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Singapore Symphony Orchestra
July - December 1999 Season
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TICKETS!
Regular: $8, $13, $18, $25, $35
(concesssion $5, $8, $12)
MPO: $10, $18, $25, $30, $40
Young People's Concerts: $10, $14
Casual Concerts: $6, $10, $15
Chamber Concerts: $14, $16, $24
(concession $10, $12, $22)
Tel.338 4401 for enquires.
Tickets are available on-line from SISTIC (348 5555)
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Everyone's wondering where on earth is the booklet? Well, the answer is, it's out even as I type this. The orange is real nice and eye-catching, the paper is lighter (a sure sign of budget cut) - which is fine - and the funniest typo is "Bluebird's [Castle]" - hee hee hee.... So look out for it at the usual places: Tower, Victoria Concert Hall, SISTIC outlets, etc.
But, while we're here - we might as well churn out a list of the yummy new season... - Ed.
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Inkpot SSO Reviews
by Season:
Jan-Jun 1999
Jul-Dec 1998
Jan-Jun 1998
Jul-Dec 1997
Jan-May 1997
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July 15 & 16 Familiar Favourites/Opera Without Words
Bart Folse conductor
Rossini Overture to La Gazza Ladra
Massenet Meditation from Thaïs
Gounod Ballet Music from Faust
Verdi Overture to La Forza del Destino
Mascagni Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana
Wagner Prelude & Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde
Wagner Ride of the Valkyries from Die Walküre
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Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
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Max Bruch (1838-1920)
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July 23 & 24 Subscription Series/Last Thoughts... Great Classics
Gaetano Delogu conductor
Charles Treger violin
Beethoven Leonore Overture No.3
Bruch Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor, op.26
Brahms Symphony No.4 in E minor, op.98 |
The Inkpot reviews...
Akiko Suwanai plays Bruch
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July 29 & 30 (Thursday & Friday) Subscription Series/Hungarian Rhapsody
Bart Folse conductor
Ellen Shade soprano
Samuel Hepler baritone
Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No.1 in F minor
Liszt Les Préludes
Bartok Bluebeard's Castle (opera in 1 act, sung in English) |
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August 6 & 7 Subscription Series/Greeting Cards
Shui Lan conductor
Alexander Souptel violin
Milhaud Le boeuf sur le toit, op.58 (for violin & orchestra)
John Sharpley Fantasy for Violin & Orchestra
Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet: excerpt from Suites 1 & 2 |
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August 13 & 14 Subscription Series/Last Thoughts...
Shui Lan conductor
Augustin Dumay violin
Mozart Violin Concerto No.5 in A major, K219 "Turkish"
Bruckner Symphony No.9 in D minor
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August 20 & 21 Familiar Favourites/President's Charity Concert (Aug 21)
Bart Folse conductor
Roanna Tay piano
Seow Aik Keong piano
Berlioz Roman Carnival Overture
Prokofiev Piano Concerto No.3 in C major, op.26
Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor, op.16
Dvorak A Hero's Song, op.111 |
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)
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Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990)
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August 27 & 28 Subscription Series/Classical Mambo Rock!
Shui Lan conductor
Peter Frankl piano
Bernstein West Side Story: Symphonic Dances
Bartok Piano Concerto No.3
Imantz Kalnins Symphony No.4 "Rock"
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August 29 (Sunday 2pm) Casual Concert
Shui Lan conductor
Bernstein West Side Story: Symphonic Dances
Imantz Kalnins Symphony No.4 "Rock"
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September 3 & 4 Subscription Series/Potpourris & Trash Cans
(SSOLL 15th Anniversary Concert, Sep 4)
Shui Lan conductor
Martin Fröst clarinet
Kroumata Percussion Ensemble
Jan Järvlepp "Garbage" Concerto
Verdi (arr. Lovreglio/Forsell) Fantasia di Concerto from La Traviata
Mozart Aria No.17 "Ach ich fühls" from The Magic Flute
Danzi Konzerstück, Variations on "La ci darem la mano" from Mozart's Don Giovanni
Weber Aria No.8 "Leise, Leise fromme Welse" from Der Freischütz
Rossini Introduction, Theme and Variations from La Donna de Lago
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Richard Strauss (1864-1949)
1999 is the 50th Anniversary
of his death
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September 17 & 18 Familiar Favourites/Classics Hits from the Screen
Bart Folse conductor
Jean Johnson clarinet
R.Strauss Introduction from Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001: A Space Odyssey)
J.Strauss Emperor Waltz (The Last Emperor)
Albinoni Adagio (Gallipoli)
Barber Adagio for Strings (Platoon)
Mozart Adagio from Clarinet Concerto (Out of Africa)
Saint-Saëns Finale from Symphony No.3 "Organ"
John Williams Star Wars
The Inkpot reviews...
Mozart Wind Concerti
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September 24 & 25 Subscription Series
Bart Folse conductor
Greta Feeney soprano. Chin Yong tenor
David Arnold bass
Singapore Symphony Chorus
Haydn The Creation (Sung in English)
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September 25 (Saturday 2pm, 3:15pm, 4:30pm, 6pm) Young People's Concerts/It's Carnival Time at the SSO
Lim Yau conductor
Margaret Chen narrator
Mime Unlimited
Weber Abu Hassan Overture
Saint-Saëns Carnival of the Animals
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The Inkpot reviews...
Mendelssohn's Italian Symphony
on period instruments!
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October 1 & 2 Great Classics/Mendelssohn Plus!
Lim Yau conductor
Lim Shue Churn violin
Roussel Le Festin de l'araignée (The Spider's Feast)
Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor, op.64
Mendelssohn Symphony No.4 in A major, op.90 "Italian"
Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1842)
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Benjamin Frith on the Inkpot!
Mendelssohn Piano Concerti
Weber Piano Concerti
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October 8 & 9 Subscription Series/Last Thoughts.../Great Classics
Wang Jin conductor
Benjamin Frith piano
Brahms Haydn Variations, op.56a
Chopin Piano Concerto No.2 in F minor, op.21
Tchaikovsky Symphony No.6 in B minor, op.74 "Pathétique"
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October 10 (Sunday) Open-Air Concert at Botanic Gardens
Bart Folse conductor
Programme to be announced. Free Admission.
More Inkpot reviews:
Brahms Haydn Variations and Symphonies
Chopin Piano Concerti
Toscanini conducts the "Pathétique" |
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Jean Sibelius
(1865-1957)
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October 15 & 16 Subscription Series/Great Classics/Prodigy Series
Richard Westerfield conductor
Wendy Law cello
Shostakovich Suite from Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk
Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto No.1 in A minor, op.33
Sibelius Symphony No.2 in D major, op.43
More Inkpot reviews:
Saint-Saëns Cello Concerti
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October 17 Casual Concert
Richard Westerfield conductor
Wendy Law cello
Saint-Saëns Cello Concerto No.1 in A minor, op.33
Sibelius Symphony No.2 in D major, op.43
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October 22 & 23 Familiar Favourites/Baroque Classics
Bart Folse conductor
Ali Pengili oboe. Evgueni Brokmiller flute
Jiri Heger viola
Bach Brandenburg Concerto No.3 in G major, BWV 1048
Albinoni Oboe Concerto No.2 in D minor, op.9
Telemann Viola Concerto in G major
Handel Water Music Suite No.1 in F major
Inkpot goes Baroque!
The Brandenburg Concerti
Handel's Water Music
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October 29 & 30 Subscription Series/Last Thoughts...
Claudio Scimone conductor
Uto Ughi violin
Rossini Overture to La Cenerentola (Cinderella)
Mozart Symphony No.41 in C major, K551 "Jupiter"
Verdi La Traviata: Prelude to Act 1
Brahms Violin Concerto in D major, op.77
More Inkpot reviews:
Mozart: Symphonies 40 & 41
Vengerov plays Brahms Violin Concerto
Mutter plays Brahms Violin Concerto
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From the ISN:
Sibelius Seven: Recordings Survey
Sibelius' Farewell: The Tempest
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November 5 & 6 Subscription Series/Last Thoughts...
Okko Kamu conductor
Roger Muraro piano
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, op.18
Sibelius The Tempest Suites Nos.1 & 2
Sibelius Symphony No.7 in C, op.105
Sergei Rachmaninov
(1873-1943)
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November 9 (Tuesday) Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Kees Bakels conductor
Antje Weithass violin
Nielsen Maskerade Overture
Sibelius Violin Concerto in D minor, op.47
Tchaikovsky Manfred, op.85
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Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)
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November 10 (Wednesday) Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra
Kees Bakels conductor
Tamas Benkocs bassoon
Adams The Chairman Dances: Foxtrot for Orchestra
Mozart Bassoon Concerto in B-flat major, K191
Mahler Symphony No.1 in D major "Titan"
Inkpot Mahleria:
Kubelik's Mahler 1
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November 12 & 13 Subscription Series/Greeting Cards
Okko Kamu conductor
Silvia Marcovici violin
John Howard Greeting Card "There the Dance is"
Bartok Violin Concerto No.2
R.Strauss Don Juan, op.20
Brahms Hungarian Dances
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More Inkpot reviews:
Penderecki's Violin Concerto No.2
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November 19 & 20 Subscription Series/Great Classics
Jerzy Maksymiuk conductor
Vadim Sakharov piano
Penderecki Polymorphia for Strings
Beethoven Piano Concerto No.5 in E-flat major, op.73 "Emperor"
Kodaly Variations on a Hungarian Folksong "The Peacock"
de Falla Three-Cornered Hat - Suite No.2
Krzysztof Penderecki (b.1933)
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November 26 & 27 Subscription Series/Last Thoughts...
Shui Lan conductor
Hae-Jung Kim piano
R.Strauss Metamorphosen
Mozart Piano Concerto No.21 in C major, K467
Mozart Symphony No.39 in E-flat major, K543
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Igor Stravinsky with
Nijinsky as Petrushka
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November 27 (Saturday 3pm, 4:15pm, 5:30pm) Young People's Concerts/Hurrah for Elephants!
Bart Folse conductor
Koh Chieng Mun narrator
Stravinsky Circus Polka for a Young Elephant
Poulenc The Story of Babar
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December 3 & 4 Subscription Series/Prodigy Series/Greeting Cards
Shui Lan conductor
Tang Tee Khoon violin
Bernard Tan Greeting Card
Paganini Violin Concerto No.2 in B minor "La Campanella"
Stravinsky Petrushka
Bernstein conducts
Stravinsky's Petrushka
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December 7, 8 & 9 (Tues-Thursday) SSO Chamber Concerts/The Ten Beethoven Violin Sonatas
Dennis Lee piano
Chua Lik Wuk · Yew Shan · Foo Say Ming · Seow Jin Chong · William Tan violins (solo)
Dec 7 Nos.1, 2, 3 & 4 (Chua, Foo, Seow)
Dec 8 Nos.5 "Spring", 6 & 10 (Chua, Foo, Tan)
Dec 9 Nos.7, 8 & 9 "Kreutzer" (Yew, Seow, Tan)
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December 10 & 11 Subscription Series/Last Thoughts...
Shui Lan conductor
Li Wei Qin cello
Schumann Cello Concerto in A minor, op.129
Mahler Symphony No.9 in D major
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There's No
Turning Bach Nowtm
250 Years of J.S.Bach
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December 16, 18M & 18 (Thursday; Saturday 5pm & 8:15pm) Christmas Concerts
Bart Folse conductor
Yee Ee-Ping soprano
Singapore Symphony Chorus
Monteverdi Opening from Vespers
Bach Cantata BWV 51 "Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen"
Villa-Lobos Bachianas brasileiras No.5 for soprano and 8 cellos (first movement)
Poulenc Gloria
Hutchinson A Choral Symphony
Bart Folse Hodie: A Christmas Suite for soprano, chorus, orchestra & audience.
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
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