Braddell Heights Symphony Orchestra (BHSO) and The Joy Chorale (TJC) performed a special concert in memory of our late-Music Director, Adrian Tan – at the Esplanade Concert Hall, on 11 September 2022. #BHSOinmemoriam Watch this tribute video, which was showcased at the concert, and brought about some tears from musicians and audience alike.
Featuring short stories of our memories of Adrian, and photos from members of BHSO and TJC and friends of Adrian. You are welcome to add your own tribute too!
Sunday, 11 September 2022 7:30PM Esplanade Concert Hall
Taiwanese conductor Apo Hsu returns to lead Braddell Heights Symphony Orchestra as it pays tribute to its late Music Director, Adrian Tan. The concert opens with Beethoven’s iconic and monumental Fifth Symphony. The programme also includes the world-premiere of a work, dedicated to Adrian, by local composers Low Shao Suan and Low Shao Ying, the Andante from Brahms’ second piano concerto with soloist Albert Tiu, and Dick Lee’s evergreen “Home”, featuring The Joy Chorale.
Programme
Beethoven Symphony No. 5, Op. 67
Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83 III. Andante
Elgar Enigma Variations, Op. 36, Variation IX (Adagio) “Nimrod”
Low Shao Suan & Low Shao Ying Song for Adrian (In memory of Adrian Tan)
Mohd Rasull May You Achieve Happiness (Fantasy on “Semoga Bahagia”, original tune by Zubir Said)
Dick Lee arr. Kelly Tang Home (with The Joy Chorale)
Saturday 4 June 2022, 6pm – 7pm Our Tampines Hub, Outdoor Field
Programme
Kelly Tang – 3 Folk Dances Pietro Mascgani – Intermezzo from “Cavalleria Rusticana” John Williams – Selections from Star Wars: The Last Jedi Johann Strauss – The Blue Danube Deng Yu Sian – Longing for Spring Breeze Dick Lee – We Will Get There Giuseppe Verdi – La Forza del Destino Overture
Beautiful Sunday - New Beginnings
Sunday, 3 April 2022 2 – 3pm Esplanade Concert Hall
Sibelius Andante Festivo Holst St Paul’s Suite Vivaldi Spring and Autumn from The Four Seasons Kelly Tang The Moon Represents my Heart and Shanghai Jazz
The Braddell Heights Symphony Orchestra takes to the stage once again in The Esplanade’s Beautiful Sunday Series!
The orchestra hoped to continue the realisation of our vision and role as music-makers for the community, albeit during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This concert marks the beginning of a new year of music-making for Braddell Heights Symphony Orchestra. It is also the opening of a new chapter in BHSO’s life as it ventures forth without the guiding force (and baton) of its late Music Director, Adrian Tan. His musicians miss him, his absence is still tangible, and we hope we did him proud and honoured his memory with this performance.