Singapore, 2 July 2019 (Tuesday) – July is a month of many firsts for the Singapore Chinese Orchestra (SCO). After a successful lunchtime concert at Mapletree Business City, the SCO Community Concert performs at Boon Keng for the very first time! Also known as the People’s Orchestra, the SCO has since brought her distinctive sound out of the concert hall, to the people, for the people. On 6 July 2019 (Saturday), 7.30pm, join SCO resident conductor Quek Ling Kiong at Boon Keng for Music in Harmony. Admission to the concert is free.
The concert will open with Singaporean composer Wang Chenwei’s Confluence, which expresses the rich local colours of Singapore through the fusion of Indian and Malay tunes – performed on Chinese instruments; portraying the vibrancy and harmonious coexistence of Singapore’s four main ethnic groups. The SCO will also perform Like a Swallow（如燕）, theme song to the popular television drama series The Little Nyonya which revolves the lives of a Peranakan family in Malacca, arranged by Tan Kah Yong.
In this concert, the SCO collaborates with Sriwana, one of Singapore’s oldest surviving Malay performing arts group in the local arts scene to perform Law Wai Lun’s Sixth Movement: The Vow from Admiral of the Seven Seas（海上第一人-郑和 之 海誓）. The SCO will also perform Nawaz Mirajkar’s composition, Soul of Damaru（达姆如之魄）, rearranged by Sim Boon Yew. In this work, audiences are in for a treat as we see a fusion of the tabla and bansuri together with the Chinese orchestra by Nawaz Mirajkar and the Swarhythm Ensemble – a group of multiracial talented musicians based in Singapore. Together with a group of talented musicians, the Ensemble brings together the rich melodies and rhythms of India weaved in with beautiful Chinese and exciting Spanish elements.
The SCO will also perform 2 of Peng Xiuwen’s arrangements Algerian folk song Damu Damu（达姆达姆） and Chinese orchestra evergreen work Rousing Clouds Chasing the Moon（彩云追月）. The concert will conclude with Wang Chenwei’s composition Kaleidoscopic World of Percussion（敲敲打打万花筒).
This concert is part of the Kallang Arts Treats, a programme under National Arts Council’s Arts and Culture Nodes Network. The National Arts Council’s island-wide network of arts and culture nodes is developed for people to come together to participate in, enjoy, and experience the value of arts in their neighbourhood. This Arts and Culture Node is in partnership with the People’s Association and the Whampoa Community Arts and Culture Club.
Conductor: Quek Ling Kiong
Singapore Chinese Orchestra
Concert Details:
SCO Community Concert: Music in Harmony
Date: 6 July 2019 (Saturday)
Time: 7.30pm
Venue: Boon Keng MRT Exit B
Free admission.
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