Past Concerts

Season 2020

ConcertDateVenueRepertoireRemarks
We Will Get There23 June 2020Watch HereDick Lee – We Will Get There (NDP Theme Song 2022)arr. Mohd Rasull
Moon Represents My Heart27 September 2020Watch HereTeresa Teng – 月亮代表我的心 arr. Mohd Rasull
Moon Chew, vocals
Lee Mei Rong, videography
Zooming into 2021 – A Mini Virtual Concert by BHSO & The Joy Chorale
29 December 2020Watch HereKristen Anderson-Lopez + Robert Lopez – Into the Unknown arr. Stefano Caberra
Brian Bromberg – String Quartet 2
Waltzing Matilda
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Deck the Halls
Don Don Donki for String Quartet arr. Amanda Kye Tan

Season 2019

ConcertDateVenueRepertoireRemarks
Ice & Fire:
Yew Shan Plays Sibelius
15 December 2019, 5.00pmSchool of the Arts (SOTA) Concert HallP.I. Tchaikovsky – Slavonic March, Op.31
Jean Sibelius – Violin Concerto in D minor, Op.47
P.I. Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op.64
Adrian Tan, conductor
Yew Shan, violin
Dick Lee’s The Mad Chinaman 30th Anniversary Concert15 September 2019, 7.30pmEsplanade Concert HallDick Lee – Songs from “The Mad Chinaman” album
Performed with
Braddell Heights Symphony Orchestra
& The Joy Chorale (Khor Ai Ming, director)
All pieces arranged by Mohamad Rasull
Featuring:
Dick Lee,
Denise Tan, Jacintha Abisheganaden
Adrian Tan, conductor
Nawaz Mirajkar, tabla
Divergence30 June 2019, 5.00pmSchool of the Arts (SOTA) Concert HallRichard Wagner – Overture to “Tannhauser”
Franz Liszt – Piano Concerto No.2 in A major, S.125
Johannes Brahms – Piano Concerto No.2 in B-flat major, Op.83
Adrian Tan, conductor
Albert Tiu, piano
Old Worlds For New21 April 2019, 5.00pmSchool of the Arts (SOTA) Concert HallLeonard Bernstein – Chichester Psalms
Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc – Gloria, FP 177
Antonín Leopold Dvořák – Symphony No. 9 in E minor, “From the New World”, Op. 95, B. 178
Jayson Lim En Xu, boy treble
Ee Ping, soprano
The Joy Chorale, Khor Ai Ming, director
Adrian Tan, conductor

Season 2018

ConcertDateVenueRepertoireRemarks
Yellow River Cantata16 December 2018
5.00pm
Esplanade Concert HallYew Tien Phoon – On the High Seas
George Enescu – Romanian Rhapsody No. 1
P.I. Tchaikovsky – 1812 Overture
Xian Xinghai – Yellow River Cantata
Yeh Tsung, conductor
Chen Hsing An, soprano
Kee Loi Seng, tenor
Jonathan Charles Tay, tenor
Sun Zhao Rui, baritone
Johnny Ng, narrator
Chua Yew Kok, pipa
Derrick Wong Wai Kit, san xian
The Sound of DrumsSunday, 16 September 2018
5.00pm
Singapore Conference HallW.A. Mozart – Overture “The Abduction from the Seraglio”
Gu Wei – Limbo
Dinuk Wijeratne – Concerto for Tabla and Orchestra
Robert Oetomo – Soar: Concerto No. 1 for Marimba & String Orchestra
Maurice Ravel – Boléro
Apo Hsu, conductor
Nawaz Mirajikar, tabla
Robert Oetomo, marimba
EngimaSunday, 24 June 2018, 5.00pmSchool of the Arts (SOTA) Concert HallEdward Elgar – Enigma Variations, Op. 36
P.I. Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35
Apo Hsu, conductor
Shan Yew, violin
Dvořák’s Stabat MaterSunday, 1 April 2018, 5.00pmSchool of the Arts (SOTA) Concert HallAntonín Dvořák – Stabat Mater for soloists, chorus & orchestra, Op.58/B.71Felicia Teo Kaixin, soprano
Patricia Sands, alto
Jonathan Charles Tay, tenor
Daniel Ho, bass
The Joy Chorale
Khor Ai Ming, director
Adrian Tan, conductor

Season 2017

ConcertDateVenueRepertoireRemarks
Dreams &
Fantasies
Sunday, 17 December 2017, 5.00pmEsplanade Concert HallJoe Hisaishi – “Water Traveller”
Main theme from the movie “水の旅人-侍KIDS” The Water Traveller: Samurai Kids [1993]
John Williams – “Theme from Schindler’s List”, “Jewish Town (Krakow Ghetto – Winter ’41), and “Remembrances”, from Schindler’s List [1993]
Nobuo Uematsu, Masayoshi Soken,  
Arranged by Mohd Rasull
– Final Fantasy Operatic Selections
Boublil & Schönberg – “I Dreamed a Dream”, and “Bring Him Home”, from Les Misérables [1980]
Joe Hisaishi – “One Summer’s Day”, from Spirited Away [2001]  
“The Merry Go Round of Life”, from Howl’s Moving Castle [2005]
“Summer”, from Kikujiro [1999]
“My Neighbour Totoro”, from My Neighbour Totoro [1988]
Arr. Kelly Tang – “Yuletide Rhapsody”, from Martin & Blaine’s “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”
Adrian Tan, conductor
David Loke Kai Yuan, violin
Natasha Da Costa & Zachary Dominguez, vocals
Clarence Lee, piano
By InspirationSunday, 1 Oct 2017, 5.00pmSchool of the Arts (SOTA) Concert HallLudwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 1 in C Major, Op. 21
Carl Maria von Weber – Overture to Oberon
John Sharpley – A Moment of Rest Upon the Wind (World Premiere), based on Gibran’s ‘The Prophet’
Adrian Tan, conductor
Ochiai Francesco Yohei, bass-baritone; Akiko Otao, soprano; Frasier Tan, storyteller
Sounds SatiricalSunday, 18 June 2017, 5.00pmSchool of the Arts (SOTA) Concert HallBernstein – Overture to “Candide”
Poulenc – Concerto for Two Pianos & Orchestra
Shostakovich – Symphony No. 5
Adrian Tan, conductor
Low Shao Ying & Low Shao Suan, pianos
You are the MusicSunday, 7 May 2017, 5.00pmSchool of the Arts (SOTA) Concert HallDan Forrest – Requiem for the Living
Dan Forrest – You are the Music
Howard Goodall – The Lord is my Shepherd
John Rutter – For the Beauty of the Earth
John Rutter – All Things Bright and Beautiful
Let there be Peace on Earth
Khor Ai Ming, conductor with the Joy Chorale
HomageSunday, 5 March 2017, 5.00pmSchool of the Arts (SOTA) Concert HallLeong Yoon Pin – Overture “Dayong Sampan”
Felix Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto in E minor, Op.64
Johannes Brahms – Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op.56
Igor Stravinsky -Firebird Suite (1919 Version)
Tsung Yeh, conductor
Yew Shan, violin

Season 2016

ConcertDateVenueRepertoireRemarks
O Fortuna! Carmina BuranaSunday, 18 December 2016, 5.00pmEsplanade Concert HallKelly Tang – Apocalypso
Carl Orff – Carmina Burana
Arr. Mohd. Rasull – Mariah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas is You”
Adrian Tan, conductor
Xi Wang, soprano
Melvin Tan, tenor
Alvin Tan, baritone
Rachel Lum, dancer
The Joy Chorale and Chorale Découverte, Chorale CM1-CM2 from the Lycée Français de Singapour
Singapore’s Gifted Young Musicians in ConcertSunday, 25 September 2016, 5:00pmSchool of the Arts (SOTA) Concert HallFranz von Suppe – Overture “Poet & Peasant”
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Horn Concerto No. 3 in Eb
Joaquin Rodrigo – Concierto de Aranjuez
Igor Stravinsky – Symphonies of Wind Instruments
Eric Ewazen – Rhapsody for Bass Trombone & String Orchestra
Bedřich Smetana – Symphonic poem “Vltava” from Má vlast
Adrian Tan, conductor
Moses Gay, conductor
Marcus Ng, horn
Kevin Loh, guitar
Jasper Tan, bass trombone
Masterworks:
Brahms & Beethoven
Sunday, 19 June 2016, 5.00pmVictoria Concert HallLudwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
Johannes Brahms – Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15
Apo Hsu, conductor
Albert Tiu,
piano
Celebrating 30 Fantastic Years
of Community Music
Saturday, 19 March 2016, 7.30pmSchool of the Arts (SOTA) Concert HallYan Yin Wing – Ascent
Mohd Rasull – Singapura Kaleidoscopes
Leong Yoon Pin – Symphony No. 2, 2nd Movement (Giocoso Larghamente)
Kelly Tang – Concerto in Three Movements
Hector Berlioz – Symphonie Fantastique, H.48
Adrian Tan, conductor
Khor Ai Ming, conductor
with The Joy Chorale
Clarence Lee, piano

Season 2015

ConcertDateVenueRepertoireRemarks
BHSO presents
“A Not-so-Classical X’mas!”
Sunday, 13 December 2015, 5.00pmEsplanade Concert HallLeroy Anderson – A Christmas Celebration
Craig Courtney – A Musicological Journey through the 12 Days of Christmas
John Rutter – The Reluctant Dragon
John Williams – Three Holidays Songs from “Home Alone”
Leroy Anderson – Sleigh Ride
Robert and Kristen Lopez (arr. Bob Krogstad) – Medley from Frozen
David Lovrien – We Come A-Darkly Caroling
arr. Mohd. Rasull – Hokkien Kuasmas
Adrian Tan, conductor
Khor Ai Ming, conductor  
Featuring:
Leslie Tay as Dragon
Alvin Tan as St George
Samuel Yuen as Boy
Patricia Chong, narrator
 Hannah Alyaa Tan, dancer
DreamsSunday, 23 August 2015, 5.00pmSOTA
Concert Hall
Low Shao Ying & Low Shao Suan – Premiere
Astor Piazzolla – Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
Antonin Dvorak – Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88 “Dreams”
Adrian Tan, conductor
Gabriel Ng, violin
Gilbert & Sullivan’s
The Pirates of Pulau Penzance
Sunday, 28 June 2015, 5.00pmSOTA
Concert Hall
Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan – The Pirates of PenzanzeAdrian Tan, conductor
with the Joy Chorale
TributeSunday, 12 April 2015, 5.00pmSOTA
Concert Hall
Edvard Grieg – Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, “Solveig’s Song” from Peer Gynt Suite No. 2
Richard Strauss – Horn Concerto No. 1 in E-flat Major
Jean Sibelius – Finlandia, Op. 26
Leong Yoon Pin – Symphony No. 2
Adrian Tan, conductor
Hidehiro Fujita, tuba
with the Joy Chorale

Season 2014

ConcertDateVenueRepertoireRemarks
“Joy!” – Beethoven’s 9th Symphony25 Jan 2015Esplanade Concert HallJ. Monteiro – Overture in C, “The Story of Singapore”
Ludwig v. Beethoven – Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, “Choral”
Adrian Tan, conductor
Wendy Evangela Woon Mei Yu, soprano
Cheryl Bains, alto
Raymond Lee Pei Khoon, tenor
Kong Ling Yi, bass
and the Joy Chorale
Dreaming Big22 Sep 2014SOTA Concert HallMendelssohn – Overture to “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”
Glazunov – Saxophone Concerto
Copland – Clarinet Concerto
Haydn – Cello Concerto No. 2
Mozart – Concerto for Flute & Harp
Sarasate – Zigeunerweisen
Arutunian – Trumpet Concerto
Adrian Tan, conductor
Samuel Phua, saxophone
Sean Lim, clarinet
Theophilius Tan, cello
Jeremy Lim, flute
Charmaine Teo, harp
Joey Lau, violin
Lau Wen Rong, trumpet
Who’s Afraid of Classical Music?06 Jul 2014SOTA Concert HallMozart – Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, K.525, 1st movement
Pachelbel – Canon in D arr. Mohd Rasull
Vivaldi – Concerto No. 1 in E major, Op. 8, RV 269,
“La primavera”
Beethoven – Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 – 1st movement
Haydn – Symphony No. 94 in G major, “Surprise Symphony” – 2nd movement
Puccini – Nessun Dorma
from the opera Turandot
Adams – The Chairman Dances
Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18
Adrian Tan, conductor
Wu Shuang, violin
Kee Loi Seng, tenor
Albert Tiu, piano
Coming Home13 Apr 2014SOTA Concert HallSchubert – Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D.759, “Unfinished” – 1st movement
Bernard Tan – Concerto for Cello & Orchestra – World Premiere – 1st movement
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64
Adrian Tan, conductor
Noella Yan, cello

Season 2013

ConcertDateVenueRepertoireRemarks
Sing Messiah22 Dec 2013Esplanade Concert HallHandel – “Messiah”Ee Ping, soprano
Rebecca Chellappah, mezzo-soprano
Reuben Lai, tenor
William Lim, bass
Adrian Tan, conductor
Great Britten!01 Sep
2013
SOTA
Concert Hall
Holst – St. Paul’s Suite Op. 29, No. 2
Britten – Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings, Op. 31
Elgar – Cockaigne Overture “In London Town”, Op. 40
Britten – Young Person’s Guide
to the Orchestra, Op. 3
Adrian Tan, conductor
Melvin F Tan, tenor
Alan Kartik, horn
Yan Yin Wing, conductor emeritus
Andrew Lim, narrator
From the Silver Screen30 Jun 2013SOTA Concert HallR. Strauss – Opening Fanfare to “Also Sprach Zarathustra”
Dukas – The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
Hisaishi – Merry-Go-Round of Life
Morricone – Gabriel’s Oboe
Barber – Adagio for Strings
Williams – Escapades
Mozart – Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K. 183 – 1st mvt.
Mascagni – “Intermezzo” from Caveleria Rusticana
Bernstein – Selections
Schönberg – I Dreamed a Dream
Zimmer – Selections
Adrian Tan, conductor
Chia Amos, guest conductor
Darren Sim, guest conductor
John Lee, piano
Samuel Cheah, alto saxophone
Amni Musfirah, vocalist
Schumann & Brahms07 Apr 2013SOTA Concert HallHaydn – Overture in D major
Brahms – Violin Concerto in D major
Schumann – Symphony No. 3 in Eb major “Rhenish”
Adrian Tan, conductor
Yew Shan, violin

Season 2012

ConcertDateVenueRepertoireRemarks
The Great Romantics16 Dec 2012Yong Siew Toh Conservatory Concert HallTchaikovsky – The Nutcracker Suite
Lalo – Cello Concerto in D minor
Beethoven – Symphony No. 5 in C minor
Mark Kadin, conductor
Loke Hoe Kit, cello
Beautiful Sunday: A Symphonic Dance Spectacular21 Oct 2012Esplanade Concert HallJ. Strauss Jr. – Die Fledermaus – overture
Tchaikovsky – The Nutcracker Suite – selected mvts.
Lalo – Symphonie Espagnole – mvt 1, 4, 5
de Fella – Ritual Fire Dance
Gardel – Tango “Por Una Cabeza”
Ellington – A Medley for Orchestra
Adrian Tan, conductor
Wu Shuang, violin
Siew Yi Li,
violin
Legends of Love12 Aug 2012SCO Concert HallChan Zhangyi – Ariadne’s Love
Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major
Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade
Yan Yin Wing, conductor
Albert Lin, piano
Gifted Young Musicians Concert20 May 2012SCO Concert HallSibelius – Finlandia
Lalo – Symphonie Espagnole
Saint-Saens – Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor
Vieuxtemps – Violin Concerto No. 5 in A minor
Elgar – Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1 in D major
Adrian Tan, conductor
Wu Shuang, violin
Chua Shan Jee, piano
Elvina Sung-Eun Auh, violin
A Night of Popular Classics04 Apr 2012SCO Concert HallFalla – Amor Brujo El
Chopin – Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor
Rimsky-Korsakov – Capriccio Espagnol
Falla – Final Dance “Jota”
Yan Yin Wing, conductor
Arkadiusz Bialak, piano

Season 2011

ConcertDateVenueRepertoireRemarks
The Twain Shall Meet18 Sep 2011SCO Concert HallLiu Tieshan & Mao Yuen – Dance of the Yao People
Lim Tiat Seng – Asli Fantansy for Orchestra and Violin
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major
Bizet – Symphony in C major
Lim Tiat Seng – Evergreen March
Yan Yin Wing, conductor
Gabriel Lee, violin
Milena Radinska, piano
Favorite Classics29 May 2011SCO Concert HallWagner – The Mastersingers
Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 27 in Bb major
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 6 in B minor, “Pathétique”
Yan Ying Wing, conductor
Albert Lin, piano
Dvorak Night13 Mar 2011SCO Concert HallDvorak – Carnival Overture
Dvorak – Cello Concerto in B minor
Dvorak – Symphony No. 7 in D minor
Eric Lee Tsu Hock, conductor
Chan Wei Shing, cello

Season 2010

ConcertDateVenueRepertoireRemarks
Nodame Live! A New Year’s Eve Celebration31 Dec 2010SCO Concert HallBeethoven – Symphony No. 7 in A major – 1st mvt
Mozart – Oboe Concerto in C major – 1st mvt
Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor
Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue
Brahms – Symphony No. 1 in C minor – 4th mvt
Bizet – Carmen Fantasy
Tchaikovsky – 1812 Overture in Eb major
Adrian Tan, conductor
Jeremy Wong, oboe
Azariah Tan, piano
Berty Wee, pianica
Selina Tang, violin
Popular Classics29 Aug 2010SCO Concert HallMozart – Don Giovanni – overture
Beethoven – Triple Concerto in C major for violin, cello, and piano in C major
Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 4 in A major
Seah Kar Heng, conductor
Siew Yi Li, violin
Brandon Voo, cello
Beatrice Lin, piano
Gifted Young Musicians Concert30 May 2010Victoria Concert HallMozart – Overture to The Magic Flute
Paganini – Violin Concerto no. 1 – 1st mvt
Saint-Saens – Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor
Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto in E minor
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor
Yan Yin Wing, conductor
Zhao Tongzhou, violin
Jolyn Chia Hui Zhen, cello
Rachel Chua Yu Xi, violin
Choon Hong Xiang, piano
Classical Delights17 Mar 2010Victoria Concert HallBeethoven – Coriolan Oveture
Brahms – Double Concerto for Violin & Cello
Berlioz – Symphonie Fantastique
Yan Yin Wing, conductor
Loke Hoe Kit, cello
Ivan Peev, violin