3 October 2005, SINGAPORE - Following the success of the SSO at the Park concert on Sept 18 in celebration of the Mid-Autumn Festival at Botanic Gardens, the Singapore Symphony Orchestra will bring its repertoire of popular classics to the Seng Kang neighbourhood for the very first time this coming Sunday. This is SSO's second heartland concert after its performance at Toa Payoh Central in August.

Enjoy the lively overture from Glinka’s opera Russlan and Ludmilla and a march from Prokofiev's opera The Love for Three Oranges. Then immerse yourself in an irresistible lineup which includes the famous Blue Tango by one of America's greatest composer Leroy Anderson, the popular Chinese tune Endless Love and a captivating selection of Broadway music, as well as movie tunes by Irving Berlin.

The SSO first performed in the SPH Gift of Music series in May when it launched the series with a May Day concert which attracted 6,000 visitors to catch its performance at the new Shaw Foundation Symphony Stage.

Participate in the lucky draw contest at the concert this Sunday and win goodie bags sponsored by SPH and SSO. Goodies include SSO VCDs and SPH notebooks and note pads.

SPH Classical Experience: SSO @ Seng Kang

Performers
Singapore Symphony Orchestra
Lim Yau conductor

Programme

About the SPH Gift of Music
Since the series launched in May 2005, audiences have been enjoying surprising collaborations, interaction with the performers and fresh Singapore talent performing alongside established acts.

The key partners collaborating with SPH in this Gift of Music series, which ends in April 2006, are the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, the Singapore Chinese Orchestra and a host of individuals and groups representing some of the most recognised names in Singapore music, as well as carefully-selected overseas acts. Apart from the SPH concerts at the Botanic Gardens, SPH will also bring concerts to the community with performances in the heartlands, public areas and parks as part of its outreach efforts to connect with the community.

The concert series is one of many outreach events which SPH supports as part of its broadening community involvement. Each year, the media group contributes to a diverse range of education, arts and culture, community, conservation, sports and charitable projects. SPH was recently named the top corporate giver in Singapore in a survey carried out by the National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre, and has been bestowed the Distinguished Patron of the Arts award every year since 1993.

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