Singapore Symphony Orchestra 2018/19 Season Brochure by Singapore Symphony

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 Prof Arnoud De Meyer Mr Warren Fernandez 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

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SING A P ORE S Y MP HON Y OR C HE S T R A 2018/19 CONCERT SEASON

Our Story / 04 Season Overview / 20 Subscription / Gala / Christmas Concerts / 24 SSO Chamber Series / 44 Red Balloon Series / 51 Schools & Families / 54 Community Concerts / 62 Tickets & Packages / 76 Index / 82

Victoria Concert Hall: Home of the SSO Esplanade Concert Hall: Performing Home of the SSO Orchestra photography by Lertkiat Chongjirajitra. The information in this publication is correct at press time but the SSO reserves the right to change programmes or artists without prior notice.

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WELCOME FROM THE CEO A Special 40th Anniversary Season

The 2018/19 season is an exceptional one for us. Not only does its second half mark the 40th year of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra – a celebration that we plan to bring to audiences beyond concert hall doors, it also coincides with Singapore’s commemoration of the 200th anniversary of Sir Stamford Raffles’ landing in 1819. The two milestone anniversaries offer us and our audiences a chance to look back on history, and to reflect on the road ahead.

Looking back: SSO 40th Anniversary Our 40th Anniversary season kicks off with performances across Singapore with our first-ever ‘SSO In Your Community’ concerts. We bring back our ‘Familiar Favourites’ series – in a fresh format to meet our audience’s changing taste in classical offerings. In our 40th Anniversary Concert, the audience can re-experience the repertoire from our very first concert in 1979. We also walk down memory lane in concerts led by SSO founding Music Director and Emeritus Conductor Choo Hoey, and by former Principal Tuba Jacomo Bairos. As your orchestra, we stage our very first National Day Concert this season. We also celebrate our Singaporean composers, including Leong Yoon Pin, Phoon Yew Tien, Kelly Tang, Robert Casteels and Syafiqah 'Adha Mohd Sallehin. There is something for all age groups in our Pops concerts, one featuring TV themes from the 80s and another showcasing video game classics.

In a series of farewell concerts marked Lan Shui & the SSO, we honour our Music Director and showcase highlights from our 22-year journey together. These include audience-favourite Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, Beethoven symphonies, our landmark recording of Debussy’s La Mer and the premiering of contemporary works. World-renowned Mahler singers Miah Persson and Anna Larsson join us in a special double-night performance of Mahler’s Second – ‘Resurrection’. In recognition of the bicentenary of Singapore’s founding, we shine a light on The Age of Discovery that led to European exploration and drove Singapore’s modernisation. There is no concert hall more iconic of this era than the VCH, where we will perform a series of three concerts in February and March 2019 featuring composers from the period, including Haydn, Mozart, Schubert and Beethoven. We close our classical music season joined by the Singapore Symphony Chorus, with Masaaki Suzuki conducting Missa Solemnis, a work Beethoven began writing – incidentally, in 1819.

Looking ahead: Our dreams for Singapore Reflecting on the road ahead, we have three dreams for Singapore. One relates to embracing a strong cultural identity. Who Are We? presents composers who approached national identity in different ways, including Singaporeans Leong Yoon Pin and Kelly Tang, as well as Borodin, Sibelius, Lutosławski and Ravel. The youth

orchestra joins the SSO in a first-time side-by-side performance of Russian folk-inspired repertoire. The second dream is of becoming a creative global city. The vibrant flow of ideas and creativity in Creative Vienna can be heard in works by great composers who were linked to and sometimes interacted in Vienna, such as Brahms, Zemlinsky, and Webern. The third dream is about classical music flourishing in our modern times. Here we present our new Red Balloon series, featuring all-modern repertoire by Zappa, Bates, Reich and other contemporary composers. Since SSO’s inaugural concert on 24 January 1979 – held at the Singapore Conference Hall with a live radio broadcast -- the orchestra has grown in-step with the classical music landscape in Singapore. Such a special season is impossible without generous supporters and enthusiastic audiences. Here’s to 40 years of great music, and many more.

Chng Hak-Peng Chief Executive Officer Singapore Symphony Group

“ORCHESTRAL PLAYING AT THE PEAK OF REFINEMENT AND BEAUTY” Fanfare

OUR STORY 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.

Since Lan Shui assumed the position of Music Director in 1997, the SSO has performed in Europe, Asia and the United States. In 2016 the SSO was invited to perform at the Dresden Music Festival and the Prague Spring International 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 Rachmaninov series, a Debussy disc, Seascapes featuring seathemed 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, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Neeme Jarvi, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Lang Lang, Yo-Yo Ma, Diana Damrau, Janine Jansen, Leonidas Kavakos and Gil Shaham.

Sergey Tyuteykin trumpet

OUR STORY

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.

Zhang Manchin Principal Viola Gu Bing Jie Fixed Chair Viola

Christian SchiĂ¸ler Principal Timpani Lynnette Seah Co-Concertmaster Damian Patti Associate Principal Trombone

OUR STORY

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“LAN SHUI IS THE MASTER OF MOVEMENT, DETAIL, AND MUSICAL INTEGRITY” American Record Guide

MUSIC DIRECTOR 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 Philharmonic from 2007 to 2016, and has been their Conductor Laureate since 2017. He recently concluded a four-year 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, Baltimore and Detroit symphony orchestras. In Europe he has performed with Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, hr-Sinfonieorchester, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Radio-Sinfonieorchester 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.

Dear music lover, Twenty-two years ago, Mr Goh Yew Lin asked me if I would be interested in becoming Music Director of the SSO. I was brimming with excitement at the prospect of building this young orchestra, and little did I know that I would go on to devote my best years to the SSO and to Singapore. My friendship with the SSO as Music Director began on 10 January 1997. Over the years, I have fallen in love with the incredible warmth of the people in Singapore. To our wonderful musicians: thank you for the deep and special bond we share. Together we have achieved so many milestones. In you I see the amazing passion and patience that has enabled us to create unforgettable musical moments. We have never stopped in our search for new ideas and interpretations, and our camaraderie is as fresh as the day we first made music together. To the past and present directors of the SSO Board: thank you. For your support of the orchestra, for guiding me, and for being leaders who know and love the music. To my colleagues in the SSO management, thank you for being a joy to work with. You have brightened my days in the orchestra with your friendship and creativity. To our wonderful audience: concert after concert, you have never failed to move me with your enthusiasm and applause. You who have followed me on this musical journey: thank you for being ever so open to exploring music with us, from Zhou Long and Kelly Tang to Tcherepnin and Mahler, the latter whose popularity in Singapore today would not have been imaginable 22 years ago. It has been a great privilege to serve the SSO and Singapore. I wish all of you the very best and thank you for your continued support of the SSO.

Lan Shui

THE ORCHESTRA

LAN SHUI Music Director

JOSHUA TAN Associate Conductor

ANDREW LITTON Principal Guest Conductor

FIRST VIOLIN Igor YuzefovichÂ° Concertmaster, The GK Goh Chair Lynnette Seah 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 Sui Jing Jing Karen Tan William Tan Wei Zhe SECOND VIOLIN Michael Loh Associate Principal Hai-Won Kwok Fixed Chair Nikolai Koval* 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*

CHOO HOEY Conductor Emeritus

EUDENICE PALARUAN Choral Director

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 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

WONG LAI FOON Choirmaster (Children & Youth)

FLUTE Jin Ta Principal Evgueni Brokmiller Associate Principal Roberto Alvarez Miao Shanshan PICCOLO Roberto Alvarez Assistant Principal OBOE Rachel Walker Principal Pan Yun Associate Principal Carolyn Hollier Elaine Yeo COR ANGLAIS Elaine Yeo Associate Principal

HORN Han Chang Chou Principal Gao Jian Associate Principal Jamie Hersch Associate Principal Marc-Antoine Robillard Associate Principal Kartik Alan Jairamin TRUMPET Jon Paul Dante Principal David Smith Associate Principal Lau Wen Rong Sergey Tyuteykin TROMBONE Allen Meek Principal Damian Patti Associate Principal Samuel Armstrong

CLARINET Ma Yue Principal Li Xin Associate Principal Liu Yoko Tang Xiao Ping

BASS TROMBONE Wang Wei Assistant Principal

BASS CLARINET Tang Xiao Ping Assistant Principal

TIMPANI Christian Schiøler Principal Jonathan Fox Associate Principal

BASSOON Liu Chang Associate Principal Christoph Wichert Zhao Ying Xue CONTRA BASSOON Zhao Ying Xue Assistant Principal

TUBA Hidehiro Fujita Principal

PERCUSSION Jonathan Fox Principal Mark Suter Associate Principal Lim Meng Keh Zhu Zheng Yi HARP Gulnara Mashurova Principal

*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 Musicians listed alphabetically rotate their seats on a per programme basis.

IN APPRECIATION The SSO receives financial support from the National Arts Council. However, the funding, while substantial, does not cover all our expenses. Revenue from tickets also brings in less than 10% of our budget. So every year, the SSO organises appeals and events to raise funds from the public. We organise a Benefit Dinner in the first half of each year and an Annual Appeal towards the end of the year. All the donations go towards supporting each new season comprising both ticketed and free concerts. Apart from the direct benefit that the donations bring to us, the donations are also matched by the Tote Board or the Cultural Matching Fund. This makes your donation doubly important to us. The SSO is a charity and an Institute of Public Character. This IPC status allows SSO donors to benefit from attractive tax benefits.

2017 YEAR-END ANNUAL APPEAL DONORS We would like to express our sincere appreciation to everyone who responded to our 2017 Annual Appeal.

$10,000 BinjaiTree Prof Chan Heng Chee Devika & Sanjiv Misra Neil & Mijong Tottman Peter CY Wong Anonymous $2,000 to $5,000 Lionel Choi Steven & Liwen Holmes Dr AndrÃ© Klein Robin Ian Rawlings Dr Gillian Koh

Eric Wong Chng Hak-Peng Prof Arnoud De Meyer Paterson Lau & Pauline Tan

$1,000 Igor Yuzefovich Aloha Dental Pte Ltd Pauline Ang Prof Kanti Bajpai Sally Chy Elizabeth Fong Guy Hentsch Peggy Kek Ad Ketelaars

Khoo Boon Hui Paul Kitamura Prof Tommy Koh Dr Norman Lee Lek Lee Yong Wendy Leong Brian Lo Ng Pei-Sian Monique Ong

Bernard Jean Sabrier Michael & Megumi Schlesinger Prof Richard Smith Tan Lian Yok Iwona Wiktorowska Dr Yeo Ning Hong David & Catherine Zemans Zhang Weihua Anonymous (5)

2018 BENEFIT DINNER DONORS Our heartfelt thanks go to everyone who gave through the Benefit Dinner 2018.

$150,000 and above Christopher & Rosy Ho $80,000 to $100,000 Tote Board Far East Organization $30,000 to $50,000 Aquilus Pte Ltd G K Goh Holdings

Kingsmen Exhibits Pte Ltd Grace Yeh & Family

$20,000 to $25,000 United Overseas Bank Ltd Maisy Koh & Dr Beh Swan Gin Clarinda Tjia-Dharmadi-Martin & Christopher Martin Dr Julie Lo

Kris Foundation Paige Parker & Jim Rogers Andreas & Doris Sohmen-Pao Dr Thomas & Mrs Mary Zuellig

$10,000 At-Sunrice GlobalChef Academy Boardroom Limited Bunli Holdings CellResearch Corporation Chip Eng Seng Corporation Ltd DBS Limited Frasers Property Interchem Pte Ltd

LGT Bank (Singapore) Ltd One North Capital Pte Ltd Raffles Medical Group SEA Pte Ltd Stephen Riady Group of Foundations Total Trading Asia Pte Ltd Van Cleef & Arpels Odile Benjamin

Lito & Kim Camacho Choo Chiau Beng Amy & Kevin Gould Judy Hunt Liew Wei Li Geoffrey & Ai Ai Wong Yong Ying-I Anonymous (1)

Special thanks to Conrad Centennial Singapore, Ritz-Carlton Millenia Singapore, Embassy of Argentina in Singapore, Huberâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Butchery, Kingsmen Exhibits Pte Ltd, Valrhona Far East, Singapore Office, Chef Ivan Brehm, Chef Daniel Chavez, Chef Vincent Bourdin, and Toby Purser This list is accurate as of 20 April 2018. We would like to express our sincere appreciation to donors whose names were inadvertently left out at print time.

Igor Yuzefovich Concertmaster The GK Goh Chair

MAJOR GIFTS The SSO recognises major 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. 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. For more information about making a gift to the SSO, please write to peggykek@sso.org.sg

SUPPORT YOUR ORCHESTRA WITH A GIFT TODAY! When you make a donation to the orchestra, you’re helping to spread the love for music. You’re also supporting us in our mission to nurture talent and to enrich the diverse communities in our country. Every donation helps us to finance the cost of maintaining a professional orchestra, present outstanding concerts and run programmes like the Young Symphony Explorers. For almost 40 years, the SSO has shared the pleasure of fine music with people in concert halls, public parks, and schools. Chances are, you too have been inspired by the SSO in one way or another. Now you can share this wonderful experience with others.

A donation of - $100 can help subsidise a student’s concert ticket - $1,000 can help fund a guest musician’s accommodation - $10,000 can help replace a musician’s old instrument In return, you as an SSO donor could benefit from a tax deduction of 2.5 times the amount of your donation. Every dollar you give to the SSO is also matched by a grant of the same amount from the government’s Cultural Matching Fund. This means a large portion of SSO’s funding depends on the amount of funds we raise from donors like you.

Donate to the SSO at www.sso.org.sg/donate Or call Nikki Chuang at +65 6602 4238, or email peggykek@sso.org.sg.

SEASON OVERVIEW SSO 40TH ANNIVERSARY Our 40th Anniversary series of concerts kicks off with a week of free concerts in venues across Singapore, culminating in our SPH Gift of Music concert at the Botanic Gardens. We also bring back our Familiar Favourites series, and Lan Shui conducts the SSO’s 40th Anniversary Concert featuring repertoire from our 1979 inaugural concert. We also walk down memory lane with concerts led by founding Music Director Choo Hoey.

SINGAPORE’S ORCHESTRA SSO National Day Concert 11 AUGUST 2018

SSO Gala: 40th Anniversary 18 JANUARY 2019

Maestro Choo Hoey 18 APRIL 2019

“FAMILIAR FAVOURITES SERIES” RETURNS Pictures at an Exhibition 20 JULY 2018

Beethoven Violin Concerto 24 AUGUST 2018

Tales of Love 15 NOVEMBER 2018

Mendelssohn Violin Concerto 27 APRIL 2019

LAN SHUI & THE SSO SSO IN YOUR COMMUNITY

Gil Shaham Plays Tchaikovsky 30 JUNE 2018

Pictures at an Exhibition 20 JULY 2018

SPH Gift of Music Series: The Straits Times Concert In The Gardens 29 JULY 2018

Adagietto: For My Wife 28 SEPTEMBER 2018

Debussy 100: La Mer 3 NOVEMBER 2018

SSO 40th Anniversary Gala 18 JANUARY 2019

Lan Shui’s Farewell 25 & 26 JANUARY 2019

THREE DREAMS FOR SINGAPORE BECOMING A CREATIVE GLOBAL CITY CREATIVE VIENNA

EXPLORING MUSIC IN OUR MODERN TIMES RED BALLOON SERIES

This season the SSO presents music asking “Who Are We?”, showcasing composers who have used folk tunes as a link to cultural identity, including works by Singaporeans Leong Yoon Pin and Kelly Tang, as well as Borodin, Rodrigo, Lutosławski, Bartók and Ravel. The SNYO joins the SSO in this exploration in a first-time sideby-side performance of Russian repertoire.

The vibrant flow of ideas in Creative Vienna can be seen in the masterworks of composers who found inspiration in its rich culture, including Beethoven, Brahms, Mahler and Mozart.

The classics of today were once the new music of yesterday. We raise a courageous red balloon, eager to explore and experiment, to lift these fresh sounds into the air. We let it fly, a witness to today’s struggles, today’s issues and today’s people, drawing the eyes and ears of the audience with its boldness. The SSO Red Balloon Series will feature works from the advent of musical modernity, circa 1913, to cutting-edge pieces written by living composers – a chance to hear some of the new music of today that will become the classics of tomorrow.

Beethoven Violin Concerto 24 AUGUST 2018

Brahms Piano Concerto 2 31 AUGUST 2018

Pictures at an Exhibition 20 JULY 2018

SSO National Day Concert 11 AUGUST 2018

Adagietto: For My Wife 28 SEPTEMBER 2018

Lars Vogt · Mozart Piano Concerto 21 19 & 20 OCTOBER 2018

Lan Shui’s Farewell 25 & 26 JANUARY 2019

Reich in 60 Minutes 12 JANUARY 2019

Tine Thing Helseth · Arutiunian Trumpet Concerto

Rock in 60 Minutes

5 JANUARY 2019

Rhythms, Rites and Renewals

SSO GALA

3 MAY 2019

Ray Chen 15 MARCH 2019 SSO GALA

Rachmaninov Piano Concerto 2 12 APRIL 2019

31 JANUARY 2019

SEASON OVERVIEW

STRENGTHENING OUR IDENTITY “WHO ARE WE?”

THE AGE OF DISCOVERY In January 2019, the SSO kicks off Singapore’s nationwide marking of the 200 years since our founding. We help to shed light on The Age of Discovery that led to European exploration around the world, a period that accompanied the world’s transition to modernity and in many ways drove Singapore’s own journey. There is no concert hall more iconic for reflecting on the music of this period than the Victoria Concert Hall, where we will perform a series of three concerts featuring composers from the period, including Haydn, Mozart, Schubert and Beethoven. We close our classical music season joined by the Singapore Symphony Chorus, with Masaaki Suzuki conducting Beethoven’s magnificent Missa Solemnis, that he began writing in the year 1819.

RAFFLES 200

Christopher Park Plays Mozart 22 & 23 FEBRUARY 2019 RAFFLES 200

Master of the Harp 1 & 2 MARCH 2019

Sabine Meyer · Mozart Clarinet Concerto 22 & 23 MARCH 2019 SSO GALA

Missa Solemnis · Masaaki Suzuki 10 MAY 2019

CONCERT EXTRAS Beyond the ticket: make the most out of your concert experience. Come join us for our series of fringe events designed to help you enjoy the music even more!

OPEN REHEARSALS That amazing concert you just watched is the result of several rehearsals and a lot of hard work. Open rehearsals offer a behind-the-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.

PRE-CONCERT TALKS

AUTOGRAPH SESSIONS Autograph sessions are arranged for selected SSO concerts, to allow you the opportunity to meet the performers and offer your compliments. View our schedule of autograph sessions on www.sso.org.sg.

SEASON OVERVIEW

Discover new insights into the music you are about to hear in the concert hall. Let our specialist speakers enrich your experience in the world of classical music. Pre-Concert Talks are held from 6.30pm to 7pm.

20 JULY 2018 FRI, 7.30PM | ESPLANADE CONCERT HALL SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT / LAN SHUI & THE SSO / FAMILIAR FAVOURITES / WHO ARE WE?

PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION RUSSIAN PROMENADE Picture this: spirits of the night rising from the depths, swirling over a bare mountain until morning bells banish the darkness. A stroll through an intriguing gallery: Mussorgsky’s universally admired Pictures At An Exhibition. Remote landscapes, fiery dances, sensual choruses. Come, stranger in paradise, immerse yourself in the colourful fantasies of this Russian Promenade. Balakirev (orch. Lyapunov) Islamey Mussorgsky Night On Bald Mountain Borodin Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor Mussorgsky (arr. Ravel) Pictures at an Exhibition Lan Shui, conductor Singapore Symphony Chorus Eudenice Palaruan, choral director Singapore Symphony Youth Choir Singapore Symphony Children’s Choir Wong Lai Foon, choirmaster

PRE-CONCERT TALK 6.30pm | library@esplanade

11 AUGUST 2018 SAT, 7.30PM | ESPLANADE CONCERT HALL WHO ARE WE?

SSO NATIONAL DAY CONCERT A SINGAPOREAN SHOWCASE SUBSCRIPTION / GALA

Celebrate Singapore’s 53rd National Day in this all-Singaporean programme conducted by Darrell Ang, featuring six homegrown composers, from veteran pioneers Leong Yoon Pin and Phoon Yew Tien, to rising names Wang Chen Wei and Syafiqah 'Adha Mohd Sallehin. Violinist Kam Ning is the soloist in Chen Zhangyi’s Vanda Concerto, while the choirs of the Singapore Symphony family join forces in Kelly Tang’s arrangement of the now classic “Home”. Darrell Ang, conductor Kam Ning, violin Singapore Symphony Chorus Eudenice Palaruan, choral director Singapore Symphony Youth Choir Singapore Symphony Children’s Choir Wong Lai Foon, choirmaster

“Ning’s beautiful playing testifies to her brilliance, lovely sound and intelligence.” Yehudi Menuhin

31 AUGUST 2018 FRI, 7.30PM | ESPLANADE CONCERT HALL © ROSALIE O'CONNOR

24 AUGUST 2018 FRI, 7.30PM | ESPLANADE CONCERT HALL

SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT / FAMILIAR FAVOURITES

BEETHOVEN VIOLIN CONCERTO TITANS OF VIENNA Grammy-winning German violinist Augustin Hadelich marks his Singapore debut playing Beethoven’s Violin Concerto, music drenched in exquisite beauty and virtuosity. Andrew Litton explores one of the most spectacular symphonies ever: Mahler’s Titan, a symphony that captures a universe of colours and emotions. Beethoven Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61

SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT / CREATIVE VIENNA

BRAHMS PIANO CONCERTO 2 SPELLBINDING ENCHANTMENT Savour the joy of love through Zemlinsky’s magical masterpiece depicting the Mermaid’s dedication to an imaginary young boy, brought to life by Hans Graf. Martin Helmchen returns with Brahms’ Second Piano Concerto, an optimistic work brimming with lush and expansive orchestration. Zemlinsky The Mermaid

SINGAPORE PREMIERE

Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83 Hans Graf, conductor Martin Helmchen, piano Sponsored by

Mahler Symphony No. 1 in D major “Titan” Andrew Litton, conductor Augustin Hadelich, violin

“The essence of Hadelich’s playing is beauty...” Washington Post

PRE-CONCERT TALK 6.30pm | library@esplanade

21 SEPTEMBER 2018 FRI, 7.30PM | VICTORIA CONCERT HALL

PRESIDENT’S YOUNG PERFORMERS CONCERT BEGINNINGS AND BLOSSOMINGS This year’s PYPC presents young violinist Kong Xianlong in Mozart’s effervescent Violin Concerto No. 5, a masterful showcase of youthful brilliance and musical genius. Beethoven’s First Symphony is itself an heir to Mozart’s symphonic legacy, a piece that makes a mark for its composer, promising greater things to come. Rossini Overture to L’Italiana in Algeri Mozart Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K.219 “Turkish”

Joshua Tan, conductor Kong Xianlong, violin

SUBSCRIPTION / GALA

Beethoven Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21

28 SEPTEMBER 2018 FRI, 7.30PM | ESPLANADE CONCERT HALL SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT / LAN SHUI & THE SSO / WHO ARE WE?

ADAGIETTO: FOR MY WIFE MUSICAL LOVE LETTERS Bartók’s Third Piano Concerto and Mahler’s Fifth – music of passionate fire and tender longing, each a fervent statement of dedication to their wives. Called the Glenn Gould of our times, Polish pianist Piotr Anderszewski is “by turns brilliant and thoughtful, a formidable technician equipped with a razor-sharp musical intellect” (Chicago Tribune). Bartók Piano Concerto No. 3 in E major, Sz.119, BB127 Mahler Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor Lan Shui, conductor Piotr Anderszewski, piano

“…the house was on its feet almost before he had finished.”

The Independent on Piotr Anderszewski

PRE-CONCERT TALK 6.30pm | library@esplanade 28

“A winning combination of dashing good looks, captivating stage presence and impeccable technique” Limelight on Miloš Karadaglić

11 OCTOBER 2018 THU, 7.30PM | ESPLANADE CONCERT HALL SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT

MILOŠ: SPANISH ROMANCE VOICE OF THE GUITAR

Mason Bates Liquid Interface SINGAPORE PREMIERE Rodrigo Fantasia para un gentilhombre – II. Espanoleta* Piazzolla Libertango (with strings)* Anonymous Spanish Romance (with strings)* Boccherini Quintet No. 4 in D, G. 448 “Fandango” (with strings)* Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances

Carolyn Kuan, conductor Miloš Karadaglić, guitar*

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Tchaikovsky Francesca da Rimini Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16 Sibelius Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39 Hannu Lintu, conductor Olli Mustonen, piano

“[His] clarity and extraordinary finesse yield something I can only describe as visionary.” BBC Music Magazine on Olli Mustonen

PRE-CONCERT TALK 6.30pm | VCH Music Studio 30

PRE-CONCERT TALK 6.30pm | library@esplanade

3 NOVEMBER 2018 SAT, 7.30PM | ESPLANADE CONCERT HALL

15 NOVEMBER 2018 THU, 7.30PM | ESPLANADE CONCERT HALL SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT / FAMILIAR FAVOURITES

TALES OF LOVE A PERFECT FIT Three pieces, six tales – of love and loyalty. We mark the 150th anniversary of the passing of Rossini with his overture to La Cenerentola – Cinderella, that tale of faith and love beloved by all ages. Tchaikovsky’s abundant gift for melody in drama makes him perfectly suited for Sleeping Beauty, a story of patience and protection. Four Korngold scores painting films of love and honour are the musical inspiration for his violin concerto, to be told this night by 2015 Singapore Violin Competition prize winner Richard Lin. SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT / LAN SHUI & THE SSO

Lu Wei, Concertmaster of Deutsches SymphonieOrchester Berlin and award-winning Chinese percussionist Hu Shengnan join forces to conquer Mount E’mei, Ye Xiaogang’s musical saga for violin, percussion and orchestra. Closer to shore, SSO’s recordings of Debussy’s Jeux and La Mer have made waves on the international record scene: witness them rise to the occasion again.

Rossini Overture to La Cenerentola

SUBSCRIPTION / GALA

DEBUSSY 100: LA MER ACROSS MOUNTAIN AND SEA

Korngold Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 Tchaikovsky Excerpts from Sleeping Beauty Kees Bakels, conductor Richard Lin, violin

Grieg Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 © SOPHIE ZHAI

Ye Xiaogang Mount E’mei, for violin, percussion & orchestra SINGAPORE PREMIERE

Debussy Jeux Debussy La Mer Lan Shui, conductor Lu Wei, violin Hu Shengnan, percussion OPEN REHEARSAL 3 Nov 2018, 9.30am CANCELLED PRE-CONCERT TALK 6.30pm | library@esplanade

PRE-CONCERT TALK 6.30pm | library@esplanade

29 NOVEMBER 2018 THU, 7.30PM | ESPLANADE CONCERT HALL

22 NOVEMBER 2018 THU, 7.30PM | ESPLANADE CONCERT HALL

SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT

SERENADE WITH SOYOUNG YOON IN PRAISE OF LOVE Muse over five musical statements of love in Bernstein’s Serenade – a violin concerto in all but name – with multiple award-winning Korean violinist Soyoung Yoon. Returning Polish conductor Michal Nesterowicz shows us the beautiful craftsmanship of two masterworks: his countryman Górecki’s serene Three Pieces in Old Style; and Beethoven’s Eighth, whose zest and sunny energy hinted little at his increasing deafness.

SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT

DVOŘÁK: CELLO CONCERTO FROM THE NEW WORLD Our Principal Cello Ng Pei-Sian stars in the masterly Cello Concerto by Dvořák, music of magisterial demeanour and melodic magnificence. Bulgarian conductor Pavel Baleff returns to conduct this irresistible concert offering that also includes the ever-popular New World Symphony.

Górecki Three Pieces in Old Style Bernstein Serenade (after Plato’s “Symposium”) Beethoven Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93 Michal Nesterowicz, conductor Soyoung Yoon, violin

“Enormously talented, with a terrific temperament and a bouncy effervescent quality” The Strad on Soyoung Yoon

Dvořák Carnival Overture, Op. 92 © JULIA WESELY

Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104 Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 “From the New World” Pavel Baleff, conductor Ng Pei-Sian, cello

PRE-CONCERT TALK 6.30pm | library@esplanade 32

PRE-CONCERT TALK 6.30pm | library@esplanade

5 JANUARY 2019 SAT, 7.30PM | ESPLANADE CONCERT HALL

14 - 16 DECEMBER 2018 FRI & SAT, 7.30PM | SUN, 4PM VICTORIA CONCERT HALL

SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT / WHO ARE WE?

It's the most wonderful time of the year and nothing creates the warmth and love of family and friends together like our ever-popular Christmas Concert. Join us and our family of choruses for a glittering evening of Christmas song and joy! Joshua Tan, conductor Singapore Symphony Chorus Eudenice Palaruan, choral director Singapore Symphony Youth Choir Singapore Symphony Children’s Choir Wong Lai Foon, choirmaster

TINE THING HELSETH • ARUTIUNIAN TRUMPET CONCERTO FLAMBOYANCE AND FLAMENCO Acclaimed Norwegian trumpeter Tine Thing Helseth makes her Singapore debut with one of the best-loved of 20th century trumpet showpieces, Arutiunian’s Trumpet Concerto, a vigorous display of Armenian lyricism and flavour. Saint-Saëns’ impressions of Algeria, De Falla’s Three-Cornered Hat, Ravel’s Alborada and the irresistible momentum of Bolero swirl and dance together in this outpouring of musical riches! Saint-Saëns Suite Algérienne, Op. 60 SINGAPORE PREMIERE

Arutiunian Trumpet Concerto De Falla The Three-Cornered Hat Suite No. 2 Ravel Alborada del gracioso Ravel Bolero Jun Märkl, conductor Tine Thing Helseth, trumpet OPEN REHEARSAL 5 Jan 2019, 9.30am PRE-CONCERT TALK 6.30pm | library@esplanade

SUBSCRIPTION / GALA

SSO CHRISTMAS CONCERT HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS

18 JANUARY 2019 FRI, 7.30PM | ESPLANADE CONCERT HALL SSO GALA / LAN SHUI & THE SSO

SSO 40TH ANNIVERSARY GALA MAKING MUSIC SINCE 1979 40 years ago, the meditative mysteries of Ives’ The Unanswered Question and the majestic strides of Beethoven’s Emperor Piano Concerto resounded at our inaugural concert in January 1979. We also pay tribute to Leong Yoon Pin (1932- 2011), the most important of Singapore’s pioneering composers, whose Dayong Sampan Overture was the first Singaporean composition ever played by the SSO. Join us as we celebrate the SSO’s 40th birthday! Leong Yoon Pin Dayong Sampan Overture Ives The Unanswered Question Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73 “Emperor” Beethoven Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 Lan Shui, conductor Lim Yan, piano

25 & 26 JANUARY 2019 FRI & SAT, 7.30PM | ESPLANADE CONCERT HALL SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT / LAN SHUI & THE SSO

LAN SHUI’S FAREWELL MAHLER RESURRECTION In his final concerts as our Music Director, Lan Shui directs his swansong in the form of Mahler’s monumental Resurrection Symphony, a work close to his heart. Join us in this symphonic masterpiece – witness the verses of conviction and reaffirmation lifted by choir and voices: Rise again, yes, rise again/ Will you, my heart, in an instant! Farewell and thank you, Maestro! Mahler Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection”

PRE-CONCERT TALK 6.30pm | library@esplanade

SUBSCRIPTION / GALA

Lan Shui, conductor Miah Persson, soprano Anna Larsson, mezzo-soprano Singapore Symphony Chorus Singapore Symphony Youth Choir Eudenice Palaruan, choral director

22 & 23 FEBRUARY 2019 FRI & SAT, 7.30PM | VICTORIA CONCERT HALL SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT / THE AGE OF DISCOVERY

CHRISTOPHER PARK PLAYS MOZART DRUMROLL AND SERENADE Presenting the regal delights of Mozart’s Posthorn Serenade and his trailblazing Piano Concerto No. 20: rising Korean-German pianist Christopher Park is our youthful soloist, “a pianist like a thunderbolt” (Der Tagesspiegel). Conducted by Bruno Weil, this programme concludes with the noble elegance of Haydn’s Drumroll Symphony. Mozart Symphony in D major (after the Posthorn Serenade, K. 320) SINGAPORE PREMIERE

Mozart Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K.466 Haydn Symphony No. 103 in E-flat major, Hob.I:103 “Drumroll” SINGAPORE PREMIERE

Bruno Weil, conductor Christopher Park, piano

“His performance blazes and glitters” Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung on Christopher Park Sponsored by

PRE-CONCERT TALK 6.30pm | VCH Music Studio

1 & 2 MARCH 2019 FRI & SAT, 7.30PM | VICTORIA CONCERT HALL SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT / THE AGE OF DISCOVERY

MASTER OF THE HARP GLITTER AND CHARM French harpist Xavier de Maistre presents one of the most beautiful concertos in the harp repertory, the scintillating Harp Concerto by “The French Mozart”, François-Adrien Boieldieu, a work that will instantly charm its way into your ear and heart. Inheriting from the best of the Classical era, Schubert’s Third Symphony strikes a clear Mozartian chord, while Beethoven’s Fourth Symphony blazes forth with blistering grandeur, paving the way into the Romantic Era.

Alexander Liebreich, conductor Xavier de Maistre, harp

“A virtuoso of the highest order, profoundly musical”

Gramophone on Xavier de Maistre

PRE-CONCERT TALK 2 Mar, 6.30pm | VCH Music Studio

SUBSCRIPTION / GALA

Schubert Symphony No. 3 in D major, D. 200 Boieldieu Harp Concerto in C Beethoven Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, Op. 60

“Colours dance, moods swing, and Chen’s artistry blazes.” The Times on Ray Chen

15 MARCH 2019 FRI, 7.30PM | ESPLANADE CONCERT HALL SSO GALA

RAY CHEN ROUSING RUSSIA Charismatic, funny and undeniably skilled – Ray Chen, the ever-popular TaiwaneseAustralian violinist has dazzled the violin world. SSO Principal Guest Conductor Andrew Litton conducts the SSO and SNYO side-by-side in this all-Russian programme: opening with the brazenly expressive overture to Prince Igor, followed by the wry musings of Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 2 and the heart-on-the-sleeve passion of Tchaikovsky’s Fifth Symphony. Borodin Overture to Prince Igor Prokofiev Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63 Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 Andrew Litton, conductor Ray Chen, violin With the Singapore National Youth Orchestra

PRE-CONCERT TALK 6.30pm | library@esplanade

22 & 23 MARCH 2019 FRI & SAT, 7.30PM | VICTORIA CONCERT HALL SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT / THE AGE OF DISCOVERY

SABINE MEYER • MOZART CLARINET CONCERTO INSPIRING TCHAIKOVSKY The celebrated clarinettist Sabine Meyer, who has played with more than 300 orchestras worldwide, finally makes her Singapore debut with the radiant joy and meditative serenity of Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto. The beauty of the work exemplifies the composer’s immortal appeal, which inspired Tchaikovsky to pay tribute via Mozartiana. Directed by Andrew Litton, this concert also features the world premiere of Singapore-based composer Robert Casteels’ Ouverture Spirituelle, commissioned by the SSO. SUBSCRIPTION / GALA

Robert Casteels Ouverture Spirituelle SSO COMMISSION / WORLD PREMIERE

Mozart Clarinet Concerto in A major, K.622 Tchaikovsky Suite No. 4, Op. 61 “Mozartiana” Andrew Litton, conductor Sabine Meyer, clarinet

“Matchless beauty of tone… one of the greatest instrumentalists of our time”

The Guardian on Sabine Meyer

PRE-CONCERT TALK 6.30pm | VCH Music Studio 39

“This is a pianist who has it all: silky delicacy, mighty thunder-power, rare clarity” Seattle Times on Behzod Abduraimov

12 APRIL 2019 FRI, 7.30PM | ESPLANADE CONCERT HALL SSO GALA

RACHMANINOV PIANO CONCERTO 2 DARK MAJESTY, WILD ELEGANCE The Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2: dark majesty, breathtaking Romanticism. The Lutosławski Concerto for Orchestra, “an episodic symbiosis with folk music”. Ravel’s bewitching La Valse, a spine-tingling tribute to the waltz, hypnotic and exhilarating, intoxicating and elegant, ending in astonishment. This SSO Gala teams up two up-andcoming young artistes, French conductor Lionel Bringuier and Uzbek pianist Behzod Abduraimov. Ravel La Valse Lutosławski Concerto for Orchestra Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18

Lionel Bringuier, conductor Behzod Abduraimov, piano

PRE-CONCERT TALK 6.30pm | library@esplanade

18 APRIL 2019 THU, 7.30PM | ESPLANADE CONCERT HALL SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT

MAESTRO CHOO HOEY SONG OF THE NIGHTINGALE

Stravinsky Song of the Nightingale Mozart Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K.218 Bartók Suite No. 1 for Orchestra, Op. 3 Choo Hoey, conductor He Ziyu, violin

PRE-CONCERT TALK 6.30pm | library@esplanade

SUBSCRIPTION / GALA

A name synonymous with the birth and growing-up years of the Singapore Symphony, our pioneering Maestro and Conductor Emeritus returns. Maestro Choo Hoey conducts a programme of youthful inspirations, music from Stravinsky’s first opera to Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 4 written when he was 19, and the then 24-year-old Bartók’s Suite No. 1, an orchestral showpiece marking his entry into the international music scene.

27 APRIL 2019 SAT, 7.30PM | ESPLANADE CONCERT HALL

10 MAY 2019 FRI, 7.30PM | ESPLANADE CONCERT HALL

SUBSCRIPTION CONCERT / FAMILIAR FAVOURITES

MENDELSSOHN VIOLIN CONCERTO A SCOTTISH JOURNEY

SSO GALA / THE AGE OF DISCOVERY

MISSA SOLEMNIS • MASAAKI SUZUKI FROM THE HEART – MAY IT RETURN TO THE HEART

The Hebrides, the Violin Concerto, the Scottish Symphony – three of Mendelssohn’s finest classics, each embodying his Romantic spirit, inventiveness and vibrant capacity for melody. Spanish-Catalan conductor Josep Pons directs the SSO with our guest soloist, the young American violinist Stefan Jackiw, described by The Strad as “truly sensational, showing a talent and maturity that belie[s] his years”. Mendelssohn The Hebrides, Op. 26 Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 “Scottish”

1819. The year Singapore was founded, the year Beethoven wrote the first notes of his splendid Missa Solemnis, one of his greatest achievements. He wrote on the opening page: “From the heart – may it return to the heart” – this grand choral statement of conviction stars the Singapore Symphony Chorus directed by famed Japanese maestro Masaaki Suzuki.

Josep Pons, conductor Stefan Jackiw, violin

“As close to perfection as music can get” The Globe and Mail on Stefan Jackiw

Beethoven Missa Solemnis in D major, Op. 123

Masaaki Suzuki, conductor Rachel Nicholls, soprano Marianne Beate Kielland, mezzo-soprano James Gilchrist, tenor Christian Immler, baritone Singapore Symphony Chorus Eudenice Palaruan, choral director

PRE-CONCERT TALK 6.30pm | library@esplanade

OPEN REHEARSAL 9 May, 7.30pm PRE-CONCERT TALK 6.30pm | library@esplanade

“In Suzuki’s hands the struggles that have preceded end in a bliss of light.” The High Arts Review

SUBSCRIPTION / GALA 43

Jon Paul Dante Principal Trumpet VICTORIA CONCERT HALL 44

SSO CHAMBER SERIES

6 October 2018

Saturday, 7.30pm, Victoria Concert Hall

Baroque Festival: 3 August 2018

Music for Kings and Queens

Rosamunde and the Nightingale

Witness the royal majesty of the greatest of English Baroque composers, Purcell and Handel, whose unparalleled mastery of setting the English language to music will be showcased in magnificent choral tributes to kings and queens. My heart is inditing of a good matter; and all the people rejoiced!

Friday, 7.30pm, Victoria Concert Hall

Schubert Five Minuets with Six Trios, D. 89 String Quartet No. 13 in A minor, D. 804 “Rosamunde” Brahms Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op. 114 Musicians of the SSO

Purcell Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary Chacony in G minor, Z. 730 Handel Coronation Anthems: Zadok the Priest and My Heart is Inditing Organ Concerto No. 13 in F major “The Cuckoo and the Nightingale” Sofi Jeannin, conductor Stefan Kießling, organ Singapore Symphony Orchestra and Chorus Eudenice Palaruan, choral director

SSO CHAMBER SERIES

The SSO Chamber Series begins with the introspective musical thoughts of Schubert and Brahms. Open your heart to the smiling melancholy and intimate passion of Schubert’s Rosamunde Quartet, and the ephemeral joy and meditative musings of Brahms’ Clarinet Trio.

7 October 2018

Sunday, 4pm, Victoria Concert Hall

Baroque Festival:

Royal Fireworks Rejoice greatly through the jubilant tunes of Handel’s Music for the Royal Fireworks and bare your hearts to the poignant strains of Purcell’s theatre music as acclaimed choral conductor Sofi Jeannin leads you through a jewel-studded tour of the English Baroque. Soprano Stefanie Quintin joins the SSO in an expressive selection of arias, including the radiant serenity of Handel’s “Ombra mai fu”.

Sofi Jeannin

Handel Music for the Royal Fireworks Arrival of the Queen of Sheba “Un pensiero voli in ciel” from Il Delirio Amoroso “Ombra mai fu” from Serse “Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion” from Messiah Purcell Chaconne from The Fairy Queen Overture from Dido and Aeneas “Thy hand, Belinda” and “When I am laid in earth” from Dido and Aeneas Symphony from The Indian Queen, Act II Sofi Jeannin, conductor Stefanie Quintin, soprano Singapore Symphony Orchestra

Stefanie Quintin

SSO CHAMBER SERIES

“… here we have not four individual players, but a single sixteen-stringed instrument of great virtuosity” Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung on Borodin Quartet

13 October 2018

Saturday, 7.30pm, Victoria Concert Hall

Borodin Quartet – Elegy In this first of a pair of unmissable recitals, the Borodin Quartet is joined by SSO musicians in two of the finest quintets ever written. Schubert’s sublimely crafted C major Quintet is among the composer’s final compositions, regarded not only as his greatest chamber work, but as one unparalleled in all of chamber music history. The poignant lyricism of Shostakovich’s Piano Quintet won it the Stalin Prize in 1941 – this is your chance to connect with its legacy: members of the Borodin Quartet played it with the composer himself in 1947.

Schubert String Quintet in C major, D. 956 Shostakovich Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57 Borodin Quartet Musicians of the SSO

OPEN REHEARSAL 13 Oct 2018, 10am | Victoria Concert Hall 47

17 May 2019

Friday, 7.30pm, Victoria Concert Hall

Death and the Maiden Experience the heartfelt inspiration of Schubert’s final years in Death and the Maiden, evocatively filled with deep sorrow and stark drama. The slow movement from his Piano Trio, D. 929, exudes bleak, inevitable loss amidst its inexorable momentum. This attractive programme ends with Dvořák’s infrequently heard Quintet No. 2 for string quartet and double bass, a work full of his melodic trademarks, signifying his burgeoning maturity as one of Czech people’s greatest composers. Schubert Piano Trio in E-flat major, D. 929 String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D. 810 “Death and the Maiden” Dvořák String Quintet No. 2 in G major, Op. 77 Strings of the SSO

Ma Yue

18 May 2019

Saturday, 7.30pm, Victoria Concert Hall

Temptation of the Saintly Pot A troupe of zany kitchen utensils narrate a canteen cantilena in Martinů’s jazz ballet, La revue de cuisine, written during his time in Paris. Enjoy a delectable evening featuring the SSO woodwinds in this completely French-inspired programme. Relish the pleasant wit of Jean Françaix’s Dixtuor, and enjoy the sparkling inspiration of Madame Louise Farrenc, whose music was praised by Joseph Joachim and Schumann. Martinů La revue de cuisine Françaix Dixtuor for Wind Quintet and String Quintet Farrenc Sextet for Piano and Winds, Op. 40 Woodwinds of the SSO

Marc-Antoine Robillard

19 May 2019

Sunday, 4pm, Victoria Concert Hall

Brass Ensemble of the SSO Put on your shades as the Brass Ensemble of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra shine in an eye-opening recital of brazen fanfare and clarion chorales. Prepare for a spectacular array of pomp and pageantry as they present music for brass from the Renaissance to the 20th century. Sound the trumpet in this thrilling procession of thunder, oomph and brass bizarre. SSO CHAMBER SERIES

Byrd The Earl of Oxford’s March Gabrieli Canzon septimi toni No. 2 Praetorius Cantate Domino Tomasi Fanfares Liturgiques Dupré Poème héroïque, Op. 33 Brass Ensemble of the SSO

Samuel Armstrong

SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL PIANO FESTIVAL 30 MAY - 3 JUNE 2019 SA CHEN INGRID FLITER KIRILL GERSTEIN RONAN O’HORA

The 2019 edition of the Singapore International Piano Festival brings together virtuoso pianists from four corners of the world: renowned veteran British pianist Ronan O’Hara who has played in all major cities in Europe and the USA, two Gilmore Artist Award recipients –Argentinian pianist Ingrid Fliter and Russian-born American Kirill Gerstein – as well as top Chinese pianist Sa Chen.

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RED BALLOON SERIES 12 JANUARY 2019 SAT, 7.30PM | VICTORIA CONCERT HALL

REICH IN 60 MINUTES PULSE OF THE CITY Reich Pulse SINGAPORE PREMIERE Reich City Life Bartók Music for Strings, Percussion, Celeste, Sz. 106

RED BALLOON SERIES

Minimalist. Poignant. Evocative. Words to measure the pulse of city life. Instruments of the contemporary + sounds of the urban: street speech, car horns, subway chimes, pile drivers, door slams. A cityscape sinfonia. Get to know Steve Reich, one of America’s greatest and most influential living composers, in 60 minutes.

Brad Lubman, conductor

PRE-CONCERT TALK 6.30pm | VCH Music Studio

31 JANUARY 2019 THU, 7.30PM | ESPLANADE CONCERT HALL

RED BALLOON SERIES

ROCK IN 60 MINUTES UP ALL NIGHT FOR SOME FUN The Mothers of Invention, Daft Punk and Radiohead: orchestral reimaginations! The SSO performs an explosive, rock-infused, electric, genre-bending night of music from the likes of Frank Zappa. Follow the resounding riffs of electric guitarists Nick Omiccioli and Paul Cesarczyk to the edge of the earth, and fuse unlikely instruments in this night of kaleidoscopic groove and moves.

ALL SINGAPORE PREMIERES

Nick Omiccioli

[fuse]

Guillaume Connesson

Night-Club

Bryce Dessner

Imagining Buffalo (from the movie The Revenant) St. Carolyn by the sea (Concerto for 2 Electric Guitars)

Frank Zappa

G-Spot Tornado Dog Breath / Uncle Meat Peaches en Regalia

Radiohead (arr. Hyken)

Weird Fishes Jigsaw Falling into Place

Daft Punk (arr. Hyken)

Humans vs. Robots Jacomo Bairos, conductor Nick Omiccioli, electric guitar Paul Cesarczyk, electric guitar PRE-CONCERT TALK 6.30pm | library@esplanade

3 MAY 2019 FRI, 7.30PM | ESPLANADE CONCERT HALL

RED BALLOON SERIES

RHYTHMS, RITES AND RENEWALS CROSSING THE THRESHOLD Threshold for percussion and orchestra was written by LA Philharmonic Principal timpanist Joseph Pereira, requiring six timpani and a vast array of percussion instruments ordinary and extraordinary. Don’t miss this heart-pounding, eye-opening Asian premiere featuring our own SSO Principal Timpanist Christian Schiøler and percussion duo Maraca2. Contemporary music champion, French conductor Pascal Rophé leads the SSO in his compatriot Jean-Frederic Neuburger’s dawn-inspired reverie, Aube, closing with Stravinsky’s revolutionary Rite of Spring.

Pascal Rophe, conductor Maraca2, percussion Christian Schiøler, timpani PRE-CONCERT TALK 6.30pm | library@esplanade

ASIAN PREMIERE

RED BALLOON SERIES

Jean-Frederic Neuburger Aube ASIAN PREMIERE Joseph Pereira Threshold for solo timpani, two percussion and orchestra Stravinsky The Rite of Spring

YOUNG SYMPHONY EXPLORERS Going to a concert for the first time can be an unforgettable experience for a young person. For some kids, that first time could develop into a lifelong love of the arts. For others, it might even be where they decide that they want to be on the very same stage one day, playing their favourite instruments. We believe that every child should have access to music regardless of their family’s financial situation. That is why we have set up the Young Symphony Explorers programme. Through the programme we provide complimentary or discounted tickets to students and other children who would otherwise not have access to our concerts. Generous organisations like Temasek Foundation Nurtures, Swire, SEA Pte Ltd and Lim & Tan support the programme. Children who have benefited from our discounted tickets come from many organisations and schools including Child at Street 11, PPIS (Persatuan Pemudi Islam Singapura), and the YMCA. Our Young Symphony Explorers also come from schools at different corners of Singapore, including Blangah Rise Primary School, North View Secondary School and Yishun Junior College. Schools can avail of affordable tickets for students by contacting the Customer Experience team at +65 6602 4245 or ticketing@sso.org.sg. Charities may request tickets by writing to sharing_music@sso.org.sg.

“I get to see the instruments I read about in books. And they sound so awesome when we see musicians playing live!” Young Symphony Explorer

AFFORDABLE TICKETS FOR SCHOOLS Students can enjoy world-class performances by the SSO in the Esplanade Concert Hall and Victoria Concert Hall at subsidised ticket prices as low as $10. Larger school groups are also rewarded with a free music appreciation talk on campus to enhance their concert experience.

SUBSCRIPTION CONCERTS NATIONAL DAY CONCERT PRESIDENT’S YOUNG PERFORMERS CONCERT SSO CHAMBER SERIES

$10

CONCERTS FOR CHILDREN: The Conductor’s Spellbook Music Tells A Story An Intergalactic Adventure

$25, $20

SSO POPS: Jazz it Up with Gershwin! Happy Days: Favourite TV Themes Video Games Classics

$30, $20

Minimum order: 4 tickets

Minimum order: 15 tickets

Schools are able to use the Tote Board Arts Grant to subsidise up to 50% (excluding GST) of the final ticket price. Prices before $1 booking fee. Enjoy a complimentary talk with every school booking of 20 tickets.

Contact our Customer Experience team at 6602 4245 or ticketing@sso.org.sg.

SCHOOLS & FAMILIES

Minimum order: 15 tickets

17 AUGUST 2018 FRI, 7.30PM | ESPLANADE CONCERT HALL

JAZZ IT UP WITH GERSHWIN! IT'S SWING TIME!

Be dazzled! It's a night of jive and groove as our Principal Guest Conductor Andrew Litton jazzes up the stage with a toe-tapping evening of Gershwin and Shostakovich. Relax and revel in the soulful blues, wry humour and sparkling glitz of jazz from two different composers – worlds apart, yet crossing their rhythms. Andrew Litton, conductor

7 NOVEMBER 2018 WED, 7.30PM | ESPLANADE CONCERT HALL

FAVOURITE TV THEMES TUNE IN! Relive the good old days of television from the time of the SSO’s youth! Outstanding Filipino conductor Gerard Salonga takes you on a nostalgic journey celebrating SSO’s 40th birthday. Take a seat and tune in as we revisit classic TV tunes from shows like Hawaii 5-0, Charlie’s Angels, Dallas, The Greatest American Hero, Lavern & Shirley and, of course, Happy Days! We have surprises in store – it'll be a birthday celebration you won't want to miss! Gerard Salonga, conductor

5 APRIL 2019 FRI, 7.30PM | ESPLANADE CONCERT HALL

VIDEO GAMES CLASSICS THE IRISH QUEEN OF GAMES MUSIC

SCHOOLS & FAMILIES

Behold! The SSO presents the Irish Queen of Games Music, Eímear Noone, in a grand musical party of Video Games Classics! The award-winning composer and conductor, responsible for such fan favourites as “Malach” from World of Warcraft, will be joined by the Singapore Symphony Youth Choir in a journey of fantastic tunes from the rich worlds of World of Warcraft, The Legend of Zelda, Skyrim, Final Fantasy and Tetris. When past and present collide, the fate of all worlds hangs in the balance.

Eimear Noone, conductor Victoria Songwei Li, soprano Jade Tan, mezzo-soprano Singapore Symphony Youth Choir Wong Lai Foon, choirmaster

Concerts for Children 8 & 9 SEPTEMBER 2018 SAT, 2PM & 4PM | SUN, 2PM VICTORIA CONCERT HALL

The Conductorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Spellbook tells the magical story of young Tony Stradivarius, who finds an amazing book of spells during a trip to the concert hall and uses it to enchant the orchestra. An exciting and interactive concert experience that teaches children about the orchestra â&#x20AC;&#x201C; come and be spellbound! Jean Thorel, conductor

Suitable for ages 4 to 14. No admission for infants-in-arms.

Concerts for Children

10 & 11 NOVEMBER 2018 SAT, 2PM & 4PM | SUN, 2PM VICTORIA CONCERT HALL

Music Tells A Story

SCHOOLS & FAMILIES

Let's show the kids the orchestra's picture-painting powers! Join Gerard Salonga in this musical showcase of creative orchestral stories and familiar favourites - kids will be taught to listen for themes that represent characters and events in a musical story. Get ready for a fun melody-filled journey of exploration and imagination! Gerard Salonga, conductor Suitable for ages 4 to 14. No admission for infants-in-arms. 59

Concerts for Children

16 & 17 MARCH 2019 SAT, 2PM & 4PM | SUN, 2PM VICTORIA CONCERT HALL

AN INTERGALACTIC ADVENTURE Prepare to blast off on An Intergalactic Adventure with our intrepid star captain Alasdair Malloy! Join his cosmic crew on the SpaceShip Orchestra as we depart Earth on a musical trek to the distant stars. We'll visit faraway planets and join forces in heroic Star Wars. Go boldly where no concert has gone before! Joshua Tan, conductor Alasdair Malloy, presenter Suitable for ages 4 to 14. No admission for infants-in-arms.

8 & 9 DECEMBER 2018 SAT & SUN, 2PM & 4PM VICTORIA CONCERT HALL

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 16th year, the SSO Babiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Proms promises to be an hour of great fun and entertainment for parents and children alike. SCHOOLS & FAMILIES

Peter Moore, conductor/presenter

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 +65 6602 4245 or email shafiqah@sso.org.sg. 61

30 JUNE 2018 SAT, 7.30PM | YONG SIEW TOH CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC CONCERT HALL

FREE CONCERTS 11 JULY 2018 WED, 12.30PM | VICTORIA CONCERT HALL

SPH GIFT OF MUSIC SERIES

CENTRAL SINGAPORE – LUNCHTIME CONCERT @ VCH 12 JULY 2018 THU, 7.30PM | VICTORIA JUNIOR COLLEGE

SOUTHEAST SINGAPORE 13 JULY 2018 FRI, 7.30PM | PAYA LEBAR METHODIST GIRLS' SCHOOL

NORTHEAST SINGAPORE 22 SEPTEMBER 2018 SAT, 7.30PM | PARADE RING, SINGAPORE RACECOURSE

NORTHWEST SINGAPORE 6 MARCH 2019 WED, 12.30PM | VICTORIA CONCERT HALL

CENTRAL SINGAPORE – LUNCHTIME CONCERT @ VCH

SOUTHWEST SINGAPORE – GIL SHAHAM PLAYS TCHAIKOVSKY The much-admired violinist Gil Shaham, a familiar friend of the SSO, visits the southwest of Singapore with us. Together we present Tchaikovsky’s everpopular Violin Concerto in a one-hour concert with Richard Strauss’ rarely heard Macbeth, a tone poem based on the Shakespearean classic. Lan Shui, conductor Gil Shaham, violin

“One of today's preeminent violinists” The New York Times

7 MARCH 2019 THU, 7.30PM | ANGLO-CHINESE SCHOOL (INDEPENDENT)

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CENTRAL SINGAPORE Joshua Tan, conductor

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As a broad-based grantmaking organisation, Tote Board works closely with stakeholders and partners, to support broad and diverse worthy projects in the sectors of Arts, Community Development, Education, Health, Social Service and Sports. Through these projects, Tote Board helps to uplift the community by giving hope to vulnerable groups and improving the lives of all in Singapore. Tote Boardâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s goal is to help build a flourishing society in Singapore. We want to inspire positive change and contribute towards building an inclusive, resilient and vibrant community, while fostering a caring and compassionate nation.

SINGAPORE SYMPHONY CHORUS

20 JULY 2018 FRI, 7.30PM ESPLANADE CONCERT HALL

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SSO CHRISTMAS CONCERT 25 & 26 JANUARY 2019 FRI & SAT, 7.30PM ESPLANADE CONCERT HALL

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.

LAN SHUI’S FAREWELL

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.

10 MAY 2019 FRI, 7.30PM ESPLANADE CONCERT HALL

EUDENICE PALARUAN CHORAL DIRECTOR SHANE THIO REHEARSAL PIANIST

SSO GALA: MISSA SOLEMNIS

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SSO NATIONAL DAY CONCERT 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, FrançoisXavier 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, having performed at the Istana for the prestigious Cultural Medallion & Young Artist Award and shared the stage with critically acclaimed The King’s Singers. The choir released their first recording, And I’ll Sing Once More, to mark its 10th anniversary in 2016.

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The Singapore Symphony Children’s Choir is proud to have Mr Christopher Ho and Mrs Rosy Ho as its Principal Champion. WONG LAI FOON CHOIRMASTER GABRIEL HOE REHEARSAL PIANIST 71

SINGAPORE SYMPHONY YOUTH CHOIR 20 JULY 2018 FRI, 7.30PM ESPLANADE CONCERT HALL

PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION 11 AUGUST 2018 SAT, 7.30PM ESPLANADE CONCERT HALL

SSO NATIONAL DAY CONCERT 14-16 DECEMBER 2018 FRI & SAT, 7.30PM | SUN, 4PM VICTORIA CONCERT HALL

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LAN SHUI’S FAREWELL 5 APRIL 2019 FRI, 7.30PM ESPLANADE CONCERT HALL

SSO POPS: VIDEO GAMES CLASSICS 26 MAY 2019 SUN, 4PM VICTORIA CONCERT HALL

SONG BRIDGES

An up-and-coming addition to the SSO’s choruses, the Singapore Symphony Youth Choir was formed in 2016 to complement the orchestra with a chorus of young people’s voices required in many scores. 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 youth choir explores the best of different musical worlds and styles, ranging from orchestral to a cappella masterpieces, and spanning the Renaissance to 21st century contemporary offerings. WONG LAI FOON CHOIRMASTER EVELYN HANDRISANTO REHEARSAL PIANIST

SINGAPORE NATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA 22 JULY 2018 SUN, 4PM VICTORIA CONCERT HALL

SNYO IN CONCERT 6 DECEMBER 2018 THU, 7.30PM ESPLANADE CONCERT HALL

SNYO IN CONCERT

The Singapore National Youth Orchestra (SNYO) occupies a special place in Singaporeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s music community, having produced a strong alumni that have joined the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and other community orchestras in Singapore as well as teaching the next generation of budding musicians. The SNYO is recognised by the Ministry of Education as a National Project of Excellence. Entry into the SNYO is by a rigorous audition process. 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). Since April 2015, the SNYO started a new chapter with its management being transferred from the Ministry of Education to the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, allowing the SNYO to draw on the knowledge and expertise of Singapore's national orchestra. The SNYO is made up of over 180 talented young musicians aged 10 to 21, representing more than 60 schools across Singapore. Under its talent development programme, selected members receive individual tutoring from professional musicians including SSO musicians.

23 DECEMBER 2018 SUN, 4PM XINGHAI CONCERT HALL

TOUR TO GUANGZHOU 26 DECEMBER 2018 WED, 7.45PM HONG KONG CULTURAL CENTRE

TOUR TO HONG KONG 15 MARCH 2019 FRI, 7.30PM ESPLANADE CONCERT HALL

SSO GALA: RAY CHEN SSO and SNYO side-by-side

The National Arts Council is a major funder of the SNYO. The youth orchestra also receives support from the Tan Chin Tuan Foundation and Temasek Foundation Nurtures. JOSHUA TAN PRINCIPAL CONDUCTOR PETER STARK PRINCIPAL GUEST CONDUCTOR LIN JUAN ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR

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DEBUSSY: JEUX, KHAMMA, LA BOÎTE À JOUJOUX Lan Shui, conductor “Shui proves a first-rate interpreter of all three works. Jeux is startlingly dramatic, the ebb and flow of the music beautifully judged... It’s all essential listening if you’re interested in the relationship between music and dance.” Gramophone

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GOLDMARK: RUSTIC WEDDING SYMPHONY Symphony No. 2 Lan Shui, conductor “Goldmark’s tuneful Rustic Wedding Symphony is projected here with infectious enthusiasm by Shui and his excellent orchestra.” BBC Music Magazine

TCHAIKOVSKY’S BALLET MUSIC Excerpts from The Nutcracker, Swan Lake and The Sleeping Beauty Lan Shui, conductor

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INDEX

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Work

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Anonymous Arutiunian Balakirev Bartók Bartók Bartók Mason Bates Beethoven Beethoven Beethoven Beethoven Beethoven Beethoven Beethoven Bernstein Boccherini Boieldieu Borodin Borodin Brahms Brahms Byrd Robert Casteels Guillaume Connesson Daft Punk De Falla Debussy Debussy Bryce Dessner Bryce Dessner Dupré Dvořák Dvořák Dvořák Dvořák Farrenc Françaix Gabrieli Grieg Górecki Handel Handel Handel Handel Handel Handel Handel Haydn Ives Korngold Leong Yoon Pin Lutosławski Mahler Mahler Mahler Martinů Mendelssohn Mendelssohn

Spanish Romance (with strings) Trumpet Concerto Islamey Music for Strings, Percussion, Celeste, Sz. 106 Piano Concerto No. 3 in E major, Sz.119, BB127 Suite No. 1 for Orchestra, Op. 3 Liquid Interface Missa Solemnis in D major, Op. 123 Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73 “Emperor” Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21 Symphony No. 4 in B-flat major, Op. 60 Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93 Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 Serenade (after Plato’s “Symposium”) Quintet No. 4 in D, G. 448 “Fandango” (with strings) Harp Concerto in C Overture to Prince Igor Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op. 114 Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83 The Earl of Oxford’s March Ouverture Spirituelle Night-Club Humans vs. Robots The Three-Cornered Hat Suite No. 2 Jeux La Mer Imagining Buffalo (from the movie The Revenant) St. Carolyn by the sea (Concerto for 2 Electric Guitars) Poème héroïque, Op. 33 Carnival Overture, Op. 92 Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104 String Quintet No. 2 in G major, Op. 77 Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 “From the New World” Sextet for Piano and Winds, Op. 40 Dixtuor for Wind Quintet and String Quintet Canzon septimi toni No. 2 Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 Three Pieces in Old Style Arrival of the Queen of Sheba Coronation Anthems: Zadok the Priest and My Heart is Inditing Music for the Royal Fireworks “Ombra mai fu” from Serse Organ Concerto No. 13 in F major “The Cuckoo and the Nightingale” “Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion” from Messiah “Un pensiero voli in ciel” from Il Delirio Amoroso Symphony No. 103 in E-flat major, Hob.I:103 “Drumroll” The Unanswered Question Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 Dayong Sampan Overture Concerto for Orchestra Symphony No. 1 in D major “Titan” Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection” Symphony No. 5 in C-sharp minor La revue de cuisine The Hebrides, Op. 26 Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56 “Scottish”

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Mendelssohn Mussorgsky Mussorgsky Mozart Mozart Mozart Mozart Mozart Mozart Jean-Frederic Neuburger Nick Omiccioli Joseph Pereira Piazzolla Praetorius Prokofiev Prokofiev Purcell Purcell Purcell Purcell Purcell Purcell Rachmaninov Rachmaninov Radiohead Radiohead Ravel Ravel Ravel Reich Reich Rodrigo Rossini Rossini Saint-Saëns Schubert Schubert Schubert Schubert Schubert Schubert Schumann Shostakovich Sibelius Stravinsky Stravinsky Tchaikovsky Tchaikovsky Tchaikovsky Tchaikovsky Tomasi Webern Ye Xiaogang Frank Zappa Frank Zappa Frank Zappa Zemlinsky

Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 Night On Bald Mountain Pictures at an Exhibition Clarinet Concerto in A major, K.622 Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K.466 Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K.467 Serenade in D major, K.320 “Posthorn” Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K.218 Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K.219 “Turkish” Aube [fuse] Threshold for solo timpani, two percussion and orchestra Libertango (with strings) Cantate Domino Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16 Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 19 Chacony in G minor, Z. 730 Chaconne from The Fairy Queen Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary Overture from Dido and Aeneas Symphony from The Indian Queen, Act II “Thy hand, Belinda” and “When I am laid in earth” from Dido and Aeneas Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 Symphonic Dances Jigsaw Falling into Place Weird Fishes Alborada del gracioso Bolero La Valse City Life Pulse Fantasia para un gentilhombre – II. Espanoleta Overture to La Cenerentola Overture to L’Italiana in Algeri Suite Algérienne, Op. 60 Five Minuets with Six Trios, D. 89 Piano Trio in E-flat major, D. 929 Symphony No. 3 in D major, D. 200 String Quintet in C major, D. 956 String Quartet No. 13 in A minor, D. 804 “Rosamunde” String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D. 810 “Death and the Maiden” Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61 Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57 Symphony No. 1 in E minor, Op. 39 Song of the Nightingale The Rite of Spring Excerpts from Sleeping Beauty Francesca da Rimini Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 Suite No. 4, Op. 61 “Mozartiana” Fanfares Liturgiques Langsamer Satz Mount E’mei, for violin, percussion & orchestra Dog Breath / Uncle Meat G-Spot Tornado Peaches en Regalia The Mermaid

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AT A GLANCE CONCERT SEASON 2018/19

William Tan first violin CLOUD FOREST, GARDENS BY THE BAY 84

JUN2018 30.06.2018

17.08.2018

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SSO IN YOUR COMMUNITY: SOUTHWEST SINGAPORE – GIL SHAHAM PLAYS TCHAIKOVSKY

SSO POPS: JAZZ IT UP WITH GERSHWIN!

Lan Shui, conductor | Gil Shaham, violin

Andrew Litton, conductor 24.08.2018

FRI, 7.30PM | ESPLANADE CONCERT HALL

JUL2018 11.07.2018 WED, 12.30PM | VICTORIA CONCERT HALL

SSO IN YOUR COMMUNITY: SPH GIFT OF MUSIC SERIES: CENTRAL SINGAPORE – LUNCHTIME CONCERT @ VCH Joshua Tan, conductor 12.07.2018 THU, 7.30PM | VICTORIA JUNIOR COLLEGE

SSO IN YOUR COMMUNITY: SOUTHEAST SINGAPORE Joshua Tan, conductor

FAMILIAR FAVOURITES: BEETHOVEN VIOLIN CONCERTO

Andrew Litton, conductor | Augustin Hadelich, violin 31.08.2018 FRI, 7.30PM | ESPLANADE CONCERT HALL

BRAHMS PIANO CONCERTO 2

Hans Graf, conductor | Martin Helmchen, piano

SEP2018 08 & 09.09.2018 SAT, 2PM & 4PM | SUN, 2PM | VICTORIA CONCERT HALL

13.07.2018 FRI, 7.30PM | PAYA LEBAR METHODIST GIRLS' SCHOOL

Joshua Tan, conductor

Jean Thorel, conductor

AT A GLANCE

SSO IN YOUR COMMUNITY: NORTHEAST SINGAPORE

CONCERTS FOR CHILDREN: THE CONDUCTOR'S SPELLBOOK 21.09.2018 FRI, 7.30PM | VICTORIA CONCERT HALL

20.07.2018 FRI, 7.30PM | ESPLANADE CONCERT HALL

FAMILIAR FAVOURITES: PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION

PRESIDENT’S YOUNG PERFORMERS CONCERT Joshua Tan, conductor | Kong Xianlong, violin

Lan Shui, conductor Singapore Symphony Chorus | Eudenice Palaruan, choral director Singapore Symphony Youth Choir Singapore Symphony Children’s Choir | Wong Lai Foon, choirmaster

22.09.2018

29.07.2018

28.09.2018

SUN, 6.15PM SHAW FOUNDATION SYMPHONY STAGE, SINGAPORE BOTANIC GARDENS

SPH GIFT OF MUSIC SERIES: THE STRAITS TIMES CONCERT IN THE GARDENS

SAT, 7.30PM | PARADE RING, SINGAPORE RACECOURSE

SSO IN YOUR COMMUNITY: NORTHWEST SINGAPORE Joshua Tan, conductor

FRI, 7.30PM | ESPLANADE CONCERT HALL

ADAGIETTO: FOR MY WIFE

Lan Shui, conductor | Piotr Anderszewski, piano

Lan Shui, conductor

AUG2018 03.08.2018 FRI, 7:30PM | VICTORIA CONCERT HALL

SSO CHAMBER SERIES: ROSAMUNDE AND THE NIGHTINGALE Musicians of the SSO 11.08.2018 SAT, 7.30PM | ESPLANADE CONCERT HALL

SSO NATIONAL DAY CONCERT

Darrell Ang, conductor | Kam Ning, violin Singapore Symphony Chorus | Eudenice Palaruan, choral director Singapore Symphony Youth Choir Singapore Symphony Children’s Choir | Wong Lai Foon, choirmaster

OCT2018 06.10.2018 SAT, 7:30PM | VICTORIA CONCERT HALL

SSO CHAMBER SERIES: BAROQUE FESTIVAL: MUSIC FOR KINGS AND QUEENS Sofi Jeannin, conductor | Stefan Kießling, organ Eudenice Palaruan, choral director Singapore Symphony Orchestra and Chorus 07.10.2018 SUN, 4PM | VICTORIA CONCERT HALL

SSO CHAMBER SERIES: BAROQUE FESTIVAL: ROYAL FIREWORKS

Sofi Jeannin, conductor | Stefanie Quintin, soprano Singapore Symphony Orchestra

DEC2018 11.10.2018

08 & 09.12.2018

THU, 7.30PM | ESPLANADE CONCERT HALL

SAT & SUN, 2PM & 4PM | VICTORIA CONCERT HALL

MILOŠ: SPANISH ROMANCE

SSO BABIES’ PROMS

Carolyn Kuan, conductor | Miloš Karadaglić, guitar

Peter Moore, conductor/presenter

13.10.2018

14, 15 & 16.12.2018

SAT, 7:30PM | VICTORIA CONCERT HALL

FRI & SAT, 7.30PM | SUN, 4PM | VICTORIA CONCERT HALL

SSO CHAMBER SERIES: BORODIN QUARTET – ELEGY

SSO CHRISTMAS CONCERT

Borodin Quartet | Musicians of the SSO 19 & 20.10.2018

FRI & SAT, 7.30PM | VICTORIA CONCERT HALL

Joshua Tan, conductor Singapore Symphony Chorus | Eudenice Palaruan, choral director Singapore Symphony Youth Choir Singapore Symphony Children’s Choir | Wong Lai Foon, choirmaster

LARS VOGT • MOZART PIANO CONCERTO 21 Lars Vogt, conductor / piano 26.10.2018 FRI, 7.30PM | ESPLANADE CONCERT HALL

OLLI MUSTONEN • PROKOFIEV PIANO CONCERTO 2 Hannu Lintu, conductor | Olli Mustonen, piano

JAN2019 05.01.2019 SAT, 7.30PM | ESPLANADE CONCERT HALL

TINE THING HELSETH • ARUTIUNIAN TRUMPET CONCERTO Jun Märkl, conductor | Tine Thing Helseth, trumpet

NOV2018

12.01.2019

03.11.2018

RED BALLOON SERIES: REICH IN 60 MINUTES

SAT, 7.30PM | ESPLANADE CONCERT HALL

DEBUSSY 100: LA MER

SAT, 7.30PM | VICTORIA CONCERT HALL

Brad Lubman, conductor

Lan Shui, conductor | Lu Wei, violin Hu Shengnan, percussion

18.01.2019

07.11.2018

Lan Shui, conductor | Lim Yan, piano

FRI | 7.30PM | ESPLANADE CONCERT HALL

SSO 40TH ANNIVERSARY GALA

WED, 7.30PM | ESPLANADE CONCERT HALL

SSO POPS: HAPPY DAYS: FAVOURITE TV THEMES

25 & 26.01.2019

Gerard Salonga, conductor

FRI & SAT, 7.30PM | ESPLANADE CONCERT HALL

10 & 11.11.2018

Gerard Salonga, conductor

Lan Shui, conductor Miah Persson, soprano | Anna Larsson, mezzo-soprano Singapore Symphony Chorus | Singapore Symphony Youth Choir Eudenice Palaruan, choral director

15.11.2018

31.01.2019

SAT, 2PM & 4PM | SUN, 2PM | VICTORIA CONCERT HALL

CONCERTS FOR CHILDREN: MUSIC TELLS A STORY

THU, 7.30PM | ESPLANADE CONCERT HALL

FAMILIAR FAVOURITES: TALES OF LOVE

Kees Bakels, conductor | Richard Lin, violin

LAN SHUI'S FAREWELL

THU, 7.30PM | ESPLANADE CONCERT HALL

RED BALLOON SERIES: ROCK IN 60 MINUTES

Jacomo Bairos, conductor | Nick Omiccioli, electric guitar Paul Cesarczyk, electric guitar

22.11.2018 THU, 7.30PM | ESPLANADE CONCERT HALL

DVOŘÁK: CELLO CONCERTO

Pavel Baleff, conductor | Ng Pei-Sian, cello 29.11.2018 THU, 7.30PM | ESPLANADE CONCERT HALL

SERENADE WITH SOYOUNG YOON

Michal Nesterowicz, conductor | Soyoung Yoon, violin

FEB2019 22 & 23.02.2019 FRI & SAT, 7.30PM | VICTORIA CONCERT HALL

CHRISTOPHER PARK PLAYS MOZART

Bruno Weil, conductor | Christopher Park, piano

Miao Shanshan flute SF FARM MART, RAFFLES PLACE MRT STATION

01 & 02.03.2019

15.03.2019

FRI & SAT, 7.30PM | VICTORIA CONCERT HALL

FRI, 7.30PM | ESPLANADE CONCERT HALL

MASTER OF THE HARP

SSO GALA: RAY CHEN

Alexander Liebreich, conductor | Xavier de Maistre, harp 06.03.2019 WED, 12.30PM | VICTORIA CONCERT HALL

SSO IN YOUR COMMUNITY: CENTRAL SINGAPORE – LUNCHTIME CONCERT @ VCH Joshua Tan, conductor

Andrew Litton, conductor | Ray Chen, violin with the Singapore National Youth Orchestra 16 & 17.03.2019 SAT, 2PM & 4PM | SUN, 2PM | VICTORIA CONCERT HALL

CONCERTS FOR CHILDREN: AN INTERGALACTIC ADVENTURE Joshua Tan, conductor | Alasdair Malloy, presenter

07.03.2019

22 & 23.03.2019

THU, 7.30PM | ANGLO-CHINESE SCHOOL (INDEPENDENT)

FRI & SAT, 7.30PM | VICTORIA CONCERT HALL

SSO IN YOUR COMMUNITY: SOUTHWEST SINGAPORE

SABINE MEYER • MOZART CLARINET CONCERTO

Joshua Tan, conductor

AT A GLANCE

MAR2019

Andrew Litton, conductor | Sabine Meyer, clarinet

08.03.2019 FRI, 7.30PM | ITE COLLEGE CENTRAL

SSO IN YOUR COMMUNITY: CENTRAL SINGAPORE Joshua Tan, conductor 09.03.2019 SAT, 6PM | THE MEADOW

SYMPHONY IN THE GARDENS: GARDENS BY THE BAY Joshua Tan, conductor

APR2019 05.04.2019 FRI, 7.30PM | ESPLANADE CONCERT HALL

SSO POPS: VIDEO GAMES CLASSICS

Eimear Noone, conductor | Victoria Songwei Li, soprano Jade Tan, mezzo-soprano | Singapore Symphony Youth Choir Wong Lai Foon, choirmaster 12.04.2019 FRI, 7.30PM | ESPLANADE CONCERT HALL

SSO GALA: RACHMANINOV PIANO CONCERTO 2

Lionel Bringuier, conductor | Behzod Abduraimov, piano

18.04.2019 THU, 7.30PM | ESPLANADE CONCERT HALL

MAESTRO CHOO HOEY

Choo Hoey, conductor | He Ziyu, violin 27.04.2019 SAT, 7.30PM | ESPLANADE CONCERT HALL

FAMILIAR FAVOURITES: MENDELSSOHN VIOLIN CONCERTO Josep Pons, conductor | Stefan Jackiw, violin

MAY2019 03.05.2019 FRI, 7.30PM | ESPLANADE CONCERT HALL

RED BALLOON SERIES: RHYTHMS, RITES AND RENEWALS Pascal Rophe, conductor | Maraca2, percussion Christian Schiøler, timpani 10.05.2019 FRI, 7.30PM | ESPLANADE CONCERT HALL

SSO GALA: MISSA SOLEMNIS • MASAAKI SUZUKI

Masaaki Suzuki, conductor | Rachel Nicholls, soprano Marianne Beate Kielland, mezzo-soprano James Gilchrist, tenor | Christian Immler, baritone Singapore Symphony Chorus Eudenice Palaruan, choral director 12.05.2019 SUN, 6PM | SHAW FOUNDATION SYMPHONY STAGE SINGAPORE BOTANIC GARDENS

SYMPHONY IN THE GARDENS: SSO MOTHER’S DAY CONCERT Joshua Tan, conductor 17.05.2019 FRI, 7:30PM | VICTORIA CONCERT HALL

SSO CHAMBER SERIES: DEATH AND THE MAIDEN Strings of the SSO 18.05.2019 SAT, 7:30PM | VICTORIA CONCERT HALL

SSO CHAMBER SERIES: TEMPTATION OF THE SAINTLY POT Woodwinds of the SSO 19.05.2019 SUN, 4PM | VICTORIA CONCERT HALL

SSO CHAMBER SERIES: BRASS ENSEMBLE OF THE SSO Brass Ensemble of the SSO

Zhu Zheng Yi percussion ZHENGHUA PARK, BUKIT PANJANG

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