YST Orchestral Institute
with
JASON LAI, conductor
CHRISTOPHER SIM, arranger
JONAH RYAN LIM, piano

PROGRAMME

STRAUSS/CHRISTOPHER SIM
Death and Transfiguration, Op. 24

BRAHMS
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor, Op. 15
I. Maestoso- Poco più moderato
II. Adagio
III. Rondo (Allegro non troppo)

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ABOUT THIS EVENT

Transfigurations: a concert celebrating transformation, from the YST Orchestral Institute

The YST Orchestral Institute under the direction of Principal Conductor Jason Lai, featuring Jonah Ryan Kwek Lim Jin (B.Mus3, Piano), presents a concert celebrating transformation and transfiguration. This concert with Jonah is also the first of our 2021-22 Concerto Competition Prizewinner Showcase series.

The spell of transfiguration is one that ennobles the human will, enabling a fearless and decisive shattering of boundaries—the illusory line between an artist and their art, life, and death. The composers featured on this evening’s programme were both 25 years of age and in the prime of their youth when they penned the works to be performed, each bringing decidedly different musical approaches to artistic and spiritual transformation.

In Richard Strauss’s Death and Transfiguration—specially arranged for this evening’s COVID era-sized orchestra by YST alumnus Christopher Sim (’21)—we join the protagonist in a deeply psychological journey, hurtling from the edge of death to the space beyond. Meanwhile, the journey of transformation in Johannes Brahms’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor is one that you and I—as creative spirits—may more readily recognise: an endless striving for self-realisation in this life, finding the hope, strength and ultimately joy to confront and transcend ghosts and mirrors, real and imagined.

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TICKETING INFORMATION

Up to 200 audience members (in groups of 2) will be allowed. To help keep our community safe, here are the measures that we will be adhering to:

• Free admission via Eventbrite registration only. Please note that by clicking on the link, you will be directly forwarded to a third party independent site, which is not developed nor maintained by National University of Singapore (NUS). The website could be subject to data protection and privacy practices and you are encouraged to examine them before proceeding to share your personal data. NUS will collect, use and/or disclose the personal data submitted through this third party independent site for the purpose of registration and/or management of the event.

• A maximum group size of two (2) is allowed for each registration.

• Audience members who are not fully vaccinated* will be required to undergo Pre-Event Testing (PET) at any MOH approved clinics and costs of the PET will be borne by audience members. Children between 6 – 12 years old are not required to undergo Pre-Event Testing.

• *Fully vaccinated: having received 2nd dose by 23 October 2021.

• There will be no on-site PET at the Conservatory for this concert.

• All ticket holders must warrant that all vaccination and Pre-Event Testing (PET) information (if any) are correct when requested for disclosure.

• All ticket holders must consent to the collection, use and disclosure of personal data in relation to the ticket holders’ vaccination and PET data.

• Out of respect for other concertgoers, no children under 6 years of age will be allowed admission.

Do bring along your negative PET test result notice, photo identification, and mobile device with updated TraceTogether (TT) app or token for SafeEntry check-in. We regret that patrons who do not have their photo ID, the app or token will be denied entry. Please visit MOH website for details.

Thank you for your continued support and we can’t wait to see you all in person!

This event will be broadcast on 20 November, 7:30 pm, should you wish to tune in from home. 

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

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