Come July 7, the Singapore Symphony Orchestra 2017/18 orchestra season opens at the Esplanade Concert Hall with eminent violinist Gil Shaham taking on Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 1, a work of lyricism, fantasy and mischief. Lan Shui begins the concert with Tan Chan Boon’s "Soir, Rêves, Fantaisie" from his Second Symphony and closes with the first of the SSO’s Brahms Symphonies cycle featuring the epic Symphony No. 1 in C minor, a work that the German Romantic master wrote and refined over a period of 21 years.

Joining Gil Shaham on stage on July 8 at the Victoria Concert Hall is his wife, violinist Adele Anthony. Begin your journey on the other side of the world, dancing to the rustic folk tunes of Eastern Europe, and arrive at post-World War I America in the Jazz Age. The acclaimed husband-and-wife duo brings to life the intimate dialogues between two violins, presenting a refreshing repertoire for violin duo including selections from Béla Bartók’s 44 Duos for 2 Violins and an arrangement of jazz favourite "Sweet Georgia Brown". Technical fireworks are abound as they tackle  a selection of Wieniawski’s demanding Etudes-Caprices, Op. 18.

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SSO: GIL SHAHAM • BRAHMS SYMPHONIES

DATES & TIME

07 July 2017 (Friday), 7.30pm

Pre-concert Talk: 6.30pm at library@esplanade

Post-concert Symphony Chat

VENUE

Esplanade Concert Hall

PERFORMERS

Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Lan Shui, conductor
Gil Shaham, violin
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PROGRAMME

• TAN CHAN BOON
  Soir, Rêves, Fantaisie from Symphony No. 2
• PROKOFIEV
  Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 19
• BRAHMS
  Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68

TICKET PRICES*

$88, $68, $48, $28, $15

*before booking fees: $1 for tickets $20 and below, $3 for tickets $20.01 to $40, $4 for tickets above $40

CONCESSION DISCOUNTS

Students, Senior Citizens & NSF: 30% discount (Cat 4 – 5)

Tickets are available from SISTIC hotline: 6348 5555, website: www.sistic.com.sg, SISTIC counters island-wide and Esplanade Box Office.

VCH PRESENTS: GIL SHAHAM AND ADELE ANTHONY

DATES & TIME

08 July 2017 (Saturday), 7.30pm

VENUE

Victoria Concert Hall

PERFORMERS

Gil Shaham, violin

Adele Anthony, violin

Please contact the Media Officer for photographs and interviews.

PROGRAMME

• LECLAIR
  Sonata in E minor, Op. 3 No. 5
• PROKOFIEV
  Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 19
• WIENIAWSKI
  Selection from Etudes-Caprices, Op. 18

  I. Moderato. Allegro moderato
  II. Andante. Agitato e vigoroso
  III. Allegro moderato
  IV. Tempo di Saltarella, ma non troppo vivo

• PROKOFIEV
  Sonata for 2 Violins, Op. 56
• MASSENET arr. MILONE
  Meditation from "Thaïs"
• BERNIE/ PINKARK arr. MILONE
  “Sweet Georgia Brown”

TICKET PRICES*

$58, $38, $20

*before booking fees: $1 for tickets $20 and below, $3 for tickets $20.01 to $40, $4 for tickets above $40

CONCESSION DISCOUNTS

Students, Senior Citizens & NSF: 30% discount (Cat 4 – 5)

Tickets are available from SISTIC hotline: 6348 5555, website: www.sistic.com.sg, SISTIC counters island-wide and Esplanade Box Office.