S in g a p or e S y m p h o n y orc he s t r a
1 September 2019 Esplanade Concert Hall
What We’re Playing Today VARIOUS Peter and the Wolf in Hollywood Prequel
PROKOFIEV Peter and the Wolf, Op.67
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J O S HU A TAN conductor
S ing a p or e S y mp hon y Or c he s t r a
HELLO! The Singapore Symphony Orchestra (SSO) was born in 1979 - the orchestra first started playing music 40 years ago! We have many musicians. Some play string instruments (like violin and cello), wind instruments (like flute and trumpet) and percussion (like drums and cymbals). At the orchestra, we want to make beautiful music that will touch your heart and make your life more colourful. The SSO usually plays in a concert hall like this one you’re sitting in. But we want to show everyone how beautiful classical music is, so sometimes we have concerts in schools near your home. Sometimes we even play in the Botanic Gardens you can have a picnic while listening to the music! Our big concerts are held at the Esplanade Concert Hall - the giant durian! That’s a big concert hall that can fit 1,800 people. But when we want to play small pieces of chamber music or when we play fun music for everybody or for families like yours, we will come back to the beautiful Victoria Concert Hall, our beloved Home of the SSO.
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 Lianhe Zaobao. Joshua has also won numerous awards and scholarships, including the Second Prize of the 2008 Dimitris Mitropoulos International Competition, Bruno Walter Memorial Foundation Award, NAC-Shell Scholarship, SSO/ MOE Scholarship and he is the first-ever recipient of the Charles Schiff Conducting Prize from The Juilliard School for outstanding achievement. In 2011, Joshua received the Young Artist Award of Singapore. Adept with film/multimedia, he is a Disneyapproved conductor and gave the Asian premiere of Fantasia. Joshua has also conducted for the BBC’s Planet Earth Series. In opera and ballet, Joshua has conducted La traviata, Tosca, Rigoletto, Der fliegende Holländer, Lohengrin, Carmen, Don Giovanni, Manon Lescaut, Madama Butterfly, Così fan tutte, Swan Lake, Giselle and was also cover conductor for Christoph Eschenbach and Lorin Maazel. Joshua is presently Associate Conductor of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and Principal Conductor of the Singapore National Youth Orchestra. Joshua has studied with leading conductors James DePreist, Charles Dutoit, David Zinman and Kurt Masur and is a graduate of The Juilliard School and the Eastman School of Music (High Distinction).
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J A S ON MILL S
narrator
foley artist
Mr. Ledbetter is well-known in Singapore as an experienced and entertaining educator and performer. He has hosted concert presentations for numerous musical organisations, including the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, The Philharmonic Orchestra, The Philharmonic Winds, The Philharmonic Winds Percussion Ensemble and Re:Mix, and has hosted events for the SSO, Singapore Press Holdings, and STADA. The Straits Times has described him as ‘that master of Masters of Ceremony’ and ‘An unexpected voice in music education.’
Jason Mills is a drummer, producer, composer, engineer, studio owner, and teacher who has been living and working in New York City for the last 21 years. Originally from Loudoun County, VA, he was hired in 1995 to be part of the (then-brand new) NYC cast of the Off-Broadway show STOMP, and has worked on and off with the show ever since in its lead role. In addition to thousands of shows at the Orpheum Theater in NYC, he has visited 12 countries on 5 continents with STOMP, and stars in the DVD version of the stage show: “STOMP Live”.
As an actor, Mr. Ledbetter has been seen on Channel 5’s ‘The Best That I Could Be’, and ‘Catch of the Day’.
Other highlights included a 1996 performance on the 68th Academy Awards, countless TV appearances worldwide, and the privilege of musically directing and choreographing STOMP's 2013 performance of “Cecilia” alongside Paul Simon on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon”, which made Fallon’s “Best of Musical Performances”.
On the Singapore stage he has appeared in: ‘Upstairs in the Sky’ (SRT Little Company), ‘Take Me Out’ (TG Productions), The Tempest, Macbeth, and Much Ado About Nothing (Singapore Repertory Theatre), Romeo and Juliet (Singapore Dance Theatre), and Shakespeare on Love (Wessex Theatre), where his performance was described as ‘excellent’ by The Straits Times. He has voiced the character ‘Dominic’ for the second season of Inspired Media’s ‘Stowaways’ series. Mr. Ledbetter’s original verse can be heard on the 2012 Singapore Symphony Orchestra recording of ‘Carnival of the Animals’. William’s professional qualifications include a Bachelor of Music from the Oberlin Conservatory, Acting certification from the National Shakespeare Conservatory, a Master’s degree in Drama Education from the National Institute of Education, and ACTA certification from WSQ.
Since 1998, Jason has helped to run STOMP auditions and trained dozens of new cast members. In addition to his work with STOMP, Jason is always an award-winning writer, producer, and artist. He has provided original music for the Atlantic Theater Company’s Off-Broadway production of “Scarcity”, written by Lucy Thurber and starring Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Johnston. Jason currently performs regularly with The Dan Band, Sasha Dobson, Candice Anitra, and Giants Are Small’s production of “Peter And The Wolf In Hollywood”, for which he provided “Live Sound Effects (Foley) Sound Design”.
SSO Mus ic i a n s Joshua Tan Associate Conductor Andrew Litton Principal Guest Conductor Choo Hoey Conductor Emeritus Lan Shui Conductor Laureate Eudenice Palaruan Choral Director Wong Lai Foon Choirmaster FIRST VIOLIN 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 Karen Tan William Tan Wei Zhe SECOND VIOLIN Michael Loh Associate Principal Hai-Won Kwok Fixed Chair Kong Xianlong Nikolai Koval* Chikako Sasaki* Margit Saur Ikuko Schiøler^ Shao Tao Tao Wu Man Yun* Xu Jue Yi* Ye Lin* Yeo Teow Meng Yin Shu Zhan* Zhang Si Jing* Zhao Tian*
VIOLA Zhang Manchin Principal Guan Qi Associate Principal Gu Bing Jie* Fixed Chair Marietta Ku Luo Biao Julia Park Shui Bing Janice Tsai Wang Dandan Yang Shi Li
BASS CLARINET Tang Xiao Ping Assistant Principal
CELLO Ng Pei-Sian Principal Yu Jing Associate Principal Guo Hao Fixed Chair Chan Wei Shing Jamshid Saydikarimov Khachatur Khachatryan^ Song Woon Teng Wang Yan Wang Zihao* Wu Dai Dai Zhao Yu Er
HORN Han Chang Chou Principal Gao Jian Associate Principal Jamie Hersch Associate Principal Marc-Antoine Robillard Associate Principal Hoang Van Hoc
DOUBLE BASS Yang Zheng Yi Associate Principal Karen Yeo Fixed Chair Olga Alexandrova Jacek Mirucki Guennadi Mouzyka Wang Xu FLUTE Jin Ta Principal Evgueni Brokmiller Associate Principal Roberto Alvarez Miao Shanshan Wang Tong^ PICCOLO Roberto Alvarez Assistant Principal OBOE Rachel Walker Principal Pan Yun Associate Principal Carolyn Hollier Elaine Yeo COR ANGLAIS Elaine Yeo Associate Principal
BASSOON Wang Xiaoke Principal Liu Chang Associate Principal Christoph Wichert Zhao Ying Xue CONTRA BASSOON Zhao Ying Xue Assistant Principal
TRUMPET Jon Paul Dante Principal David Smith Associate Principal Lau Wen Rong Sergey Tyuteykin Jun Ikebe^ TROMBONE Allen Meek Principal Damian Patti Associate Principal Samuel Armstrong BASS TROMBONE Wang Wei Assistant Principal Tuba Tan Yao Cong^ TIMPANI Christian Schiøler Principal Jonathan Fox Associate Principal PERCUSSION Jonathan Fox Principal Mark Suter Associate Principal Mario Choo Lim Meng Keh HARP Gulnara Mashurova Principal
CLARINET Ma Yue Principal Li Xin Associate Principal Liu Yoko Tang Xiao Ping
* With deep appreciation to the Rin Collection for their generous loan of string instruments ~ Lynnette Seah performs on a J.B. Guadagnini of Milan, c. 1750, donated by the National Arts Council, Singapore, with the support of Far East Organization and Lee Foundation ^ Musician on temporary contract Musicians listed alphabetically by family name rotate their seats on a per programme basis.
Help Peter escape the Wolf!
In the story of Peter and the Wolf, the different characters are played by the instruments in the orchestra. Match the correct instruments to the characters!
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Cat
Wolf
Oboe
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Based on Sergei Prokofiev’s classic with a prequel by Giants Are Small Co-directed and created by Doug Fitch and Edouard Getaz Prequel written by Stephen Greco Live sound effects design by Jason Mills and John Sawicki Sound effects supervisor: Morgan Millogo Produced by Edouard Getaz A co-production by Giants Are Small and Dreampixies Visuals produced by Edouard Getaz and Frederic Gumy Executive Producer: James R. Smith Audio album by Deutsche Grammophon / Universal Music App available on the App Store www.peterandthewolfinhollywood.com Performance edition of the prequel music arranged by Matthias Spindler (compofactur.com) Peter and the Wolf in Hollywood. Adaptation by Giants Are Small based on Sergei Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf. © Prokofiev estate. Used under license in territories where Peter and the Wolf is subject to copyright protection / All visuals and prequel text © 2015 Giants Are Small LP. All rights reserved.
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