12 & 13 DECEMBER 2019 ESPLANADE CONCERT HALL Performing Home of the SSO
The Maltese Tenor JOSEPH CALLEJA
10 Jan 2020, 7.30pm Esplanade Concert Hall Tickets: $15 - $88
SSO POPS
To Broadway, With Love 3 Apr 2020, 7.30pm Esplanade Concert Hall Tickets: $20 - $68
SSO GALA
Kavakos Plays Korngold 17 Jan 2020, 7.30pm Esplanade Concert Hall Tickets: $25 - $98
Philippe Quint THE RED VIOLIN
5 Mar 2020, 7.30pm Esplanade Concert Hall Tickets: $15 - $88
SSO CHRISTMAS CONCERT AT THE ESPLANADE Deck The Halls 12 & 13 Dec 2019, 7.30pm Esplanade Concert Hall Singapore Symphony Orchestra Joshua Tan conductor Singapore Symphony Choruses* Eudenice Palaruan choral director Wong Lai Foon choirmaster Christmas Concerto by CORELLI
13 mins
Fairytale Sleighride by ADAM SAUNDERS
5 mins
Troika by PROKOFIEV
2 mins
Star of Bethlehem from Home Alone* by JOHN WILLIAMS (lyr. Leslie Bricusse)
4 mins
Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas from Home Alone* by JOHN WILLIAMS (lyr. Leslie Bricusse)
3 mins
Waltz of the Snowflakes from The Nutcracker* by TCHAIKOVSKY
7 mins
Pas de deux from The Nutcracker by TCHAIKOVSKY
4 mins
Intermission
20 mins
A Christmas Cracker by THOMAS HEWITT JONES
6 mins
White Christmas by IRVING BERLIN (orch. Robert Russell Bennett)
5 mins
The Twelve Days of Christmas* (Traditional, arr. Mack Wilberg)
10 mins
Jesus Child* by JOHN RUTTER
3 mins
A Christmas Scherzo arr. Don Sebesky
4 mins
Little Bolero Boy from A Classical Christmas Suite by KATHERINE DAVIS (arr. Robert Wendel)
4 mins
Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah* by HANDEL
4 mins
A Holly and Jolly Sing-Along!* by JAMES STEPHENSON
6 mins
Concert duration: 2 hrs
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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. 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. Under the Music Directorship of Lan Shui from 1997 to January 2019, 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
Orchestral playing at the peak of refinement and beauty Fanfare in London received critical acclaim in the major UK newspapers The Guardian and The Telegraph. The SSO has also performed in China on multiple occasions. In July 2019, the SSO named Austrian conductor Hans Graf as its Chief Conductor designate, beginning in the 2020/21 concert season. Notable SSO releases under BIS include a Rachmaninoff series, a “Seascapes” album, three Debussy discs “La Mer”, “Jeux” and “Nocturnes”, 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, Gustavo Dudamel, 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 affiliate performing groups, we spread the love for music, nurture talent and enrich Singapore’s diverse communities.
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Joshua has conducted orchestras all around the world. These orchestras include the Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra, Beethoven Bonn Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Sydney Symphony Orchestra, amongst others. He has studied with various eminent conductors such as James DePreist, Charles Dutoit, David Zinman and Kurt Masur. A versatile conductor, Joshua 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.
JOSHUA TAN Associate 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.
Joshua 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.
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. 7
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EUDENICE PALARUAN choral director
Kantorei. He was also involved in early music performance practice as a countertenor with the Berlin Monteverdi Choir in Germany and the Villancico Vocal Ensemble at the International Bamboo Organ Festival in the Philippines. As a conductor he was a music director of the Ateneo de Manila College Glee Club, assistant choirmaster of the Philippine Madrigal Singers under Andrea Veneracion, principal conductor of the San Miguel Master Chorale and the Union Church of Manila Chancel Choir. For the past years, he was the resident conductor of the International Bamboo Organ Festival where he directed Philippines’ leading choirs in the performance of early European music and the revival of Latin American baroque music. As a composer and arranger, Palaruan writes contest pieces for choral competitions including the 2019 Andrea O. Veneracion International Choral Competition in Manila. His composition style uses vocal tapestry by incorporating Asian speech sounds. Some of his widely used works are Gapas (Harvest), Koyu No Tebulul (Bird Song), Pasigin (Fishing Song). As a music pedagogue, he taught at the Asian Institute for Liturgy and Music, 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.
Eudenice Palaruan studied composition and conducting at the University of the Philippines College of Music and trained under Joel Navarro, Ramon Santos and Andrea Veneracion. After obtaining his Bachelor Degree in the Philippines, he studied choral conducting at the Berliner Kirchenmusikschule, Germany under Martin Behrmann. He was a member and baritone soloist of some of the significant choral organisations including the Philippine Madrigal Singers, Ateneo de Manila College Glee Club, the World Youth Choir and the Berlin Spandauer 8
WONG LAI FOON choirmaster
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As Choirmaster of the Singapore Symphony Children’s Choir (SSCC) and the Singapore Symphony Youth Choir (SSYC), Wong Lai Foon oversees a family of choral ensembles dedicated to the development of young voices, and the continuing appreciation of choral music. Under her leadership, both choirs have received praise for their impressive choral tone and polished performances. The SSCC’s recording of Bob Chilcott’s Little Jazz Mass, featured on their CD, And I’ll Sing Once More, has been complimented by the renowned composer for its “fine sound and style”.
Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in Kuala Lumpur, and a highly successful concert of Video Games Classics with Eímear Noone. Committed to growing the body of treble choral works by local composers, Wong has commissioned works by Kelly Tang, Zechariah Goh, Chen Zhangyi, Darius Lim, and Lee Chin Sin. She is equally adept at the symphonic, operatic and a cappella choral repertoire, and has worked with ensembles including the Singapore Symphony Chorus, the Singapore Lyric Opera, and The Philharmonic Chamber Choir. She graduated from Westminster Choir College, under the tutelage of Joseph Flummerfelt.
Apart from performances with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Wong has led both choirs in collaborations with other ensembles. The Concert Choir has shared the stage with The King’s Singers, the Maîtrise de Radio France at the Philharmonie de Paris, and the Malaysian Philharmonic Youth Orchestra at the Dewan Filharmonik Petronas, Kuala Lumpur. Recent highlights for the Youth Choir include an all-Brahms programme with the Singapore 9
S ingapore S ymphony C horus Eudenice Palaruan choral director Shane Thio rehearsal pianist Since its first performance on 13 June 1980 under the direction of then SSO Music Director Choo Hoey, the 85-strong Singapore Symphony Chorus has become one of the finest symphony choruses in the region. The chorus has performed under the baton of renowned conductors Peter Erdei, Eric Ericsson, John Nelson, Claus Peter Flor, Okko Kamu, Lan Shui, Lim Yau, Masaaki Suzuki and most recently, Sofi Jeannin in the SSO Baroque Festival in 2018. Having amassed a wide repertoire, the SSC has performed such works as Rachmaninoff’s The Bells, Tippett’s A Child of Our Time, 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.
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S ingapore S ymphony youth choir Wong Lai Foon choirmaster Evelyn Handrisanto rehearsal pianist Comprised of Singapore’s finest young choristers aged 17 to 28, the Singapore Symphony Youth Choir is an energetic ensemble inaugurated in 2016 to complement the SSO with a chorus of vibrant voices. Exploring the best of different musical worlds and styles, the youth choir has performed Scriabin’s Prometheus, Puccini’s La Bohème, as well as recorded Borodin’s Polovtsian Dances and Mahler’s Symphony No. 2. In 2017, it also toured with the SSC and SSO, presenting Brahms’ Shicksalslied at the Dewan Filharmonik Petronas in Kuala Lumpur. In the 2018/19 season, the youth choir performed independently for the first time, under the baton of esteemed conductor Eímear Noone.
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S ingapore S ymphony C H I L D R E N ' S C H O I R Wong Lai Foon choirmaster Gabriel Hoe rehearsal pianist 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 enriches young singers through holistic choral training that nurtures artistic growth and personal development. The children’s choir has performed great choral masterpieces with the SSO and with distinguished conductors such as Lim Yau, Claus Peter Flor, Sofi Jeannin, François-Xavier Roth and Julie Desbordes. It has toured and performed at the Philharmonie de Paris in collaboration with Maîtrise de Radio France, as well as at Dewan Filharmonik Petronas in Kuala Lumpur with the Malaysian Philharmonic Youth Orchestra in concert. In Singapore, the choir has an active performing calendar. It has sung at the Istana, shared the stage with critically acclaimed The King’s Singers, and most recently presented at the 33rd ASEAN Summit. The choir actively commissions and performs works by Darius Lim, Zechariah Goh, and Cultural Medallion winner Kelly Tang, amongst many others. The choir released their first recording, And I'll Sing Once More. The Singapore Symphony Children’s Choir is proud to have Mr Christopher Ho and Mrs Rosy Ho as its Principal Champion. 12
The Chorus S ingapore S ymphony C horus SOPRANO Karen Aw Laurence Biard Gwendolyn Brewer Claire Byrne Alexis Chen Chin Li Han Julie Demange W Claudia Gehlen Grace Goh Catherine Harsono
Andrea Hendrickson Karin Hesse Sindy Keng Ema Naito-Bhakdi Ng Ah Sock Angie Ng Beng Choo Ng Kong Tiok Sarah-Tabea Sammel Sarah Santhana Vivien Sinapius
Shalina Sivanendran Brittany Slaymaker Tan Li Szu Tan Ying Jie Patricia Teng Sachiko Tomimori Masumi Tsuchiya Agnieszka Veriga Tamara Wagner
ALTO Päivi Aalto Chan Mei Yoke Patricia Chong Friederike Herrmann Truly Hutapea Dorothy Lee-Teh Wendy Lim
Denise Liu Sharon Low Eunice Ng-Chee Jemaima Pagsibigan Joy Schmidt Elaine Ser Josephine Sim
Natividad Solaguren Ena Su Elsie Tan Tan Li En Ariel Yeong
TENOR Jean-Michel Bardin Jeroven Marquez Ronald Ooi Ryan Padgett
Yann Perron Qi Jian Rac Roldan Alan Smith
Ian Tan Ben Wong
BASS Ang Jian Zhong Marcus Chan William Chua Winsen Citra Arthur Davis
John Goh Mirco Guenther Paul Kitamura Khor Gui Wei Kevin Neeson
Jared Vaughn Robertson James Shin-Gay Raymond Wu
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S ingapore S ymphony youth C hoir SOPRANO Beatrice Decruz Nia Edwards Maria Erika Goh Caroline Hesse
Laura Lee Janice Lim Chloe Ong Desiree Seng
Tiffany Tam Tan Yuqing
ALTO Chan Li Ting Mavis Chua Elizabeth Goh
Kerris Loh Ong Sherlyn Freda Tan
Tan Yulin
TENOR Jason Carranceja David Cho Margaret Devadason
Zachary Lim Loh Shao Wei Oh Chin Aik
Wesley Oon Caleb Yeo
BASS Alfonso Cortez Leonard Buescher Aaron Koh
Jon Loh Nathan Seah Bjorn Soo
Brandon Tan
S ingapore S ymphony children ’ S C hoir Maya Bessarab Bryan Carmichael Anne-Sophie Cazaubon Ashley Chai Andrea Chee Elizabeth Chew Choo Yong Han Goh Chen Xi Sue-Ann Ho Tania Ibrahim Hana Kasai Jadyn Koh Zoe Koh Trinetra Kumarasan Marisa Lee Lee Yun Ling
Therese Lee Emma Lee-Goh Giselle Lim Lu Huaiyao Lu Kaixuan Alisha Malika Khayil Matthew Ng Yi Poh Violet Ong Hannah Pak Alethea Poh Suri Rao See To Yu Rong Joy Sim Navya Singh Angeline Sun
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Bernice Tan Emily Tan Kate Tan Joshua Tan Gabriel Tan Sophia Kate Tan Oliver Tay Dora Tay Shannen Tay Shanaia Teo Shauna Koh Trinidad Megan Wang Mao Yamaura Seia Yano Claris Yeo Kassia Yeo
SECOND VIOLIN Michael Loh Associate Principal Hai-Won Kwok Fixed Chair Nikolai Koval* Lee Shi Mei^ Chikako Sasaki* Margit Saur Shao Tao Tao Wu Man Yun* Xu Jue Yi* Yeo Teow Meng Yin Shu Zhan* Zhao Tian*
The Orchestra joshua tan Associate Conductor andrew litton Principal Guest Conductor Choo Hoey Conductor Emeritus
VIOLA Zhang Manchin Principal Guan Qi Associate Principal Gu Bing Jie* Fixed Chair Marietta Ku Luo Biao Julia Park Shui Bing Janice Tsai Wang Dandan Yang Shi Li
Lan Shui Conductor Laureate Eudenice Palaruan Choral Director WONG LAI FOON Choirmaster
CELLO Ng Pei-Sian Principal, The HEAD Foundation Chair Yu Jing Associate Principal Guo Hao Fixed Chair Chan Wei Shing Jamshid Saydikarimov* Song Woon Teng Wang Yan Wang Zihao* Wu Dai Dai Zhao Yu Er
FIRST VIOLIN Lynnette Seah# Guest Concertmaster Kong Zhao Hui* Associate Concertmaster Chan Yoong-Han Fixed Chair Cao Can* Chen Da Wei Duan Yu Ling Foo Say Ming Jin Li Kong Xianlong Cindy Lee Karen Tan William Tan Wei Zhe Ye Lin* Zhang Si Jing*
DOUBLE BASS Yang Zheng Yi Associate Principal Karen Yeo Fixed Chair Olga Alexandrova Jacek Mirucki Guennadi Mouzyka Wang Xu
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Marc-Antoine Robillard Associate Principal Bryan Chong^ Hoang Van Hoc
FLUTE Jin Ta Principal Evgueni Brokmiller Associate Principal Roberto Alvarez Miao Shanshan
TRUMPET Jon Paul Dante Principal David Smith Associate Principal Lau Wen Rong Sergey Tyuteykin
PICCOLO Roberto Alvarez Assistant Principal OBOE
TROMBONE
Rachel Walker Principal Pan Yun Associate Principal Carolyn Hollier Elaine Yeo
Allen Meek Principal Damian Patti Associate Principal Samuel Armstrong
COR ANGLAIS
BASS TROMBONE
Elaine Yeo Associate Principal
Wang Wei Assistant Principal
CLARINET
TUBA
Ma Yue Principal Li Xin Associate Principal Liu Yoko Tang Xiao Ping
Tomoki Natsume^ Principal TIMPANI Christian Schiøler Principal Jonathan Fox Associate Principal
BASS CLARINET
PERCUSSION
Tang Xiao Ping Assistant Principal
Jonathan Fox Principal Mark Suter Associate Principal Mario Choo Lee Yu Ru^ Lim Meng Keh
BASSOON Wang Xiaoke Principal Liu Chang Associate Principal Christoph Wichert Zhao Ying Xue
HARP Gulnara Mashurova Principal Fontane Liang^
CONTRABASSOON Zhao Ying Xue Assistant Principal
PIANO
HORN
Shane Thio^
Han Chang Chou Principal Gao Jian Associate Principal Jamie Hersch Associate Principal
ORGAN Isaac Lee^
*With deep appreciation to the Rin Collection for their generous loan of string instruments. Lynnette Seah, Founding First Chair, 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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Star of Bethlehem from Home Alone
Merry Christmas, Merry Christmas from Home Alone
by JOHN WILLIAMS
by JOHN WILLIAMS
Star of Bethlehem shining bright, bathing the world in heav’nly light, Let the glow of your distant glory fill us with hope this Christmas night.
Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas! Sing a song for the glorious season! Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas! Sing a song for a happy new year!
Star of innocence, star of goodness, gazing down since time began, You who’ve lived through endless ages, view with love the age of man.
Sing verily, merrily, loud and strong! Welcome the wintery season! Just follow along with a holiday song. Santa is here again. Yes!
Star of beauty, hear our plea, whisper your wisdom tenderly. Star of Bethlehem, set us free, make us a world we long to see.
Now reindeer fly, if you need any proof, It's merely a matter of reason. Just listen you'll hear when they land on the roof. Santa is here again. Yes!
Star of Bethlehem, star on high, miracle of the midnight sky, Let your luminous light from heaven enter our hearts and make us fly.
Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas! Sing a song for the obvious reason! Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas! It’s a magical, lyrical, annual, miracle, Sing it out loud! Sing a song for a happy new year!
Star of happiness, star of wonder, you see everything from afar. Cast your eye upon the future, make us wiser than we are.
Sing verily, merrily, loud and strong! Welcome the wintery season! Just follow along with a holiday song. Santa is here again. Yes!
Star of gentleness, hear our plea, whisper your wisdom tenderly. Star of Bethlehem, set us free, make us a world we long to see.
Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas! Sing a song for the obvious reason! Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas! It’s a magical, lyrical, annual, miracle, Sing it out loud! Sing a song for a happy new year! Yes!
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The Twelve Days of Christmas (Traditional, arr. Mack Wilberg) On the 1st day of Christmas my true love gave to me, A partridge in a pear tree.
On the 11th day of Christmas my true love gave to me, Eleven pipers piping, …
On the 2nd day of Christmas my true love gave to me, Two turtle doves, and a partridge in a pear tree.
On the 12th day of Christmas my true love gave to me, Twelve drummers drumming, …
On the 3rd day of Christmas my true love gave to me, Three French hens, … On the 4th day of Christmas my true love gave to me, Four cally birds, … On the 5th day of Christmas my true love gave to me, Five gold rings, … On the 6th day of Christmas my true love gave to me, Six geese a-laying, … On the 7 day of Christmas my true love gave to me, Seven swans a-swimming, … th
On the 8th day of Christmas my true love gave to me, Eight maids a-milking, … On the 9th day of Christmas my true love gave to me, Nine ladies dancing, … On the 10th day of Christmas my true love gave to me, Ten lords a-leaping, …
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Jesus Child by JOHN RUTTER Have you heard the story that they’re telling ’bout Bethlehem? Have you heard the story of the Jesus child? How he came from heaven and was born in a manger bed? Mary was his virgin mother, pure and mild.
Brothers, let us celebrate the birth of the Jesus child, Sisters, come and welcome him, the new-born King; Praise the Lord who sent him down from heaven at Christmas time; Young and old and rich and poor, his praises sing.
Sing alleluia, brothers, sing alleluia, sisters, Worship the Jesus child and praise his mother mild. “Glory to God on high”, the angel hosts above are singing: Listen to the story of the Jesus child. Have you heard the story of the poor humble shepherd men, Sitting on the hillside with their flocks at night? Suddenly the angel tells them “Hurry to Bethlehem! Go and find the Jesus child, the world’s new light!” Jesus child, lying at Bethlehem, Sleeping safe at Mary’s knee: Save my soul and bring me to paradise, Let me join the angels singing glory to thee. Have you heard the story of the kings from the orient, Following the star that’s shining over his head? Offering their precious gifts of gold, myrrh and frankincense, Kneeling with the ox and ass before his bed? 29
Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah
A Holly and Jolly Sing-Along!
by George Frideric Handel
by JAMES STEPHENSON Jingle Bells
Hallelujah! For the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth The Kingdom of this world is become the Kingdom of our Lord, and of His Christ; And He shall reign forever and ever, King of Kings, forever and ever, hallelujah, and Lord of Lords, forever and ever, hallelujah, And He shall reign, forever and ever, Hallelujah!
Dashing through the snow In a one-horse open sleigh, O’er the fields we go Laughing all the way! Bells on bobtail ring Making spirits bright, What fun it is to laugh and sing A sleighing song tonight! Oh, jingle bells, jingle bells, Jingle all the way! Oh, what fun it is to ride In a one-horse open sleigh! Jingle bells, jingle bells, Jingle all the way! Oh, what fun it is to ride In a one-horse open sleigh! A day or two ago, I thought I’d take a ride, And soon Miss Fanny Bright Was seated by my side. The horse was lean and lank, Misfortune seemed his lot. We got into a drifted bank And then we got upsot! Oh, jingle bells, jingle bells, Jingle all the way! Oh, what fun it is to ride In a one-horse open sleigh! Jingle bells, jingle bells, Jingle all the way! Oh, what fun it is to ride In a one-horse open sleigh!
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Frosty the Snowman
Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Frosty the Snowman Was a jolly happy soul! With a corncob pipe and a button nose And two eyes made out of coal!
Rudolph, the red-nosed reindeer had a very shiny nose. And if you ever saw it, you would even say it glows.
Frosty the Snowman Is a fairytale they say. He was made of snow But the children know How he came to life one day!
All of the other reindeer used to laugh and call him names. They never let poor Rudolph join in any reindeer games. Then one foggy Christmas Eve Santa came to say: “Rudolph with your nose so bright, won't you guide my sleigh tonight?”
There must have been some magic In that old silk hat they found. For when they placed it on his head, He began to dance around!
Then all the reindeer loved him as they shouted out with glee, Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer, you’ll go down in history!
Oh, Frosty the Snowman Had to hurry on his way! But he waved goodbye Saying don't you cry, I’ll be back again some day. Thumpety thump thump, Thumpety thump thump, Look at Frosty go! Thumpety thump thump, Thumpety thump thump, Over the hills of snow!
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Joy to the World
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Joy to the world! the Lord is come; Let earth receive her King; Let ev’ry heart prepare Him room, And heav’n and nature sing, And heav’n and nature sing, And heaven, and heaven, and nature sing.
We wish you a Merry Christmas; We wish you a Merry Christmas; We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Good tidings we bring to you and your kin; Good tidings for Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Joy to the Earth! 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.
We wish you a Merry Christmas; We wish you a Merry Christmas; We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
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HAPPY HOLIDAYS Wishing you a great year filled with joy and music from all of us at the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and Choruses
upcoming concerts
Dec 16 Dec | Victoria Concert Hall Isaac Lee organ Samuel Armstrong trombone
19 & 20 Dec | Esplanade Concert Hall Christopher Dragon conductor Singapore Symphony Orchestra
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SSO POPS THE MUSIC OF STAR WARS Familiar tunes from the Star Wars films
Jan 10 Jan | Esplanade Concert Hall David Giménez Carreras conductor Joseph Calleja tenor Singapore Symphony Orchestra
17 Jan | Esplanade Concert Hall Hans Graf conductor Leonidas Kavakos violin Singapore Symphony Orchestra
THE MALTESE TENOR: JOSEPH CALLEJA A grand evening of classic arias
SSO GALA KAVAKOS PLAYS KORNGOLD DVORÁK Scherzo Capriccioso KORNGOLD Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 “Pathétique”
Feb 9 Feb | Victoria Concert Hall Wu Wei sheng Joshua Tan conductor Musicians of the SSO
13 Feb | Esplanade Concert Hall Gerard Schwarz conductor Tasmin Little violin Singapore Symphony Orchestra
21 & 22 Feb | Esplanade Concert Hall Joe Hisaishi conductor Singapore Symphony Orchestra
VCHPRESENTS: CHAMBER ENDLESS SOUND 无限的笙 An unmissable demonstration of the ancient Chinese instrument’s phenomenal capabilities
A FAREWELL FOR TASMIN LITTLE PROKOFIEV Selections from Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26 BRAHMS Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90
WILLOW ARTS PRESENTS JOE HISAISHI IN CONCERT WITH THE SSO
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2019/20 Season
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