Singapore National Youth Orchestra Concert!

Singapore National Youth Orchestra
Tuesday 13 July 2010, 7.30 pm
Esplanade Concert Hall
Conductor: Darrell Ang

“Symphonic Sojourns”

Vaughan Williams	Overture, ‘The Wasps’
Jean Sibelius	Symphony no. 2 in D major Op. 43
Lowell Liebermann	Concerto for Piccolo & Orchestra, Op. 50 Soloist: Jasper Goh Chien Teng

tickets at $9 from SISTIC www.sistic.com.sg

As part of the 2010 Singapore Youth Festival, the SNYO presents its annual International Artistes Series. The guest artiste is Singapore-born and internationally renowned conductor Darrell Ang.

Let the SNYO take you on a “Symphonic Journey” beginning with intriguing solos on wind instruments from Vaughan William's The Wasps Overture. Soloist Jasper continues the journey with his piccolo in Liebermann's Concerto for Piccolo and Orchestra. The journey ends with an air of patriotism in Symphony No. 2 in D Major Op. 43 by Jean Sibelius.

Enjoy “Symphonic Journey” with the SNYO!

Orchestra of the Music Makers Concert!

Mahler 2: Resurrection

Chan Tze Law, conductor
See Ian Ike, violin
Jeong Ae Ree, soprano
Rebecca Chellappah, mezzo soprano
Queensland Festival Chorus
Singapore Festival Chorus


Date: 10 July 2010, Saturday
Venue: Esplanade Concert Hall
Time: 7.30pm


MAX BRUCH Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26
GUSTAV MAHLER Symphony No. 2 in C minor "Resurrection"


HSBC is proud to present recipient of the 2009 HSBC Youth Excellence Award, the Orchestra of the Music Makers conducted by Chan Tze Law, with Mahler’s Second Symphony “Resurrection” and Bruch’s Violin Concerto No.1 in concert.

Gustav Mahler’s epic and invigorating “Resurrection Symphony” took six years to perfect and changed the musical landscape forever. Combining enormous orchestral forces with a massive chorus and two vocal soloists, the work takes the listener from solemnity to an apocalyptic conclusion, depicting earthly terror and heavenly glory. This is one of the most moving, uplifting and exhilarating symphonies ever written. The Orchestra of the Music Makers is joined by soprano Jeong Ae Ree, mezzo-soprano Rebecca Chellappah, the Queensland Festival Chorus and the Singapore Festival Chorus.

Max Bruch’s Violin Concerto No.1, with Singaporean violinist See Ian Ike as soloist, remains one of the most popular and lyrical Romantic concertos in the repertoire.

This is an event not to be missed!


Tickets at S$50, S$35, $27, S$18 and S$12 available at SISTIC.

Full ticket proceeds from this concert will be donated by HSBC to ChildAid.

Concerts to attend!

CIMB - 17th Singapore International Piano Festival 2010

23 - 26 June 2010, 8.15pm
Victoria Concert Hall

Chopin at 200 celebrates the bicentenary of Frédéric Chopin, the composer most closely associated with the piano. All four recitals by a fascinating line-up of pianists will explore Chopin's musical innovations, his creative use of past traditions, and his influence on composers and piano music after his time.

		"keyboard artistry on the highest level" - Miami Herald "playing that possesses urgency, personality, imagination and colour" - International Piano "a practically superhuman keyboard technique with artistic eloquence second to none" - San Francisco Chronicle "simply the most important new pianist to appear in recent years, period" - The Detroit News
		"... these are among the finest of all Chopin discs, easily excelling recordings by almost all the most celebrated names in the catalogue." - Bryce Morrison, International Piano "When Pietro De Maria puts his hands on the piano, it comes spontaneously to revive an old definition: he is a poet of the keyboard." - Lorenzo Arruga, Il Giornale "... a marvellous version of Chopin's Etudes... a consistency of thought which is the hallmark of great interpreters of Chopin." - Etienne Moreau, Diapason
		"Not only are his technical abilities mature and amazing, but he is returning to the kind of repertoire that made the "Golden Age of Piano Playing" golden; and he plays it with the electrifying abandon the pieces need." - American Record Guide Jan / Feb 2010 "Grosvenor's performance was so alluring, so alive to the music's poetry, and so colourfully detailed." - The Daily Telegraph "Even the most outlandish difficulties are tossed aside not just as child's play but with a seemingly endless poetic finesse and resource..." - The Gramophone Magazine
		"A mesmerisingly creative talent" - The Boston Globe "Explosive emotion, exquisite sensitivity" - The Daily Telegraph "One of the most individual and absorbing pianists of our time" - The Sunday Times "...tone and touch ofhis playing are so seductive that it's easy to forget how classically correct a musician he is" - The Guardian

Visit http://sso.org.sg/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=244&Itemid=232
for more information on the performers biography and programme.