Published on 01 June 2017
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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07 July 2017 (Friday), 7.30pm
Pre-concert Talk: 6.30pm at library@esplanade
Post-concert Symphony Chat
Esplanade Concert Hall
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Lan Shui, conductor
Gil Shaham, violin
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$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
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.
08 July 2017 (Saturday), 7.30pm
Victoria Concert Hall
Gil Shaham, violin
Adele Anthony, violin
Please contact the Media Officer for photographs and interviews.
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”
$58, $38, $20 *before booking fees: $1 for tickets $20 and below, $3 for tickets $20.01 to $40, $4 for tickets above $40
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.
