Introducing Our Artist-in-residence: Rachel Barton Pine
INTRODUCING OUR ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE: RACHEL BARTON PINE
This October and November, the Singapore Symphony Orchestra is joined by violinist Rachel Barton Pine for three concerts spanning music by Elgar, Bruch… and Metallica!
In two concerts at the Esplanade Concert Hall, Rachel will be treating audiences to a performance of Bruch’s Scottish Fantasy (26 Oct) and Elgar’s Violin Concerto (1 Nov).
Sandwiched in between the two concerts - conducted by Michał Nesterowicz and SSO's Principal Guest Conductor Andrew Litton - is a chamber music programme with a difference.
Rachel is a life-long metal fan – she used to be in a doom metal band – and on 27 October at the Victoria Concert Hall she’ll lead musicians from the SSO in performances of songs by Van Halen, Metallica and Rush, alongside a selection of classical chamber works.
Rachel Barton Pine performs with the world's leading orchestras, including the Chicago and Vienna Symphonies, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic, and Camerata Salzburg. She has worked with such renowned conductors as Zubin Mehta, Erich Leinsdorf, Neeme Järvi, and Marin Alsop.
Her collaborators include leading artists such as Daniel Barenboim, Christoph Eschenbach, William Warfield, and Christopher O’Riley. She has recorded 39 acclaimed albums, including Elgar & Bruch Violin Concertos with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andrew Litton, and Mozart: Complete Violin Concertos with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, conducted by Sir Neville Marriner.
Scottish Fantasy • Rachel Barton Pine
Michal Nesterowicz, conductor / Rachel Barton Pine, violin / Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Sat / 26 Oct 19 / 7.30pm
Esplanade Concert Hall
Gliding over forbearing seas, the swell of steadfast waves, myth and monument withstanding time - and Tintagel rises from the cliffs. This all-British programme of soul-stirring music stars the versatile and inspiring violinist Rachel Barton Pine, SSO's Artist-in-Residence in 2019/20, in the ever-popular Scottish Fantasy by Bruch, concluding with the hushed and heartfelt beauty of Vaughan Williams’ Fifth Symphony.
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE
We are delighted to collaborate with Rachel Barton Pine in the 2019/20 season. As part of her residency, Pine will share the stage with SSO musicians in VCHPresents Excite!: Shredding with a String Quartet on 27 October. Pine will also give a talk in the YST Forum Series on 29 October.
FeaturingMichal Nesterowicz, conductor / Rachel Barton Pine, violin / Singapore Symphony Orchestra
ProgrammeTintagel | Bax |
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Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46 | Max Bruch (Bruch) |
Symphony No. 5 in D major | |
Shredding with Rachel Barton Pine
Rachel Barton Pine, violin / Zhao Tian, violin / Janice Tsai, viola / Chan Wei Shing, cello
Sun / 27 Oct 19 / 4.00pm
Victoria Concert Hall
Infusing classical music with its heavy metal counterpart, award-winning violinist and Singapore Symphony Orchestra 2019/20 Artist-in-Residence Rachel Barton Pine powers up for a convention-breaking, genre-defying night. From Van Halen to Sibelius, Nine Inch Nails to Shostakovich, Paganini to Led Zeppelin, watch her electrify the stage together with SSO musicians!
SSO ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE
As part of her residency, Pine will also give a talk in the YST Forum Series on 29 October.
FeaturingRachel Barton Pine, violin / Zhao Tian, violin / Janice Tsai, viola / Chan Wei Shing, cello
ProgrammeEruption - Thunderstruck - Back to Black | Van Halen & AC/DC |
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Fade to Black | Metallica |
Largo & Allegro Molto from String Quartet No. 8, Op. 110 | Dmitri Shostakovich (Shostakovich) |
Led Zeppelin Medley | Led Zeppelin |
Cowboys from Hell | Pantera |
Presto from Four Seasons, Summer | Antonio Vivaldi (Vivaldi) |
Master of Puppets | Metallica |
The Spirit of Radio | Rush |
Caprice No. 24 | Niccolò Paganini (Paganini) |
Black Sabbath / Ozzy Osbourne Medley | Black Sabbath & Ozzy Osbourne |
Elgar Violin Concerto & Enigma Variations
Andrew Litton, conductor / Rachel Barton Pine, violin / Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Fri / 01 Nov 19 / 7.30pm
Esplanade Concert Hall
“Herein is enshrined the soul of …..” is the mysterious dedication inscribed in the score of Elgar’s formidable Violin Concerto.The remarkable Rachel Barton Pine tackles the great 20th century British composer’s virtuoso showpiece. American maestro Andrew Litton follows up with one of the crown jewels of classical music, the Enigma Variations, whose noble heart within lies the sublime “Nimrod”.
FeaturingAndrew Litton, conductor / Rachel Barton Pine, violin / Singapore Symphony Orchestra
ProgrammeViolin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61 | Edward Elgar (Elgar) |
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Enigma Variations, Op. 36 | Edward Elgar (Elgar) |
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