concert extras
Beyond the ticket: join us in our concert fringe events designed to help you enjoy the music even more.
Last updated: 27 Sep 2018
Discover new insights into the music you are about to hear in the concert hall. Let our specialist speakers enrich your experience in the world of classical music. Pre-Concert Talks are held from 6.30pm to 7pm.
Note: Concert titles listed below may not reflect the actual topic of the talk.
| Thu, 22 Nov 2018 | library@esplanade |
DVORAK: CELLO CONCERTO |
| Thu, 29 Nov 2018 |
SERENADE WITH SOYOUNG YOON |
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| Sat, 5 Jan 2019 |
TINE THING HELSETH · ARUTIUNIAN TRUMPET CONCERTO |
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| Sat, 12 Jan 2019 | Music Studio, Victoria Concert Hall |
REICH IN 60 MINUTES |
| Fri-Sat, 25 & 26 Jan 2019 | library@esplanade |
LAN SHUI'S FAREWELL |
| Thu, 31 Jan 2019 |
ROCK IN 60 MINUTES |
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| Fri-Sat, 22 & 23 Feb 2019 | Music Studio, Victoria Concert Hall |
CHRISTOPHER PARK PLAYS MOZART |
| Fri-Sat, 1 & 2 Mar 2019 |
MASTER OF THE HARP |
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| Fri, 15 Mar 2019 | library@esplanade | SSO GALA: RAY CHEN Speaker: (To Be Confirmed)
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| Fri-Sat, 22 & 23 Mar 2019 | Music Studio, Victoria Concert Hall | SABINE MEYER · MOZART CLARINET CONCERTO Speaker: Aileen Tang (Subject Head of Performing Arts, National Junior College) |
| Fri, 12 Apr 2019 | library@esplanade |
RACHMANINOV PIANO CONCERTO 2 |
| Thu, 18 Apr 2019 |
MAESTRO CHOO HOEY |
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| Sat, 27 Apr 2019 |
FAMILIAR FAVOURITES: MENDELSSOHN VIOLIN CONCERTO |
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| Fri, 3 May 2019 |
RHYTHMS, RITES AND RENEWALS |
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| Fri, 10 May 2019 |
SSO GALA: MISSA SOLEMNIS · MASAAKI SUZUKI |
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| Further talks will be added at a later date. | ||
Every concert is the result of collaborative hard work. Open rehearsals offer a behind-the-scenes perspective of how the conductor shapes every note and phrase with the orchestra, and how the individual sections come together as a harmonious whole. (Open to public)
| Date | Time | Venue | Details |
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| Sat, 5 Jan 2019 | 9.30am | Esplanade Concert Hall | TINE THING HELSETH · ARUTIUNIAN TRUMPET CONCERTO |
| Thu, 14 Mar 2019 | 6pm | Esplanade Concert Hall | SSO GALA: RAY CHEN |
| Thu, 9 May 2019 | 7.30pm | Esplanade Concert Hall | SSO GALA: MISSA SOLEMNIS - MASAAKI SUZUKI |
Autograph sessions offer the rare opportunity to meet the stars of the show. All autograph sessions are held during intermission unless otherwise indicated. Where applicable, priority in the queue is given to attendees with artiste merchandise.
| Date | Venue | Artiste |
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| Thu, 22 Nov 2018 | Esplanade Concert Hall Stalls Foyer |
Ng Pei-Sian, cello (Autograph session held after the concert) |
| Thu, 29 Nov 2018 |
Soyoung Yoon, violin |
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| Sat, 17 Nov 2018 | Victoria Concert Hall Stalls Foyer |
Arnie Roth, conductor |
| Wed, 28 Nov 2018 |
Mahan Esfahani, harpsichord THE MODERN MAN: MAHAN ESFAHANI |
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| Fri, 14 Dec 2018 |
Mandy Dickson, vocalist |
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| Sat, 15 Dec 2018 |
Mandy Dickson, vocalist |
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| Sun, 16 Dec 2018 |
Mandy Dickson, vocalist |
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| Fri, 15 Feb 2019 |
Thomas Trotter, organ |
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| Mon, 1 April 2019 |
Martin Setchell, organ |
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| Sat, 15 June 2019 |
Tom Bell, organ |
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| More autograph sessions will be added at a later date. | ||
