Orchestral Institute x Red Dot Baroque: Prayers for Halcyon

Orchestral Institute x Red Dot Baroque: Prayers for Halcyon | Concert Introduction

Joining forces with Conservatory ensemble in residence, Red Dot Baroque, the YST Orchestral Institute presents a journey across time and realms through musical evocations of battles. The program features Marin Marais’ Chaconne from Alcyone, W.F. Bach’s Adagio and Fugue in D minor, Handel’s Concerto Grosso in B-flat Major, Op. 3 No. 1, H.I.F. Biber’s Battalia à 10, and Igor Stravinsky’s Symphony in C – each composition a story-telling of familiar battles that have perennially plagued, confronted, and defined our shared humanity. Different in shape and form these battles may be – spiritual or physical, distantly mythological, or bitingly real – they demand resilience and unwavering hope towards a better future. Laced with empathy and valiance, we offer musical prayers for Halcyon Days (Alcyone’s namesake): an idealised space where peace and calmness prevails, even if fleetingly.

Concert Details

• Orchestral Institute x Red Dot Baroque: Prayers for Halcyon
• Date: 18 Feb 2023
• Time: 7:30pm
• Venue: Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music
• Address: YST Concert Hall Singapore, Singapore 117376 Singapore

Ticketing Information

• Tickets available on Eventbrite
• Price: SGD10

YST Orchestral Institute

with

JASON LAI, conductor

ALAN CHOO, artistic director, Red Dot Baroque

RED DOT BAROQUE, ensemble-in-residence

PROGRAMME

MARIN MARAIS

Chaconne from Alcyone

WILHELM FRIEDEMANN BACH

Adagio and Fugue in D minor

GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL

Concerto Grosso in B-flat major, Op. 3 No. 1

HEINRICH IGNAZ FRANZ VON BIBER

Battalia à 10

– Intermission –

IGOR STRAVINSKY

Symphony in C

Information Source: Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music official website