Friday, 14 October 2022
Yong Siew Toh Conservatory Concert Hall, 7.30pm
Tickets: $10
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YST Orchestral Institute
LUKE DOLLMAN, guest conductor
WILLIAM VERMEULEN, french horn
ALAN BENNETT, tenor
Join the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory’s Orchestral Institute in a concert that pays tribute to individual heroes and celebrates the strength of community! Riddled with lively echoes, the program features Arvo Pärt’s Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten, Benjamin Britten’s Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op. 31 and Sir Edward Elgar’s Enigma Variations, Op. 36. The orchestra will be led by guest conductor Luke Dollman, in collaboration with Alan Bennett (tenor) and William VerMeulen (french horn).
PROGRAMME
PÄRT
Cantus in memoriam Benjamin Britten
BRITTEN
Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op. 31
I. Prologue
II. Pastoral
III. Nocturne
IV. Elegy
V. Dirge
VI. Hymn
VII. Sonnet
VIII. Epilogue
ELGAR
Enigma Variations, Op. 36
Theme. Andante
Variation I. L’istesso tempo “C.A.E.”
Variation II. Allegro “H.D.S-P.”
Variation III. Allegretto “R.B.T.”
Variation IV. Allegro di molto “W.M.B.”
Variation V. Moderato “R.P.A.”
Variation VI. Andantino “Ysobel”
Variation VII. Presto “Troyte”
Variation VIII. Allegretto “W.N.”
Variation IX. Adagio “Nimrod”
Variation X. Intermezzo: Allegretto “Dorabella”
Variation XI. Allegro di molto “G.R.S.”
Variation XII. Andante “B.G.N.”
Variation XIII. Romanza: Moderato ” * * * ”
Variation XIV. Finale: Allegro “E.D.U.”
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