Enliven your festive season with the glorious music of the SSO

Dutch conductor Lawrence Renes and Canadian violin virtuoso James Ehnes both make welcome returns to Singapore in this all-Beethoven programme of concert hall favourites. From the militant resolve of the Coriolan Overture to the lyrical serenity of his Violin Concerto, to the exuberant finesse of the Fourth Symphony, this promises to be a delight from start to finish.

Singapore Symphony Orchestra / Lawrence Renes, conductor / James Ehnes, violin

$100, $75, $55, $40, $30, $15

Lights, music, MAGIC! Hop on a magical musical meander through a musician’s life of ups and downs, accompanied by orchestral music of fantasy and whimsy. Bring your kids to help popular Hong Kong magician Harry Wong save our weary young maestro from despair and reignite his deep love of music.

Features magician performing magic tricks with classical music performed by the orchestra. Uncle Harry will invite some children on stage to be part of a magic act. Recommended for ages 4 and above. No admission for infants-in-arms. No admission without a ticket.

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Singapore Symphony Orchestra / Joshua Tan, conductor / Harry Wong, magician

$35, $25 (Family package available)

What did music sound like 250 years ago? Just like Mozart’s enchanting Symphony No. 29 – written in 1774 when he was already a master of his art at the age of 18. Mozart’s horn concertos are still hailed as the best in their genre today – let the Singapore Symphony’s Principal Horn Austin Larson show you why, with his take on the most famous of the four. SSO Associate Conductor Rodolfo Barráez leads this eloquent survey of Mozart’s melodic gifts and charming humour, complemented with the resplendent gravity of his Great G minor Symphony.

Singapore Symphony Orchestra / Rodolfo Barráez, Associate Conductor / Austin Larson, horn

$100, $75, $55, $40, $30, $15

The distinguished Stephen Layton, one of the finest choral conductors of our time, returns to direct the Singapore Symphony in this jubilant offering of choral artistry. The celebratory beauty of Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols for voices and harp shares the stage with the otherworldly choral aurora of Rautavaara, before turning to the classics of radiant Mozart, heavenly Bach and the titular piece, Vivaldi’s sparkling Gloria.

Singapore Symphony Youth Choir / Singapore Symphony Children’s Choir / Singapore Symphony Orchestra / Stephen Layton, conductor / Wong Lai Foon, Choirmaster

$100, $75, $55, $40, $30, $15

Manuel de Falla’s Nights in the Gardens of Spain is a haunting depiction of nocturnal scenes and sultry moods of Andalusia. Spanish pianist Javier Perianes stars in this twilit work where piano melds with orchestra to evoke moonlight, flamenco and guitar amidst the perfume of night. The outstanding British conductor Vasily Petrenko leads the SSO in this attractive programme framed by Tchaikovsky’s luxurious Serenade for Strings and Beethoven’s vigorous Seventh Symphony, the “apotheosis of the dance”.

Singapore Symphony Orchestra / Vasily Petrenko, conductor / Javier Perianes, piano

$100, $75, $55, $40, $30, $15

Finland awakes! With his mighty Finlandia, Sibelius lit afire the Finns' spirit of independence, paving the way for generations of musicians to advance Finnish music. Among them was Einojuhani Rautavaara, who melded nature and orchestra through technology to create his otherworldly concerto for birds and orchestra, Cantus Arcticus.

From Petrushka, Stravinsky also expanded the possibilities of 20th century music, taking ballet into a new world of sound and rhythm.

Singapore National Youth Orchestra / Peter Stark, Principal Guest Conductor

$25, $20

The SSO Christmas Concert returns to the Victoria Concert Hall this December – and so does Handel’s popular oratorio Messiah, the Baroque staple of the yuletide season. Join the Singapore Symphony Chorus, Children's Choir, Orchestra and Associate Conductor Rodolfo Barráez for this joyous offering of majestic choruses and festive carols to mark the year’s end with the best of notes!

Singapore Symphony Orchestra / Singapore Symphony Chorus / Singapore Symphony Children’s Choir / Rodolfo Barráez, Associate Conductor / Eudenice Palaruan, Choral Director / Wong Lai Foon, Choirmaster / Victoria Songwei Li, soprano / Jade Tan, mezzo-soprano / Anders Kampmann, tenor / Steffen Bruun, bass

$188, $128, $98, $78, $58, $48

End the year with famed British cello virtuoso Steven Isserlis as he brings to our stage the dark energy and raw frenzy of Kabalevsky’s Cello Concerto No. 2, written just 60 years ago. Swiss maestro Mario Venzago returns to lead the Singapore Symphony Orchestra in his own completed version of the most famous “Unfinished Symphony” in all music history – Schubert’s Eighth, a sublime statement of reverence and nobility that was never played during his life.

Singapore Symphony Orchestra / Mario Venzago, conductor / Steven Isserlis, cello

$100, $75, $55, $40, $30, $15

Opening with the Suite for Two Violins by Grazyna Bacewicz, this lively piece is a vibrant beacon of light with which she kept up the spirits of her people during the days of war-torn Poland. Following this, Glazunov’s colourful Five Novelettes spark delights in the manner of Spanish, Hungarian and Oriental dance, before the piano joins in during the sumptuous melodies of Glinka’s Grand Sextet. This attractive programme performed by musicians of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra will bring a smile to your Thursday night.

Zhao Tian, violin / Zhang Si Jing, violin / Chan Yoong-Han, violin / Jin Li, violin / Marietta Ku, viola / Luo Biao, viola / Yu Jing, cello / Guo Hao, cello / Karen Yeo, double bass / Low Shao Ying, piano

$20

Popular Taiwanese violinist Yu-Chien Benny Tseng makes a welcome return to Singapore to play the crown jewel of violin concertos, the Mendelssohn. Beethoven’s mighty Eroica Symphony forms the second half of this Romantic programme led by Canadian maestro Julian Kuerti, opening with Ligeti’s loving tribute to Romanian folk music.

Singapore Symphony Orchestra / Julian Kuerti, conductor / Yu-Chien Benny Tseng, violin

$100, $75, $55, $40, $30, $15

The Klais Pipe Organ of the Victoria Concert Hall stars in a programme of fanfares, toccatas and even a Singaporean classic arranged for organ. Performing are an array of young musicians as little as 10, showcasing their skills at the organ as well as with their voices.

Isaac Koh, organ / Holly Yang, organ / Max Zuo, organ / Melina Leong, soprano / Raeanne Wong, soprano

$10