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Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma: Singapore Symphony Concerts and Asia Tour


NOVEMBER 2016 TOUR
11thSingapore,
12thSingapore
14thQingdao, China
16thBeijing, China
18thSeoul, South Korea
20th Taipei, Taiwan
 

Program 1 – November 11, 2016
Kojiro Umezaki: Cycles
(Joe (vibes), Ko (laptop), Mark (chimes), Shane (chimes), SSO, Lan Shui)
Giovanni Sollima: Violoncelles, Vibrez!
(YY on solo cello 2, SSO strings, Lan Shui) Kayhan Kalhor: Silent City
(Jeff, Kayhan, Mark, Shane, SSO string orch, Lan Shui) Toru Takemitsu: November Steps
(Joe, Ko, Mark, Shane, Wu Man, SSO, Lan Shui)

Program 2 – November 12, 2016
Wu Tong, Mark Suter: Fanfare for Suona and Percussion (Mark, Wu Tong) Mark Suter: Weavings (Joe, Mark, Sandeep, Shane)
Wu Man, Wu Tong: China duo (Wu Man, Wu Tong)
Kayhan Kalhor: Gallop of 1,000 Horses
(Jeff, Kayhan, Ko, Mark, Shane, YY, 2 SSO vlns*, 1 SSO viola*)
Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky: selections from Sacred Signs
II. Rejoice / IV. Into the Crowd / V. Light / VII. Time / IX. In the Dance
(Jeff, Joe, Kayhan, Ko, Mark, Sandeep, Shane, Wu Man, Wu Tong, Yo-Yo, 2 SSO violins*, 1 SSO viola*, Lan Shui)
=intermission=
Zhao Lin: Duo (Joe, Mark, Shane, Wu Tong, Yo-Yo, SSO, Lan Shui)
Traditional Persian, arr. Siamak Aghaei and Colin Jacobsen: Ascending Bird
Singapore Symphony
(all SRE, SSO, Lan Shui)

Silk Road Ensemble with Yo-Yo Ma
Qingdao, Beijing, Seoul, Taipei

Cristina Pato, Wu Tong: Fanfare for Gaita and Suona (Cristina, Wu Tong) Traditional Malian, arr. Shane Shanahan: Ichichila
(Jeff, Joe, Ko, Mario, Mark, Michi, Mike, Sandeep, Shane, Yo-Yo) Sandeep Das, Kojiro Umezaki, Hu Jianbing: If You Shall Return...
(Jeff, Joe, Ko, Mario, Mark, Michi, Sandeep, Shane, Wu Tong) Wu Man, arr. Ljova: Green (Vincent’s Tune) (all)
Zhao Jiping: Moon Over Guan Mountain (Sandeep, Wu Man, Wu Tong, Yo-Yo) Vijay Iyer: Playlist for an Extreme Occasion
(Cristina, Joe, Mario, Michi, Mike, Sandeep, Shane, Wu Tong)
= intermission =
Sandeep Das: King Ashoka (Jeff, Joe, Mark, Mike, Sandeep, Shane)
Michio Mamiya: Kio (Ko, Yo-Yo)
Dvořák, arr. Jeremy Kittel: Going Home (Ko, Mario, Wu Man, Wu Tong, Yo-Yo) Billy Strayhorn, arr. Shane Shanahan: Take the ‘A’ Train (all)