Firebird: 25th Anniversary Gala Concert
9 November 2025
Esplanade Concert Hall
Music Director: Dr. Leonard Tan
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The Philharmonic Wind Orchestra marks a milestone in its journey with FIREBIRD: 25th Anniversary Gala Concert, held on 9 November 2025, at the Esplanade Concert Hall. Under the theme “Celebrating legacies, milestones, and friendships through music that shaped us,” this special evening showcases a tapestry of works that reflect PWO’s artistic spirit over the past quarter-century. From the evocative lyricism of Strauss’ Allerseelen to the intoxicating energy of Schmitt’s Dionysiaques, and from the grandeur of Leong Yoon Pin’s Giocoso Largamente to the vivid storytelling in Alarcón’s Marco Polo: The Silk Road, the program culminates in the fiery brilliance of Stravinsky’s Firebird Suite.
Join us as we celebrate 25 years of music-making, community, and passion— a journey that continues to burn brightly into the future.
Programme:
Giocoso Largamente
Leong Yoon Pin
Marco Polo: The Silk Road (La Ruta de la Seda)
Luis Serrano Alarcon
I. Genoa, 1298 (Génova, 1298)
II. The Caravan of the Merchants (La Caravana de los Mercaderes)
III. The Old Man of the Mountain (El Viejo de la Montaña)
IV. Taklamakan
V. Arrival In Cambaluc (Llegada a Cambaluc)
Dionysiaques, Op. 62
Florent Schmitt
Edited by Felix Hauswirth
Allerseelen (All Soul’s Day)
Richard Strauss
arr. Albert O. Davis
The Firebird (1919), Suite From The Ballet
Igor Stravinsky
arr. Randy Earles, Edited by Frederick Fennell