The Chamber Music Week Opening Gala – The Gabrieli Project, directed by Artistic Director Alan Choo, features YST students alongside members of YST Ensemble-in-Residence Red Dot Baroque in the grand polychoral music from 17th-century San Marco Cathedral in Venice. Composers such as Giovanni Gabrieli, Francesco Cavalli and Biagio Marini celebrated the unique architecture of the Cathedral and its many balconies by writing music for multiple instrumental choirs, each to be performed from different balconies and locations. 

 

In the context of 21st Century YST Conservatory, the similarly unique structure of the YST building will be utilized to bring out the call-and-response and echo effects of the music. Audiences travel together with the musicians to experience the music in multiple stations in the building, culminating in the epic Canzon for 22 parts in 5 instrumental choirs, by Giovanni Gabrieli in the concert hall. An exciting immersive experience not to be missed! 

The Chamber Music Week Opening Gala is supported by the Shaw Foundation Ones to Watch series.

PROGRAMME

CLAUDIO MONTERVERDI – Toccata to Orfeo
Chou Hsin-Yu (BMus3), Wen Chia Chun (BMus 1), trumpet
Tseng Hua-Chih (BMus2), horn
Chen Shijin (BMus2), Zhang Zhuoli (BMus 1), trombone
Lucas Kwai (BMus1), bass trombone
Chen Yi-Chung (BMus4), tabor drum

GIOVANNI GABRIELI – Canzon in echo à 12
Choir 1
Chou Hsin-Yu (BMus3), trumpet
Wen Chia Chun (BMus1), trumpet
Tseng Hua-Chih (BMus2), horn
Liu Xiaowei (BMus1), bass trombone

Choir 2
Tan Xin Jie (BMus4), violin
Yeo See Kang (BMus1), violin
Wu Haiping (BMus1), viola
Chen Youjia (BMus2), cello

Choir 3
Qi Yufei (BMus1), flute
Gao Wei Tina (BMus1), violin
Chen Shijin (BMus2), trombone
Lim Jun Yi (BMus2), tuba

SALOMONE ROSSI – Sonata in dialogo detta la Viena
Red Dot Baroque
Gabriel Lee & Placida Ho, baroque violi
Leslie Tan, baroque cello
Christopher Clarke, theorbo

LODOVICO GROSSI DA VIADANA – “La Bergamasca”
Choir 1
Syu Cheng-Yi (BMus2), violin
Wu Tsai-Jou (BMus4), violin
Erlene Koh (RDB), viola
Assenbay Alan (BMus1), cello

Choir 2
Qi Yufei (BMus1), flute
Yeo See Kang (BMus1), violin
Zhang Zhuoli (BMus1), trombone
Lucas Kwai (BMus1), bass trombone

GIROLAMO FANTINI – Entrata Imperiale per sonare in concerto
Chou Hsin-Yu (BMus3), Wen Chia Chun (BMus1), trumpet
Tseng Hua-Chih (BMus2), horn
Chen Shijin (BMus2), Zhang Zhuoli (BMus1), trombone
Lucas Kwai (BMus1) & Liu Xiaowei (BMus1), bass trombone
Lim Jun Yi (BMus2), tuba
Chen Yi-Chung (BMus4), tabor drum

CESARE BENDINELLI – Sonata No. 333
Chou Hsin-Yu (BMus3), Wen Chia Chun (BMus1), trumpet
Tseng Hua-Chih (BMus2), horn
Chen Shijin (BMus2), Zhang Zhuoli (BMus1), trombone
Lucas Kwai (BMus1) & Liu Xiaowei (BMus1), bass trombone
Lim Jun Yi (BMus2), tuba
Chen Yi-Chung (BMus4), timpani

BIAGIO MARINI – Sonata in ecco, for 3 violins
Red Dot Baroque
Alan Choo, baroque violin
Gabriel Lee & Placida Ho, baroque echo violin
Leslie Tan, baroque cello
Mervyn Lee, organ
Christopher Clarke, theorbo

FRANCESCO CAVALLI – Sonata à 12, from Musiche Sacre
Choir 1
Wu Tsai-Jou (BMus4), violin
Gao Wei Tina (BMus1), violin
Erlene Koh (RDB), viola
Wu Haiping (BMus1), viola
Chen Youjia (BMus2), cello
Assenbay Alan (BMus1), cello

Choir 2
Chou Hsin-Yu (BMus3), trumpet
Tseng Hua-Chih (BMus2), horn
Chen Shijin (BMus2), trombone
Zhang Zhuoli (BMus1), trombone
Liu Xiaowei (BMus1), bass trombone
Lim Jun Yi (BMus2), tuba

+ Loewe Lim (BMus1), bass
+ Mervyn Lee (RDB), organ
+ Christopher Clarke (RDB), theorbo

ANTONIO BERTALI – Sonata a due chori a 8 in a minor
Syu Cheng-Yi (BMus2), violin (solo)
Tan Xin Jie (BMus4), violin (solo)
Wu Tsai-Jou (BMus4), violin
Yeo See Kang (BMus1), violin
Erlene Koh (RDB), viola
Wu Haiping (BMus1), viola
Chen Youjia (BMus2), cello
Assenbay Alan (BMus1), cello

+ Loewe Lim (BMus 1), bass
+ Mervyn Lee (RDB), organ
+ Christopher Clarke (RDB), theorbo

GIOVANNI GABRIELI – Sonata XX à 22, C. 213
Choir 1
Chou Hsin-Yu (BMus3), trumpet
Tan Xin Jie (BMus4), violin
Erlene Koh (RDB), viola
Liu Xuanyu (BMus1), viola
Leslie Tan (RDB), cello
Lucas Kwai (BMus1), bass trombone

Choir 2
Syu Cheng-Yi (BMus2), violin
Yeo See Kang (BMus1), violin
Wu Haiping (BMus1), viola
Loewe Lim (BMus1), bass

Choir 3
Tseng Hua-Chih (BMus2), horn
Zhang Zhuoli (BMus1), trombone
Liu Xiaowei (BMus1), bass trombone
Lim Jun Yi (BMus2), tuba

Choir 4
Wen Chia Chun (BMus1), trumpet
Wu Tsai-Jou (BMus4), violin
Chen Shijin (BMus2), trombone
Chen Youjia (BMus2), cello

Choir 5
Qi Yufei (BMus1), flute
Gao Wei Tina (BMus1), violin
Placida Ho (RDB), viola
Assenbay Alan (BMus1), cello

+ Mervyn Lee (RDB), organ
+ Christopher Clarke (RDB), theorbo