Past Concerts



 
Spring 2012:  BAM II:  Bach ASEAN Mozart
Date: Saturday, 12 May 2011, 7:30 pm
Venue: Lee Foundation Theatre, NAFA Campus 3, 151 Bencoolen Street

Featuring Kathryn Baron (soprano), Julie Rees (alto), Gustav Back(tenor), Chong Wai Lun (bass)

Programme

Johannes Brahms
Mainacht

   Vier Gesange
1. Es tönt ein voller Harfenklang
2. Lied von Shakespeare
3. Der Gärtner
4. Gesang aus Fingal
 
Ich Schwing Mein Horn ins Jammertal
Nänie
Albert Tay
   Dona Nobis Pacem
Leong Yoon Pin
Frogs in The Rain
Pontas Purba
Siksik Si Batu Manikkam
George Hernandez
Rosas Pandan
Ryan Cayabyab
Da Coconut Nut
   
 Béla Bartók
Bartok Suite for Piano, Op. 14
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
   Le Nozze de Figaro: Atto secondo Scena IX
Jubilate Deo
Misericordias Domini, K222
 

BAM II-MAY 2012

 
Christmas 2011:  A Celebration of Carols
 
Date: Saturday, 10 December 2011, 7:30 pm
VenueLee Foundation Theatre, NAFA Campus 3, 151 Bencoolen Street

Featuring Hunter Wood (bass), Rachel Fielding (soprano), Verena Jaeggi (flute), Maria Ueda (flute), Ray Ducker (baritone), Kathryn Baron (soprano), Julie Rees (alto), Janet Snoad (alto), Tan Yao Guang (piano), Eddie Sim (cello).

Programme

   Three Spanish Carols
ed. & arr. The King's Singers
   Riu, Riu, Chiu:  El Lobo Rabioso
arr. Goff Richards
   Spanish Shepherd's Song
   Over All the Land

Georg F. Händel
   Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah

Johann S. Bach
   Sheep May Safely Graze
Franz Liszt
   Ave Maria
Sergei V. Rachmaninoff
   Bogoroditse Dyevo

Ralph Vaughan Williams
   Fantasia on Christmas Carols

Mary Donnelly, George L. O. Strid
   Mary, Mary
Jule Syne, Sammy Cahn
   Let it Snow!  Let it Snow!  Let it Snow!
Mark Lowry, Buddy Greene
   Mary Did You Know
Bo Holten
   First Snow

Gabriel Fauré
   Cantique de Jean Racine Op. 11
arr. Gustav Holst
   In the Bleak Midwinter
John Rutter
   Angels Carol
Felix Mendelssohn
   Hark!  The Herald Angels Sing
William J. Kirkpatrick
   Away in a Manger
arr. Bernd Englbrecht
   Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht

 
Spring 2011:  BAM:  Bach ASEAN Mozart
Date: Saturday, 14 May 2011, 8:00 pm
Venue: Lee Foundation Theatre, NAFA Campus 3, 151 Bencoolen Street

Featuring AYoung Kwon (soprano), Julie Rees (alto), Casen Ng (soprano), Ong Shu Chen (alto), Lai Quan Hui (tenor), Daniel Ho (bass), Seah Huan Yuh (violin I), Matthias Oestringer (violin II), Dr. Yeo Jan Wea (viola I), Jonathan Lee (viola II), Peter Alsop (cello), Eric Lee (double bass), Francesca Lee (organ).

Programme

Leong Yoon Pin
   Dragon Dance
   Here Comes the Bride
Albert Tay
   Laudate Dominum
Francisco F. Feliciano
   Silence My Soul
Fabian Obispo, Jr.
   Dahil Sa Iyo
Budi Susanto Yohanes

   Luk Luk Lumbu
Johann Sebastian Bach
   Christ Lag in Todesbanden, BWV 4

   1.  Sinfonia
   2.  Chorus
   3.  Aria
   4.  Aria
   5.  Chorus
   6.  Aria
   7.  Duet
   8.  Chorus

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
   Ave Verum Corpus


 
Christmas 2010:  Christmas Northern Lights
 
Date: Friday, 26 November 2010, 8:00 pm
VenueLee Foundation Theatre, NAFA Campus 3, 151 Bencoolen Street

Featuring Verena Jaeggi (flute), AYoung Kwon (soprano), Ang Jian Zhong (tenor), Helen Betteridge (soprano), Hunter Wood (bass), Zoe Stollard (soprano), Vivek Fernandes (tenor), Neo Ming Wei (piano).

Programme

Henrik Colding-Jørgensen
   Ave Maria
   Halleluja! Pris Herren!
Jaakko Mäntyjärvi
   Ave Maria
Jean Sibelius
   Finlandia-hymni
arr. Gunnar Eriksson
   Kristallen Den Fina
Edvard Grieg
   Våren
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
   Vom Himmel Hoch “Weihnachtslied”
  1. Coro
  2. Aria
  3. Chorale
  4. Aria
  5. Arioso
  6. Schlusschor
Gustaf Nordqvist
   Jul, Jul Strålande Jul
Georg F. Händel
   For Unto Us a Child is Born from Messiah
arr. Harold Darke
   In the Bleak Mid-Winter
Robert S. Cohen
   Sleep, Little Baby, Sleep
John Rutter
   Star Carol
arr. Lowell Mason
   Joy to the World
Eddie Pola & George Wyle
   The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

 
Spring 2010:  Dixit Dominus

Date: Sunday, 9 May 2010, 4:30 pm
VenueAlliance Francaise, 1 Sarkies Road

Featuring Helen Betteridge (soprano I), Dorothea Hill (soprano II), Julia Rees (alto), Huang Eu Chai (tenor), Ng Wei Ping (violin I), Goh Zhaohan (violin I, viola II), Li Shanghui (violin II), Christoven Tan (viola I), Beverly Hiong (violincello), Rayner Teo (contrabass), Francesca Lee (keyboard).

Programme

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
   Ave Verum Corpus
Joseph Haydn
   String Quartet Op. 76 No. 2 in D minor 'Quinten'
William Byrd
   Ave Verum Corpus
Javier Busto
   Ave Verum Corpus
Gabriel Faur
é

   Cantique de Jean Racine Op. 11
Georg Friedrich Händel
   Dixit Dominus HWV 232 Psalm 110 (109)



 
Christmas 2009:  Songs of Christmas Night

Date:  Sunday, 6 December 2009, 4:30 pm
VenueYoung Musicians' Society Auditorium, 54 Waterloo Street

Programme

Johann Sebastian Bach
   Cantata BWV 140
   Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme

Christmas Carols from around the World



Spring 2009:  Songs of the Night

Date:  Friday, 29 May 2009, 8:00
pm
V
enue:  Kampong Kapor Methodist Church, 3 Kampong Kapor Road

Featuring Becky Liang (soprano), Andrea Heginbottom (alto), Lai Quan Hui (tenor), Daniel Ho (bass).

Programme


Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
   Vesperae Solennes de Confessore KV 339

Japanese Lullabies

Cole Porter

 
Christmas 2008:  Midnight Mass for Christmas

Date: Friday, 28 November 2008, 8 pm
VenueKampong Kapor Methodist Church, 3 Kampong Kapor Road

Featuring Chong Ten Yeen (organ).

Programme

Marc-Antonin Charpentier
   Messe de Minuit pour Noël

Carols
  • Away In A Manger
  • A Boy Was Born
  • Carol Of The Bells
  • A Christmas Carol
  • Coventry Carol
  • Ding Dong Merrily on High
  • The Holly and The Ivy
  • O Little One Sweet
  • O Little Town Of Bethlehem
 
Spring 2008:  Fauré & Vaughan Williams

Date
: Sunday, 1 June 2008, 5 pm
Venue: Victoria Concert Hall, 11 Empress Place

Featuring Chong Ten Yeen (organ) and the Singapore Polytechnic Symphonic Band.

Programme

Gabriel Fauré
    Requiem, Op. 48

  1. Introit—Kyrie
  2. Offertorium
  3. Sanctus
  4. Pie Jesu
  5. Agnus Dei
  6. Libera me
  7. In Paradisium

Ralph Vaughan Williams
    English Folk Song Suite
    Five Mystical Songs

  1. Easter
  2. Got Me Flowers
  3. Love Bade Me Welcome
  4. The Call
  5. Antiphon

 
Christmas 2007:  Songs of Joy

Date: Saturday, 8 December, 2007, 7.30 p.m.
Venue: Esplanade Concert Hall

Presented by the Choral Association, Singapore. IFC and the Metro Philharmonic Youth Choir were invited to perform in the second half of the concert, and were accompanied by music students from Raffles Junior College.

Programme

Robert Young - arr. Stephen Heyde
He Comes At Christmastide

 
Spring 2007:  Musical Extravaganza

Date: Sunday, 13 May 2007, 5 pm
Venue: Victoria Concert Hall

Presented by the IFC and the Metro Philharmonic Youth Choir, featuring the Singapore Polytechnic Symphonic Band and Resident Conductor Leonard Tan.

Programme

The Sound of Music from The Sound of Music
Rock Island from The Music Man
Send In the Clowns from The Little Night Music
Begin the Beguine from Jubilee
Choral Medley from West Side Story
Medley from Les Miserables
Rhythm of Life from Sweet Charity
When You Believe from The Prince of Egypt

Andrew Lloyd Weber
   A Concert Celebration

Christmas 2006:  Candles of Advent

Date:  Thursday-Friday, 7-8 December 2006, 8:00 pm
Venue:  The Arts House, Chamber

Featuring Lee Mei Yei (piano).

Programme

Antonio Vivaldi
   Gloria
Samuel Barber
   Agnus Dei
John Purifoy
   Candles of Advent


Christmas 2005:  Holiday to Remember

Date:  Tuesday-Wednesday, 6-7 December 2005, 8:00 pm
Venue:  CHIJMES Hall

Featuring The Chamber Ensemble and Music Elective Programme students from Raffles Junior College.

Programme



Spring 2005:  The English Connection

Date:  Wednesday-Thursday, 11-12 May 2005, 8:00 pm
Venue:  New Performing Arts Centre, UWCSEA, Dover Road

In aid of Tsunami Education Fund

Programme

Thomas Tallis

Thomas Morley

Henrt Purcell

Georg F. Händel

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy

Charles Villiers Stanford
  
Gustav Holst

The Beatles

and others


Christmas 2004:  International Festival Chorus 30th Anniversary:  Christmas around the World

Date:  Tuesday-Wednesday, 30 November-1 December 2004, 8:00 pm
Venue:  CHIJMES Hall

Featuring Loretta Scarborough (alto), Chris Joslin-Kelly (soprano), Valerie Bullock (soprano), Barry Steben (baritone), Satu Pennanen (soprano), Mariko Lavender-Jones (alto), Huang Eu Chai (tenor), Leong Chun Nam (bass), Marion Schlingensiepen (soprano), Sangita Boudville (soprano), Randy Tan (tenor), Takuzo Muneshige (bass).

Programme

David Hamilton
   Christmas Processional
John Rutter
   The Wild Wood Carol
arr. Roger Wagner
   God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
Gerald Finzi
   In Terra Pax
Jan Pieters Sweelinck
   Hodie Christus Natus Est
arr. Alice Parker & Robert Shaw
   Fum Fum Fum
Sergei Rachmaninoff - arr. John Cramer
   Ave Maria
M. Leontovich - arr. Peter J. Wilhousky
   Carol of the Bells
Michael Praetorius - arr. John Leavitt
   Es Ist Ein Ros' Entsprungen
arr. Johann Sebastian Bach
   In Dulci Jubilo
Franz Guber - arr. Barry Rose
   Silent Night
Francis Poulenc
   O Magnum Mysterium
arr. Alice Parker
   Il Est Ne
Irving Berlin - arr. Kirby Shaw
   White Christmas
Johnny Marks, Steve Nelson, Jack Rollins - arr. Kirby Shaw
    Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer with Frosty the Snow Man


Spring 2004:  International Festival Chorus 30th Anniversary:  MAGNIFICAT

Date:  Friday, 14 May 2004, 8:00 pm
Venue:  Victoria Concert Hall

In aid of Tsunami Education Fund

Programme

John Rutter
    Magnificat
Imant Raminsh

Johann Pahcelbel



Christmas 2002:  Christmas by Candlelight

Date:  Tuesday-Wednesday, 26-27 November 2002, 8:00 pm
Venue:  CHIJMES Hall

Programme



Spring 2002:  Sacred Choral Masterworks

Date:  Wednesday-Thursday, 29-30 May 2002, 8:00 pm
Venue:  CHIJMES Hall

Programme

William Byrd
   Teach me, O Lord
   Ave verum corpus
Antonio Lotti

   Crucifixus
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
   Excerpts from Requiem, K626
 Felix Mendessohn
   Excerpts from Elijah, Op.70
Charles Stanford
   Justorum animae
   Beati quorum via
Benjamin Britten
   Te Deum in C Major
Gerald Finzi
   God is Gone Up
Gilbert Martin
   When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
John Rutter
   For the Beauty of the Earth

Christmas 2001:  Christmas by Candlelight

Date:  Tuesday-Wednesday, 27-28 November 2001, 8:00 pm
Venue:  CHIJMES Hall

Programme



Christmas 2000:  Christmas by Candlelight

Date:  Tuesday-Wednesday, 12-13 December 2000, 8:00 pm
Venue:  CHIJMES Hall

Programme



Spring 2000:  Music in May

Date:  Wednesday, 10 May 2000, 8:00 pm
Venue:  CHIJMES Hall

In support of the Singapore Anglican Welfare Council

Programme

A potpourri of songs from around the world

1999:  An Evening in April

Date:  Tuesday-Wednesday, 27-28 April 1999, 8:00 pm
Venue:  CHIJMES Hall

Featuring Shane Thio (piano).

Programme

Franz Schubert
   Mass in G
Constant Lambert
   The Rio Grande
Antonín Dvořák
   Largo

Christmas 1999:  Christmas by Candlelight

Date:  Tuesday-Wednesday, 23-24 November 1999, 8:00 pm
Venue:  CHIJMES Hall

Programme



Christmas 1998:  Christmas by Candlelight

Date:  Wednesday-Thursday, 25-26 November 1998, 8:00 pm
Venue:  CHIJMES Hall

Programme



Spring 1998:  A Celebration of Gilbert & Sullivan

Date:  Thursday-Saturday, 14-16 May 1998, 8:00 pm
Venue:  The Drama Centre, Canning Rise

Featuring St. David's Society Choir.

Programme

W. S. Gilbert & Arthur Sullivan
  • Ruddigore
  • Trial by Jury
  • The Gondoliers
  • Iolanthe
  • The Sorcerer
  • The Mikado
  • Patience
  • Pirates of Penzance
  • Yeoman of the Guard
  • Princess Ida

1997:  Festive Music through the Ages

Date:  Wednesday, 19 November 1997, 7:30 pm
Venue:  Victoria Concert Hall

Featuring UWCSEA Senior Music Ensembles.

Programme



1996:  Bruckner

Date:  Wednesday, 20 November 1996, 8:15 pm
Venue:  Victoria Concert Hall

Featuring Bettina Schoeller (soprano), The Singapore Wind Symphony.

Programme

Anton Bruckner
   Mass in E Minor
Felix Mendelssohn
   Hymn
   Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied
   Jauchzet dem Herrn alle Welt
Robert Casteels
   Warum isg dast Licht

1995:  Bernstein

Date:  Tuesday-Wednesday, 4-5 April 1995, 8:00 pm
Venue:  St. George's Church, Minden Road

Featuring Audrey Borschel (soprano).

Programme

Leonard Bernstein
   Chichester Psalms
Gerald Finzi
   Lo, the Full Final Sacrifice

A Family Concert Christmas Music

Date
Venue

Featuring choirs from United World College of South East Asia.

Programme

Benjamin Britten
   A Ceremony of Carols
John Rutter
   Songs from "When Icicles Hang"

Christmas Carols

1994:  An Evening of Gilbert & Sullivan

Date:  Wednesday, 16 March 1994, 8:00 pm
Venue:  Victoria Concert Hall

Programme



Christmas 1993:  Bach & Charpentier

Date:  Wednesday, 3 November 1993, 8:15 pm
Venue:  Victoria Concert Hall

Featuring Stella Zhou (soprano), Ju Chii Ing (mezzo-soprano), Andrew Phillips (tenor), Samuel Cheung (bass), The International Festival Orchestra.

Programme

Johann Sebastian Bach
   Wachet Auf
   Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben
Marc-Antoine Charpentier
   Magnificat
   Te Deum

Spring 1993:  Haydn and Beyond

Date:  Tuesday, 9 March 1993, 8:15 pm
Venue:  Victoria Concert Hall

Programme

Franz Joseph Haydn
   The Nelson Mass

1992:  Music for Celebration

Date:  Wednesday, 21 October 1992, 8:15 pm
Venue:  Victoria Concert Hall

Featuring Margaret Co Chen (organ).

Programme

Benjamin Britten
   Hymn to St. Cecilia
Georg Friedrich Händel
   The Coronation Anthems
  • The King Shall Rejoice
  • Let Thy Hand be Strengthened
  • My Heart is Inditing
  • Zadok the Priest
   Concerto for Organ
   Orchestra in Bb


1991:  An Evening of Baroque Music

Date:  Wednesday, 30 October 1991, 8.15 pm
Venue:  Victoria Concert Hall

Featuring Rochelle Stein-Salmi, Shelagh Molyneux, Tay Cheng-Jim, Ian Wood, Andrew Lim, Geoffrey Lowe, Dixie Wong-De Souza, La Salle Baroque Players.

Programme



REQUIEM

Date
Venue

Featuring Angie Janssen (soprano), Chia Wei Khuan (baritone), Margaret Chen (organ).

In aid of children's charities

Programme

Gabriel Fauré
    Requiem, Op. 48
Johann Sebastian Bach

Julius Reubke


Christmas 1989:  Johannes Passion

Date:  Wednesday, 22 March 1989, 8:15 pm
Venue:  Victoria Concert Hall

Programme

Johann Sebastian Bach
   Johannes Passion

Spring 1988:  International Festival Chorus Celebration Concert

Date:  Thursday, 24 March 1988
Venue:  Victoria Concert Hall

Featuring Churchlands Senior High School - Perth, Western Australia.

Programme