23, 24 十一月 November 2012 星期五和六 Friday & Saturday 8pm 新加坡华乐团音乐厅 SCO Concert Hall 琵琶三人行 I & II Three Pipas in Harmony I & II 鸣谢 Acknowledgements 我们向所有以各种方式支持与协助新加坡华乐团的机构与热心人士致谢。 We wish to thank the media and all who have contributed to the Singapore Chinese Orchestra in one way or another. Series Sponsor Official Credit Card Hotel Partner for Ofcial Concert Hotel Music Director Official Newspaper Official Radio Station Official tv Programme Official Community Partner 新加坡华乐团有限公司 指挥: 葉聰 Singapore Chinese Orchestra Company Limited Conductor: Tsung Yeh 7 Shenton Way, Singapore Conference Hall, Singapore 068810 email: [email protected] 琵琶: 张强、杨靖、俞嘉 www.sco.com.sg Pipa: Zhang Qiang, Yang Jing, Yu Jia 我们的展望 我们的使命 我们的价值观 Our Vision We aspire to be a world renowned Chinese Orchestra with a uniquely Singaporean character Our Mission To inspire Singapore and the World with our music Our Values S trive for excellence in our performances C ommitted to teamwork O pen to innovation and learning 董事局 Board of Directors September 2012 › September 2014 赞助人 Patron Mr Lee Hsien Loong Prime Minister 名誉主席 Honorary Chairman Mr Chew Keng Juea Mr Robin Hu Yee Cheng 主席 Chairman Mr Patrick Lee Kwok Kie 董事 Directors Mr Choo Thiam Siew Mr Patrick Goh A/P Ho Chee Kong Mr Kwee Liong Keng Mr Lau Kam Yuen Mr Lim Jim Koon Ms Lim Sau Hoong Mr Victor Lye Mr Ng Siew Quan Mr Seng Han Thong Ms Tan Choo Leng Ms Yvonne Tham Mr Till Vestring 3 琵琶三人行 I 琵琶三人行 II Three Pipas in Harmony I Three Pipas in Harmony II 23 November 2012 24 November 2012 指挥: 葉聰 Conductor: Tsung Yeh 指挥: 葉聰 Conductor: Tsung Yeh 琵琶: 张强、杨靖、俞嘉 Pipa: Zhang Qiang, Yang Jing, Yu Jia 琵琶: 张强、杨靖、俞嘉 Pipa: Zhang Qiang, Yang Jing, Yu Jia 11’25’’ 6’ 海青拿天鹅 The Eagle Catching the Swan Luo Zhong Rong 玉堂春 Yu Tang Chun Wu Hou Yuan 8’45’’ 9’ 彝族舞曲 Dance of Yi People Wang Hui Ran 塞上曲 Song of the Frontier Ancient tune, score from : Pipa: Zhang Qiang Wu Meng Fei, arrangeD by Gao Wei Jie 19’25” : Pipa: Yang Jing 草原小姐妹 Little Sisters of the Grassland 第一段：草原放牧 ComposeD by Wu Zu Qiang, 1st Section: Herding at the Grassland Wang Yan Qiao, Liu De Hai, 19’25’’ 花木兰 Hua Mu Lan Gu Guan Ren 第二段：与暴风雨搏斗 arrangeD by Peng Xiu Wen 2nd Section: Fighting the Thunderstorm : Pipa: Zhang Qiang 第三段：在寒夜中前进 3rd Section: Advancing through the Freezing Night 休息 Intermission 15’ 第四段：党的关怀记心间 4th Section: The Party’s Care in Our Hearts 10’25’’ 第五段：千万朵红花遍地开 天鹅 Swans 5th Section: Red Blossoms Everywhere ComposeD by Liu De Hai, arrangeD by Qu Chun Quan : Pipa: Yu Jia : Pipa: Yu Jia 休息 Intermission 15’ 11’25’’ 海青拿天鹅 The Eagle Catching the Swan Luo Zhong Rong 19’ 琴瑟破 Qin Se Po Jin Xiang 倾杯乐和胡旋舞(世界首演) 15’ : Pipa: Yang Jing Joy of a Toast & Whirling Dance (World Premiere) Kuan Nai-chung 6’ : Pipa: Zhang Qiang, Yang Jing, Yu Jia 玉堂春 Yu Tang Chun Wu Hou Yuan 倾杯乐和胡旋舞(世界首演) 15’ Joy of a Toast & Whirling Dance (World Premiere) Kuan Nai-chung : Pipa: Zhang Qiang, Yang Jing, Yu Jia 2 2 Approximate concert duration: 2hrs Approximate concert duration: 2hrs 4 5 新加坡华乐团 Singapore Chinese Orchestra 78 Inaugurated in 1997, the Singapore Chinese Orchestra (SCO), comprising of 78 musicians, is Singapore’s only 2003 1997 professional Chinese orchestra as well as a flagship local arts group. Its patron is Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. 2006 Taking on the twin role of preserving traditional arts 1998 2000 and culture and establishing new frontiers through the incorporation of exotic Southeast Asian cultural artefacts, 2005 its home is the Singapore Conference Hall, a prime performance venue in the financial district. 2007 Since its inception, SCO has impressed a broadening audience with its blockbuster presentations and is fast establishing itself among its counterparts around the world. In 2002, it staged a symphonic fantasy epic Marco Polo and Princess Blue as part of the opening festival of Esplanade concert halls in Guangzhou, Zhongshan and Shenzhen. – Theatres on the Bay. The following year, SCO produced These international platforms provided SCO with the a musical and visual conversation with Singapore’s most opportunities to showcase its talents, propelling it to the 2002 eminent multi-disciplinary artist Tan Swie Hian at the forefront of the international music arena. Singapore Arts Festival 2003. The Orchestra celebrated Singapore’s 39th National Day in 2004 with a spectacular In line with its vision to be a world-renowned people’s concert – Our People, Our Music – featuring over 2,300 orchestra, SCO widens its outreach by performing regularly local music enthusiasts at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. at various national parks, communities and schools. SCO 2003 In 2005, it produced a mega musical production, Admiral also commissions its own compositions and in 2006 and of the Seven Seas, as part of the Singapore Arts Festival 2011, organised the Singapore International Competitions 2005. In 2007, SCO was part of the 240-strong combined 2006 2011 for Chinese Orchestral Composition that incorporates 2004 39 orchestra that performed at the Singapore National Day Nanyang musical elements from Southeast Asia. In 2012, 2300 Parade. In the Singapore Arts Festival 2008, SCO joined SCO organised Singapore’s first 23-day National Chinese hands with Theatreworks to present the groundbreaking 2012 Orchestra Marathon, a spectacular feat that drew the 2005 production Awaking, which brought together Kunqu opera 23 participation of 31 local Chinese orchestras participated with 600 music and Elizabethan music. In 2009, SCO made history 31 over 44 performances and an audience of 20,000. It is with by becoming the first Chinese orchestra to perform in this vision that SCO continues to inspire, influence, educate 2007 the opening week of the Edinburgh Festival, and in 2010, and communicate through its music. performed in Paris as part of the Singapour Festivarts. Well-known for its high performance standards and versatility, the SCO has performed at numerous 2008 prestigious events such as the World Economic Forum and International Summit of Arts Council in 2003, and the 2006 International Monetary Fund (IMF) Annual Meeting. The orchestra also toured Beijing, Shanghai and Xiamen 2009 in 1998 and Taiwan in 2000. In 2005, it performed at the Budapest Spring Festival, the Singapore Season in 2010 London and Gateshead. In 2007, SCO performed at the Beijing Music Festival, as well as in Shanghai as part of the Singapore Season in the China Shanghai International Arts Festival. SCO was also invited to perform at the Macau International Music Festival, as well as at major 6 7 葉聰 音乐总监 Endowment Conductor of the Saint Louis Symphony – Orchestra. He served as Resident Conductor of Florida Orchestra and was the Principal Guest Conductor of Albany Tsung Yeh – Music Director Symphony Orchestra of New York. He is the Principal Conductor of the Hua Xia Ensemble in Beijing and is one of the founders of the Shanghai New Ensemble. Tsung Yeh started learning the piano at the age of five. 51979 He began his study of conducting at the Shanghai 1981 Conservatory of Music in 1979, and two years later won a full scholarship to the Mannes College of Music in New 2002 Tsung Yeh joined the Singapore Chinese Orchestra (SCO) York where he received the Academic Excellence Award as Music Director in January 2002. Under his direction, 1983 upon graduation. In 1983, he began his post-graduate SCO expanded its repertoire with innovative works such as study at Yale University under Otto Werner-Mueller. He Marco Polo and Princess Blue – A Symphonic Epic, Instant is also studied conducting with Max Rudolf, Leonard Slatkin, a Millennium – A Musical Conversation with Tan Swie Hian, Murry Sidlin, Sidney Harth, Han Zhong Jie, Huang Yi Jun The Grandeur of Tang, Thunderstorm, Admiral of the Seven and Cao Peng. Seas and Awaking. In Awaking, he melded Shakespeare and Tang Xianzu’s plays into one, elevating Chinese orchestral In May 2001, Tsung Yeh conducted the Paris-Shanghai music to a higher level. Duplex Concert – a collaboration of the French National Symphony Orchestra and Shanghai Broadcasting Orchestra As Music Director of Singapore’s National Day Parade – that was broadcast via satellite to millions of viewers in 2007, Tsung Yeh conceptualised a symphonic music Europe and Asia. His previous engagements include San 2007 structure with supreme, textured virtuosity that incensed 2e2m Francisco, Tucson and New Haven Symphonies, Calgary the national pride in the air. 240 musicians from the SCO, and Rochester Philharmonic, and orchestras from Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO), Singapore Armed 2001 Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hong Kong, 2 7000 Forces (SAF) Central Band, Malay and Indian ensemble, 5 Taipei, Taichung, Japan, France, Poland, Russia and Nanyin ensemble and a chorus performed under his Czech Republic. baton before an audience of 27,000 and millions of television viewers. With his growing reputation as a conducting teacher, Tsung Yeh is currently guest professor in both the China His perseverance and diligence have brought SCO’s and Shanghai Conservatory of Music. He has been one performances to new heights, both musically and of the Artistic Directors of the Symphonic Workshop Ltd technically. Between March and April 2005, he led the in the Czech Republic since 1992, and has also taught orchestra on a tour to Europe at Barbican Center in London, 1992 conducting workshops hosted by the Conductors Guild, 2005 The Sage Gateshead and the Budapest Spring Festival. The League of American Orchestras and the Musik In October 2007, SCO performed at the Beijing Music Hochschule of Zurich. As a recording artist, Tsung Yeh Festival, China Shanghai International Arts Festival, has made various recordings under the HUGO, Delos 200710 Macau International Music Festival, as well as at major and Naxos labels.