PROGRAMME

A MUSICAL FESTIVAL of Reimagined Animals

I. Frère Jacques (Brother John)
A reimagination of Mahler’s Symphony Nos. 1 and 3, and Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf

CHAN SHEE ANN SHANNON, viola
CHAI MEI QIN, french horn
KALIA DIANE CRAIG, horn
MUHAMMAD AFIQ BIN HUSSAINI, bassoon

II. Swallephant
A reimagination of The Swan and The Elephant from Saint-Saëns’ The Carnival of the Animals

TAN WEI LING JODI, voice
CHEONG CHI YUN ESTENE, yangqin
LIU LE, viola
CHUA YI JUN EUGENE, cello
HIBIKI OTOMO, double bass

III. Aquarium
A reimagination of Saint-Saëns’ The Carnival of the Animals

LEE YU XIAN NATASHA, flute
HOI KHAI WEING, violin
SARAN CHAROENNIT, cello
POON EK HAN, piano
JEREMY NG CHUAN KAI, percussion

IV. Cat
A reimagination of excerpts from Bach’s Coffee Cantata and Prokofiev’s Peter and the Wolf

LIM HUISHI KIRA, soprano
JASON SURYAATMAJA, baritone
ZHENG SHANXI, clarinet
LAI JING YING JAMIE, violin
GUO MINGAI, cello
G LAKSHMANAN, tabla

V. Papageno
A reimagination of excerpts from Mozart’s The Magic Flute, Saint-Saëns’ The Carnival of the Animals

LEE HONG SHEN ELTON, voice
EDGAR JAVIER LUCENA RODRIGUEZ, violin
TEO WEI EN REINA, violin
CAO HUIYING, cello
LIANG RAY-HENG, piano

ZOOMORPHIC MUSES: An Afternoon at the Museum

MAKARA Introduction

SARA FLORIAN, text and narration
CHEN ZHANGYI, music

I. PHOENIX AND DRAGON

BENJAMIN HARRIS, tenor (DRAGON)
LIM HUISHI KIRA, soprano (PHOENIX)
EDGAR JAVIER LUCENA RODRIGUEZ, violin
TAN XINJIE, violin
LIU LE, viola
CAO HUIYING, cello 

MAKARA Interlude 1

SARA FLORIAN, text and narration
CHEN ZHANGYI, music

II. HINTHA

LIM HUISHI KIRA, soprano (HINTHA)
LEE YU XIAN NATASHA, flute
KALIA DIANE CRAIG, french horn
CHAI MEI QIN, french horn
MUHAMMAD AFIQ BIN HUSSAINI, bassoon
HIBIKI OTOMO, double bass

MAKARA Interlude 2

SARA FLORIAN, text and narration
CHEN ZHANGYI, music

III. QILIN

JASON SURYAATMAJA, baritone (QILIN and LUMBERJACK)
ZHENG SHANXI, clarinet
GUO MINGAI, cello
G LAKSHMANAN, tabla
POON EK HAN, piano

MAKARA Interlude 3

SARA FLORIAN, text and narration
CHEN ZHANGYI, music

IV. HORSE  

HOI KHAI WEING, violin
TEO WEI EN REINA, violin
CHAN SHEE ANN SHANNON, viola
SARAN CHAROENNIT, cello
LIANG RAY-HENG, piano

MAKARA Interlude 4

SARA FLORIAN, text and narration
CHEN ZHANGYI, music

V. TURTLE AND HARE 

BENJAMIN HARRIS, voice (TURTLE)
ALISON WONG, voice (HARE)
DAMIAN TEO JIAN YI, piano
JEREMY NG CHUAN KAI, percussion
SARA FLORIAN, narration

MAKARA Interlude 5

SARA FLORIAN, text and narration
CHEN ZHANGYI, music

VI. CRAB

TAN WEI LING JODI, voice (CRAB 1)
LEE HONG SHEN ELTON, voice and piano (CRAB 2)
LAI JING YING JAMIE, violin
CHUA YI JUN EUGENE, cello
CHEONG CHI YUN ESTENE, yangqin

MAKARA Coda

SARA FLORIAN, text and narration
CHEN ZHANGYI, music and conductor

ABOUT THIS EVENT

What would happen if we reimagined some of the fantastic mythical creatures found on animal-shaped objects and created a musical narrative for an afternoon at the Asian’s Civilisations Museum? 

In response to the youth-friendly An Explorer’s Guide to Fantastic Creatures at ACM, musicians from Yong Siew Toh Conservatory (YST) will unfold a new narrative of these ancient animal-shaped objects through music. Through the musicians’ rich musical imagination and creativity, these fantastic creatures will be renewed and brought to life!

On 11 November 2022, the live performance of Zoomorphic Muses will be complemented with the musicians’ transcriptions and reimaginations of animal-related musical excerpts from Saint Saen’s ‘The Carnival of Animals’, JS Bach’s ‘Coffee Cantata’, and Mahler’s first symphony, which quotes the ‘Brother John’ (Frère Jacques) theme!

In collaboration with:

TICKETING INFORMATION

• Free admission.

* All event information is correct at the time of print.

Photo credit: ACM

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