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Promotions in May
2004
Come what
"may", this spring month has plenty of bounce at library@esplanade
!
If you thought Peter
Jackson had never flexed his directing muscles before helming Lord
of the Rings, think again ! The upcoming New Zealand film festival
gives you the chance to see the gorefest he brought to the screen
in his early films.
Just sign up for
Premium membership OR introduce a new member to the library (if
you're already a Premium Member) and you can win a pair of tickets
to see any film at the New Zeland film festival from 14-19 May at
GV Marina (details at www.sfs.org.sg) And on your next visit, why
not pick up our list of Kiwi films available at library@esplanade?
Programmes
Friday 7 May
Dvorak's Eighth
Symphony Pre-concert Talk with Dr. Eugene Dairianathan
Join Dr. Eugene
Dairianathan, NIE-NTU Head of Music, as he delves into the works
to be performed at the SSO concert later in the evening: Dvorak's
Eighth Symphony, a masterpiece that blends sublime lyricism with
nationalistic fervour; Sibelius' Pohjola's Daughter, a tone poem
inspired by the last stanza of the Finnish epic, Kalevala, as well
as Barber's Violin Concerto, one of 20th century's most loved and
performed concertos.
Time: 6.30 - 7.00pm
Saturday 8 May
NAFA Dance programme
Always thought modern
dance was way too weird ? The dance students of Nanayan Academy of
Fine Art will prove otherwise as they showcase their own works.
And who knows ? - their moves may even move you!
Time: 4.00 - 4.30pm
Friday 14 May &
Saturday 15 May
FASCINATIN' RHYTHM: AN
EVENING OF CONTEMPORARY DANCE MUSIC
Pre-concert Talk with
Wang Meng Ngee. Bring out your dancing shoes and flowy dresses as
Wang Meng Ngee warms you up to a night of dance music. From the
Argentine tango by Astor Piazzolla, a foxtrot from John Adams'
opera Nixon in China, to Gershwin's Cuban Overture, you will
definitely be spoilt for choice.
Time: 6.30 - 7.00pm
Saturday 15 May
Open Mic
Musicians from Kawai
music school, and pianist Karen Lee, a protégé of renowned
Professor Pan Yi Ming showcase their varied repertoires, featuring
familiar tunes and works from the classical greats.
Time: 4.00 - 5.00pm
Friday 21 May &
Saturday 21 May
DVORÁK'S CELLO
CONCERTO Pre-concert Talk with Lionel Choi
Come join music
reviewer Lionel Choi, as he discusses Dvorák's cello concerto
that will be performed by cellist Wang Jian. In this last concerto
composed by Dvorák, in which he reminisces about his
sister-in-law's death, the three movements display power, warm
lyricism and bravura respectively. Janácek's Taras Bulba, a vivid
sound portrait of the life and tragedy of the 16th-century
Ukrainian Cossack chieftain's battle against his country's Polish
oppressors will also be discussed along with Brahms Academic
Festival Overture, Op.80 at this talk.
Time: 6.30 - 7.00pm
Saturday 22 May
Book Launch: A Song
For You: Selected Songs by Liang Wern Fook
This book is a
collection of 40 songs, handpicked by local songwriter and Xinyao
pioneer Liang Wern Fook (Liang Wenfu)as a representation of his 20
year songwriting career. Besides the lyrics and musical scores,
this book also contains articles about Liang from local and
overseas contributors, such as singer Kit Chan, academic Gui Wei
Hsin and songwriter Lin Chiu-Li. Come see & hear Liang Wern
Fook speak and play as he launches his book.
Time: 3.00pm
Enquiries: epcl@nlb.gov.sg
Promotions in April
2004
April in Singapore is
traditionally Film Fest month and this year, library@esplanade
is working with the festival to present a special FREE film talk
on 18 April (see below for details)
Also, this month we get your
creative juices a-flowing with a talk about how to write a play in
24hours - presented by Theatreworks as a prelude to their 24 Hour
playwriting competition.
and of course, we have
PROMOTIONS !
WIN TICKETS TO SHANTY by
Theatreworks
Conceived and directed by Loke
Meng Chue and starring Chua Enlai (Best Actor Life Theatre Awards
2002) & Joe Pang (One of CLEO's most eligible
bachelors
2001) amongst others, this work is inspired by "Call it
Shanty, the Story
of the Quests" by Henry Chua, and tells the tale of
Singapore's grooviest band of the 60s.
Just sign up for premium
membership or fill up your loan quota if you are already a premium
member, and you can go into the running to win a pair of tickets
to the show at Jubilee Hall on 15 April PLUS If you bring a brand
new member to sign up, you can enter twice !
APRIL PROGRAMMES
Friday 2nd April
Brahms' Double Concerto
Pre-concert Talk with Lionel
Choi
Join music reviewer, Lionel
Choi as he shares interesting insights about Brahm's Concerto for
Violin and Cello, Op. 102, and Mendelssohn's Fifth Symphony -
nicknamed Reformation!
Time: 6.30 - 7.00pm
Wednesday 6 April
Life, Death &
Transfiguration
Pre-concert Talk with SSO
Composer in Residence, Dr. John Sharpley Come explore the vibrant
sonic world of the symphony orchestra and its enormous wealth of
possible sounds and effects. Using examples from Ravel's Pavane
for a Dead Princess, Ruckert Lieder by Mahler, Death and
Transfiguration by R. Strauss and Medea's Meditation and Dance of
Vengence by Barber, each of these has a story to tell.
Time: 6.30 - 7.00pm
Saturday 10 April
How to write a play in 24 Hours
Presented by Theatreworks
Ever wondered what it would be
like to write a play in 24 hours ? Come and get tips from
those who've survived it and perhaps you'll be game enough to
enter this year's competition, held at the Angsana in Bintan !
Time: 4.00 - 4.45pm
Friday 16 April
Brahms' Second Piano Concerto
Pre-concert Talk with Dr. Susan
L. Kim, Visiting Fellow at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music
at NUS
Celebrate the joyful spirit of
music! Don't miss interesting did-you-knows about Wagner's
Siegfried Idyll, composed to rejoice the birth of his son, and
Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major, Op. 83, and Mozart's
Symphony No. 3 6 in C major, K. 425.
Time: 6.30 - 7.00pm
This talk will be repeated on
Saturday 17 April at 6.30pm
Saturday 17 April
Open Mic
Soul goes acoustic in this
installment of Open Mic in April. Local youths grab the mic to
bring you their fave tunes in pure acoustic fashion. An afternoon
of beautiful music awaits you.
Time: 4.00 - 5.00pm
Sunday 18 April
"Lawyers in the Frame: How
we see Lawyers on Film"
Michčle Asprey, BA, LLB
The Internet Movie Database
gives more than a thousand references to lawyers in film. Some
video rental stores have entire sections devoted to
"Courtroom Dramas" which seems to be a genre in itself.
As part of the Singapore Film Festival, Michčle Asprey, an
Australian lawyer and film critic, will screen clips from some of
the most revealing films about lawyers, and will examine lawyers
on film at their best ? and their worst.
A panel of lawyers related to
the film industry will also be present to discuss the Topic and
questions are welcome.
Time: 4.00 - 5.30pm
Saturday 24 April
Taking The Stage:'O' Dance III
- - Dance on the Move
Young Artists Project
Performers
What's contemporary dance? Get
a first-hand explanation from dancers and learn to appreciate
dance and the techniques involved in this demonstration and
exhibition.
Time: 4.00 - 5.00pm
Bruckner's Fourth Symphony
Pre-concert Talk with Mona Lim
Be inspired by the
"romanticism of nature" in Bruckner's Fourth Symphony,
complete with hunting-horn calls and country dances. Then get
swept away by a showcase of violin fireworks with Dvorak's
brilliant Violin Concerto!
Time: 6.30 - 7.00pm
Promotions in March
2004
CINDERELLA PROMOTION
Win FREE TICKETS to see the Singapore Dance Theatre's new
production of the ballet, Cinderella !
Come to a FREE talk by Cinderella's choreographer, Mr Graeme
Lustig and be treated to a sneak peek at video
excerpts of past productions.
BUT best of all .... you'll have a chance to win the
tickets just by attending the talk !
When: Saturday 13 March - SATURDAY !!
Where: library@esplanade Open Stage
Time: 4.00pm - 4.30pm
See you there .... glass slippers optional
And
ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL PROMOTION
If you're more of a pasta and prada person ...
Just sign up for Premium Membership and you can go into the lucky
draw for a pair of tickets to the Italian Film festival
Already a premium member ? Then just fill up your loan quota and
you can also enter .
Contest runs from 15 - 22nd March and the film festival runs from
26-31 March at GV Marina.
Check out the films at www.sfs.org.sg
And lastly, if you fancy finding out a bit more about library@esplanade's
social dance collection, and trying out a few lindy hop moves -
why not drop into our FREE public talk on Sunday 21st March at
4.00pm. I'll be talking about Western social dance in and
screening excerpts from some titles from our collection.
cheers
Jaki, library@esplanade
Programmes in March
2004
March on into
library@esplanade this month for more 'artful' programmes and
freebies....... and of course for our wonderful collection !
PROMOTIONS
My Girl
Win a pair of tickets
to the premiere of this hugely popular Thai coming-of-age story.
In Thailand, this film outgrossed Matrix Reloaded and Lord Of the
Rings, the Two Towers.
Just be at
library@esplanade on 1-3 March at lunchtime or in the evening and
when you hear the announcement, borrow 8 items and be the first to
our counter and a pair of tickets is yours.
Screening Date:
6.45pm, GV Grand, Friday 5 March
MARCH PROGRAMMES
Saturday 6 March
Film Sat: Moving
Images
Sample an eclectic
selection of award-winning Singaporean short films about love,
loss and obsession by local filmmakers like Wee Li Lin, Jason Lai,
Victric Thng and others. Among them are "All My
Presents", where a woman finds out that not everyone
appreciates nice presents; "3 Feet Apart", an
enduring love story about two people that has to be always three
feet apart; and "Crammed" where a mother's obsession
with academic success leads to disastrous results. A Q&A
session follows with some of the mentioned filmmakers. This
programme is part of the AsPI Journey.
Time: 4.00 - 5.30pm
Sunday 7 March
Chinese Cross Talk -
Preview of "Laughter Round The World 2004"
If you think only
native Chinese speakers can perform crosstalk, or xiangsheng, come
and see for yourself five Westerners in action at this
performance. These performers from North America, Africa and
Europe will entertain you with rapidfire repartees, jokes, talk
and singing in performances of crosstalk, the traditional Chinese
art of comic dialogue.
Among them is
Canadian-born Mark Roswell, popularly known as Dashan (Big
Mountain), and is now the hottest Western crosstalk star in China.
They will be giving a preview of their performances at the
libraries, so do watch out for it.
Time: 1.00 - 2.00pm
Let's Dance with...Kirana
Seni
Catch Majlis
Pusat-Kirana Seni, a dance wing of Majlis Pusat, showcasing Zapin
Serumpun and Serampang Dua Belas. Zapin Serumpun is a fusion of
the different zapin forms from the different parts of the Malay
world whereas Serampang Dua Belas is danced by a group of couples
and it originated in Sumatera. Serampang Dua Belas is a must know
by all traditional Malay dancers.
What's more, audience
are invited to try out the different forms of Malay Dance; Zapin,
Inang and Ronggeng!
In Malay
Time: 4.00 - 5.30pm
Sat 13 March
Cinderella
It's not just a fairy
tale but also a fairytale ballet staged by Singapore Dance Theatre
from March . Come and find out what goes into choreographing and
creating a full length ballet such as Cinderella and watch video
versions of the work during this talk.
Time: 4.00 - 4.30pm
Friday 19 March
Staff Jam
If you thought all
library staff were stiff, starchy and bespectacled, you haven't
seen the NLB Staff in action- croonin', groovin' and gettin' down
at this informal and definitely entertaining 3rd installation of
Staff Jam.
Time: 7.00 - 8.00pm
Saturday 20 March
Open Mic
Check out the 2
performances that are coming up!
1) Tanya Tan and Irvin
Cheung Presents - A
voice and music prodigy, Tanya Tan, and her voice and music
teacher, Mr Irvin Cheung present an afternoon of light
entertainment of Broadway songs and familiar favourites.
2) mizeryFree Local
band,
MizeryFree will be
performing songs from their upcoming full-length album.
While the band has been
accustomed to be playing in a full electric setup, this will be
their first attempt at an acoustic interpretation of their songs,
which are known for their strong melancholic melodies &
lyrics.
Time: 4.00 - 5.30pm
Sunday 21st March
Not Strictly Ballroom
? Dance Collection in library@esplanade
If you've been
wondering exactly what library@esplanade has on its shelves, come
and get better acquainted with the library's dance collection as
esplanade Librarians talk you through the videos and books for
loan. Plus, you'll get to try a few fancy moves yourselves !
Time: 4.00 - 4.30pm
Friday 26 March
DVORÁK ANNIVERSARY:
FROM THE NEW WORLD
Pre-concert Talk with
Dr. Eddy Chong
Dvorak's New World
Symphony marks the orchestra's commemoration of the Czech composer
who died exactly 100 years ago. Why was this work, one of numerous
composed in USA, such a huge success when it was first performed
in Carnegie Hall in 1893. What influenced Dvorák to develop a
national American style? Why is Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme
of Paganini, Op. 43 considered the most brilliantly written and
perfectly structured concertos of the century? Discover the
answers to these questions and many more at this evening's
pre-concert talk with Dr. Eddy Chong, Assistant Professor
from NIE Visual & Performing Arts-Music.
Time: 6.30 - 7.00pm
Log on to our website
for more information.
http://www.nlb.gov.sg/fr_LAC.html
Programmes in
October 2003
The skies are rainy,
and the weather's cool, so what better than to head indoors and
cosy up at library@esplanade
And here are the autumnal (well, the Singapore version of autumn,
at least) treats awaiting you this month .......
PROMOTIONS
5 Under 25
Win a copy of 5 Under 25 - prize winning plays from the
Theatreworks Writers' Lab.
Find the names of 5 well-known Singaporean playwrights in our word
search (We have added the word search at the end of this section
in case you want to try & figure it out at home !)
AND Borrow 4 items from library@esplanade
THEN Bring your borrowing receipt to the Customer Service Counter
to enter the
contest.
Haunted Castle
Who's the scariest of all ?
Are you scary enough to win tickets to the new IMAX movie Haunted
Castle (in 3D - for extra horror) ?
Just Sign Up for Premium Membership AND show us your
scariest face to go into a lucky draw for a pair tickets to
a special preview of the Haunted Castle on 20th October.
But that's not all.
If you're willing for us to take a photo of you as one of our
Halloween
Pinups, you could also win an additional pair of
preview tickets, an
in-season pass for the IMAX theatre and a movie poster of Haunted
Castle. (if you're already a Premium Member, don't be afraid ?
borrow 4 premium items and you can also go into the competition )
EXHIBITIONS
Personas of Modern Dance
library@esplanade presents
a brand new exhibit at our Innovation Gallery telling the story of
modern dance via 4 themes - identity, freedom, resistance, and
equality. The exhibit includes reproductions of rare
photographs from archives in Germany and USA and a video art
installation created by the presitgious Deutches Tanzfilminstitut
in Bremen, Germany.
Admission is free.
Singapore Dance Theatre Exhibition
In conjunction with the SDT's presentation of the ballet
Madame Butterfly, library@esplanade
is presenting a mini-exhibit which chronicles their history and
showcases ballet costumes from their vast wardrobe - so if you've
never come tete a tete with a tutu - why not pop by?
From October 1st - 19th
PLUS - you can win a pair of tickets to the ballet Madame
Butterfly, or a poster signed by the principal dancers in
Madame Butterfly. Just complete our quiz and borrow 4 items,
including 1 dance item.
PROGRAMMES
Sat 4th Oct
Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto
Pre-concert Talk with Dr. Susan L. Kim
Come join Visiting Fellow at the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of
Music at NUS, Dr. Susan L. Kim as she talks about Rachmaninov's
ever-popular Second Piano Concerto.Dr Kim will also discuss the
other piece that will be performed by the SSO.
Time 6.30 - 7.00
Fri 10th Oct
Bluff Your Way thru Classical Music: French Impressionist Music
Come join us in this insightful series of lively conversations
with special guests Dr Chang Tou Liang and SSO Education and
Outreach Manager Mr George Wong. The duo will discuss the distinct
approach of the French Impressionist composers who followed the
movement of the Impressionist painters, of which Ravel and Debussy
were the leaders.
Time : 6.30 - 7.30pm
Sat 11th Oct
Toa Payoh Guitar Club Performance
Get ready for some passionate strumming by the guitarists of the
Toa Payoh Guitar club, accompanied by some foot-stomping,
skirt-flying Flamenco dancers!
4.00 - 5.30pm
Fri 17th Oct
Staff Jam
If you thought all library staff were stiff, starchy and 'speccy'
- witness them in a whole new light in this informal and
definitely entertaining 2nd installment of Staff Jam.
7.00 - 8.00pm
Sat 18th Oct
Open Mic
The beauty of the violin and the piano will be presented by Vanesa
and Oliver Tan, a talented brother and sister team. Kevin Ho
will then change your mind about storytelling as a professional
art form. He presents tales to inform, educate and
entertain!
Time: 4.00 - 5.30
Saturday 25th Oct
Taking The Stage
Odyssey Dance Theatre Ltd Proudly Presents: Youth Dance @
Xposition 'O' 2003, By Young Artists Project Performers
Be mesmerised by passion for dance and the performing arts.
This event is part of Xposition 'O' Contemporary Dance Fiesta
2003, a series of distinctive and interactive events to celebrate
the art of dance in the community.
Time: 4.00 - 5.30
Pre-concert Talk with Dr. Susan L. Kim
Mozart and The Titan
The SSO concert for the weekend consists of works by two of the
greatest composers of all time, Mozart and Mahler.
Come join music lecturer Dr. Susan L. Kim as she discuss these two
works that will be performed by the SSO.
Time : 6.30 - 7.00pm
Enquiries: 63323255 or email epcl@nlb.gov.sg
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Hope to see you at the library this October!
Public Enquiries: 63323255, epcl@nlb.gov.sg
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