Tuesday, November 02, 2004
Have surfing the net and found this.You guys can go and browse through but have to be a member of that website.
Title of Piece:
Singapore Rhapsody
Composer:
Jacob de Haan
Publisher:
De Haske Publications BV
Level of Difficulty:
Grade 2.5 - Performance Series
Perfomance Time:
approx. 9 minutes
Piece Description:
Singapore Rhapsody was written on commission of the Ministry of Education Co-Curricular Activities Branch for the Singapore Youth Festival 2005. It is a work in two movements based on popular Malaysian folksongs. The songs that occur in the first movement are respectively Rasa Sayang eh (a love song), Gelang Sipaku Gelang (a song about community spirit), Suriram (a song about a girl proclaiming her virtues and offering her friendship for ever and ever), and Di-Tanjung Katong (a love song that takes place at the Cape Katong on the southeast coast of Singapore). The second movement features Lenggang Kangkung, which literally means "The swaying of the watercress," Katang Lompat (a moralistic song about the symbolism of the frog), and finally Kenek Kenek-lah Udang (a wedding song). The two movements of Singapore Rhapsody are not inextricably bound up; therefore they can be performed separately without a problem.
( Adapted from the composer/publisher )
Remark:
This is a newly commissioned piece written by Maestro Jacob de Haan. For the SYF 2005, participating Secondary School bands will be required to perform movement I, while Junior Colleges will be performing movement II.
Detailed remarks regarding this set piece will not be available to avoid any form of "restrictions" in the interpretation to the reader. Bandzonians however, are encouraged to bring up any questions or comments with regards to this piece of work so that the rest of the Bandzonians can take part and learn from the discussion.
adapted frm: http://s8.invisionfree.com/BandZone/index.php?showtopic=132