Concert Programme

Mundi Renovtio (Latin)                                          Gyorgy Orban

Daemon Irrepit Calidus (Latin)                               Gyorgy Orban

Missa Brevis (Latin)                                              Knut Nystedt

Five Hebrew Love Songs (Hebrew)                         Eric Whitacre

A Voyage of Songs (English)                                Zechariah Goh Toh Chai

Lullaby (Mandarin)                                               Zechariah Goh Toh Chai

Blossoms in the Night Rain (Hokkien)                   Zechariah Goh Toh Chai

Blue (English)                                                     Bernard Tan

Little Things (English)                                          Bernard Tan

Potong Padi (Malay)                                            arr. Nelson Kwei

The Shepherdess (Mandarin)                                arr. Nelson Kwei

Maiden of Mao (Mandarin)                                    arr. Nelson Kwei

Jazz Swing Vol. 1 by NUS Jazz Band

Friday, 27 February, 9.30pm

CFA Festival Club, University Cultural Centre Courtyard

$11

The NUS Jazz Band throws up a night of live jazz for all loose limbed jazz enthusiasts and will pay tribute to Nat King Cole through music and vocal songs.  Lindy hop dancers will takeover the dance floor and audiences are invited to join in the fun!

Concert Programme (Nat King Cole)

§         Straighten Up and Fly Right

§         Orange Colour Sky

§         Sweet Lorraine

§         Unforgettable

§         Frim Fram Sauce

§         Route 66

§         Walking My Baby Back Home

§         L.O.V.E.

§         Let There Be Love

§         Mona Lisa

Jazz Swing Vol. 2 by NUS Jazz Band

Friday, 7 March, 8.30pm

CFA Festival Club, University Cultural Centre Courtyard

$11

The concert features three premieres of newly commissioned works fusing Asian music with jazz and big band tunes. Written and arranged by Rick Smith and Bruno Leflanchec.

Destiny by NUS Symphony Orchestra

Sunday, 29 February, 8pm

University Cultural Centre Hall

$11, $9

The NUS Symphony Orchestra presents Verdi’s La Forza Del Destino Overture as well as Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5, Op. 67 in C minor.  Award winning 16-year-old violin prodigy from China, Ms Yang Tianwa, will be performing the Saint-Saëns’ Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor with the orchestra in this feast for the senses.

Concert Programme

La Forza Del Destino                                         Giuseppe Verdi

Violin Concerto No. 3 in B minor                         Camille Saint-Saëns

Symphony No. 5, Op. 67 in C minor                    Ludwig van Beethoven

Soiree 2004 by NUS Harmonica Band

Friday, 5 March 2003, 8pm

University Cultural Centre Hall

$11, $9

Soiree 2004 will see the premiere of The Witch's Daughter by James Moody, Anton Dvorak's Romanze and Voices of Spring by Johann Strauss.  The highlight of the concert is the Dance of the Yao People, a highly charged traditional Chinese composition by Liu Tie Shan and Mao Yuan.

Concert Programme

The Witch’s Daughter                                        James Moody

Polovtsian Dances                                             Alexander Borodin

Voice of Spring                                                  Johann Strauss

Romanze                                                          Dvôvrák

Etüde für Drei                                                    Zygmunt Zgraja

Carmen Fantasy                                                P.D. Sarasate

Dance of the Yao People                                    Liu Tie Shan and Mao Yuan

In Two Worlds by NUS Rondalla and The Pipers’ Guild @ NUS

Saturday, 6 March, 5pm

CFA Festival Club, University Cultural Centre Courtyard

$6

Delicately blending the Old with the New, the NUS Rondalla breathes new life into early instruments such as the banduria, laud and the mandolin. The group performs music with a Latin flavour – Cuban, Mexican and Spanish. To reflect this genre of music, some songs from the Buena Vista Social Club have been specially re-arranged for the occasion. Also included will be mambo and cha-cha music to keep your feet tapping along.

The Pipers’ Guild@NUS presents music from the Renaissance and Baroque eras. Performing exuberant and lively music from composers such as Bach, Handel and Vivaldi, audiences will see period instruments such as recorders, harpsichord, viola da gamba (similar to the cello) and archlute (similar to the guitar) being used. Programme includes a post-show talk on Rondalla.

Concert Programme

Five Dances by Praetoruis

Album for the Young

Windflower

La Playa

Gavotte

Patricia

Quentame Que Te Paso

Gaana Yatra (Musical Journey) by NUS Indian Instrumental Ensemble

Saturday, 6 March 2003, 8pm

University Cultural Centre Theatre

$11

Gaana Yatra (Musical Journey) offers traditional Indian music arranged and composed for veena, sitar, tabla, and Indian violin.  Highlights include a segment by the newly-formed choral group in which both Carnatic and Hindustani vocalists come together to present traditional Indian songs sung in parts (alto, soprano, baritone, tenor, bass) much like the Western choral-style.  The ensemble will perform four new compositions of which one is a fun piece written by Mohan Vaithiya.  The performers will also use their traditional instruments to recreate Chinese and Malay sounds.

Revelry by NUS Chinese Orchestra

Sunday, 7 March 2003, 5pm

University Cultural Centre Hall

$11, $9

The Chinese Orchestra has lined up 5 concertos with the liuqin, dizi, erhu, guzheng and percussion ensemble.  The highlight of the evening is an ambitious work Tai Yang (The Sun) featuring the percussion ensemble on eight sets of timpani and an assortment of Western & Chinese percussion.

Concert Programme

Intempo 2004: Magic Sounds by NUS Wind Symphony

Friday, 12 March, 8pm

University Cultural Centre Hall

$11, $9

Magic Sounds is a whimsical yet thrilling concert featuring a wide variety of music to reflect sounds that surround us everyday.  Different sounds evoke emotions and visual imagery associated with events in our lives.

Concert Programme

Ireland – Of Legend and Lore                              Robert W. Smith

Fantasy Tales                                                   Piet Swerts

Poetic Intermezzo                                             James Barnes

Second Suite for Band                                       Alfred Reed

Equus                                                              Eric Whitacre

La Storia                                                           Jacob De Haan

And The Multitude With One Voice Spoke           James l. Hosay

Pagan Dances                                                  James Barnes

TOUCH 2004 by Piano Ensemble

Saturday, 13 March, 8pm

University Cultural Centre Theatre

$11

One of the few performing groups in Singapore that actively promotes the concept of piano "ensemble" music, the NUS Piano Ensemble will play piano duets (four hands) and two-piano works.  Highlights will include pieces by 20th century French composers Claude Debussy and Gabriel Fauré.

GENUS 2004 by NUS Guitar Ensemble

Sunday, 14 March, 8pm

University Cultural Centre Hall

$11, $9

The NUS Guitar Ensemble offers an eclectic programme on Niibori guitars from classical, flemenco, jazz to contemporary music and beyond.  Hear their creative interpretations of At the Hunt, Tanquillo de Cadiz, Mononoke Hime, Danza Flamenca and many other familiar guitar favourites.

To check out the latest on Rhythms & Rhapsodies 2004, visit us at www.nus.edu.sg/cfa.