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What is Singapore music? Singapore Symphony’s National Day Concert provides the clues

Singapore Symphony Orchestra
© Singapore Symphony Orchestra | Nathaniel Lim
Darrell Ang conducts the Singapore Symphony
© Singapore Symphony Orchestra | Nathaniel Lim
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
© Singapore Symphony Orchestra | Nathaniel Lim
By Chang Tou Liang, 15 August 2022
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“‘John Adams goes to Serangoon Road’ (in Singapore’s Little India) might be an apt description”
Reviewed at Esplanade Concert Hall, Singapore on 13 August 2022
Programme
Wang, Thaipusam (World premiere)
Loke, Three Sketches of Singapore (World premiere)
de Silva, Echoes of the Woods (World premiere)
Tsao Chieh, Stasis
Lee, Up (orch. Jaffar Sidek)
Lim Yi, Sing-along piece (World premiere)
Lee, Home (arr. Foon/orch. Wilson )
Said, Majulah Singapura (arr. Leong Yoon Pin)
Performers
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Singapore National Youth Orchestra
Singapore Symphony Chorus
Singapore Symphony Youth Choir
Singapore Symphony Children's Choir
Lorong Boys
Darrell Ang, Conductor
Eudenice Palaruan, Choirmaster / chorus director
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Chang Tou Liang, 9th April
Has Shostakovich become the new Rachmaninov in Singapore? The SSO and Hannu Lintu show that he can be as popular as Rachmaninov. 
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Eliahu Inbal enlivens the Singapore Symphony
Chang Tou Liang, 28th March
The nonagenarian conductor enlivens Singapore's Esplanade Concert Hall with masterly readings of Shostakovich and Rachmaninov 
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Takács-Nagy’s Schumann trumps Bach at the Singapore Symphony
Chang Tou Liang, 13th February
Bach concertos on a modern Steinway prove a mixed blessing, but the Singapore Symphony's Schumann impresses under Hungarian conductor Gábor Takács-Nagy. 
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Pierre Bleuse and the Singapore Symphony raise the roof again
Chang Tou Liang, 30th January
High decibel hits arrive via Prokofiev’s Scythian Suite and Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, sandwiching Liszt from Bertrand Chamayou.  
****1
World premiere of Jonathan Shin’s Piano Concerto a Singapore landmark
Chang Tou Liang, 19th December
The Singapore Symphony Orchestra and Churen Li score in a landmark new Singaporean piano concerto by Jonathan Shin. 
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Hannu Lintu shows Singapore great things to come with Mahler and Haydn
Chang Tou Liang, 14th November
The Singapore Symphony Orchestra's Music Director-designate made his mark conducting Mahler's Fourth Symphony and the Nelson Mass.
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Chang Tou Liang
Chang Tou Liang
Chang Tou Liang, a native of Singapore, is a family physician by profession. Actively following the classical music scene in Singapore since 1979, he has been a music reviewer of The Straits Times from 1997, contributing over 2300 articles to the national daily. He was also editor of several local musical newsletters and served as Artistic Director of the Singapore International Piano Festival from 2004 to 2008. His blog Pianomania has covered international piano competitions and musical events in four continents. He has a keen interest in travelling, street food and cat photography.