A Night of Carols + ENCORE

A NIGHT OF CAROLS (2022)
by Tan Yuting
Written by young Singaporean composer, Tan Yuting, A Night of Carols is a medley of carols expressing the hope, peace, love, and joy of Christmas. Featuring favourites such as O Holy Night, Angels We Have Heard On High, Silent Night, Deck the Halls, and Joy to the World, this medley depicts the night-time nativity scene and the joyous festivities of the Christmas season.
0:00 A Night of Carols
14:42 Applause
19:45 Encore: Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's Messiah
Singapore Symphony Chorus
Singapore Symphony Youth Choir
Singapore Symphony Children's Choir
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Rodolfo Barráez, Associate Conductor
Recorded on 15 Dec 2022 at the Esplanade Concert Hall, Singapore at the SSO Christmas Fundraising Concert 2022.
Singaporean composer Tan Yuting (b. 1993) writes music which explores the interaction of different sounds to form unique harmonies and textures. Her music has been recognised with awards including First Prize in the Macht Orchestral Composition Competition (2018), First Prize in the Virginia Carty DeLillo Composition Competition (2018), and Third Prize in the Prix d’Été Competition (2017) at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University, and has been performed in Singapore, USA, UK, Thailand, New Zealand, and Italy.
Past collaborations include performances by the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, American Composers Orchestra, Peabody Symphony Orchestra, Megalopolis Saxophone Orchestra, National Sawdust Ensemble, Tacet(i) Ensemble, Aspen Contemporary Ensemble, Ensemble Dal Niente, The Opera People, K⼝U, Quince Ensemble, Empyrean Ensemble, ~Nois, Alarm Will Sound, Now Hear This, Unassisted Fold, and Ensemble Soundinitiative. Recent commissions include four set pieces for the National Piano and Violin Competition 2021 in Singapore and a piece for the Megalopolis Saxophone Orchestra as their Composer-in-Residence.
Yuting also enjoys working with artists from other fields and creating music in collaboration with other art forms. In 2019, she performed her original live score for the USA premiere screening of Chinese film pioneer Zhu Shouju’s 1925 film “Stormy Night” (Fengyu zhi ye). Yuting is currently pursuing a PhD in Music Composition at the University of Chicago on a full fellowship from the Division of the Humanities.

[@PhillipPhan]

Thank you, YuTing and SSO for this wonderful presentation. Christmas 2023 passed too quickly. This will help make it last longer, till 2024!

[@grutarg2938]

Just the music we wanted to listen to this Boxing Day evening.

[@angeladale-powell5263]

Wow! You sound like an English choir. Wonderful arrangements sung like a choir of angels. Outstanding orchestral playing and conducting - as always! Merry Christmas.

[@krappola1]

Beautiful. Thank you.

[@JimNicholls]

A lovely performance. Thank you!