Esplanade Concert Hall 11 Aug 2018 (Sa) 7:30PM Darrell Ang, conductor Kam Ning, violin Singapore Symphony Chorus Eudenice Palaruan, choral director Singapore Symphony Youth Choir Singapore Symphony Children’s Choir Wong Lai Foon, choirmaster SSO National Day Concert Programme:
Kelly Tang – Symphonic Suite on a Set of Local Tunes
Syafiqah ‘Adha Sallehin – Bidasari
Chen Zhangyi – Vanda, Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
Kelly Tang – Sketches of Singapore
Wang Chenwei – The Sisters’ Islands
Excerpts from Xinyao Medley by Liang Wern Fook (arr. Samuel Tan)
Zubir Said (arr. Phoon Yew Tien) – Semoga Bahagia
S. Jesudassan (arr. Phoon Yew Tien) – Munnaeru Vaalibaa
Dick Lee (arr. Kelly Tang) – Home
Celebrate Singapore’s 53rd National Day in this all-Singaporean programme conducted by Darrell Ang, featuring six homegrown composers, from veteran pioneer Phoon Yew Tien, to rising names Wang ChenWei and Syafiqah ‘Adha Sallehin. Violinist Kam Ning is the soloist in Chen Zhangyi’s Vanda Concerto, while the choirs of the Singapore Symphony family join forces in Kelly Tang’s arrangement of the now classic “Home”.
(Featured image taken from SSO’s website)
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