Thursday, October 03, 2013

9 Jul 2013: The SCL Festival Gala Winners Concert



In the evening of 9 July 2013, all the participants of the Summa Cum Laude International Youth Music Festival 2013 gathered at the Wiener Konzerthaus for the SCL Festival Gala Winners Concert. The concert was a ticketed event and there were many members of the public who were present to watch the concert.



The programme of the concert was as follow (source: http://www.sclfestival.org/results2013.htm):

Into the Sun in October - Xi Qiming/Wang Xiaolong (arr. Chen Guang’zhong)
Nanjing Lhasa - Tongtong Children‘s Choir (China) - Ling Song
1st place in the category “Children’s Choir” with excellent success






Lamma bada Yatathanna - Andalusian Folk Song (arr. Pnina Inbar)
Shani Girls Choir (Israel) - Anat Aharoni
2nd place in the category “Treble Choir” with excellent success






Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Freddie Mercury (arr. Anne Raugh/ Deke Sharon)
Xavier College Chamber Choir (Australia) - Richard O’Shaughnessy
1st place in the category “Male Choir” with excellent success



Bogoroditse Devo - Arvo Pärt
O du lieber Augustin IV - Herwig Reiter
Tallinn Music High School Chamber Choir (Estonia) - Janne Fridolin
1st place in the category “Mixed Choir” with outstanding success




Pueri concinite - Iacobus Gallus Handl
Svete Tihiy 9, No 21 - Pavel Chesnokov
St. Stanislav‘s Girls‘ Choir (Slovenia) - Helena Fojkar Zupančič
1st place in the category “Treble Choir” with outstanding success
Special award by Jeunesse Musicale Austria for the extraordinary and mature performance






Amavolovolo - Zulu Song
Menlo Park High School Choir (South Africa) - Jeanmari van Papendorp
1st place in the category “Mixed Choir” with outstanding success




Tamagawa Academy Symphonic Wind Orchestra (Japana).
Photo courtesy of Terence Low.

Glorisa, Symphonic Poem for Band - Y. Itoh
Tamagawa Academy Symphonic Wind Orchestra (Japan) - Akira Hasebe
1st place in the category “Symphonic Band” with outstanding success




The Singapore Management University Symphonia.
Photo courtesy of Terence Low.

A Festival Overture - Alfred Reed
Singapore Management University Symphonia (Singapore) - Adrian Chiang
2nd place in the category “Symphonic Band” with outstanding success


The Fiddlers op. 1 (Movements 1, 4 and 5) - Einojuhani Rautavaara
The Helsinki Strings (Finland) - Jukka Rantamäki
2nd place in the category “String Orchestra” with outstanding success


Divertimento B-flat Major, 2. Allegro di molto, 3. Allegro assai KV 137 - W. A. Mozart
Jugendkammerorchester VIOLINISSIMO (Germany) - Ulli Büsel
1st place in the category “String Orchestra” with outstanding success





Euregio Jeugdorkest.
Photo courtesy of Terence Low.

De getemde feeks (The taming of the Shrew) op. 25 - Johan Wagenaar
Euregio Jeugdorkest - Hans Casteleyn
1st place in the category “Symphony Orchestra” with outstanding success


"Summa Cum Laude Anthem"
(Music Is The Global Language)
Music by Michael Rüggeberg; Words by Gero Friedrich
Conductor: Markus Obereder


***

My favourite choral performance was that by St. Stanislav‘s Girls‘ Choir (Slovenia) conducted by Helena Fojkar Zupančič. The group simply looked like angels descending from heavens when they sang with their primarily white dresses.

Equally impressive was Menlo Park High School Choir (South Africa)'s rendition of Amavolovolo which was full of energy and contrast. For the audience who prefer some light-hearted amusement, Xavier College Chamber Choir (Australia)'s rendition of Crazy Little Thing Called Love has brought a lot of sweet surprises.

For the performances by the instrumental groups, Tamagawa Academy Symphonic Wind Orchestra's rendition was precise and clear. Euregio Jeugdorkest's rendition was outstanding and uplifting. As Euregio Jeugdorkest concluded the Gala Winners Concert with the Summa Cum Laude Anthem, all of us sang whole-heartedly. It was at that time when I felt a sense of sadness that the festival was coming to a close. The memories shall stay forever more. I felt thankful for the opportunity to have taken part in the festival.

Many thanks to the organisers of the festival for making it possible.

No comments: