![[Score] Jonathan Shin - 1819 Suite for Small Orchestra (2019) @AndewMole](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1DiqiQpwC4w/maxresdefault.jpg)
Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
Jonathan Shin: instagram.com/jonathanshinmusic @jsbach777
Audio: youtube.com/watch?v=dCCMEFQdLCg youtube.com/watch?v=u9h8jgQRd98 youtube.com/watch?v=iJ2B_RqOD6U youtube.com/watch?v=8hV6V8Tx9uU
re:Sound Collective
Ike See, concertmaster
"Stamford Raffles’ 1819 arrival in a fishing settlement then known as Singapura is inspiration for this work, which chronicles two centuries of triumph against the odds. The Suite reflects on pivotal moments in our history, and celebrates our indomitable spirit.
The _Prelude_ opens with an undulating figure, upon which a simple, innocent melody is presented. This is the music of gentle surf lapping on the shores of white sand, of a tropical dawn at the break of a momentous day that will change the course of our island’s history forever.
The arrival of the British is depicted in the _Ceremonial._ The strings proudly state the theme of the Suite (a literal-musical transcription of the eponymous digits): this proclamation is interspersed with punctuations by the winds. The movement concludes with a joyous re-statement of the 1-8-1-9 theme.
The next three movements are performed without break. In _Rondo - They Crossed Many Seas,_ different instruments feature concerto-style in a playful re-imagination of the multiplicity of cultures and ethnicities disembarking along the Singapore River. The fall of our country is depicted in _March - Dark Years,_ before the instrumentation is drastically reduced in the next movement: a solo string quartet grieves over the increasing turmult of a string orchestra’s _Passacaglia - Elegy._
The 1819 Suite concludes in a triumphant _Moto Perpetuo_ - celebrating the past, and looking to the future." - Jonathan Shin
0:00 I. Prelude
1:28 II. Processional
3:30 III. Rondo - They Crossed Many Seas
4:49 IV. March - Dark Years
5:58 V. Passacaglia - Elegy
9:57 VI. Moto Perpetuo
Jonathan Shin: instagram.com/jonathanshinmusic @jsbach777
Audio: youtube.com/watch?v=dCCMEFQdLCg youtube.com/watch?v=u9h8jgQRd98 youtube.com/watch?v=iJ2B_RqOD6U youtube.com/watch?v=8hV6V8Tx9uU
re:Sound Collective
Ike See, concertmaster
"Stamford Raffles’ 1819 arrival in a fishing settlement then known as Singapura is inspiration for this work, which chronicles two centuries of triumph against the odds. The Suite reflects on pivotal moments in our history, and celebrates our indomitable spirit.
The _Prelude_ opens with an undulating figure, upon which a simple, innocent melody is presented. This is the music of gentle surf lapping on the shores of white sand, of a tropical dawn at the break of a momentous day that will change the course of our island’s history forever.
The arrival of the British is depicted in the _Ceremonial._ The strings proudly state the theme of the Suite (a literal-musical transcription of the eponymous digits): this proclamation is interspersed with punctuations by the winds. The movement concludes with a joyous re-statement of the 1-8-1-9 theme.
The next three movements are performed without break. In _Rondo - They Crossed Many Seas,_ different instruments feature concerto-style in a playful re-imagination of the multiplicity of cultures and ethnicities disembarking along the Singapore River. The fall of our country is depicted in _March - Dark Years,_ before the instrumentation is drastically reduced in the next movement: a solo string quartet grieves over the increasing turmult of a string orchestra’s _Passacaglia - Elegy._
The 1819 Suite concludes in a triumphant _Moto Perpetuo_ - celebrating the past, and looking to the future." - Jonathan Shin
0:00 I. Prelude
1:28 II. Processional
3:30 III. Rondo - They Crossed Many Seas
4:49 IV. March - Dark Years
5:58 V. Passacaglia - Elegy
9:57 VI. Moto Perpetuo
![[Score] Jonathan Shin - 1819 Suite for Small Orchestra (2019)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1DiqiQpwC4w/mqdefault.jpg "[Score] Jonathan Shin - 1819 Suite for Small Orchestra (2019)
Jonathan Shin: https://www.instagram.com/jonathanshinmusic @jsbach777
Audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCCMEFQdLCg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9h8jgQRd98 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ2B_RqOD6U https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hV6V8Tx9uU
re:Sound Collective
Ike See, concertmaster
Stamford Raffles’ 1819 arrival in a fishing settlement then known as Singapura is inspiration for this work, which chronicles two centuries of triumph against the odds. The Suite reflects on pivotal moments in our history, and celebrates our indomitable spirit.
The _Prelude_ opens with an undulating figure, upon which a simple, innocent melody is presented. This is the music of gentle surf lapping on the shores of white sand, of a tropical dawn at the break of a momentous day that will change the course of our island’s history forever.
The arrival of the British is depicted in the _Ceremonial._ The strings proudly state the theme of the Suite (a literal-musical transcription of the eponymous digits): this proclamation is interspersed with punctuations by the winds. The movement concludes with a joyous re-statement of the 1-8-1-9 theme.
The next three movements are performed without break. In _Rondo - They Crossed Many Seas,_ different instruments feature concerto-style in a playful re-imagination of the multiplicity of cultures and ethnicities disembarking along the Singapore River. The fall of our country is depicted in _March - Dark Years,_ before the instrumentation is drastically reduced in the next movement: a solo string quartet grieves over the increasing turmult of a string orchestra’s _Passacaglia - Elegy._
The 1819 Suite concludes in a triumphant _Moto Perpetuo_ - celebrating the past, and looking to the future. - Jonathan Shin
0:00 I. Prelude
1:28 II. Processional
3:30 III. Rondo - They Crossed Many Seas
4:49 IV. March - Dark Years
5:58 V. Passacaglia - Elegy
9:57 VI. Moto Perpetuo")
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Score: https://issuu.com/scoresondemand/docs/made_in_america_34003
Audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSd_nbfvfBw
Nashville Symphony Orchestra
Leonard Slatkin, conductor")
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for oboe, ondes Martenot, celesta, harp, and string sextet
Audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQsHXBliBGY
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Rumon Gamba, conductor")
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Audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVjrsanA3M8
BBC Philharmonic
Rumon Gamba, conductor")
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Music from the opera, Op. 60
Score: https://www.boosey.com/cr/perusals/score?id=38727
Audio: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nIomNa91kQ_jWiTPqIgNvoh6DiQHe4Fs4
Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
JoAnn Falletta, conductor
_Ariadne auf Naxos_ was written by Richard Strauss for an orchestration of only 36 musicians and the expert chamber-sized orchestration absolutely sparkles. It is remarkable that no significant orchestral suite had previously been published for concert performance.
My aim in extracting and arranging music from _Ariadne_ was to create an orchestral suite that could act as a kind of continuous orchestral symphony in the presentation and development of the main themes from the opera. I maintained Strauss original instrumentation throughout, with the exception of having 2nd oboe double on English horn, an instrument which proved ideal for taking over some vocal lines. The music and original keys remain unchanged, with the addition of orchestrating the musical lines that were originally written for voice. I attempted to create seamless, logical transitions between the excerpts, using Strauss musical material.
The resulting Symphony-Suite was premiered by the Nashville Symphony under Giancarlo Guerrero in 2011, 99 years after the original premiere of the opera in 1912.
The Symphony-Suite is divided into 7 continuous sections:
0:00 Prologue
The Prologue (from music added in 1916) acts as the introduction to the symphony, introducing us to all of the major musical themes from the opera which are developed one at a time in the subsequent sections of the suite.
5:08 Duet
The tender and lyrical Duet Ein Augenblick ist wenig [A glance is greater than a moment], also from the 1916 prologue, was originally between the characters of Zerbinetta and the Composer as she flirts with him to make the changes to his opera that she wants.
9:02 Waltz
The charming Waltz, Eine Störrische zu trösten [Discard such worries] was originally sung by Zerbinetta and 3 of her male admirers. Originally a virtuoso coloratura aria, this waltzs orchestration is no less virtuostic.
15:13 Overture
The Overture is the slow, beautiful music that introduces the opera within an opera, and eventually forms Ariadnes aria Ein Schones war [There was such beauty]. It acts as the slow middle movement of this suite—justly famous for its tranquil beauty, which begins as a string sextet before expanding for the full chamber orchestra.
20:00 Aria
Ariadnes beautiful Aria Es gibt ein Reich [There is a realm] is her belief that death would be liberation from her sorrows. It is a stunning example of the care taken to accompany the female singers Strauss championed.
26:21 Interlude
The Interlude is an absolutely charming orchestral episode that was drastically cut after the 1912 performances (for time reasons). It is Strauss at his instrumental best, building to a feverish climax that gives way, leading directly into the Finale.
30:42 Finale
Ingeniously, Strauss uses a variation of the waltz-like theme from the Interlude as the initial theme in the Finale, considerably slowed down to bring out the deep emotions of Ariadne as she is sheds her grief with a new love Gibt es kein Hinuber? [Where is the passage?] at the conclusion of the opera. The Finale smartly recalls several themes from earlier in the opera, which serves as a fitting closing movement to the symphony-suite. - D. Wilson Ochoa")
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Edited to a fare-thee-well by Professor Peter Schickele
Audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsMpaBGJU8c
Jeffrey Biegel, piano
Philharmonia Northwest
Julia Tai, conductor
0:00 I. Shake allegro
8:44 - Cadenza
10:27 II. Kind of slow
14:42 - Cadenza
19:27 III. Moving alongo
23:55 - Cadenza")
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サンバ・デ・ラヴズ・ユー - 数原晋
Audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sUTVOOOalI
Kitauji High School Concert Band")
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Audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uouukb-wLko
English Northern Philharmonia
Paul Daniel, conductor")
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Score: https://petruccimusiclibrary.ca/files/imglnks/caimg/0/00/IMSLP897452-PMLP1407023-Grøndahl Trombone_Concerto Full_Score.pdf
Audio: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nqDEHLKzQAWGjTniTS7pXED8mQGqbC-Sw
Jesper Juul Sorensen, trombone
Danish National Symphony Orchestra
Thomas Dausgaard, conductor
0:00 I. Moderato assai ma molto maestoso
5:00 II. Quasi una Leggenda: Andante grave
10:41 III. Finale: Maestoso
11:54 - Rondo")
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Score: https://www.schott-music.com/en/kings-row-suite-no342786.html
Audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyn0Twbcnvw
RCA Symphony Orchestra
Charles Gerhardt, conductor")
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Audio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bDoMflYErE
The Cambridge Singers
City of London Sinfonia
John Rutter, conductor")
