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Symphony Piano Festival 2013 20

Orchestra Concerts 23

Booking Information 56
2013/14 season
Index 72

Esplanade: Performing Home of the SSO

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to change programmes or artists without prior notice.

Patron SSO Council

President Tony Tan Keng Yam Mr Heinrich Grafe Chairman Prof Tommy Koh
Mr Kwee Liong Seen Prof Cham Tao Soon Mr JY Pillay
Board of Directors Ms Lim Mei Dr Stephen Riady
members
Chairman Prof Lim Seh Chun Ms Priscylla Shaw
Mr Frank Benjamin
Mr Goh Yew Lin Ms Tan Choo Leng Dr Gralf Sieghold
Mr Alan Chan
Directors Ms Yvonne Tham Mr Andreas Sohmen-Pao
Ms Chew Gek Khim
Mrs Odile Benjamin Mr Wong Nang Jang Dr Tan Chin Nam
Mr David Conner
Mr Chng Hak-Peng Ms Yong Ying-I Ms Tan Choo Leng
Dr Geh Min
Mr Lionel Choi Mr Tan Soo Nan
Mr Goh Geok Khim
Ms Carol Fong Mr Wee Ee Cheong
Mr Khoo Boon Hui

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 Welcome from the Chairman
The 35th anniversary of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra will feature a season of highlights, augmented by a
superb list of guest conductors and soloists. Beyond its concerts at the Esplanade, the SSO is also ramping up its
programmes for schools and the community, in order to fulfil its broader role as Singapore’s national orchestra.
When a British critic described the SSO as one of the 21st century’s great orchestras in the making, we took that as
a challenge, and we aim to build for Singapore an orchestra that one would travel great distances to hear.
As we continue to build towards that future, we also remember the past 35 years, during which time the SSO has
been led by two very dedicated music directors: Choo Hoey, who built an orchestra from scratch; and Lan Shui,
whose leadership since 1997 has brought the orchestra to an internationally recognised excellence. This stability
is highly unusual in today’s music world, and together with the excellence and dedication of our musicians, it has
been a key element for the SSO’s success.
I thank all our donors and friends for the support over the years, and trust that you will all be thrilled and inspired
by the concerts in our 35th anniversary season.
Goh Yew Lin Chairman
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Welcome from the Music Director
As we prepare to celebrate the SSO’s 35th anniversary in 2014, the 2013/14 season promises a year of exciting
concerts featuring the SSO in collaboration with many excellent guest conductors and soloists.
Just as Haydn is widely acknowledged to be the father of the symphony, Richard Strauss was the last of the
great symphonic composers in the Viennese tradition. To mark Strauss’ 150th birth anniversary, the SSO will
dedicate four concerts in January 2014 to performing some of his most memorable compositions, including
Ein Heldenleben, Symphonia domestica, the Duet-Concertino (featuring two of the SSO’s principal musicians)
and the deeply moving Four Last Songs.
We are also delighted to present the Asian premiere of Bright Sheng’s Violin Concerto, a work specially
commissioned by the SSO. In November 2013, the SSO and Singapore Symphony Chorus will join forces in
an all-Verdi extravaganza marking Verdi’s birth bicentenary, as well as in a much-anticipated performance in
April 2014 of one of J. S. Bach’s great masterpieces, the St John Passion. Our four-year project to record the
complete orchestral works by Rachmaninov for the BIS label will also reach fruition during this season.
Choo Hoey, the SSO’s founding Music Director, will return to conduct the SSO 35th Anniversary Concert in
2014, and we welcome to the SSO family Associate Conductors Jason Lai and Joshua Tan, who will front many
of the SSO’s community outreach programmes to bring the joy of orchestral classics to new audiences.
Please join us as we embark on this exhilarating journey ahead.
Lan Shui Music Director
Singapore
Symphony
Orchestra
A premier Asian orchestra gaining recognition around the world, the
Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO) aims to enrich the local cultural
scene, serving as a bridge between the musical traditions of Asia and the
West, and providing artistic inspiration, entertainment and education.
A full-time professional orchestra with 96 members, the SSO now makes
its performing home at the Esplanade Concert Hall, and also performs
regularly at other venues. Established in 1979, the SSO performs over
50 symphonic programmes a year. Its versatile repertoire spans the
all-time favourites and orchestral masterpieces to exciting cutting-edge
premieres, featuring Asian and Singaporean musicians and composers
prominently in the concert season. The SSO has toured America, China,
Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Italy, Japan,
France, Spain, Turkey and the United Kingdom. Its recent 6-city tour of
London and Germany, which included a sold-out performance at the
Berlin Philharmonie, garnered rave reviews from publications such as
The Times and Sueddeutsche Zeitung.
‘This could be one of
the great orchestras of
the 21st century’
the spectator | 23 October 2010
Since Maestro Lan Shui assumed the position of Music Director in 1997,
the SSO has been distinguished by a high level of excellence and a rising
international profile. Choo Hoey, who was Music Director from 1979 to
1996, is credited for developing the SSO with his diverse programming.
Among the SSO’s recordings under BIS are a number of CDs which have
earned international acclaim, including a Seascapes album and the
first-ever cycle of Tcherepnin’s six piano concertos and four symphonies.
Since its release in May 2007, Seascapes, a compilation of sea-themed
music by Debussy, Frank Bridge, Glazunov and Zhou Long, has
garnered glowing reviews in various publications including BBC Music
Magazine and American Record Guide. The SSO has also recorded the
music of Chen Yi, Bright Sheng and Richard Yardumian, collaborating
with such great artists as Gil Shaham, Evelyn Glennie, Cho-Liang Lin,
Noriko Ogawa, Sharon Bezaly, Claude Delangle, Christian Lindberg
and Martin Fröst.
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 Lan Shui Music Director
Lan Shui joined the Singapore Symphony Orchestra as Music Director
in 1997. He has brought the SSO to greater heights during his tenure,
through several international tours and recordings for the BIS label.
Lan Shui is also passionate about performing music by Asian and
Singaporean composers.
Lan Shui is also Chief Conductor of the Copenhagen Philharmonic
since 2007, and from 2011 to 2014 he serves as Artistic Advisor to
the National Taiwan Symphony. He has conducted many orchestras
including the Baltimore Symphony, Bamberg Symphony, Deutsche Radio
Philharmonie, Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Stuttgart Radio Symphony,
MDR Leipzig, Detroit Symphony, Houston Symphony, Deutsche
Symphony (Berlin), Japan Philharmonic and Hong Kong Philharmonic.
He has also performed at festivals including Tanglewood, Aspen, Bravo!
Vail Valley, Round Top, Eastern Music, National Orchestra Institute and
Casals Festivals.
Born in Hangzhou, China, Lan Shui studied composition at the Shanghai
Conservatory and graduated from the Beijing Central Conservatory,
where he studied conducting with Xu Xin and Huang Fei Li. He made
his professional conducting debut with Beijing’s Central Philharmonic
Orchestra in 1986 and was later appointed Conductor of the Beijing
Symphony. From 1986 he continued his graduate studies at Boston
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‘Master conductor of
what has become a
world-class orchestra’
american record guide | March/April 2007
University and attended the Tanglewood Music Festival, where he worked
closely with Leonard Bernstein. In 1990 he conducted the Los Angeles
Philharmonic’s Summer Festival, where he came to the attention of David
Zinman who in 1992 invited him to the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
as Conducting Affiliate for two seasons. From 1994 to 1997, he was
Associate Conductor to Neeme Järvi at the Detroit Symphony. In the same
period he assisted Kurt Masur at the New York Philharmonic, and worked
with Pierre Boulez and the Cleveland Orchestra in Paris under the Young
Conductors’ Project.
Since 1998, Lan Shui has recorded over 18 CDs for the BIS label,
including music by Arnold and Hindemith with the Malmö Symphony.
Notable releases with the SSO include the first-ever complete
symphonies of Tcherepnin and a Seascapes CD, which won a place in
MusicWeb International’s 2007 Recordings of the Year. His recordings
have been nominated twice for the Grammy Awards.
He is the recipient of several international awards from the Beijing Arts
Festival, New York Tcherepnin Society, Boston University (Distinguished
Alumni Award) and Singapore (Cultural Medallion).
 FIRST VIOLIN Sui Jing Jing Shao Tao Tao Gu Bing Jie
The Orchestra CO-LEADER Karen Tan Lillian Wang Marietta Ku
Lynnette Seah William Tan Wu Man Yun* Liu Hao Yu
Wei Zhe Xu Jue Yi* Luo Biao
ASSISTANT LEADER
Ye Lin* Shui Bing
Kong Zhao Hui*
SECOND VIOLIN Yeo Teow Meng Tan Wee Hsin
FIXED CHAIR PRINCIPAL Yin Shu Zhan* Tong Yi Ping
Lan Shui jason lai joshua tan Choo Hoey Okko Kamu Lim Yau
Music Director Associate Conductor Associate Conductor Conductor Emeritus Principal Guest Choral Director Chan Yoong-Han Zhang Zhen Shan Zhang Si Jing* Yang Shi Li
Conductor
Cao Can* ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL
VIOLA CELLO
Chen Da Wei* Michael Loh
PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL
Duan Yu Ling Zhang Manchin Ng Pei-Sian
FIXED CHAIR
Foo Say Ming
Hai-Won Kwok
Gu Wen Li ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL
MUSICIAN’S CHAIR PROGRAMME Musician’s seat
Guan Qi Yu Jing*
Jin Li Nikolai Koval*
Cindy Lee Priscilla Neo
FIXED CHAIR FIXED CHAIR
Principal Cello Fixed Chair, First Violin Santa Lucia Fixed Chair, Cello Seow Jin Chong Margit Saur
Jiang Han Song* Guo Hao*
ng pei-sian CHAN Yoong-han Asset Management GUO HAO Alexander Souptel *#

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 Chan Wei Shing* Olga Alexandrova OBOE ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL CONTRA BASSOON TRUMPET BASS TROMBONE PERCUSSION
Ding Xiao Feng Ma Li Ming PRINCIPAL Li Xin ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL

Li Cheng Jacek Mirucki Rachel Walker Zhao Ying Xue David Smith Shannon Pittaway Jonathan Fox
Liu Yoko
Song Woon Teng Wang Xu
ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL Tang Xiao Ping Ikebe Jun ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL
Wang Yan HORN TUBA
Pan Yun Mark Suter
Wu Dai Dai FLUTE PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL
BASS CLARINET TROMBONE
Zhao Yu Er PRINCIPAL Carolyn Hollier Han Chang Chou Hidehiro Fujita Mark De Souza
ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL
Jin Ta Elaine Yeo Lim Meng Keh
Tang Xiao Ping ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL Allen Meek
DOUBLE BASS TIMPANI Grzegorz Markiewicz
ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL Gao Jian
PRINCIPAL COR ANGLAIS BASSOON Damian Patti PRINCIPAL
Evgueni Brokmiller Jamie Hersch
Guennadi Mouzyka ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL Jonathan Fox HARP
PRINCIPAL Marc-Antoine Robillard
Roberto Alvarez Elaine Yeo Zhang Jin Min PRINCIPAL
ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL Grzegorz Markiewicz
Wang Min Gulnara Mashurova
Yang Zheng Yi
PICCOLO CLARINET ASSOCIATE PRINCIPAL

FIXED CHAIR ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL PRINCIPAL Liu Chang

Karen Yeo Roberto Alvarez Ma Yue * With deep appreciation to Mr & Mrs Rin Kei Mei for their generous loan of string instruments from the Rin Collection
Christoph Wichert #
Served as Leader from 1993 to 2012
Zhao Ying Xue Musicians listed alphabetically by family name rotate their seats on a per programme basis.

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Marc-Antoine Robillard Associate Principal Horn
Lynnette Seah Co-Leader
Lan Shui Music Director
Li Cheng Cello
Zhang Manchin Principal Viola
 SPIRITED AWAY -
let’s go to the movies THE MUSIC OF joe hisaishi
The SSO and Associate Conductor Jason Lai bring you a high-octane performance Joshua Tan and the SSO present an evening of the most popular film music from
of some of the most recognizable film music from one of the greatest movie celebrated composer Joe Hisaishi, including music for Studio Ghibli’s films directed by
composers of all time. Featuring the multi-award winning scores for Star Wars, Hayao Miyazaki (My Neighbor TOTORO, Kiki’s Delivery Service and Spirited Away),
Jaws, Schindler’s List and E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, this all-John Williams concert Kitano Takeshi’s film Kikujiro, as well as the theme from the Academy Award-winning
will also see the SSO bring to life the famous themes from blockbusters like Jurassic film Departures. Explore the enchanted world of Japanese animation films through this
Park, the Harry Potter series and Superman. not-to-be-missed concert performance at The Star Theatre.

Jason Lai conductor Joshua Tan conductor

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concert 16 August 13 fri, 7.30 pm | Esplanade Concert Hall concert 15 February 14 sat, 7.30 pm | The Star Theatre

One of the most successful American orchestral composers of the With over 100 film scores to his credit, composer Joe Hisaishi is best
modern age, John Williams is the winner of 5 Academy Awards, known for his work with animator Hayao Miyazaki, having composed
17 Grammys, 3 Golden Globes, 2 Emmys and 5 BAFTA Awards. scores for many of his films, and has won the Japanese Academy Award
for Best Music six times.

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Sat, 11am & 1pm
University Cultural Centre

Come Meet Mozart!

15 March 14 Get to know Mozart through this delightful concert
Sat, 11am & 1pm where conductor Jason Lai turns chat-show host,
Republic Polytechnic and experience some of the greatest music ever
written: from Mozart’s first-ever orchestral work to
his last, as well as choice selections from his many
The Story of Babar, operas and piano concertos!
22 November 13 the Little Elephant Jason Lai conductor
Fri, 11am & 1pm Jean de Brunhoff’s popular children’s story of one
Esplanade Concert Hall little elephant’s epic rise from rags to riches is eloquently
set to music by Francis Poulenc, and expressively re-imagined
with all the enthusiasm and pomp worthy of a royal gathering.
Fusing the styles of Mary Poppins and Julia Childs, Britain’s own
Symphonia Semi d’Quaver, the internationally renowned “Orchestra-ologist”
and devoted fan of composer Henry Purcell, narrates the classic
Y Carnival of the Animals Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra with wit and a wink.
B A C K BA R
POPUL D!
Discover the marvellous universe of the Carnival of the Animals BRITTEN
DEMAN
by Camille Saint-Saëns with Octave and Mandoline, as they Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34
guide you through a magical world where lions, kangaroos,
POULENC
turtles and other animals come to life through the use of small
The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant
and large marionettes, each more surprising than the other.
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SSO B abies’ Join the SSO and its Associate Conductors Jason Lai and Joshua Tan for
the Discovering Music! series featuring some of the finest classical music
ever written. Highly enjoyable and greatly recommended for young
The one and only babies’ concert in Singapore, the SSO audiences as well as first-time concert-goers, concert highlights include
and Uncle Peter will take the little ones on a thrilling a question-and-answer session hosted by the conductor as well as a
musical adventure like no other, as they perform friendly introduction to the repertoire.
selections from some of the greatest music ever written. Concerts are suitable for ages 5 and above.
Highly interactive and engaging, your child will discover Please visit www.sso.org.sg for programme and ticketing updates.
the fun and fantastic world of the orchestra, its many
instruments and classical tunes!
Peter Moore conductor/ presenter

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Suitable for children aged 6 and below. Tickets are
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Each concert lasts one hour, and pre-concert
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the respective shows. sun, 4 pm
For school bookings, please call 6602 4225 or
email Myrtle Lee at myrtle@sso.org.sg. Esplanade Concert Hall
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Joshua Tan conductor
Esplanade Concert Hall
Joshua Tan conductor

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20th SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL PIANO FESTIVAL 2013 LISZT Funérailles, S.173 No. 7
LISZT Petrarch Sonnet No. 104 from Années de
pèlerinage, deuxième année, Italie
LISZT 9 March 13 sat, 6.30pm 1 May 13 Wed, 4pm
S.138 ‘Harmonies du soir’
LISZT Transcendental Etude No. 10 in F Minor, CLASSICS IN THE PARK: CLASSICS IN THE PARK:
S.138 ‘Allegro agitato molto’
Thu, 20 Jun 13 SCARLATTI Sonata in G minor
Gardens by the Bay Istana
SPH Gift of Music Series
YEVGENY SCARLATTI Sonata in B minor, K.27
20 – 23 JUNE 13 | 8PM MOZART (arr. Sudbin) Lacrimosa Darrell Ang conductor Joshua Tan conductor
School of the Arts Concert Hall SUDBIN
DEBUSSY L’isle joyeuse
SCRIABIN Piano Sonata No. 5 in F-sharp major, Op. 53
Music & Movement
brought to you by four talented and prominent young pianists. From Baroque Since its launch in 2005, the SPH Gift of Music series has reached
court and traditional folk dances, to the swirling ballrooms of Vienna, and out to over thousands of Singaporeans through its many free
18 August 13 sun, 6pm 22 August 13 thu, 12.30pm
BACH The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I,
to the more abstract, ecstatic dance of the cosmic variety, this year’s Piano BWV 846-869 performances at various venues in the heartlands, parks, concert
CLASSICS IN THE PARK: lunchtime concert:
Festival promises four uplifting evenings of passionate music-making. halls and shopping malls. In 2013 over 25 concerts featuring various
performing groups will be presented under the SPH Gift of Music
Singapore Botanic Esplanade
Gardens Concert Hall
banner, including Singapore Symphony Orchestra concerts at the
Istana and the Botanic Gardens.
Fri, 21 Jun 13
Admission is free. Outdoor concerts are subject to prevailing weather conditions. Jason Lai conductor Joshua Tan conductor
DANIEL-BEN
PIENAAR

BACH Partita No. 4 in D, BWV 828

CHOPIN Polonaise in F-sharp minor, Op. 44
CHOPIN Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise
Op. 22
SCRIABIN Mazurkas Op. 3 Nos. 3, 4, 6, 1, 9
SCRIABIN Valse Op. 38
GRANADOS Valses Poéticos
Sat, 22 Jun 13 SCHULZ-EVLER “Arabesques” Variations on the Blue
BENJAMIN Danube Waltz
GROSVENOR

SCHUBERT 16 German Dances D.783

SCHUBERT Fantasy in C major D.760 ‘Wanderer’
J.S. BACH / LISZT Prelude and Fugue in A Minor BWV 543
Ticket Prices: $48 - 80 from SISTIC LISZT Soirées de Vienne S.427
(6348 5555 / www.sistic.com.sg) Booking fees apply LISZT Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 in C-sharp minor
Limited concession tickets at 50% discount are available.

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FRI, 7.30 pm | Esplanade Concert Hall

SIMON TRPCESKI
RICHARD STRAUSS (1864 – 1949) PLAYS chopin

The natural successor to Brahms and Wagner, Richard Strauss was, in his lifetime, the most Both of Chopin’s piano concertos were composed in
important of German composers, and continues to occupy a unique place in music history. his late teens, under the influence of his infatuation
A distinguished conductor and virtuoso orchestrator, he was also the foremost composer of with a fellow student in Warsaw. Simon Trpceski,
symphonic poems, with masterworks such as Also Sprach Zarathustra, Ein Heldenleben and one of the most exciting young pianists of our time,
Don Juan illustrating the seemingly infinite variety of subjects to which he could turn his returns to join the SSO and Lan Shui for the E minor
hand with programmatic writing. Strauss was also a supreme master of German Lieder, his Concerto which was premiered by Chopin himself
more than 200 songs composed across more than seven decades culminating in the ravishing in one of his farewell concerts before leaving Poland
Four Last Songs, a most appropriate swan song for one whom many have described as having for good. The first half of the concert focuses on
had “a life-long love affair with the soprano voice”. Prince Rostislav, an atmospheric and evocative
tone poem based on a short ballad by Tolstoy, and
The SSO celebrates the 150th birth anniversary of Richard Strauss in January 2014 with composed by Rachmaninov when he was just 18.
performances of some of his greatest masterworks over four consecutive weekends.
rachmaninov
Introduction to Aleko

RACHMANINOV
Prince Rostislav, Symphonic Poem for Orchestra

chopin
Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11
4 January 14 11 January 14 18 January 14 25 January 14
Ein Heldenleben Symphonia domestica Don Juan/ Vier letzte Lieder, ‘He played with Lan Shui conductor
Simon Trpceski piano
Duet-Concertino (‘Four Last Songs’)
virtuoso panache in the
many bravura passages’
The New York Times

Pre-concert Talk

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 5 July 13
FRI, 7.30 pm | Esplanade Concert Hall
PRESIDENT’S YOUNG
PERFORMERS CONCERt
Following a successful SSO debut at the Esplanade
10th Anniversary Concert in October 2012,
18-year old violinist Gabriel Ng will make his
second appearance with the SSO under Associate
Conductor Joshua Tan playing Mozart’s First Violin
Concerto. 17-year-old pianist Li Chu Ren, currently
a student at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of
Music, is the soloist in the well-loved Second
Piano Concerto by Beethoven.
BERLIOZ first symphony, some themes from which were
Le Corsaire
BEETHOVEN debussy
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 19
MOZART RACHMANINOV
Violin Concerto No. 1 in B-flat major, K.207
hindemith CHEN QIGANG
Symphonic Metamorphosis after Themes
by Carl Maria von Weber
Joshua Tan conductor
Li Chu Ren piano
Gabriel Ng violin
Sponsored by
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19 July 13 2 August 13
FRI, 7.30 pm | Esplanade Concert Hall FRI, 7.30 pm | Esplanade Concert Hall ‘Sokolov’s violin playing requires
every superlative in the dictionary’
symphonies russian masterpieces I: Classic FM
of youth Tchaikovsky’s
Chen Sa shot to prominence winning the Crystal
violin concerto
Award at the 12th Van Cliburn International Piano
26-year-old Ukrainian violinist Valeriy Sokolov joins the SSO
Competition. She returns to Singapore with Chen
and Lan Shui for Tchaikovsky’s ever-popular Violin Concerto
Qigang’s Er Huang, a work described by its composer
in this all-Russian concert. Rachmaninov’s Isle of the Dead is
as “theme and variations with a twist”, and which
one of the composer’s most powerful orchestral scores, inspired
is based on a well-known Beijing opera melody “Er
by an atmospheric painting of a small boat approaching an
Huang Yuan Ban”. It was premiered by Lang Lang
island on a quiet sea. The concert opens with two lesser known
at New York’s Carnegie Hall in 2009. Lan Shui also
early works by Rachmaninov: the Scherzo in D minor and his
conducts two youthful but accomplished works
Prelude to The Miserly Knight.
by Rachmaninov and Bizet, including the latter’s
rachmaninov
subsequently adapted for use in his opera Carmen.
Scherzo in D minor
RACHMANINOV
Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Prelude to The Miserly Knight
RACHMANINOV
Symphonic Movement in D minor ‘Youth Symphony’
The Isle of the Dead, Op. 29
TCHAIKOVSKY
Er Huang for piano and orchestra
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
BIZET
Lan Shui conductor
Symphony No. 1 in C major
Valeriy Sokolov violin
Lan Shui conductor
Chen Sa piano
POST-CONCERT
Pre-concert Talk Pre-concert Talk
SYMPHONY CHAT
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‘The tonal and intonational
purity of Kavakos’s playing in
the Mendelssohn Concerto is
magically beguiling’
Classic FM
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3 September 13 6 September 13
TUE, 8 pm | conservatory Concert Hall fri, 7.30 pm | Esplanade Concert Hall
LEONIDAS KAVAKOS & kavakos plays
ENRICO PACE IN RECITAL mendelssohn
beethoven Greek violinist Leonidas Kavakos returns to join
Sonata for violin and piano No. 7 the SSO and Lan Shui for Mendelssohn’s well-
in C minor, Op. 30 No. 2 loved Violin Concerto. Lan Shui pairs this familiar
masterpiece with Beethoven’s First Symphony, a
debussy work which is more evidently rooted in the world
Sonata for violin and piano in G minor of Mozart and Haydn than the later symphonies,
but which nevertheless demonstrates the
ravel confidence and radical ideas of a young Beethoven
Sonata posthume who would go on to single-handedly change the
course of musical history.
respighi
Sonata for violin and piano in B minor wagner
Siegfried Idyll, Op. 103
Leonidas Kavakos violin
Enrico Pace piano MENDELSSOHN
Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21
Lan Shui conductor
Leonidas Kavakos violin
Co-presented by
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THU, 7.30 pm | Esplanade Concert Hall sat, 7.30 pm | Esplanade Concert Hall tue, 8pm | Conservatory Concert Hall thu, 7.30 pm | Esplanade Concert Hall

the shostakovich john nelson RENAUD CAPUÇON renaud capuçon –

fifth
Andrew Litton, Music Director of the Bergen
Philharmonic, makes his Singapore debut with the
most popular of Shostakovich’s major symphonies.
He is joined by Vladimir Feltsman, who is no
stranger to our audiences, in Grieg’s Piano
Concerto, composed in 1868 when he was just
24 years old. The work remains one of the most
popular of piano concertos, and is full of youthful
exuberance and virtuosic passages.
elgar so conscious was he of Beethoven’s shadow behind
Cockaigne Overture
GRIEG
Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16
conducts brahms
John Nelson returns to take centrestage in this
concert featuring three key orchestral masterpieces.
Originally composed for an acquaintance from the
Helsinki Orchestra, Sibelius’ technically demanding
Violin Concerto underwent a major revision before
taking the familiar form in which it is known today.
“Brahms’ artistic kinship with Beethoven must be
plain to every observer,” the critic Eduard Hanslick
wrote of Brahms’ Symphony No. 1 – a work which
took the composer no less than 15 years to sketch,
him. The work proved so successful that it was
referred to by many as ‘Beethoven’s Tenth’.
Schumann
Manfred Overture, Op. 115
IN RECITAL russian masterpieces II:
BRAHMS
tchaikovsky’s pathétique
Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78
Yoel Levi and Renaud Capuçon join the SSO in another
evening of great Russian masterworks, spotlighting the
BRAHMS
finely-orchestrated Violin Concerto by Glazunov, which
String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 18
remains – along with his ballet scores – one of his best-
loved works. Taking its nickname from the Russian word
Renaud Capuçon violin
“patetichesky” – a word used to denote passion, sorrow and
With faculty members of the deep, personal emotion – the Symphony No. 6 remains
Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music
one of Tchaikovsky’s crowning achievements. The concert
opens with Stravinsky’s Pulcinella Suite, featuring music he
Co-presented by
composed for Diaghilev’s ballet based upon the adventures
of the traditional Neapolitan comic theatre character.
STRAVINSKY
‘Capuçon’s musical Pulcinella Suite

SHOSTAKOVICH agility appeared GLAZUNOV

Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 SIBELIUS
Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 effortless’ Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 82

Andrew Litton conductor The Scotsman TCHAIKOVSKY

Vladimir Feltsman piano brahms
Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 ‘Pathétique’
Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68

Yoel Levi conductor

John Nelson conductor
Renaud Capuçon violin
Viviane Hagner violin
‘Quite simply an amazing pianist’
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Nikolai Koval Second Violin
Inspired by Bach’s St John Passion

‘Each time I play Bach it is a truly spiritual experience.

It’s like reaching deep within to discover the fundamental
innocence that everyone starts out with – clearing the mind,
lightening the heart, and purifying the soul.’
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bruckner’s young britten: viva verdi!

seventh steven osborne plays The SSO marks the bicentennial of the birth of Italian composer

Pianist Christian Blackshaw stayed out of the

limelight for many years for personal reasons,
but in recent years has earned glowing reviews
especially for his Mozart performances. Claus
Peter Flor, the Music Director of the Malaysian
Philharmonic Orchestra, returns to conduct
Bruckner’s deeply-felt Seventh Symphony, a work
composed in the shadow of the illness and death
of his mentor, Richard Wagner. The link to Wagner
is also manifested through the use of four Wagner
tubas, instruments which the older composer had
invented for use in his own operas.
mozart
Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K.491
BRUCKNER Piano Concerto, Op. 13
Symphony No. 7 in A major
Claus Peter Flor conductor
Christian Blackshaw piano
‘The luminous tone he draws
from the keys is a wonder ‘Steven Osborne combines
in itself ’
The Financial Times
the piano conerto Giuseppe Verdi (1813 - 1901) with an all-Verdi extravaganza,
including a semi-staged performance of Act 3 from his operatic
Widely regarded as one of Britain’s finest pianists, masterpiece Rigoletto, a stirring tale of seduction, betrayal,
Steven Osborne’s acclaimed recording of the complete and revenge. Composed by Verdi in his twilight years, the
piano works by Britten won him the Gramophone Te Deum for double chorus and orchestra is the last and
Award in 2009. He will perform Britten’s youthful grandest installment of his Four Sacred Pieces which were
Piano Concerto, a work championed and recorded by published just three years before his death.
the great Russian pianist, Sviatoslav Richter, amongst
others. The SSO’s Associate Conductor Jason Lai also VERDI
conducts Schumann’s Second Symphony, a work Overture to La forza del destino
whose exuberance is balanced by a slow movement of
great poignancy. VERDI
Te Deum from Quattro pezzi sacri
wagner
Prelude to Parsifal VERDI
Rigoletto (Act 3)
britten
Lan Shui conductor
Vocalists to be announced
schumann
Singapore Symphony Chorus
Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61
Hallelujah Chorus
Jason Lai conductor The Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Steven Osborne piano Lim Yau choral director
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mozart’s swan song concerto for orchestra

Principal Guest Conductor Okko Kamu is joined by his
compatriot, clarinettist Kari Kriikku, in a survey of works
from the early Romantic period, including Mozart’s much-
loved Clarinet Concerto. Beethoven’s Eighth Symphony is
overshadowed by the radical innovations of his odd-numbered
symphonies, but it is nonetheless a radiant, cheerful work
firmly rooted in the classical tradition.
weber could almost say that the whole of my youth is contained within
Overture to Der Freischütz
The SSO and Principal Guest Conductor Okko Kamu partner
cellist Qin Li-Wei for Shostakovich’s Concerto No. 1, a
masterpiece which combines dizzying virtuosity with passages
of melting pathos and beauty. Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra
was written after the composer’s move to America in the midst
of the Second World War, and its premiere in December 1944
proved to be the greatest triumph of his career. Wrote Sibelius:
“En Saga is psychologically one of my most profound works. I
it. It is an expression of a state of mind.”

mozart sibelius
Clarinet Concerto in A major, K.622 En Saga, Op. 9

beethoven shostakovich
Coriolan Overture Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 107

beethoven bartók
Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93 Concerto for Orchestra

Okko Kamu conductor Okko Kamu conductor

Kari Kriikku clarinet Qin Li-Wei cello

“A meltingly beautiful tone,

“Kriikku played with a glowing flawless intonation and an
tone and a sensual spontaneity” ironclad technique”
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lang lang live ! LANG LANG

Celebrated pianist Lang Lang returns to Singapore
IN RECITAL
in a gala concert performance of Prokofiev’s
MOZART
coruscating Third Piano Concerto, a work of great
Piano Sonata No. 5 in G major, K.283
virtuosity and lyricism that has been a staple of the
pianist’s repertoire since its rapturously-received
MOZART
premiere in 1921. Music Director Lan Shui will
Piano Sonata No. 4 in E-flat major, K.282
also conduct Tchaikovsky’s much-loved Fifth
Symphony. Lang Lang’s recital programme begins
MOZART
with three Mozart sonatas, including the dramatic A
‘The hottest artist on the minor Sonata K.310, and concludes with Chopin’s
Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minor, K.310

classical music planet’ Four Ballades – dramatic, inspiring and challenging

CHOPIN
works that are central to the pianist’s repertoire.
The New York Times
Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23

liadov
CHOPIN
The Enchanted Lake
Ballade No. 2 in F Major, Op. 38

PROKOFIEV
CHOPIN
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26
Ballade No. 3 in A-flat major, Op. 47

TCHAIKOVSKY
CHOPIN
Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64
Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52

Lan Shui conductor

Lang Lang piano
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darkness in light
The great Finnish conductor Osmo Vänskä returns to the SSO
in three guises: as clarinettist performing with SSO musicians in
Dvorák’s Serenade; as partner with his young compatriot Pekka
Kuusisto in Sebastian Fagerlund’s Violin Concerto (2012); and
then as conductor in the masterly Fifth Symphony by Sibelius,
with whose works Maestro Vänskä has been closely identified
over many years.

DVORáK
Serenade in D minor, Op. 44

s. FAGERLUND
Violin Concerto ‘Darkness in Light’
SSO CHRISTMAS CONCERTS
SIBELIUS
Symphony No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 82
Join conductor Jason Lai and the SSO, the Singapore Symphony Chorus and
the Singapore Symphony Children’s Choir, at the Esplanade Concert Hall for
Osmo Vänskä conductor two magical evenings of traditional carols and favourite yuletide melodies.
Pekka Kuusisto violin
Jason Lai conductor
Singapore Symphony Chorus
‘With a conductor as stellar as Singapore Symphony Children’s Choir

Mr. Vänskä on the podium,

there was plenty to admire in
terms of phrasing and nuance’
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Rachel Walker Principal Oboe
Inspired by R. Strauss’ foUR LAST SONGS

‘I love the word-painting, the deep, dark orchestral textures

and harmonies and especially the message that, despite
being about impending death, there is hope represented by
the two larks which flutter about at the end.’
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GIL SHAHAM – strauss festival: SSO th

Anniversary Concert –
STRAUSS festival: symphonia STRAUSS festival:
ein heldenleben domestica don juan
Gil Shaham returns to join the SSO and Lan Shui for Bright Sheng’s Our Strauss Festival continues with the tone The SSO’s founding music director Choo Hoey
Violin Concerto, a work commissioned by the SSO and specially poem Symphonia domestica by Richard Strauss, conducts one of the most popular symphonic
written for the soloist. Strauss’ Ein Heldenleben (“A Hero’s Life”) is a grand work which depicts colourful and vivid masterpieces, Dvorák’s New World Symphony, and
a masterpiece of characterisation in which the heroic subject is the characterizations of the Strauss household. also contributes to the month-long anniversary
composer himself, with other vivid portraits including snide music Legendary pianist Fou Ts’ong, who will celebration of Richard Strauss’ music with the
critics as well as Strauss’ own wife, Pauline. celebrate his 80th birthday in 2014, will take the celebrated tone poem Don Juan, and one of his last
spotlight in Mozart’s Concerto No. 23, a work compositions, the Duet-Concertino for clarinet,
berg he composed in 1786 to perform himself at a bassoon and chamber orchestra.
Lyric Suite: Three Pieces concert, but which remained unpublished until
after his death, in 1800. r. STRAUSS
BRIGHT SHENG Don Juan
Violin Concerto Asian Premiere KELLY TANG
Sinfonia Concertante r. STRAUSS
r. strauss Duet-Concertino
Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40 MOZART
Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K.488 DVORáK
Lan Shui conductor Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95
Gil Shaham violin r. STRAUSS ‘From the New World’
Symphonia domestica, Op. 53
Choo Hoey conductor
Lan Shui conductor Ma Yue clarinet
Fou Ts’ong piano Zhang Jin Min bassoon

‘One of today’s preeminent

violinists’ The New York Times

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 Ng Pei-Sian Principal Cello
25 January 14
sat, 7.30 pm | Esplanade Concert Hall Inspired by elgar’s cello concerto

‘The Elgar Concerto holds a very special place in

strauss festival: my heart. It is a masterpiece of great emotional
Four last songs range – full of melancholy and charm, at times
noble and majestic with unbridled exuberance
Mark Wigglesworth conducts “an orchestral passion” which
Henk de Vlieger has constructed from the music of Richard and emotional abandon, or special moments of
Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde, reworking Wagner’s music into tenderness where time seems to stand still.’
an orchestral tapestry focusing on the inner drama taking
place in the minds of the two lovers. Swedish soprano
Annalena Persson brings the piece to a dramatic climax
in Isolde’s Liebestod, and also lends her lyrical voice to
Strauss’ final masterpiece, Four Last Songs, some of the most
hauntingly beautiful music he ever wrote.

r. strauss
Vier letzte Lieder (‘Four Last Songs’)

wagner
Tristan und Isolde, An Orchestral Passion
(arranged by Henk de Vlieger)

Mark Wigglesworth conductor

Annalena Persson soprano

‘She has an almost animal presence,

vital and impetuous, and her voice
has a luxurious velvet tone.’
The Guardian

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sumi jo the titan lugansky plays

Praised for the remarkable agility, precision and
rachmaninov
warmth of her voice, Sumi Jo has established herself
One of the most spectacular symphonies in the Eminent maestro Jean-Claude Casadesus returns
as one of her generation’s most sought-after coloratura
repertoire, Mahler’s First Symphony captures a with a programme of popular favourites, including
sopranos. She returns for a one-night only gala concert
universe of colours and emotions, with many of the Debussy’s La Mer. Last performed to critical
with the SSO, performing a selection of breathtaking
themes drawn from his Songs of a Wayfarer, along acclaim during the SSO European Tour of 2010, La
arias from famous operas such as The Merry Widow,
with a Funeral March based on the popular nursery Mer blends innovative orchestration with sensuous
Roméo et Juliette and The Tales of Hoffman, as well as
melody Frère Jacques. French pianist Pascal Rogé musical impressionism, reflecting Debussy’s
the deeply beautiful Vocalise by Rachmaninov.
returns to perform the ever-popular Piano Concerto life-long fascination with the sea. Rachmaninov’s
‘A voice from above’ No. 21 by Mozart. ever-popular Concerto No. 2 was written after his
J. STRAUSS Overture to Die Fledermaus
Herbert von Karajan restoration to his full creative powers after a bout of
J. STRAUSS Voices of Spring sibelius depression, and is music at its most romantic.
lehar “Vilja” from The Merry Widow The Swan of Tuonela
J. STRAUSS Neue Pizzicato from Fürstin Ninetta SHOSTAKOVICH
MOZART Festive Overture
lehar “Lippen Schweigen” from The Merry Widow
Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K.467
J. STRAUSS “Spiel’ ich die Unschuld vom Lande” RACHMANINOV
from Die Fledermaus mahler Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
lehar Gold and Silver Waltzes, Op. 79 Symphony No. 1 in D major ‘Titan’
gounod “Je veux vivre” from Roméo et Juliette RAVEL
Okko Kamu conductor Pavane for a dead princess
rachmaninov Vocalise
Pascal Rogé piano
offenbach Overture from Orpheus in the Underworld
debussy
lehar “Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiss” La Mer
from Giuditta
offenbach “Doll Song” from The Tales of Hoffmann Jean-Claude Casadesus conductor
Nikolai Lugansky piano
Jason Lai conductor
Sumi Jo soprano

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brahms’ piano quartet bach: st john passion

Yu Long, Music Director of the China Philharmonic and The first of two surviving Passions composed by J.S. Bach, the
Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra, returns to conduct the SSO St John Passion was written for Good Friday in 1724, and has
in Schoenberg’s orchestration of the Piano Quartet in G minor, gained increasing popularity as a masterpiece of astounding
which has been described as “Brahms’ Fifth Symphony”. musical beauty depicting the arrest, trial, crucifixion and burial of
Joining him for Beethoven’s dramatic Third Piano Concerto, Christ. For SSO’s first-ever performance of this work, Lim Yau will
the only one of Beethoven’s concertos to be written in a minor be joined by the combined voices of the Singapore Symphony
key, is pianist Melvyn Tan. Chorus, Hallelujah Chorus, NAFA Choir, The Philharmonic
Chamber Choir and the Singapore Bible College Chorale.
MOZART
Overture to Don Giovanni j.s. bach
St John Passion, BWV 245
BEETHOVEN
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 Lim Yau conductor
Steve Davislim tenor
brahms (arr. Schoenberg) Martin Snell baritone
Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25 Jan-Hendrik Rootering bass-baritone
Nadine Lehner soprano
Yu Long conductor Lucia Cervoni mezzo-soprano
Melvyn Tan piano Singapore Symphony Chorus
Hallelujah Chorus
The NAFA Choir
The Philharmonic Chamber Choir
‘...each piece easily flows from Singapore Bible College Chorale
one to the next, abetted by
Melvyn Tan’s mellifluous and
caring interpretations’
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italian & Classical SPRING SYMPHONY ASRAEL SYMPHONY

Eminent maestro Neeme Järvi returns with Mendelssohn’s SSO’s Principal Cellist Ng Pei-Sian brings us Elgar’s “I was saved by music,” wrote Czech composer
most popular symphony, the Italian, which captures the elegiac Cello Concerto, one of the pillars of the Josef Suk of his Asrael Symphony, a work born
many moods of a tourist wandering across colourful Italy, repertoire and the last major work completed by out of the loss of his teacher and father-in-law,
as well as Prokofiev’s Classical Symphony, an affectionately the composer. He will preface this with the Fantasy Antonin Dvorák, in 1904, and of his wife in 1905.
cheeky tribute to Haydn. The concert also features young for cello and orchestra by Sang Tong (1923 - 2012), This late-Romantic masterpiece, named for the
Russian pianist Boris Giltburg in Rachmaninov’s thrilling a composer who was also one of the Shanghai angel of death, draws also on Bohemian folk music
First Piano Concerto. Conservatory’s most notable teachers. This concert and covers an extraordinary emotional span. The
also includes Schumann’s First Symphony, a sunny concert also features Nikolai Demidenko in Liszt’s
PROKOFIEV work inspired by the poetic notions of spring. thrilling First Piano Concerto.
Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 25 ‘Classical’
sang tong LISZT
RACHMANINOV Fantasy for cello and orchestra Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major
Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp minor, Op. 1
elgar suk
KREISLER Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 27 ‘Asrael’
Liebesleid
SCHUMANN Lan Shui conductor
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 38 ‘Spring’ Nikolai Demidenko piano
Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90 ‘Italian’
Lan Shui conductor
Neeme Järvi conductor Ng Pei-Sian cello
Boris Giltburg piano

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flexibility in shifts of mood and
‘Giltburg’s assured, mature reading colour, and the virtuosity to
mesmerised a transfixed audience’ make the complex sound simple...’
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charles dutoit &
chantal juillet
The acclaimed Swiss conductor Charles Dutoit
makes his SSO debut with his wife, Canadian
violinist Chantal Juillet, in an evening of popular
favourites including the lushly atmospheric Violin
Concerto by Erich Korngold, better known to many
for his pioneering work as a composer of film
music. The story behind Sergei Diaghilev’s ballet
Petrushka was inspired by the sawdust puppets
commonly found in Russian travelling fairs, and
conceived as a thinly-disguised allegory of the
oppression of the lower classes. Ravel first wrote
the music for the ballet’s premiere in 1911, later
revising it as a concert suite in 1947.
RAVEL
Mother Goose Suite
STRAVINSKY
Petrushka
KORNGOLD
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
Charles Dutoit conductor
Chantal Juillet violin
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beethoven’s
fifth symphony
German maestro Günther Herbig returns with
two great works by Beethoven, including the Fifth
Symphony whose dramatic opening motif builds
inexorably towards a euphoric finale. Dohnányi’s
delightful Variations on a Nursery Song will be
performed by Martin Roscoe, whose recordings
of Dohnányi’s complete piano music has received
much critical acclaim.
BEETHOVEN
Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b
DOHNÁNYI
Variations on a Nursery Song, Op. 25
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67
Günther Herbig conductor
Martin Roscoe piano
‘A pianist who both thinks and
offers full-blooded playing of
breadth and depth’
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Inspired by Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 1

‘Mozart’s first concerto for violin was composed when

he was very young. It is lyrical and tender at times,
but always so full of freshness and vitality... It conveys
to me a sense of that youthful freedom that we
should try to never lose.’
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3 may 14 charles dutoit & chantal juillet
9 may 14 beethoven’s fifth symphony

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Students & Senior Citizens’
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No. of tickets Amount payable $
40% Special Subscriber By fax: +65 6602 4242 By e-mail: corporate@sso.org.sg

10 / 12 Dec 13* SSO Christmas concerts $70.50 $57 $43.50 $31.80

Booking Form By mail: SSO Ticketing Officer, 4 Battery Road #20-01, Bank of China Building, Singapore 049908

3 Oct 13 Renaud Capuçon $91.20 $75 $57 $43.50

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20 Feb 14 Sumi Jo $154.20 $127.20 $100.20 $73.20
4 Apr 14 bach: St John Passion $91.20 $75 $57 $43.50 28 Jun 13 Simon Trpceski Plays Chopin
5 Jul 13 President’s Young Performers Concert
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STEP 1.2 Take advantage of your concession discounts for Gala, Christmas and other concerts. (Valid for categories 1-4)
No. of tickets Amount payable $
Seating Plan
10 / 12 Dec 13* SSO Christmas concerts $17 $13
Esplanade Concert Hall
3 Oct 13 Renaud Capuçon $21 $16
Subscription and Christmas Concerts
1 Nov 13 viva verdi! $21 $16
28 Nov 13 Lang Lang live! $63 $38
30 Nov 13 Lang Lang in Recital $51 $31
4 Jan 14 Gil Shaham $35 $19
20 Feb 14 Sumi Jo $43 $21
4 Apr 14 bach: St John Passion $21 $16

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 Pre-concert Talk
Discover more about what you’re about to hear. Our Pre-Concert Talks bring you new
insights into the different aspects of the works performed at the SSO concerts. Let our
specialist speakers enrich your experience in the world of classical music.

28 Jun 13, Fri 28 Sep 13, sat 20 Nov 13, wed 25 Jan 14, sat 12 Apr 14, sat
5 Jul 13, Fri 3 Oct 13, THU 28 Nov 13, THU 20 Feb 14, THU 18 Apr 14, Fri *
19 Jul 13, Fri 12 Oct 13, sat 6 Dec 13, fri 28 Feb 14, Fri 24 Apr 14, THU
2 Aug 13, Fri 25 Oct 13, Fri 4 Jan 14, sat 22 Mar 14, sat 3 May 14, sat

Get Closer to the 6 Sep 13, Fri 1 Nov 13, Fri 11 Jan 14, sat 27 Mar 14, THU 9 May 14, Fri

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12 Sep 13, THU 15 Nov 13, Fri 18 Jan 14, sat 4 Apr 14, Fri

6.30pm - 7pm, library@esplanade

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post-concert symphony chat

Join our conductors and soloists at the Symphony Chat, where they will share their
Make the most out of your concert thoughts, views and ideas on music. If you have a question about what you’ve just heard,
this is also the perfect opportunity for you to get them answered.
experience. Come join us for our series
of fringe events designed to help you 2 Aug 13, Fri 25 Oct 13, Fri 25 Jan 14, sat 18 Apr 14, Fri
enjoy the music even more!
More details on individual concert pages.
open rehearsal at Esplanade concert hall

You may not know just how much work goes into the preparation of each SSO concert
– so why not sit in at one of our Open Rehearsals? See how the conductor shapes each
note and phrase with the orchestra, and hear how individual musical parts slowly come
together to form a harmonious whole.

28 Sep 13, Sat | 9.30am - 12pm 31 Oct 13, Thu | 6.30pm - 10.15pm
Open to SSO Subscribers, Friends of the SSO and ticketholders. Open to the public.

3 Apr 14, Thu | 6.30pm - 10.15pm

Open to SSO Subscribers, Friends of the SSO and ticketholders.

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Reaching out to
Music Lovers Everywhere
Outdoor Concerts SSO On Campus
Each SSO Classics in the Park Concert offers you the best outdoor music Take a break from the books and enjoy some familiar favourites for an
in Singapore. You can enjoy light classics and popular favourites as you hour. The SSO performs several campus concerts each season, attracting
partake of a special weekend picnic with family, friends and loved ones. not just students and faculty but also music lovers of all ages who live or
work in the vicinity.
SSO@The Racecourse brings you an exciting thematic performance at the
Singapore Racecourse.
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Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 1

Piano Concerto No. 1

Lan Shui conductor | Yevgeny Sudbin piano

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Lan Shui conductor | Yevgeny Sudbin piano

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SSO’s recordings are available from the SSO merchandise Lan Shui conductor
store during performances.
Visit www.sso.org.sg for a complete list of SSO recordings.
‘The Singapore Symphony once again shows the world
that it deserves to be ranked with the best.’ fanfare
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Committees & Management
Committees SSO Ladies’ League senior Orchestra Executive special projects manager
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 New to How to Get There
SSO Concerts? Here are answers to some often-asked questions about going to SSO
concerts, which will help make your next visit even more enjoyable.
ESPLANADE CONCERT HALL republic polytechnic University Cultural centre
What should I wear? 1 Esplanade Drive, Singapore 038981 9 Woodlands Avenue 9, Singapore 738984 National University of Singapore,
50 Kent Ridge Crescent, NUS Centre for the Arts,
Formal dress codes are not enforced at most concerts in Singapore. On weeknights, many
Singapore 119279
people come to the concerts from work in business attire, which is fine. Smart casual attire is TAXI: The taxi stand is located at the Esplanade MRT: Woodlands Station
usually adequate for most concerts – which means no shorts, singlets or slippers. Formal dress Mall entrance along Raffles Avenue.
can be worn to special gala events.
yong siew toh
BUS: 168, 169, 178, 187, 856, 858, 900, 901,
conservatory of music
MRT: 10-minute walk from the City Hall and 903, 911, 912, 913, 925, 926, 960, 961, 962,
Esplanade Circle Line (Exit D) Stations through 964, 925C, 902 National University of Singapore,
Late Seating
an underpass. 3 Estate Office Drive, Singapore 117485
SSO concerts begin promptly at 7.30pm unless otherwise stated. Latecomers will not be
CAR: PIE (Jurong) - Exit onto BKE (Woodlands)
admitted until a suitable break (which may be the intermission). Patrons who leave the hall
BUS: 36, 56, 70M, 97, 111, 133, 162M, 195, (Exit 24), BKE - Exit onto SLE (Exit 8), SLE - Exit MRT: Clementi Station
before or during a performance cannot be reseated until the performance of that particular
502, 531, 1N, 2N, 3N, 4N, 5N, 6N, 75, 77, via Woodlands Ave 2 (Exit 10)
piece of music is over.
106, 700A, 857, 960, 961, NR1, NR2, NR5, BUS: 96 & 151
NR6, NR7, NR8
Can I bring my mobile phone? The nearest bus stop is also located along CAR: Take Exit 9 from AYE and enter the
Yes, but please turn off your mobile phone and other beeping devices before entering the hall, Raffles Avenue, outside the Esplanade Mall THE STAR THEATRE
University campus at Entrance A.
and do check again after the intermission that these are turned off. Noise of any kind can be entrance. 1 Vista Exchange Green, Singapore 138617
distracting to the performers and audience members.
CAR: Esplanade carpark can be accessed from
both sides of Esplanade Drive. MRT: 5-minute walk from the Buona Vista
When should I applaud? Station (Exit C).
Normally, just as the concert begins, the audience applauds to greet the Concertmaster when
he or she comes on stage, and then again when the conductor and soloist(s) enter. After that, BUS: 74, 91, 92, 95, 191, 196, 198, 200
you may applaud at the end of each work, or when the conductor turns to you and bows,
to show your appreciation. Some longer works may have several sections, or movements, CAR: There are 2 entrances to The Star. Vehicles
separated by a brief, silent pause: usually the audience applauds only at the end of the entire can come in by entrances on Vista Exchange
work. If you are unsure, check the programme to see how many movements there are. Or you Green and Rochester Drive.
can always wait for the rest of the audience to clap before applauding.

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composer work page
j.s. bach St John Passion, BWV 245 49
bartók Concerto for Orchestra 35
beethoven Coriolan Overture 34
BEETHOVEN Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b 52
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 19 24
BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 48
beethoven Sonata for violin and piano No. 7 in C minor, Op. 30 No. 2 27
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21 27
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 52
beethoven Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93 34
berg Lyric Suite: Three Pieces 42
BERLIOZ Le Corsaire 24
BIZET Symphony No. 1 in C major 24
brahms Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25 48
BRAHMS String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 18 29
brahms Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 28
BRAHMS Violin Sonata No. 1 in G major, Op. 78 29
britten Piano Concerto, Op. 13 32
BRITTEN Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34 17
BRUCKNER Symphony No. 7 in A major 32
CHEN QIGANG Er Huang for piano and orchestra 24
CHOPIN Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23 37
CHOPIN Ballade No. 2 in F Major, Op. 38 37
CHOPIN Ballade No. 3 in A-flat major, Op. 47 37
CHOPIN Ballade No. 4 in F minor, Op. 52 37
chopin Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11 23
debussy La Mer 47
debussy Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun 24
debussy Sonata for violin and piano in G minor 27
DOHNÁNYI Variations on a Nursery Song, Op. 25 52
DVORáK Serenade in D minor, Op. 44 38
DVORáK Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 ‘From the New World’ 43
elgar Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 51
elgar Cockaigne Overture 28
s. FAGERLUND Violin Concerto ‘Darkness in Light’ 38
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GLAZUNOV Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 82 29
gounod “Je veux vivre” from Roméo et Juliette 46
GRIEG Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16 28
hindemith Symphonic Metamorphosis after Themes by Carl Maria von Weber 24
KORNGOLD Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 52
KREISLER Liebesleid 50
lehar Gold and Silver Waltzes, Op. 79 46
lehar “Lippen Schweigen” from The Merry Widow 46
lehar “Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiss” from Giuditta 46
lehar “Vilja” from The Merry Widow 46
liadov The Enchanted Lake 37
LISZT Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major 51
mahler Symphony No. 1 in D major ‘Titan’ 47
MENDELSSOHN Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90 ‘Italian’ 50
MENDELSSOHN Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64 27
mozart Clarinet Concerto in A major, K.622 34
MOZART Overture to Don Giovanni 48
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K.467 47
mozart Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K.488 43
mozart Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K.491 32
MOZART Piano Sonata No. 4 in E-flat major, K.282 37
MOZART Piano Sonata No. 5 in G major, K.283 37
MOZART Piano Sonata No. 8 in A minor, K.310 37
MOZART Violin Concerto No. 1 in B-flat major, K.207 24
offenbach “Doll Song” from The Tales of Hoffmann 46
offenbach Overture from Orpheus in the Underworld 46
POULENC The Story of Babar, the Little Elephant 17
PROKOFIEV Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26 37
PROKOFIEV Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 25 ‘Classical’ 50
rachmaninov Introduction to Aleko 23
RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp minor, Op. 1 50
RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 47
RACHMANINOV Prelude to The Miserly Knight 25
RACHMANINOV Prince Rostislav, Symphonic Poem for Orchestra 23
rachmaninov Scherzo in D minor 25
RACHMANINOV Symphonic Movement in D minor ‘Youth Symphony’ 24
RACHMANINOV The Isle of the Dead, Op. 29 25
rachmaninov Vocalise 46
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RAVEL Mother Goose Suite 52

At a Glance 2013 -14 Concert Calendar
RAVEL Pavane for a dead princess 47
ravel Sonata posthume 27
respighi Sonata for violin and piano in B minor 27
sang tong Fantasy for cello and orchestra 51 28 Jun 13 fri, 7.30pm | Esplanade Concert Hall SIMON TRPCESKI PLAYS chopin
Schumann Manfred Overture, Op. 115 28 Lan Shui conductor | Simon Trpceski piano
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 38 ‘Spring’ 51
schumann Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61 32
BRIGHT SHENG Violin Concerto 42 5 Jul 13 fri, 7.30pm | Esplanade Concert Hall president’s young performers concert
shostakovich Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 107 35 Joshua Tan conductor | Li Chu Ren piano | Gabriel Ng violin
SHOSTAKOVICH Festive Overture 47
SHOSTAKOVICH Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 28 13 Jul 13 sat, 4pm | School of the Arts Concert Hall SSO CHAMBER SERIES
sibelius En Saga, Op. 9 35

SIBELIUS Symphony No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 82 38
sibelius The Swan of Tuonela 47
SIBELIUS Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 28
19 Jul 13 fri, 7.30pm | Esplanade Concert Hall symphonies of youth
J. STRAUSS Neue Pizzicato from Fürstin Ninetta 46 Lan Shui conductor | Chen Sa piano
J. STRAUSS Overture to Die Fledermaus 46
J. STRAUSS “Spiel’ ich die Unschuld vom Lande” from Die Fledermaus 46
2 Aug 13 fri, 7.30pm | Esplanade Concert Hall russian masterpieces I: tchaikovsky’s violin concerto
J. STRAUSS Voices of Spring 46
Lan Shui conductor | Valeriy Sokolov violin
r. STRAUSS Don Juan 43
r. STRAUSS Duet-Concertino 43
r. strauss Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40 42 16 Aug 13 fri, 7.30pm | Esplanade Concert Hall SSO POPS concert: let’s go to the movies
r. STRAUSS Symphonia domestica, Op. 53 43 Jason Lai conductor
r. strauss Vier letzte Lieder (‘Four Last Songs’) 44
STRAVINSKY Petrushka 52 18 Aug 13 sun, 6pm | singapore botanic gardens SPH gift of music series: sso cLASSICS IN THE PARK
STRAVINSKY Pulcinella Suite 29 Jason Lai conductor
suk Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 27 ‘Asrael’ 51
KELLY TANG Sinfonia Concertante 43
22 Aug 13 thu, 12.30pm | Esplanade Concert Hall SPH gift of music series: SSO lunchtime concert
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64 37
Joshua Tan conductor
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74 ‘Pathétique’ 29
TCHAIKOVSKY Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 25
VERDI Overture to La forza del destino 33 25 Aug 13 sun, 4pm | Esplanade Concert Hall discovering music!
VERDI Rigoletto (Act 3) 33 Joshua Tan conductor
VERDI Te Deum from Quattro pezzi sacri 33
wagner Prelude to Parsifal 32
wagner Siegfried Idyll, Op. 103 27
3 Sep 13 tue, 8pm | conservatory concert hall leonidas kavakos & enrico pace in recital
wagner Tristan und Isolde, An Orchestral Passion (arranged by Henk de Vlieger) 44 Leonidas Kavakos violin | Enrico Pace piano
weber Overture to Der Freischütz 34

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 6 Sep 13 fri, 7.30pm | Esplanade Concert Hall kavakos plays mendelssohn 15 Nov 13 fri, 7.30pm | Esplanade Concert Hall mozart’s swan song
Lan Shui conductor | Leonidas Kavakos violin Okko Kamu conductor | Kari Kriikku clarinet

12 Sep 13 thu, 7.30pm | Esplanade Concert Hall the shostakovich fifth 17 Nov 13 sun, 4pm | School of the Arts Concert Hall SSO CHAMBER SERIES
Andrew Litton conductor | Vladimir Feltsman piano

14 Sep 13 sat, 7pm | singapore racecourse (kranji) SSO@the racecourse 20 Nov 13 wed, 7.30pm | Esplanade Concert Hall concerto for orchestra
Joshua Tan conductor Okko Kamu conductor | Qin Li-Wei cello

28 Sep 13 sat, 7.30pm | Esplanade Concert Hall john nelson conducts brahms 22 Nov 13 Fri, 11am & 1pm | Esplanade Concert Hall Concerts for children: carnival of the animals
John Nelson conductor | Viviane Hagner violin Joshua Tan conductor | L’Arsenal à Musique

1 Oct 13 tue, 8pm | conservatory Concert Hall renaud capuçon in recital 28 Nov 13 thu, 7.30pm | Esplanade Concert Hall gala: lang lang live!
Renaud Capuçon violin Lan Shui conductor | Lang Lang piano

3 Oct 13 thu, 7.30pm | Esplanade Concert Hall gala: russian masterpieces II – renaud capuçon 30 Nov 13 sat, 7.30pm | Esplanade Concert Hall lang lang in recital
Yoel Levi conductor | Renaud Capuçon violin Lang Lang piano

6 Oct 13 sun, 4pm | Conservatory Concert Hall SSO CHAMBER SERIES 6 Dec 13 fri, 7.30pm | Esplanade Concert Hall darkness in light
Osmo Vänskä conductor | Pekka Kuusisto violin

12 Oct 13 sat, 7.30pm | Esplanade Concert Hall bruckner’s seventh 10 & 12 Dec 13 SSO christmas concerts
Claus Peter Flor conductor | Christian Blackshaw piano tue & thu, 7.30pm | Esplanade Concert Hall Jason Lai conductor

25 Oct 13 fri, 7.30pm | Esplanade Concert Hall young britten: steven osborne plays the piano concerto 12 & 13 Dec 13 sso babies’ proms
Jason Lai conductor | Steven Osborne piano thu & fri, 10am & 12pm | Esplanade Concert Hall Peter Moore conductor/ presenter

1 Nov 13 fri, 7.30pm | Esplanade Concert Hall gala: viva verdi! 4 Jan 14 sat, 7.30pm | Esplanade Concert Hall gala: gil shaham – strauss festival: ein heldenleben
Lan Shui conductor Lan Shui conductor | Gil Shaham violin

10 Nov 13 sun, 4pm | Esplanade Concert Hall discovering music! 11 Jan 14 sat, 7.30pm | Esplanade Concert Hall strauss festival: symphonia domestica
Jason Lai conductor Lan Shui conductor | Fou Ts’ong piano

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 18 Jan 14 sat, 7.30pm | Esplanade Concert Hall sSO 35th anniversary concert – strauss festival: don juan 30 Mar 14 sun, 4pm | School of the Arts Concert Hall SSO CHAMBER SERIES
Choo Hoey conductor | Ma Yue clarinet | Zhang Jin Min bassoon

25 Jan 14 sat, 7.30pm | Esplanade Concert Hall strauss festival: four last songs
4 Apr 14 fri, 7.30pm | Esplanade Concert Hall gala: bach: st john passion
Mark Wigglesworth conductor | Annalena Persson soprano
Lim Yau conductor

15 Feb 14 sat, 7.30pm | the star theatre SSO POPS concert: spirited away – the music of joe hisaishi 12 Apr 14 sat, 7.30pm | Esplanade Concert Hall italian & Classical
Joshua Tan conductor Neeme Järvi conductor | Boris Giltburg piano

20 Feb 14 thu, 7.30pm | Esplanade Concert Hall gala: sumi jo 18 Apr 14 fri, 7.30pm | Esplanade Concert Hall spring symphony
Jason Lai conductor | Sumi Jo soprano Lan Shui conductor | Ng Pei-Sian cello

28 Feb 14 fri, 7.30pm | Esplanade Concert Hall the titan 24 Apr 14 thu, 7.30pm | Esplanade Concert Hall asrael symphony
Okko Kamu conductor | Pascal Rogé piano Lan Shui conductor | Nikolai Demidenko piano

27 Apr 14 sun, 4pm | school of the arts concert hall discovering music!
2 Mar 14 sun, 4pm | School of the Arts Concert Hall SSO CHAMBER SERIES
Joshua Tan conductor

7 Mar 14 sso on campus 3 May 14 sat, 7.30pm | Esplanade Concert Hall charles dutoit & chantal juillet
fri, 7.30pm | paya lebar methodist girls’ school (secondary) Joshua Tan conductor Charles Dutoit conductor | Chantal Juillet violin

8 Mar 14 sat, 6.30pm | gardens by the bay SSO@ Gardens by the bay 9 May 14 fri, 7.30pm | Esplanade Concert Hall beethoven’s fifth symphony
Joshua Tan conductor Günther Herbig conductor | Martin Roscoe piano

15 Mar 14 sat, 11am & 1pm | Republic Polytechnic Concerts for children: The Story Of Babar, The Little Elephant 11 May 14 sun, 6pm | singapore botanic gardens SSo classics in the park
Jason Lai conductor | Really Inventive Stuff Jason Lai conductor

22 Mar 14 sat, 7.30pm | Esplanade Concert Hall lugansky plays rachmaninov 25 May 14 sun, 4pm | School of the Arts Concert Hall SSO CHAMBER SERIES
Jean-Claude Casadesus conductor | Nikolai Lugansky piano

27 Mar 14 thu, 7.30pm | Esplanade Concert Hall brahms’ piano quartet 31 May 14 sat, 11am & 1pm | university cultural centre Concerts for children: come meet mozart!
Yu Long conductor | Melvyn Tan piano Jason Lai conductor

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