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1979-2009 official official official official official airline hotel radio station postage sponsor outdoor media partners LEE FOUNDATION Supported by various corporate sponsors and individual donors, the Singapore Symphony Orchestra is a not-for-profi t company limited by guarantee and registered under the Charities Order. Ode to Joy sponsored by Singapore Symphony Orchestra Thu, 26 Nov 09 11 Empress Place, Victoria Concert Hall, Singapore 179558 Esplanade Concert Hall Company registration no: 197801125M Phone +65 6338 1230 (main) Fax +65 6336 6382 Performing Home of the SSO E-mail [email protected] Website www.sso.org.sg All Rights Reserved, National Library Board, Singapore For song title, key in 924 and SMS to 72346. Each SMS costs 30 cents. Service provided by MediaCorp Pte Ltd, 6877 7132. Symphony924 SDTnSSO Wave.indd 1 12/31/08 11:41:46 AM All Rights Reserved, National Library Board, Singapore 01 Message From Symphony 92.4fm Dear friends This year marks another milestone for the Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO) as it celebrates its 30th Anniversary, and Symphony 92.4FM, a MediaCorp station, is proud to be part of this event. We have specially selected this evening’s concert featuring Beethoven’s monumental 9th Symphony, aptly titled Ode To Joy, to celebrate our close partnership with the SSO over the past three decades, as the Offi cial Radio Station. Symphony 92.4FM reaches 227,000* listeners with the best of the classics each week. We keep listeners informed of the latest in the arts and music scene, promote young talents, and work with cultural organisations to bring the appreciation of the arts and classical music to an even wider audience. The collaboration between the SSO and Symphony 92.4FM, has served the needs of Singapore audience for quality music. We are proud to continue with this strong partnership to bring classical music to you, and to further enhance the cultural enrichment of the nation. We look forward to you tuning in to more exciting concert highlights and exclusive interviews with guest artistes of the SSO on Singapore’s premier classical music station, Symphony 92.4FM. We wish the SSO many more glorious years. Ms Jean C Tan Assistant Programme Director Symphony 92.4FM MediaCorp Pte Ltd *Source: Nielsen Media Research Diary Survey 2008 Wave 2 (Weekly Cumulative Listenership) All Rights Reserved, National Library Board, Singapore All Rights Reserved, National Library Board, Singapore Thu, 26 Nov 09 Beethoven Festival: Ode to Joy Singapore Symphony Orchestra Lan Shui conductor Juliane Banse soprano Carolin Masur mezzo-soprano Thomas Cooley tenor Wilhelm Schwinghammer bass Singapore Symphony Chorus Singapore Bible College Chorale Hallelujah Chorus Singapore Symphony Children’s Choir Lim Yau chorus master Ludwig van Beethoven Ah! Perfi do, Op. 65 13’00 Intermission 20’00 Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 ‘Choral’ 65’00 Concert Duration: 1 hr 50 min All Timings Indicated Are Approximate. All Rights Reserved, National Library Board, Singapore “Today it unquestionably ranks among the world’s best… A world- class orchestra that can switch between such radically divergent styles with virtuosic ease.” American Record Guide March/April 2007 All Rights Reserved, National Library Board, Singapore 05 Singapore Symphony Orchestra A premier Asian orchestra gaining recognition around the world, the Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO) aims to enrich the local cultural scene, serving as a bridge between the musical traditions of Asia and the West, and providing artistic inspiration, entertainment and education. A full-time professional orchestra with 96 members, the SSO now makes its performing home at the Esplanade Concert Hall, and also performs regularly at the Victoria Concert Hall and at other venues. Established in 1979, the SSO performs over 50 symphonic programmes a year. Its versatile repertoire spans the all-time favourites and orchestral masterpieces to exciting cutting-edge premieres, with Asian and Singaporean musicians and composers featuring prominently in the concert season. The SSO has toured America, China, Czech Republic, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Italy, Japan, France, Spain, Turkey and the United Kingdom. Since Maestro Lan Shui assumed the position of Music Director in 1997, the SSO has been distinguished by a high level of excellence and a rising international profi le. Choo Hoey, who was Music Director from 1979 to 1996, is credited for developing the SSO with his diverse programming. Among the SSO’s recordings under BIS are a number of CDs which have earned international acclaim, including a Seascapes album and the fi rst-ever cycle of Tcherepnin’s six piano concertos and four symphonies. The SSO has also recorded the music of Chen Yi, Zhou Long, Bright Sheng and Richard Yardumian, collaborating with such great artists as Gil Shaham, Evelyn Glennie, Cho-Liang Lin, Noriko Ogawa, Sharon Bezaly, Claude Delangle, Christian Lindberg and Martin Fröst. All Rights Reserved, National Library Board, Singapore All Rights Reserved, National Library Board, Singapore Lan Shui conductor Lan Shui joined the Singapore Symphony Orchestra as Music Director in 1997. He has brought the SSO to greater heights during his tenure, through several international tours and recordings for the BIS label. Lan Shui is also passionate about performing music by Asian and Singaporean composers. Lan Shui is also Chief Conductor of the Copenhagen Philharmonic. 2008 highlights include return appearances with the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie, Bamberg Symphony, Hong Kong Philharmonic, Aspen Festival and performances with the Aalborg Symphony where he is the Principal Guest Conductor. He has conducted many orchestras including the Baltimore Symphony, Frankfurt Radio Symphony, Stuttgart Radio Symphony, Calgary Philharmonic, Detroit Symphony, Houston Symphony, Malmö Symphony, Deutsche Symphony (Berlin), Danish Radio Symphony, National Orchestra of Loire (France), Bern Symphony, Munich Chamber Orchestra and Tampere Philharmonic. He has also performed at festivals including Tanglewood, Aspen, Bravo! Vail Valley, Round Top, Eastern Music, National Orchestra Institute and Casals Festivals. Born in Hangzhou, China, Lan Shui studied composition at the Shanghai Conservatory and graduated from the Beijing Central Conservatory, where he studied conducting with Xu Xin and Huang Fei Li. He made his professional conducting debut with Beijing’s Central Philharmonic Orchestra in 1986 and was later appointed Conductor of the Beijing Symphony. From 1986 he continued his graduate studies at Boston University and attended the Tanglewood Music Festival, where he worked closely with Leonard Bernstein. In 1990 he conducted the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s Summer Festival, where he came to the attention of David Zinman who in 1992 invited him to the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra as Conducting Affi liate for two seasons. From 1994 to 1997, he was Associate Conductor to Neeme Järvi at the Detroit Symphony. In the same period he assisted Kurt Masur at the New York Philharmonic, and worked with Boulez and the Cleveland Orchestra in Paris under the Young Conductors’ Project. Since 1998, Lan Shui has recorded over 16 CDs for the BIS label, including music by Arnold and Hindemith with the Malmö Symphony. His album with the Danish Radio Symphony, Movement, was nominated for the 2008 Grammy Awards. He is the recipient of several international awards from the Beijing Arts Festival, New York Tcherepnin Society, 37th Besançon Conductors Competition in France, Boston University (Distinguished Alumni Award) and Singapore (Cultural Medallion). All Rights Reserved, National Library Board, Singapore Juliane Banse soprano Juliane Banse made her operatic debut at the age of twenty as Pamina in Harry Kupfer’s staging of Die Zauberfl öte at the Komische Oper Berlin. One of her achievements has been the recording of Beethoven’s Fidelio with the Berlin Philharmonic under Sir Simon Rattle. Her most recent dazzling performance at the Bayerische Staatsoper was in 2008 as Ilia (Idomeneo) under conductor Kent Nagano on the occasion of the reopening of the Cuvilliés Theater. She has expanded her operatic repertoire recently with several large parts including the Countess in Figaro, Eva in the Meistersinger, as well as Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte and the title role in Schumann’s Genoveva. Born in the south of Germany, Juliane Banse spent her childhood in Zürich, Switzerland, began playing the violin at the age of fi ve, and later trained as a ballerina at the Opernhaus Zürich. She began singing at the age of 15, taking singing lessons initially with Paul Steiner, and later with Ruth Rohner at the Opernhaus Zürich. After completing her school education she continued her studies with Brigitte Fassbaender and also Daphne Evangelatos in Munich. The many famous conductors Banse has worked with include Claudio Abbado, Pierre Boulez, André Previn, Lorin Maazel, Riccardo Chailly, Leonard Slatkin, Bernard Haitink, Franz Welser-Möst, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Helmuth Rilling and Carlo Maria Giulini. Her most recent international engagements include concerts with Berg’s Sieben frühe Lieder at the Bolshoi Theatre Moscow, a fi rst performance of Mahler’s Eighth Symphony (2nd soprano) with the Tonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Mahler’s Fourth Symphony in Boston and a DVD production of Hunter’s Bride – based on Der Freischütz with the London Symphony Orchestra under Daniel Harding in London and Dresden as well as her performances as Ilia in Mozart’s Idomeneo at the Bavarian State Opera Munich. Juliane Banse’s numerous CD recordings include her Mozart and Debussy recording (ECM) with András Schiff and also her multi-award-winning recording of selected vocal works by Charles Koechlin with the SWR Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart (Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra) under Heinz Holliger (hänssler). A recording of Frank Martin’s Maria Triptychon was also released recently by ECM. All Rights Reserved, National Library Board, Singapore Carolin Masur mezzo-soprano Born in Berlin and brought up in Leipzig, Carolin Masur studied at the Hanns-Eisler Conservatory Berlin. She has participated in masterclasses with Brigitte Fassbaender, Hans Hotter, Sergej Leiferkus and Julia Varady.

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