Commissioned Works

The Singapore National Youth Orchestra is active in promoting Singaporean composition and has commissioned and premiered numerous works by Singaporean composers as part of investing in people – nurturing budding artists and supporting a Singapore brand of music.

2011
	Chen Zhangyi	A Carp Emerges for Percussion and Orchestra
2009
	Phoon Yew Tien	Summer Rhapsody
2007
	Ho Chee Kong	Garden Veils
2004
	Robert Casteels	Kriesleriana, concerto paraphrase for large group of soli violins and orchestra
2003
	Philip Tan	10 Months
2002
	Er Yenn Chwen	Opening Hearts for Chorus & Orchestra
2001
	Bernard Tan	Overture to Youth
2000
	Ho Chee Kong	Enchanted Paths
1999
	Kelly Tang	Sinfonia Concertante
1998
	Tsao Chieh	Stasis
1997
	Bernard Tan	Fantasia on Chan Mali Chan
1996
	John Howard	Symphonic Winds on Westron Wynde
1995
	Joyce Bee Tuan Koh	Above Dancing Waters
1994
	Er Yenn Chwen	Three Sketches for Chorus & Orchestra
1993
	Leong Yoon Pin	Metamorphosis
1992
	Tsao Chieh	Prelude, Interlude, Fugato
1990
	Bernard Tan	Symphony No 1
1989
	John Sharpley	Sojourne
1985
	Phoon Yew Tien	Variations on Dayong Sampan

Repertoire

Anderson, Leroy

• A Christmas Festival
• Bugler's Holiday Sleigh Ride
• The Typewriter

Bach, John Sebastian

• Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
• Brandenburg Concerto No. 4

Beethoven, Ludwig van

• Egmont Overture Op 84
• Overture to Fidelio Op 72
• Overture No. 3 “Leonore” Op 72a
• Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 37
• Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op 58
• Prometheus Overture Op. 43
• Romance for Violin and Orchestra in No 2 in F major, Op. 50
• Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op 21
• Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 “Eroica”
• Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60
• Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op 67
• Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op 68 “Pastoral”
• Symphony No. 7 in A major op.92
• Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op 93

Benjamin, Aurthur

• Jamaican Rumba

Berlioz, Hector

• Benvenuto Cellini Overture
• March from the Damnation of Faust
• Rakoczy March
• Roman Carnival Overture Op 9
• Symphony Fantastique

Bernstein, Leonard

• Overture to “Candide”

Bizet, Georges

• Carmen Suite
• Symphony No. 1 in C major

Borodin, Alexander

• Polovtsian Dances from “Prince Igor”

Boulez, Pierre

• Rituel in Memoriam, Bruno Madern for orchestra in eight groups

Brahms, Johannes

• Academic Festival Overture Op 80
• Hungarian Dances No. 5 & 6
• Symphony No. 2 in D major Op. 73
• Variations on a Theme by Haydn Op. 56a

Britten, Benjamin

• A Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra

Bruch, Max

• Scottish Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra Op. 46

Casteels, Robert

• Kriesliariana, concert paraphrase for large group soli and orchestra

Copland, Aaron

• Ballet Suite from Billy the Kid
• Fanfare for the Common Man
• Saturday Night Waltz and Hoe-down
• Variations on a Shaker Melody from “Appalachian Spring”

Corelli, Arcangelo

• Concerto Grosso No. 6 Op. 6

Dobrogosz, Steve

• Serenade

Dragonetti, Domenico

• Double Bass Concerto in A major

Dukas, Paul

• Fanfare from La Peri
• The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

Dvorak, Antonin

• Prague Waltzes
• Romance in F minor for Violin and Orchestra Op 11
• Serenade in E major for Strings
• Slavonic Dance Op 72 No 8
• Slavonic Dance Op. 72 No. 2, Op. 46 No. 2
• Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88
• Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95

Elgar, Edward

• Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85
• Chanson de Matin Op. 15, No. 2
• Pomp and Circumstance
• Serenade for Strings
• The Wand of Youth Suite 1 & 2

Er Yenn Chwen

• Three Sketches for Chorus and Orchestra
• Opening Hearts (SYF 2002)

Gabrieli, Giovanni

• Sonata octavi toni from “Sacrae Symphoniae” for double 6-part brass choir

Ginastera

• The Estancia

Glinka

• Overture to "Ruslan & Ludmilla"

Gluck, Christoph Willibald

• Dance of the Blessed Spirits from “Orpheus and Euridice”

Glazunov, Alexander

• Concert Waltzes
• Violin Concerto in A minor, Op 82

Gould, Morton

• American Salute

Gounod, Charles

• Faust: Ballet Music No. 6 & 7
• Petite Symphony in B flat major

Grieg, Edvard

• Holberg Suite: Sarabande, Gavotte-Musette, Rigaudon
• Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 Op. 46

Grondahl , Launy

• Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra

Handel, arr. Harty

• Music for the Royal Fireworks
• Suite from Water Music

Handel, George Frideric

• “Hallelujah Amen” from Judas Maccabaeus
• See the Conquering Hero Comes

Haydn, Franz Joseph

• Cello Concerto in C major
• Oboe Concerto in C major, Hob.VIIg:C1
• String Quartet in C major Op 33 No 3 “The Bird”
• Symphony No. 100 in G major “Military”
• Symphony No. 101 in D major “The Clock”
• Symphony No. 104 in D major “London”
• Symphony No. 92 in G major “Oxford”
• Trumpet Concerto 1st Movement

He Zhanhao/Chen Gang

• “Butterfly Lovers” – Concerto for Violin and Orchestra

Ho Chee Kong

• Enchanted Paths
• Garden Veils

Hodkinson, S

• Stone Images

Holst, Gustav

• First Suite in E flat major
• The Planets

Howard, John

• Symphonic Variations on Westron Wynde

Hummel, Johann

• Fantasie for Violin and Orchestra

Ibert, Jacques

• The Flute Concerto

Johann Wenzel Kalliwada

• Variations et Rondeau pour Bassoon in B flat major, Op 57

Keyper, Franz

• Romance and Rondo for Double Bass and Orchestra

Kodaly Zoltan

• Hary Janos Suite

Koh, Bee Tuan Joyce

• Above Dancing Waters

Koyama Kiyoshige

• Kobiki-Uta (The Woodcutter’s Song)

Lalo, Edouard

• Cello Concerto in D minor
• Symphonie Espagnole

Larsson, Lars Erik

• Concerto for Trombone and Strings

Lehar, Franz

• Prelude and Violin Solo from the operetta “Paganini”

Liu Tie Shan & Mao Yuen

• Dance of the Yao

Leong Yoon Pin

• Dance Suite
• Fanfare for Joy
• Jubilation
• Metamorphosis

Leong Yoon Pin (arr.)

• Four Christmas Carols: Silent Night, Joy to the World, O Come All Ye Faithful, What Child Is this

Liszt, Franz

• Piano Concerto No. 1

Mascagni, Pietro

• Intermezzo Sinfonico

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix

• Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op 56 “Scottish”
• Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op 90 “Italian”
• Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 107 “Reformation”
• Violin Concerto in E minor Op 64

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

• Concerto in A major, K.488
• Concerto No 2 in D major for Flute and Orchestra, K.314
• Concerto No. 3 in E flat major for Horn and Orchestra, K.447
• Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major
• Horn Concerto No. 3 in E flat major, K.447
• Overture from “The Magic Flute”
• Piano Concerto No. 22 in E flat major, K.482
• Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat major, K.595
• Serenade in Bb major, K 361 “Gran Partita”
• Sinfonia Concertante in E flat major, KV 364
• Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K 183
• Symphony No. 35 in D major K 385
• Symphony No. 38 in D major K 504
• Symphony No. 39 in E flat major, K.543
• Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K.550
• Overture from “Marriage of Figaro”
• Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K.219

Nedbal, Oskar

• Valse Triste from “Der Faule Hans”

Nicolai, Otto

• Overture from “The Merry Wives of Windsor”

Offenbach, Jacques

• Overture to the operetta “Beautiful Helen”

Paganini

• Violin Concerto No. 1 in E flat, Op. 6

Piazzolla, Astor

• Primavera Portena

Phoon Yew Tien

• Variations on Dayong Sampan

Ponchielli, Amilcare

• La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours

Prokofiev,Sergey Sergeyvitch

• Excerpts from Romeo and Juliet Op. 64
• Lieutenant Kije
• Peter and the Wolf
• Symphony No. 1 “Classical”

Ravel, Maurice

• Bolero
• La Valse
• Le Tombeau de Couperin
• Mother Goose Suite
• Piano Concerto for Left Hand
• Rhapsodie Espagnol
• String Quartet in F major
• Tzigane,rapsodie de concert, for Violin & Orchestra

Rimsky Korsakov

• Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34

Rossini, Gioachino

• Overture to “The Barber of Seville”
• Overture to “Italian Girls in Algiers”
• Overture to “The Silken Ladder”
• Overture to “William Tell”
• Overture to “The Thieving Magpie”
• Sonata for Strings

Respighi, Ottorino

• The Pines of Rome

Saint-Saens, Camille

• Carnival of the Animals
• Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33
• Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No 3 Op 61
• Samson et Dalila: Bacchanale

Sarasate, Pablo de

• Gipsy Airs

Schubert, Franz

• Rosamunde Overture
• Symphony No. 3 in D major
• Symphony No. 5 in B flat major
• Symphony No. 6 in C major
• Symphony No. 8 in B minor “Unfinished”

Schumann, Robert

• Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54
• Symphony No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 38 “Spring”
• Symphony No. 2 in C major, Op. 61
• Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120

Sculthorpe, P

• Earth Cry

Sharman, Rodney

• Cordes Vides

Sharpley, John

• Sojoum

Shostakovich, Dmitri

• Festive Overture Op. 96
• Suite from “The Gadfly” Op 97a

Sibelius, Jean

• Alla Marcia from “Karelia Suite”
• Finlandia
• Symphony No 2 in D Op 43
• Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47

Smetana, Bedrich

• The Bartered Bride Overture

Strauss, Johann

• Die Fledermaus Overture: excerpts from Acts 2 & 3
• Emperor Waltz
• Thunder and Lightning Polka
• Pizzicato Polka

Strauss, Johann Jr

• Emperor Waltz, Op 437
• Im Krapfenwaldl op. 336
• Overture to the Gipsy Baron
• Radetsky March
• The Blue Danube Waltz
• The Cockoo Polka

Strauss Richard

• Concerto No. 1 in E flat for Horn and Orchestra, Op. 11
• Tod und Verklarung

Stravinski, Igor

• Firebird, second suite from the ballet
• Pulcinella Suite

Suolahti, Heikki

• Sinfonia Piecola

Suppe, Franz von

• Poet and Peasant

Susato, Tylman

• Renaissance Dances

Tan, Bernard

• Fantasia on Chan Mali Chan
• Overture to Youth
• Symphony No. 1

Tang, Kelly

• Sinfonia Concertante

Tan Philip

• Ten Months

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich

• 1812 Festival Overture, Op. 49
• Excerpts from the Swan Lake Suite
• Suite from “The Nutcracker”, Op. 71a
• Symphony No 2 in C minor Op 17 “Little Russian”
• Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36
• Symphony No. 5 in E minor Op. 64
• Valse from “Sleeping Beauty” Suite
• Violin Concerto in D major Op. 35

Tsao Chieh

• Prelude, Interlude and Fugato
• Stasis

Tom San

• Yellow River Concerto

Vaughan Williams, Ralph

• "English Folk Song" Suite
• Flourish for Wind Band

Verdi, Guiseppe

• Il Trovatore: Anvil Chorus, Soldiers Chorus
• Hymn and Triumphant March from Aida
• La Traviata: Prelude, Chorus of the Gypsies, Chorus of the Matadors
• Nabucco Overture

Vieuxtemps, Henri

• Violin Concerto No. 5 in A minor, Op. 37

Vivaldi, Antonio

• Concerto Grosso Op. 3 No. 2 in G minor
• Concerto in B minor, Op. 3 No. 10

Wagner, Richard

• Rienzi Overture

Weber, Carl Maria von

• Clarinet Concerto No. 1 in F minor, Op. 73
• Invitation to the Dance
• Overture to “Der Freischutz”
• Overture to “Oberon”

Weill, Kurt

• Little Threepenny Music

Weir, Judith

• Musicians Wrestle Everywhere

Wieniawski, Henri

• Violin Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 14
• Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 22

Wolf, Hugo

• Italian Serenadee