SSO National Day Concert To Feature Revived Raffles March
The composer of the 1915 Raffles March is one A. Dietz, former Director of the Orchestra at the Raffles Hotel. Little is known of him, not even his first name. The work is known to have been performed on 13 September 1922 at the hotel, in a special concert reported in The Straits Times the day before.
In 2017, more than a century after its composition, the piano version of the score is all that remains, and this was found in the National Library by SSO bassoonist Christoph Wichert, who followed a lead from a local musicologist.
On 10 Aug this year, the Raffles March will receive its first contemporary performance, in a new orchestration by Singaporean composer/pianist Bertram Wee. The revived work will open the SSO National Day Concert 2019, as part of the musical showcase of how Singapore’s arts legacy has grown in the last century.
The Awakening, Voices from the Heart, Home – familiar and favourite classics will be performed alongside brand new works such as Jewel of Srivijaya, Kampong Overture and Our Singapore Dream. The all-Singaporean programme features a cast of all-Singaporean musical talent, including Jeremy Monteiro (piano), Joanna Dong (vocals), Nawaz Mirajkar (table), V M Sai Akileshwar (mridangam), Tamagoh (drums), Christy Smith (bass), and Samuel Phua (saxophone).
The 2019 SSO National Day Concert is the second such concert organised by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, an annual affair inaugurated in 2018. The Orchestra conducted by SSO Associate Conductor Joshua Tan will be accompanied by the Singapore Symphony Chorus and Youth Choir, with Choral Director Eudenice Palaruan.
Join us at this jubilant celebration of Singaporean music. This is home, truly, and our music will tell us so.
SSO NATIONAL DAY CONCERT
Date & time
10 August 2019 (Saturday), 7.30pm
VENUE
Esplanade Concert Hall
PERFORMERS
Joshua Tan, conductor Jeremy Monteiro, piano Tamagoh, drums Christy Smith, bass Samuel Phua, saxophone Nawaz Mirajkar, tabla V M Sai Akileshwar, mridangam Joanna Dong, jazz vocalist Singapore Symphony Chorus and Youth Choir Eudenice Palaruan, choral director
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PROGRAMME
Full programme listing here
TICKET PRICES*
$48, $38, $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 and PWDs: 30% off (Cat 3-4)
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