Concert Introduction

This concert marks the beginning of a new year of music-making for Braddell Heights Symphony Orchestra (BHSO). It also marks the opening of a new chapter for BHSO as it ventures forth without the guiding force and baton of its late Music Director, Adrian Tan, whom the orchestra hopes to do proud with today’s performance. His musicians miss him, his absence is still tangible, but they hope to do him proud with today’s performance.

Together with conductors Ignatius Wang and Amanda Kye-Ning Tan, BHSO will be presenting Gustav Holst’s St. Paul’s Suite, Jean Sibelius’ Andante Festivo, as well as familiar favourites The Moon Represents My Heart and Shanghai Jazz arranged by Kelly Tang. They will also be joined by violinist Yew Shan to perform the popular "Spring" and "Autumn" movements of The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi.

Concert Details

• New Beginnings
• Date & Time: 3 Apr 2022, 14:00
• Venue: Esplanade Concert Hall
• Free. Pre-registration required.

About Braddell Heights Symphony Orchestra (BHSO)

The Braddell Heights Symphony Orchestra (BHSO) is one of Singapore’s most prominent community orchestras. Founded in 1986 under the auspices of the Braddell Heights Community Club, the BHSO has been home to countless local and expatriate amateur musicians from all walks of life, who are bonded by their love of classical music and performing together.

About Ignatius Wang

Ignatius Wang (b. 1990) is regarded as one of the rising conducting talents from Singapore. He is the Director of Music and Chief Instructor of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) Band, Music Director of the Lion City Brass Band and SEIRA, and Associate Conductor of the Temasek Polytechnic Band.

About Amanda Kye-Ning Tan

Amanda Kye-Ning Tan (b. 1998) is a rising Singaporean conductor and violinist. In 2021, Amanda graduated with a Bachelor of Music (Honours) from the Royal College of Music, London, as part of the RCM-NAFA degree programme. She is currently pursuing a Specialist Diploma in Orchestral Conducting, studying with the Artistic Director of the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA), Cultural Medallion recipient Lim Yau.

About Yew Shan

Yew Shan is a Singaporean violinist. He began his performing career with the Singapore National Youth Orchestra (SNYO), becoming a member in 1984 and making his maiden concerto appearance with the SYNO in 1988. Shan joined the Singapore Symphony Orchestra in 1996, and was Fourth Chair, First Violin Section (1998-2000). He holds degrees in violin performance from Yale University and the University of Sydney. Shan was appointed Concertmaster of Braddell Heights Symphony Orchestra in 2016, and currently also holds the position of Interim Music Director.

Advisory:

With the simplification of COVID-19 measures, safe distancing is no longer required between masked audiences. As such, there may be other patrons seated next to and around you.

From 1 Jan 2022, there will no longer be a concession for unvaccinated individuals to perform Pre-Event Testing in lieu of being fully vaccinated. All patrons (except for children aged 12 and below) need to be fully vaccinated# against COVID-19.

#Full vaccination refers to:

• having received the appropriate regimen of World Health Organisation Emergency Use Listing (WHO EUL) vaccines including their respective duration post-vaccination for the vaccine to be fully effective, and had their vaccination records ingested in MOH’s national IT systems
• recovery from a COVID-19 infection within the last 180 days

All patrons are required to do SafeEntry check-in at the venue via the TraceTogether app (version 2.11 and above) or token only. Other modes of SafeEntry check-in will not be accepted.

Information Source: Esplanade