SSO announces August digital concerts: its annual National Day Concert and two concerts conducted by new Chief Conductor Hans Graf

SSO announces August digital concerts: its annual National Day Concert and two concerts conducted by new Chief Conductor Hans Graf

SSO announces August digital concerts: its annual National Day Concert and two concerts conducted by new Chief Conductor Hans Graf

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Fri, 24 Jul 2020

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The Singapore Symphony Orchestra today announces three online concerts to take place in August, including the orchestra's  SSO National Day Concert.

SSO's annual showcase of Singapore music and national songs, the National Day Concert, will take place as scheduled on Saturday 15 August, but streamed on SISTIC Live due to on-going COVID-19 venue restrictions. This year's concert will see the SSO premiere works by three of Singapore's young composers: Sandra Lim, Jonathan Shin and Tan Yuting. The orchestra will also give the world premiere of Brahman: Kannagi's Realization by Singapore-based veteran composer, John Sharpley featuring the brilliant Bharatanatyam dancer, Kshirja Govind. Continuing the tradition of performing a different orchestration of the National Anthem each year, the SSO will perform Kelly Tang's 2010 arrangement re-orchestrated for a smaller-sized orchestra. The programme will be conducted by Darrell Ang and hosted by Khairudin Saharom. Tickets go on sale 4 August, on a pay-as-you-wish basis starting at just $5.

Hans Graf, the new Chief Conductor of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, is working with the orchestra - for the first time in his new role - to record two concerts to be streamed online this August.

The first, to be streamed on SISTIC Live from Saturday 1 August at 8pm, explores the chamber music of Debussy and Dvořák. The programme opens with Debussy’s String Quartet in Hans Graf's own arrangement for string ensemble, and Danses sacrée et profane for harp and string orchestra, performed by harpist Gulnara Mashurova. This is followed by Dvořák’s Serenade in D minor, written for wind instruments, cello and double bass. Tickets go on sale tomorrow, 24 July, on a pay-as-you-wish basis starting at $10. 

The second of the two concerts pairs Stravinsky with Mozart. Stravinsky had once gone so far as to call himself ‘Mozart’s continuer’. Join the SSO on SISTIC Live on Saturday 29 August to enjoy Mozart’s Serenade in E flat and Adagio & Fugue in C minor, and Stravinsky’s Apollo and Octet. Tickets go on sale 4 August on a pay-as-you-wish basis starting at $10.

The SSO also announces the cancellation of two previously announced live concerts in August: Ye-Eun Choi Plays Beethoven (21 August) and Three Continents Cello Concerto (28 August).

Debussy & Dvořák: Serenade and Dance (Online)
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Debussy & Dvořák: Serenade and Dance (Online)

Singapore Symphony Orchestra / Hans Graf, Chief Conductor / Gulnara Mashurova, harp

Sat / 01 Aug 20 / 8.00pm

SISTIC Live [Online]

Dance to the coruscating sensuality of Debussy’s dreamy String Quartet and the enchanted glitter of his Danses sacree et profane for harp and strings. The music of the French master makes for a provocative prelude to one of the pinnacles of wind ensemble scores, Dvořák’s unfailingly melodious Serenade for Winds. Join us and bring a breath of fresh music and rhythm into your home.

FORMAT: SISTIC Live stream on 1 Aug. Concert begins at 8pm with countdown lobby open at 7.30pm. Viewable until 15 Aug 8pm. Each ticket allows 5 views.

Featuring

Singapore Symphony Orchestra / Hans Graf, Chief Conductor / Gulnara Mashurova, harp

Programme

String Quartet (arr. string ensemble)

Claude Debussy (Debussy)

Danses sacrée et profane for Harp & Strings

Claude Debussy (Debussy)

Serenade in D minor for Wind Instruments, Cello & Doublebass, Op. 44

Antonín Dvořák (Dvořák)
SSO National Day Concert 2020 (Online)
Season 2020/21

SSO National Day Concert 2020 (Online)

Singapore Symphony Orchestra / Darrell Ang, conductor / Benjamin Kheng, artist / Kshirja Govind, Bharatanatyam dancer / Khairudin Saharom, master of ceremonies / Janis Wong, sign language interpreter

Sat / 15 Aug 20 / 8.00pm

SISTIC Live [Online]

A nation’s tunes are the unifying music of its people, and an essential ingredient of national identity. New music by Singapore’s finest young trailblazers in composition take centrestage at this year’s SSO National Day Concert. Musicians, singer, dancer, sign language interpreter - we unite to celebrate Singapore’s 55th birthday.

Pre-recorded at the Esplanade Concert Hall, Aug 2020. This online concert replaces the original programme previously announced.

FORMAT: SISTIC Live stream on 15 Aug. Concert begins at 8pm with countdown lobby open at 7.30pm. Viewable until 29 Aug, 8pm.

Featuring

Singapore Symphony Orchestra / Darrell Ang, conductor / Benjamin Kheng, artist / Kshirja Govind, Bharatanatyam dancer / Khairudin Saharom, master of ceremonies / Janis Wong, sign language interpreter

Programme

New Beginnings

Sandra Lim

Metro

Yuting Tan (Tan Yuting)

City Arising

Jonathan Shin

Brahman: Kannagi’s Realization

John Sharpley

Home^

Dick Lee

Count on Me, Singapore

Hugh Harrison

Majulah Singapura

Zubir Said
Mozart & Stravinsky: Music on the Air (Online)
Season 2020/21 • Subscription Concert

Mozart & Stravinsky: Music on the Air (Online)

Singapore Symphony Orchestra / Hans Graf, Chief Conductor

Sat / 29 Aug 20 / 8.00pm

SISTIC Live [Online]

Mozart inspired an endless legacy of composers after him, including Stravinsky - who called himself “Mozart’s Continuer”. Join us in this online concert as we return to the Esplanade Concert Hall to play a plethora of pieces in neo-classical tradition. Be inspired by the muses of Apollo and enjoy the merriment of a Mozartian serenade.

FORMAT: SISTIC Live stream on 29 Aug. Concert begins at 8pm with countdown lobby open at 7.30pm. Viewable until 14 Sep, 10pm.

Featuring

Singapore Symphony Orchestra / Hans Graf, Chief Conductor

Programme

Adagio and Fugue in C minor, K.546

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Mozart)

Apollo

Igor Stravinsky (Stravinsky)

Octet

Igor Stravinsky (Stravinsky)

Serenade in E-flat, K.375

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Mozart)

For press enquiries, please contact:

Singapore Symphony Group
80 Bencoolen Street, NAFA Tower Block
08-01 Singapore 189655
T +65 6602 4239
M +65 8622 3766
elizabeth.davis@sso.org.sg 

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