asian choral works and is often invited to give lectures on non-Western vocal aesthetics and choral arranging in the Asian context.

As a music pedagogue he taught composition and cantorship at the Asian Institute for Liturgy and Music, choral conducting subjects at the University of the Philippines College of Music and the St. Paul University Manila College of Music and the Performing Arts. Currently he is an Associate Professor at the School of Church Music in Singapore Bible College, training and mentoring young church musicians from different Asian countries.

Wong lai foon choirmaster As a founder-conductor of the Singapore Symphony Children’s Choir (SSCC), Wong Lai Foon has dedicated the past twelve years towards building up the ensemble to become the leading children’s choir in the nation. Under her direction, the SSCC has garnered much praise for its impressive choral tone, and its musically precise and polished performances, earning it the commendation of “one of the best children’s choirs in Asia” in a recent review.

In her capacity as Choirmaster, Wong oversees the SSCC’s family of ensembles, which has now grown to comprise a Concert Choir, Training Choir, three preparatory choirs, a Boys’ Ensemble and a Youth Choir. Apart from their performances with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO), both the Concert Choir and the Youth Choir have occasionally collaborated with other ensembles. A highlight from last season was the exciting collaboration between the Concert Choir and the celebrated group, The King’s Singers. The SSYC has performed with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in Kuala Lumpur, in an all-Brahms programme which featured the Schicksalslied and Gesang der Parzen.

Wong has prepared works for other ensembles, including the Singapore Symphony Chorus, the Singapore Lyric Opera, Westminster Opera Theatre, and The Philharmonic Chamber Choir. Some highlights include Mahler’s Symphony No. 3, Berlioz’s La Damnation de Faust, Britten’s War Requiem, Janáček’s Glagolitic Mass, Bizet’s Carmen, Puccini’s La bohème, Macbeth and Il trovatore by Verdi, as well as the Singapore premieres of James Macmillan’s Seven Last Words from the Cross, and The Blue Planet Live!.

Through her work with the SSCC, Wong aspires to inspire a generation of young choral singers to embrace the choral art and strive for musical and artistic excellence. She holds a master’s degree in choral conducting from Westminster Choir College, where she studied with Joseph Flummerfelt.

Singapore Symphony Chorus EUDENICE PALARUAN choral director SHANE THIO rehearsal pianist The Singapore Symphony Chorus (SSC) made its debut in 1980, under the direction of Choo Hoey, then Music Director of the SSO and now SSO Emeritus Conductor.

In 1981, Singaporean conductor Lim Yau was appointed its Choral Director. Under his tutelage, the chorus has amassed a wide repertoire, performing such works as Macmillan’s Seven Last Words from the Cross, Arvo Pärt’s Te Deum, Britten’s War Requiem, and Bach’s St John Passion, amongst many others.

The chorus is recognised as one of the finest in the region and one of the few symphony choruses in Southeast Asia. It has performed under the baton of renowned conductors such as Peter Erdei, Eric Ericsson, John Nelson, Claus Peter Flor, Okko Kamu, and Masaaki Suzuki.

Today, presiding Choral Director Eudenice Palaruan leads the choristers, who come from a myriad of nationalities and backgrounds. In 2017, the chorus went on its first tour with the SSO, performing at the Dewan Filharmonik Petronas in Kuala Lumpur.

Singapore Symphony Youth Choir WONG LAI FOON choirmaster EVELYN HANDRISANTO accompanist An up-and-coming addition to the Singapore Symphony Orchestra’s choruses, the Singapore Symphony Youth Choir was formed in 2016 to complement the orchestra with a chorus of young people’s voices. It is a platform for young adults to pursue their interest in choral singing, as well as enable mature members of the Children’s Choir to continue their development in classical choral singing.

Comprising Singapore’s finest young choristers aged between 17 and 28, the SSYC has, despite its young age, already performed a number of choral masterpieces with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, such as Scriabin’s Prometheus, Brahms’ Schicksalslied, Puccini’s La bohème, and Borodin’s Polovtsian Dances.

The SSYC continues to explore the best of different musical worlds and styles, ranging from orchestral to a cappella masterpieces, spanning the Renaissance to the 21st century.

Singapore Symphony Children’s Choir WONG LAI FOON choirmaster GABRIEL HOE accompanist Formed in 2006, the Singapore Symphony Children’s Choir has established itself as the leading children’s choir in Singapore. With over 200 members aged 9 to 18, the choir seeks to enrich young singers through holistic choral training that nurtures artistic growth and personal development.

The children’s choir tours internationally, and has performed great choral masterpieces with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, with distinguished conductors such as Lim Yau, Claus Peter Flor, Sofi Jeannin, François-Xavier Roth and Julie Desbordes. It has performed at the Philharmonie de Paris in a collaborative performance of Berlioz’s Te Deum with the Maîtrise de Radio France, as well as at the Dewan Filharmonik Petronas in Kuala Lumpur, partnering the Malaysian Philharmonic Youth Orchestra in concert. The choir has commissioned and performed Singaporean works by Chen Zhangyi, Lee Chin Sin, and Cultural Medallion winner Kelly Tang.

In Singapore, the choir has an active performing calendar, previously performing at the Istana for the prestigious Cultural Medallion & Young Artist Award and most recently performing at the ASEAN Summit Gala Dinner 2018. The choir released their first recording, And I’ll Sing Once More, to mark its 10th anniversary in 2016.

The SSCC is proud to have Mr Christopher Ho and Mrs Rosy Ho as its principal champion.

S INGAPORE S YMPHONY CHORU S SOPRANO Au Zexian Karen Aw Iris Boehmer Gwendolyn Brewer Alexis Chen Chin Li Han Mairi Fernandez-ares Grace Goh Karin Hesse Deborah Lee Ng Beng Choo Ng Kong Tiok Si Hui Ong Sarah-Tabea Sammel Sarah Santhana Shalina Sivanendran Sachiko Tomimori Masumi Tsuchiya Agnieszka Veriga ALTO Päivi Aalto Chan Mei Yoke Patricia Chong Mervi Hiltunen Irene Law Denise Liu Sharon Low Helena Whalen-Bridge Karen Yau

TENOR Jean-Michel Bardin Edwin Orlando Cruz Jeroven Marquez Ronald Ooi Ryan Padgett Yann Perron Qi Jian Alan Smith BASS Marcus Chan William Chua Winsen Citra Arthur Davis Joseph Kennedy Paul Kitamura David Neal James Shin-Gay

S INGAPORE S YMPHONY YOUTH CHOIR SOPRANO Janice Lim Sherilyn Lim Ylva Reinhold Tan Yuqing Pollyanna Tang Susanna Wee

TENOR Loh Shao Wei Enoch Long Oh Chin Aik Wesley Oon Siak Choon Kit Caleb Yeo

ALTO Arnie Arfiee Kerris Loh Ananya Ravi Desiree Seng Jien Nee Tai Tan Li En Tan Yulin Abigail Yeo

BASS Chen Hong Ji Alfonso Cortez Aaron Koh Mika Lam Jon Loh Tan Liang Rong Danial Elias Teo

S INGAPORE S YMPHONY c hil dr e n' s CHOIR Bryan Carmichael Anne-Sophie Cazaubon Ariane Cazaubon Ashley Chai Ria Chhabra Arjun Chhabra Chin Jia Yu David Cho Nia Edwards* Goh Chen Xi Ikabella Heaps Shunsho Ando Heng Caroline Hesse Erin Ho Huang Ziyan Tania Ibrahim

Hana Kasai Trinetra D/O Kumarasan Jayden Alim Lai Sonja Lam* Marisa Lee Giselle Lim Hannah Lim Josephine Loh Javier Loke Ron Loo Lu Huaiyao Chloe Luai Sebastini Manimohan Diego Marcotty Chloe Ong* Violet Ong

Michael Robinson Caleb Seah See To Yu Rong Grace Sen Samyukta Sounderraman Carine Tan* Emily Tan Kate Tan Justin Teng Raeanne Wong Mao Yamaura Seia Yano Ashley Yeo *Also singing with the Youth Choir

Thank you for attending SSO Christmas Concert

In his final concerts as our Music Director, Lan Shui directs Mahler's monumental Resurrection Symphony, a work close to his heart that involves massive combined vocal and choral forces.

LAN SHUI’S FAREWELL ESPLANADE CONCERT HALL 25 & 26 JAN 2019 Lan Shui, conductor Miah Persson, soprano Anna Larsson, mezzo-soprano Singapore Symphony Chorus & Youth Choir Hallelujah Chorus The Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Singapore Singapore Bible College Community Choir. Canticorum The Choir of the Transylvania State Philharmonic Eudenice Palaruan, choral director Wong Lai Foon, choirmaster

Our next Children's Concert takes kids on a space adventure with our intrepid captain Alasdair Malloy, last seen in Summon the Superheroes. This will be a sure sell-out so book your tickets early, parents – the Space Ship Orchestra takes off next March!

AN INTERGALACTIC ADVENTURE VICTORIA CONCERT HALL 16 & 17 MAR 2019 Joshua Tan, conductor Alasdair Malloy, presenter

World of Warcraft, Skyrim, The Legend of Zelda, Final Fantasy. These and other wondrous tunes from beloved video games will be part of the grand musical party led by Irish Queen of Games Music, Eímear Noone. An SSO Pops Concert not to be missed.

VIDEO GAMES CLASSICS ESPLANADE CONCERT HALL 5 APR 2019 Eímear Noone, conductor Victoria Songwei Li, soprano Jade Tan, mezzo-soprano Singapore Symphony Youth Choir Wong Lai Foon, choirmaster

Our 18/19 season ends appropriately with inspiration from 1819 – the year Beethoven wrote the first notes of his splendid Missa Solemnis and the year Singapore was founded. Famed Japanese maestro Masaaki Suzuki, who previously led us in Mozart's Requiem, returns to direct.

MISSA SOLEMNIS · MASAAKI SUZUKI ESPLANADE CONCERT HALL 10 MAY 2019 Masaaki Suzuki, conductor Rachel Nicholls, soprano Marianne Beate Kielland, mezzo-soprano James Gilchrist, tenor Christian Immler, baritone Singapore Symphony Chorus Eudenice Palaruan, choral director

SSO MU S ICIAN S Lan Shui Music Director joshua tan Associate Conductor andrew litton Principal Guest Conductor Choo Hoey Conductor Emeritus Eudenice Palaruan Choral Director WONG LAI FOON Choirmaster

Lillian Wang Wu Man Yun* Xu Jue Yi* Ye Lin* Yeo Teow Meng Yin Shu Zhan* Zhang Si Jing* Zhao Tian* VIOLA Zhang Manchin Principal Guan Qi Associate Principal Gu Bing Jie* Fixed Chair Marietta Ku Luo Biao Julia Park Shui Bing Tan Wee-Hsin Janice Tsai Wang Dandan Yang Shi Li CELLO

FIRST VIOLIN Igor Yuzefovich1 Concertmaster, The GK Goh Chair Lynnette Seah2 Co-Concertmaster Kong Zhao Hui* Associate Concertmaster Chan Yoong-Han Fixed Chair Cao Can* Chen Da Wei Duan Yu Ling Foo Say Ming Gu Wen Li Jin Li Cindy Lee Karen Tan William Tan Wei Zhe SECOND VIOLIN Michael Loh Associate Principal Hai-Won Kwok Fixed Chair Nikolai Koval* Lee Shi Mei^ Chikako Sasaki* Margit Saur Shao Tao Tao

Ng Pei-Sian Principal Yu Jing Associate Principal Guo Hao Fixed Chair Chan Wei Shing Song Woon Teng Wang Yan Wang Zihao* Wu Dai Dai Zhao Yu Er DOUBLE BASS Guennadi Mouzyka Principal Yang Zheng Yi Associate Principal Karen Yeo Fixed Chair Olga Alexandrova Jacek Mirucki Wang Xu FLUTE Jin Ta Principal Evgueni Brokmiller Associate Principal Roberto Alvarez Miao Shanshan Ya-Li Tien^

PICCOLO

TRUMPET

Roberto Alvarez Assistant Principal

Jon Paul Dante Principal David Smith Associate Principal Lau Wen Rong Sergey Tyuteykin

OBOE Rachel Walker Principal Pan Yun Associate Principal Carolyn Hollier Elaine Yeo COR ANGLAIS Elaine Yeo Associate Principal CLARINET Ma Yue Principal Li Xin Associate Principal Liu Yoko Tang Xiao Ping

TROMBONE Allen Meek Principal Damian Patti Associate Principal Samuel Armstrong BASS TROMBONE Wang Wei Assistant Principal TUBA Hidehiro Fujita Principal TIMPANI

BASS CLARINET Tang Xiao Ping Assistant Principal

Christian Schiøler Principal Jonathan Fox Associate Principal

BASSOON

PERCUSSION

Wang Xiaoke Principal Liu Chang Associate Principal Christoph Wichert Zhao Ying Xue

Jonathan Fox Principal Mark Suter Associate Principal Lim Meng Keh Lu Pei-Hsien^ Zhu Zheng Yi

CONTRABASSOON Zhao Ying Xue Assistant Principal

HARP Gulnara Mashurova Principal

HORN Han Chang Chou Principal Gao Jian Associate Principal Jamie Hersch Associate Principal Marc-Antoine Robillard Associate Principal Amir Sharipov^

PIANO Shane Thio^

*With deep appreciation to the Rin Collection for their generous loan of string instruments.

Igor Yuzefovich plays an instrument generously loaned by Mr & Mrs G K Goh Lynnette Seah performs on a J.B. Guadagnini of Milan, c. 1750, donated by the National Arts Council, Singapore, with the support of Far East Organization and Lee Foundation. ^Musician on temporary contract Musicians listed alphabetically by family name rotate their seats on a per programme basis.

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A S ta nding Ovat ion to our Donor s a nd Sp on s or s PATRON SPONSOR

Tote Board Group (Tote Board, Singapore Pools & Singapore Turf Club) $500,000 AND ABOVE

Temasek Foundation Nurtures CLG Limited Mr & Mrs Goh Yew Lin $100,000 and above

Christopher Ho & Rosy Ho Anonymous $50,000 and above

Far East Organization John Swire & Sons (S.E. Asia) Pte Ltd Lee Foundation Singapore Santa Lucia Asset Management Pte Ltd Singapore Press Holdings Ltd Aquilus Pte Ltd G K Goh Holdings Limited Clarinda Tjia-Dharmadi-Martin & Christopher Martin Anonymous (2)

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T he G K G oh C h a ir The SSO Concertmaster Chair is named for Mr GK Goh. We would like to thank the Family and Friends of Mr Goh Geok Khim for their donations. We are especially grateful to Mr and Mrs Goh Yew Lin for their most generous donation.

Igor Yuzefovich, Concertmaster The GK Goh Chair

LARGE GIFT S The SSO recognises large gifts in a variety of ways, including the naming of a position in the Orchestra. Endowing a Musician Chair associates your name with an orchestral position that has a special significance to you.

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Major Corporate Patrons Temasek Foundation Nurtures CLG Ltd Far East Organization Santa Lucia Asset Management Pte Ltd Interchem Pte Ltd John Swire & Sons (S.E. Asia) Pte Ltd Aquilus Pte Ltd Lee Foundation, Singapore G K Goh Holdings Ltd Kingsmen Exhibit Pte Ltd NSL Ltd Major Corporate Sponsors Conrad Centennial Singapore SMRT Corporation Singapore Airlines Ltd Singapore Press Holdings Ltd

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Esplanade Presents

Voices Series

“A tiny soundbite of heaven.”

A UK-based ensemble conducted by Harry Christophers is recognised for its hallmarks of tonal richness, expressive intensity and compelling artistry.

An Immortal Legacy features secular works within The Sixteen’s customary sacred output and depicts how contemporary composers revel in the glories of the 16th century to the present. This concert’s repertoire features Thomas Tallis, Thomas Morley, William Byrd, John Sheppard, Orlando Gibbons, Benjamin Britten, Sir Michael Tippett and James MacMillan.

1hr 30mins (with a 20min intermission)

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7 Mar 2019, Thu, 7.30pm Esplanade Concert Hall $50^ Limited concessions for students, NSFs and seniors: $30*

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S S O CHRIS TMA S CONCERT S ING - A - LONG Christmas Medley A compilation of Christmas carols with orchestration

by Lee Jinjun Joy to the World

The First Noel

Joy to the world! The Lord is come; Let Earth receive her King; Let every heart prepare Him room, And Heav’n and nature sing, And Heav’n and nature sing, And Heav’n, and Heav’n, and nature sing.

The First Noel, the Angel did say, Was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay; In fields where they lay keeping their sheep, On a cold winter's night with snow so deep.

Noel, Noel, Noel, Noel, Born is the King of Israel.

Joy to the world! The Saviour reigns; Let men their songs employ; While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains Repeat the sounding joy, Repeat the sounding joy, Repeat repeat the sounding joy.

O Come, All Ye Faithful O come, all ye faithful, Joyful and triumphant, O come ye, o come ye to Bethlehem; Come and behold Him Born the King of Angels; O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him, O come, let us adore Him Christ the Lord.

Hark the Herald Angels Sing

Silent night, holy night!

All is calm, all is bright.

Round yon Virgin Mother and Child, Holy infant so tender and mild.

Sleep in heavenly peace, Sleep in heavenly peace.

Hark! The herald angels sing, “Glory to the new-born King: Peace on Earth and mercy mild God and sinners reconciled!”

Joyful all ye nations rise, Join the triumph of the skies; With th’angelic hosts proclaim, “Christ is born in Bethlehem!”

Hark! The herald angels sing, “Glory to the new-born King”

RECOMMENDED LISTENING Light My Way Home: Songs from Iconic Holiday Movies Mandy Dickson (2017)

Hail the heav’nly Prince of Peace!

Hail the Sun of Righteousness!

Light and life to all He brings, Ris’n with healing in his wings.

Mild He lays His glory by, Born that man no more may die.

Born to raise the sons of Earth, Born to give them second birth.

Hark! The herald angels sing, “Glory to the new-born King!”

SINGALONG LYRICS

Silent Night

Supporting the Local Arts and Cultural Scene Partner of SSO since 1978 NSL is a long-standing sponsor for Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO). We have been instrumental in helping the Orchestra reach out to the community-at-large as SSO brings music to the world.

A leading industrial group in the Asia Pacific with businesses in Precast & Prefabricated Bathroom Unit and Environmental Services, NSL believes that while achieving business goals is important, its actions need to also create a positive impact on the community, environment and all stakeholders.

NSL LTD 77 Robinson Road #27-00 Robinson 77 Singapore 068896 Tel: 6536 1000 I Fax: 6536 1008 I www.nsl.com.sg

b oa r d of dir ec tor s & COMMITTE e S board of directors Mr Goh Yew Lin (Chair) Ms Yong Ying-I (Deputy Chair) Mr Ang Chek Meng Mrs Odile Benjamin Mr Chng Hak-Peng Mr Lionel Choi Mr Warren Fernandez Prof Arnoud De Meyer Mr Heinrich Grafe Ms Liew Wei Li Ms Lim Mei Mr Sanjiv Misra Mr Andreas Sohmen-Pao Mr Paul Tan Dr Kelly Tang Mr Yee Chen Fah

SSO Council HUMAN RESOURCES Committee Ms Yong Ying-I (Chair) Prof Arnoud de Meyer Mr Yee Chen Fah Dr Kelly Tang Endowment Fund Committee Mr Goh Yew Lin (Chair) Mr David Goh Mr Sanjiv Misra Audit Committee Mr Yee Chen Fah (Chair) Mr Heinrich Grafe Ms Lim Mei

Nominating and Executive Committee

SNYO Committee

Mr Goh Yew Lin (Chair) Prof Arnoud de Meyer Mr Paul Tan Ms Yong Ying-I

Ms Liew Wei Li (Chair) Mr Ang Chek Meng Ms Vivien Goh Dr Kee Kirk Chin Mrs Valarie Wilson

SSO Musicians’ Committee Mr Chan Wei Shing Mr Jon Paul Dante Mr Jamie Hersch Mr Ng Pei-Sian Mr Mark Suter Mr Christoph Wichert Mr Yeo Teow Meng

Prof Cham Tao Soon (Honorary Chair) Mr Alan Chan (Chair) 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 SSO LADIES’ LEAGUE Mrs Odile Benjamin (Chair) Mrs Kwan Lui (Deputy Chair) Mrs Celeste Basapa Mrs Maisy Beh Mrs Kim Camacho Mrs Rosy Ho Ms Judy Hunt Prof Annie Koh Dr Julie Lo Mrs Clarinda TjiaDharmadi-Martin Ms Paige Parker Ms Kris Tan Ms Manju Vangal Mrs Grace Yeh

S INGAPORE S YMPHONY GROUP MANAGEMENT CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Mr Chng Hak-Peng

CEO OFFICE

PROGRAMMES (VCH)

CORPORATE SERVICES

Ms Shirin Foo Mr Lim Yeow Siang Mr Edward Loh Mr Chris Yong

Ms Erin Tan

Mr Rick Ong (Head) Mr Alan Ong (Finance) Ms Goh Hoey Fen (Finance) Mr Jeffrey Tang (IT) Mr Md Zailani bin Md Said

ORCHESTRA MANAGEMENT Mr Ernest Khoo (Head) Orchestra Mr Chia Jit Min Ms Tan Wei Tian Concert Operations Ms Kimberly Kwa (Production Manager) Ms Chin Rosherna Mr Md Sufiyan Mr Ramayah Elango Mr Md Fariz bin Samsuri Library Mr Lim Lip Hua Ms Priscilla Neo Ms Wong Yi Wen PROGRAMMES (SSO) Ms Kua Li Leng (Head) Ms Teo Chew Yen Ms Jodie Chiang Community Outreach Ms Kathleen Tan Ms Vanessa Lee Choral Programmes Ms Regina Lee Ms Whitney Tan

DEVELOPMENT & PARTNERSHIPS Ms Peggy Kek (Head) Corporate Communications Ms Leong Wenshan Mr Chris Yong Development Mr Anthony Chng Ms Chelsea Zhao Ms Nikki Chuang MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS & CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE Ms Cindy Lim (Head) Mr Chia Han-Leon Ms Myrtle Lee Ms Jana Loh Ms Hong Shu Hui Ms Melissa Tan Ms Dacia Cheang Ms Nur Shafiqah bte Othman

HUMAN RESOURCES & ADMINISTRATION Mr Desmen Low Ms Melissa Lee Ms Evelyn Siew SINGAPORE NATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA Ms Pang Siu Yuin (Head) Ms Yuen May Leng Mr Tan Yong Qing Ms Tang Ya Yun ABRSM Ms Hay Su-San (Head) Ms Patricia Yee Ms Lai Li-Yng Mr Joong Siow Chong

40 NEVER SOUNDED SO GOOD! The SSO is turning 40 and we hope that you're still enjoying our music.

If you’ve loved our concerts, please do consider making a donation for our birthday.

Your gift to our national orchestra will give less well-off students and other underserved communities the chance to come to our concerts for free, or on discounted tickets.

Did you know?

Our free concerts and events delight over 45,000 people every year Ticket revenue accounts for less than 10% of our total budget To keep our concerts accessible, we keep ticket prices as low as $10 The government and the Tote Board together provide more than half of our funding needs, but a large part of it is in the form of matching funds, where the money will only get to us if we raise funds from the public.

And that’s you.

So won’t you join us to make a gift of music please?

Ways You Can Donate: Visit www.sso.org.sg/donate Scan the QR code in PayLah! or PayNow (provide your email under 'Reference No.') Contact Ms Nikki Chuang at 6602 4238 or nikki@sso.org.sg

From all of us at the SSO, thank you for your generous support! *Singapore tax-payers may qualify for 250% tax deduction for donations above $50 made by 31 December 2018.

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The Singapore Symphony Orchestra is a charity and not-for-profit organisation. You can support us by donating at www.sso.org.sg/donate.

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