SSO Christmas Concert (Online)
A Shining Star on the Highest Place
Fri / 18 Dec 20 / 8.00pm
SISTIC Live [Online]
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Programme Brochure
Synopsis
Merry Christmas! 2020 has been a year of many unusual memories, but the SSO won’t let it pass without our annual musical gathering of yuletide cheer. Join us and the Singapore Symphony Choruses in our special year-end celebration, featuring Baroque classics by Bach, Handel and Vivaldi as well as contemporary Christmas carols by popular choral music composer John Rutter. The show is directed by our "Count On Me, Singapore" director, Eric Wong. We wish you musical joy, harmony and peace on Earth!
FORMAT: SISTIC Live stream on 18 Dec 2020. Concert begins at 8pm with countdown lobby open at 7.30pm. Viewable until 8 Jan 2021, 8pm.
Programme Brochure
Featuring
Singapore Symphony Orchestra / Joshua Tan, Associate Conductor / Kong Zhao Hui, violin^ / Singapore Symphony Choruses / Eudenice Palaruan, Choral Director / Wong Lai Foon, Choirmaster / Ng Pei-Sian, master of ceremonies / Eric Wong, Video Creative DirectorProgramme
| Handel | And the Glory of the Lord from Messiah* |
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| J.S. Bach | Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring from Cantata No. 147* |
| John Rutter | Angel’s Carol* |
| John Rutter | I Wish You Christmas* |
| Traditional | Sussex Carol (arr. Bradford)* |
| Traditional | We Wish You A Merry Christmas (arr. Rutter)* |
| J.S. Bach | Aria (Air on the G String, arr. Stokowski) |
| Traditional | Carol of the Bells/God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen^ (arr. M. Riley) |
| Bridge | A Christmas Dance “Sir Roger de Coverley” |
| Vaughan Williams | Fantasia on Greensleeves |
| Vivaldi | Winter from The Four Seasons^ |
*With the Singapore Symphony Chorus, Youth Choir and Children’s Choir
Duration: approximately 1 hr
Tickets
Ticket sales will begin on 14 Oct 2020, 10am and end on 8 Jan 2021, 6pm.
Pay-as-you-wish: $10, $20, $30, $50^
^before booking fees: $0.50 for tickets $10 and below, $1 for tickets $10.01 to $20, $3 for tickets $20.01 to $40, $4 for tickets above $40.
Discounts and Promotions
- Only applicable with valid promo code
- For the latest Donor’s Discount code, please email director_development@sso.org.sg.