Concerts for Children - Summon the Superheroes

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SUMMON THE SUPERHEROES 17 & 18 March 2018 Victoria Concert Hall

Concerts for Children: Summon The Superheroes Singapore Symphony Orchestra Joshua Tan, conductor Alasdair Malloy, presenter ALASDAIR MALLOY

Heroes Welcome 2’00

NEAL HEFTI & ROBERT HARRIS

Comic Strip Crusaders* 4’00

JOHN WILLIAMS

Raiders March* 4’00

ALAN MENKEN

Colours of the Wind* 3’00

MICHAEL GIACCHINO Arr. JOHN R. McEWAN

The Incredibles: Full Mayhem 7’00

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Handheld Heroes* 6’00

DANNY ELFMAN

Music from Spider-man 4’00

ALASDAIR MALLOY

Superhero 4’00

JOHN WILLIAMS

Superman March* 4’00

* Arranged by Alasdair Malloy

Supported by “Lim & Tan Securities – A Musical Discovery” is an outreach program to help underprivileged children discover the joy of music. Under this scheme, Lim & Tan Securities partners the SSO to provide free tickets for children to attend SSO concerts.

SINGAPORE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Since its founding in 1979, the Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO) has been Singapore’s flagship orchestra, touching lives through classical music and providing the heartbeat of the cultural scene in the cosmopolitan city-state. In addition to its subscription series concerts, the orchestra is well-loved for its outdoor and community appearances, and its significant role educating the young people of Singapore.

The SSO has also earned an international reputation for its orchestral virtuosity, having garnered sterling reviews for its overseas tours and many successful recordings.

The SSO makes its performing home at the 1,800-seat state-of-the-art Esplanade Concert Hall. More intimate works and all outreach and community performances take place at the 673-seat Victoria Concert Hall, the home of the SSO. The orchestra performs 100 concerts a year, and its versatile repertoire spans all-time favourites and orchestral masterpieces to exciting cutting-edge premieres.

Bridging the musical traditions of East and West, Singaporean and Asian musicians and composers are regularly showcased in the concert season.

Since Lan Shui assumed the position of Music Director in 1997, the SSO has performed in Europe, Asia and the United States. In May 2016, the SSO was invited to perform at the Dresden Music Festival and Prague Spring International Music Festival. In 2014 the SSO’s debut at the 120th BBC Proms in London received critical acclaim in the major UK newspapers The Guardian and Telegraph.

“This could be one of the great orchestras of the 21st century” The Spectator

J o shu a Ta n conductor Second Prize winner of the 2008 Dimitris Mitropoulos International Competition, Singaporean conductor Joshua Tan’s rise to prominence on the international scene has been marked by successful debuts in Carnegie Hall, Philharmonie Berlin, Mariinsky Hall, Bunkamura, Shanghai, Beijing and Taiwan. He was featured as the top Singaporean musical talent in 2009 by the Singapore newspaper, Lianhe Zaobao.

He has also won numerous awards and scholarships, including the Bruno Walter Memorial Foundation Award, NAC-Shell Scholarship, SSO/MOE Scholarship and is the first-ever recipient of the Charles Schiff Conducting Prize from The Juilliard School for outstanding achievement. In 2011, he received the Young Artist Award of Singapore.

Tan has studied with leading conductors James DePreist, Charles Dutoit, David Zinman and Kurt Masur.

He has conducted the Mariinsky Theater Orchestra, Beethoven Bonn Orchestra, St Petersburg State Symphony, Russiche Kammerphilharmonie, National Center for the Performing Arts Orchestra (NCPA), China Philharmonic, Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire, National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra, Tokyo Philharmonic and many more orchestras from China and Japan.

In opera, Tan has conducted La traviata, Tosca, Rigoletto, Il barbiere di Siviglia, La Cenerentola, Der fliegende Holländer, Lohengrin, Carmen, Don Giovanni, Manon Lescaut, Madama Butterfly, Così fan tutte and was also cover conductor for Christoph Eschenbach and Lorin Maazel. Adept with film/multimedia, Tan is a Disney-approved conductor and gave the Asian premiere of Fantasia. He has also conducted for the BBC’s Planet Earth Series.

Tan is presently Associate Conductor of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and Principal Conductor of the Guiyang Symphony Orchestra. He was Resident Conductor, NCPA Orchestra from 2009 to 2012.

Highlights of the 2016/17 season include debuts with Sinfonia Varsovia, Japan Century Orchestra, Swan Lake and Giselle in Tokyo, Turandot, L’elisir d’amore in Singapore. Tan is a graduate of The Juilliard School and the Eastman School of Music (High Distinction).

A l a sda ir M a l l oy presenter

Alasdair Malloy is a creative musician crossing musical boundaries working as a concert presenter, percussionist, glass harmonica player, programme deviser and arranger. He is highly acclaimed for producing unique educational and family concert programmes, covering everything from mathematics, science, and sport to magic, mystery and pirates.

As a concert presenter Alasdair regularly appears with the HallĂŠ, Ulster Orchestra, City of Birmingham and Bournemouth Symphony Orchestras, the Orchestra of Opera North, Sinfonia Viva, Oxford Philharmonic and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, as well as with major orchestras in Europe and Asia. In China, the premiere of his highly acclaimed programme ‘Bugs!!’ won the National Silver award for the best national performance for children, under the umbrella of Shanghai Sunspirit Cultural Development organisation. 2010 saw Alasdair make his USA debut with the Charlotte Symphony, to great acclaim.

Principal percussionist with the BBC Concert Orchestra for over 25 years, and a regular soloist with them, Alasdair incorporates percussion-inspired features within his own programmes. An active percussionist in other genres, he regularly arranges, records and performs with celebrated artists including Jarvis Cocker and Scott Walker. His 20th year of working with Mike Oldfield culminated in his performance at the London 2012 Olympic Games opening ceremony.

In July 2017, Alasdair was awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the University of the West of Scotland.

SSO Mu S iC i A n S Lan Shui Music Director JoShua Tan Associate Conductor JaSon Lai Associate Conductor andrew LiTTon Principal Guest Conductor Choo hoey Conductor Emeritus eudeniCe PaLaruan Choral Director

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Zhang Manchin Principal Guan Qi Associate Principal Gu Bing Jie* Fixed Chair Marietta Ku Luo Biao Julia Park Shui Bing Tan Wee-Hsin Janice Tsai Wang Dandan Yang Shi Li

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Han Chang Chou Principal Gao Jian Associate Principal Jamie Hersch Associate Principal Marc-Antoine Robillard Associate Principal Hoang Van Hoc^ Kartik Alan Jairamin

Ng Pei-Sian Principal Yu Jing Associate Principal Guo Hao Fixed Chair Chan Wei Shing Song Woon Teng Wang Yan Wang Zihao* Wu Dai Dai Zhao Yu Er douBLe BaSS

FirST VioLin Igor Yuzefovich° Concertmaster Lynnette Seah Co-Concertmaster Kong Zhao Hui* Associate Concertmaster Chan Yoong-Han Fixed Chair Cao Can* Chen Da Wei Duan Yu Ling Foo Say Ming Gu Wen Li Jin Li Cindy Lee Sui Jing Jing Karen Tan William Tan Wei Zhe SeCond VioLin Michael Loh Associate Principal Hai-Won Kwok Fixed Chair Nikolai Koval* Lee Shi Mei^ Chikako Sasaki* Margit Saur Shao Tao Tao Lillian Wang Wu Man Yun* Xu Jue Yi* Ye Lin* Yeo Teow Meng Yin Shu Zhan* Zhang Si Jing*

Guennadi Mouzyka Principal Yang Zheng Yi Associate Principal Karen Yeo Fixed Chair Olga Alexandrova Jacek Mirucki Wang Xu FLuTe Jin Ta Principal Evgueni Brokmiller Associate Principal Roberto Alvarez Miao Shanshan PiCCoLo

BaSSoon Liu Chang Associate Principal Christoph Wichert Zhao Ying Xue ConTra BaSSoon Zhao Ying Xue Assistant Principal horn

TruMPeT Jon Paul Dante Principal David Smith Associate Principal Lau Wen Rong Sergey Tyuteykin TroMBone Allen Meek Principal Damian Patti Associate Principal Samuel Armstrong BaSS TroMBone Wang Wei Assistant Principal TuBa Hidehiro Fujita Principal TiMPani

Roberto Alvarez Assistant Principal

Christian Schiøler Principal Jonathan Fox Associate Principal

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Jonathan Fox Principal Mark Suter Associate Principal Chinnabut Kaewkomin^ Lim Meng Keh Wang Shan^ Zhu Zheng Yi

Cor anGLaiS Elaine Yeo Associate Principal CLarineT Ma Yue Principal Li Xin Associate Principal Liu Yoko Tang Xiao Ping

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* With deep appreciation to the Rin Collection for their generous loan of string instruments. ° Igor Yuzefovich plays an instrument generously loaned by Mr & Mrs G K Goh ^ Musician on temporary contract Musicians listed alphabetically by family name rotate their seats on a per programme basis.

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