Free Lunchtime & Community Concerts, St Concert In The Gardens
Join us for four free concerts from 17 – 21 July! A fun and family-friendly one-hour programme awaits in each concert. Highlights include the famous Barber of Seville Overture, a musical portrait of Singapore by Kelly Tang, plus four lively pieces of musical candy by beloved light classical composers Leroy Anderson and Hans Christian Lumbye, including the cheerful Bugler’s Holiday and the chugging train of the Copenhagen Steam Railway Galop.
The concerts will be held at the Victoria Concert Hall (17 July), MPC @ Khatib (18 July) and Agape Concert Hall (PLMGS, 19 July), plus an open-air Straits Times Concert in the Gardens on Sunday, 21 July, at the Singapore Botanic Gardens’ Shaw Foundation Symphony Stage, under the SPH Gift of Music Series. Hebrides, the Violin Concerto, the Scottish Symphony - three of Mendelssohn's finest classics, each embodying his Romantic spirit, inventiveness and vibrant capacity for melody. Spanish-Catalan conductor Josep Pons directs the SSO with our guest soloist, the young American violinist Stefan Jackiw, described by The Strad as "truly sensational, showing a talent and maturity that belie[s] his years".
SSO In Your Community - Northwest Singapore
Joshua Tan, conductor
Thu / 18 Jul 19 / 7.30pm
MPC@Khatib
Residents of Yishun, Khatib, Mandai and Sembawang, join us for a one-hour free concert this July! A fun and family-friendly programme awaits, with the famous Barber of Seville Overture, Russian ballet treats, a musical portrait of Singapore by Kelly Tang, plus four lively pieces of musical candy, including the chugging whoo-whoo train of the Copenhagen Steam Railway Galop. Bring your friends and family - admission is free!
FeaturingJoshua Tan, conductor
ProgrammeOverture to The Barber of Seville | Rossini |
|---|---|
Selections from The Golden Age Ballet Suite | Dmitri Shostakovich (Shostakovich) |
Tea for Two (Tahiti Trot) | Vincent Youmans |
Selections from The Limpid Stream Ballet Suite | Dmitri Shostakovich (Shostakovich) |
Sketches of Singapore | Kelly Tang |
Bugler's Holiday | Leroy Anderson |
Fiddle-Faddle | |
Copenhagen Steam Railway Galop | Hans Christian Lumbye (Lumbye) |
Champagne Galop | |
Please contact the Media Officer for photographs and interviews.
TICKET INFORMATION
Admission is free.
*Tickets for July 17 concert at the Victoria Concert Hall will be distributed from 11.30 am in the ground floor lobby on a first-come, first-served basis. Please note that tickets cannot be collected on behalf of persons not present. The VCH concert is suitable for ages 5 and above. No admission for infants-in-arms.
No tickets are required for admission to concerts at MPC@Khatib and Agape Concert Hall.*
For press enquiries, please contact:
Singapore Symphony Group
80 Bencoolen Street, NAFA Tower Block
#08-01 Singapore 189655
T +65 6602 4221
cindy@sso.org.sg
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